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It has been exactly eight months since I last wrote about my nephew (Amogh). Now he has started responding when you call his name, has learnt how to sit, has begun crawling and even has began calling out "ba ba". he has learnt a lot in seven month. And what have I done? Written seven posts on my blog. Yes, that is right!! Seven, saat, VII, saatam (or whatever it is they call it in Sanskrit).

It depresses me every time I go on my homepage. The second latest post talks about Ravi Shastri being appointed as the stop gap coach for the tour to Bangladesh. Look at what all has happened - Bangladesh has been beaten, now it is being obliterated by the Sri Lankans. India has gone on to beat South Africa in what must have been the most innovative preparatory matches for the England tour (i will not call it a series. The whole concept sucks and there is no motivation left to play and win these matches). Ravi Shastri was replaced by another stopgap coach (I will not call him manager as it is the same as Bombay being renamed Mumbai).
And what have I done? Wrote a post and that also one where I ask rhetorical questions and show how profound a thinker I am!!

It is hard to understand the reasons for the low output from my end. ICICI has been hectic. But even IDBI was hectic. Work has increased but I still am free on Sundays.

It is also not because I have lost interest in blogging. I do comment a lot on other posts especially on cricket.

It is always like this - I sit in front of a computer and press the button "post an entry". As the page opens and I watch the open space with the cursor blinking invitingly, I go blank. Nothing comes out- no idea, no wisecrack, nothing, shunya, nada (not the Shakti Kapoor waala naada, the one which mean zero in some other language).

And it is not that I force myself to blog. I enjoy writing, however amateurish my attempts turn out. It began in Kozhikode, a hobby I rank among the better ones picked from there - the others being movie collection, reading pink newspapers (ironical that now when i need to read them the most, I do not) and reading cricinfo (there are other hobbies also, though now would not be an appropriate time to talk about them).

Then why, kyon, ka?

Till one can answer that question, I have no other option but to fight the block and write sometihng. Like this. It may be gibberish but it has to be written. And posted. And laughed at. Until it isnt done, inertia comes in. And you have nothing to show for seven months of your life except forrhetorical questions and Ravi Shastri.
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