Blogs

What with the diwali break and rather easily-satisfied powers-that-be at work, I have been casting some thought (in a loose sense of the word) on various kinds of blogs I have come across.

I did post my rather acid thoughts on one of them (girl with a so-called one track mind) but this time I am going to try and categorize them, which should fulfill the rather dubious objective of making stereotyping easy!

Yeh Hain Meri Kahaani: well..its almost self explanatory but this type is the most common, differentiated only by the style and personality of the author. Usually is heart-tugging fare dealing in emotion of various degrees from unrequited love to sick puppies. (think Karan Johar!)
Often starts with a theme (usually quite informative) but jumps soon to the nub of the matter - raw emotion. I think one reason why people love (writing as well as reading) YHMKs is because emotion is the most common denominator across cultures and personalities. AW's blog is the best example of this, and probably the classiest as well. Following close behind in its emotional wattage is Munna who is more inward looking and lot more raw than AW but am sure will mature into using emotion in the same subtly flambuoyant way as AW does! He does score higher on his insights and EVERYONE'S gotta read the potato post!

Personally though, I find YHMK blogs exhausting at most times, and sometimes mundane. They dont wow me with their writing or their insights. (We talked about this, AW!). On its positive, it is consistent, (for people who like that) and some -amazingly feel-good!

A similar-but-not-quite type is the type which uses its blog to articulate personal journeys, and usually involves active interaction with the visitors (classic c0-creation for the Marketing inclined!) and its more communal than AW's morally uplifting yet inaccessible tripe!
SB, EU i think are more on these lines, while Nishant's is too - although he won't admit it (about the people bit)!

A different type of blog - still YHMK but far more pleasant is the type which uses the author's personality and tastes more as a backdrop to more material insights, views and thoughts. I define this type for Daddy's blog. Daddy's been a favourite from his first post and very easy on the eye for its relaxed manner and unselfish views- and for how it almost always leads to a new piece of knowledge while connecting with some part of you. For some strange reason, I tend to think of this blog as more masculine - and that's probably daddy's persona coming through - his ambition, sport and bike-riding leanings!

My all time fave type - and this is for sheer quality of imagination, writing and depravity is the theme blogs and what rocks for me is it is outward looking, sometimes entertainingly self-deprecating. This is what I'd like my own blog to be like but I think i suck at it. Calling Betelgeuse - is definitely by far the best I've read and I usually find - no matter when I pick it up, myself reading up all the posts that I've missed and some bygone ones - just for laughs!
Its dark, its sleazy and it uses the author as one extreme of insanity and any one else who shows up (and for a change they do!) as far more normal, and the entire mish-mash is rip-roaringly funny!

I guess what this post's gonna do is draw reactionary reviews of my sodding-effort-at-blogging. :-) Heck-its a free country..or that's what they'll have us believe at any rate!