Moral of the story...

I am inherently confrontational and bad-tempered. But this has since been borne upon me and I have spent most of my adult life being diplomatic and, well, adult. I have had cause to practice this even more since I got married. Not with my husband, (sadly for him - he always hears more truth than he wants to, the poor dear) but with the extended family. Skirting topics is the polite (and accepted) way of dealing with issues. Today for a change, I decided to respond to some festering and unfair complaining with some of my own. While my popularity has nose-dived, it has definitely opened some eyes to a contrary point-of-view, something that the self-absorbed don't usually bargain for.

If you have any grievances, air them. Lest people think you have none.

Recap

I have been away for a really long while. In the good ol' days, I aimed (and succeeded) in getting at-least a post out every month. When that began to seem like too much of a commitment, I placated my blogger conscience by writing whenever inspiration struck! Then came a phase when morale really flagged owing to viewer stats (what's the point of blogging if no one is reading?!) Then there were phases when I was genuinely too busy and some more when I was just too lethargic. Meanwhile, life was happening. I recently dug up the blog and read the last few posts. I realized that so much of what I'd have liked to share was missing. I missed blogging about my 'big, Indian wedding'. I found no mention of the big move I had to make-first to the US of A, then to the Big A!. My travails and masti at Pratt, then finally Graduation, then the angst of the unemployed, fresh graduate...so much to say...

I don't lead a terribly exciting life but I have my moments of clarity, insights, growing up(!); moments of bliss and serenity and sometimes even anger, that are defining; the times when I feel most alive. I'd like to look  back a few years down the line and not see time in a blur. I'd like to be able to locate a moment in the past and remember exactly how I felt about something. For some reason, it seems important to me.

Hopefully, this blog revival will see more posts and less recaps! Amen!