Passing the Baton

Blog Monster -- flat on his back!

Sorry, folks. What happened last week was bad. For the first time in six years, the blog has had to be suspended on ‘medical grounds’. Blog monster (the guy you see in this pic alongside) was hospitalized straight out of the Garden in a semi-conscious state on September 14. He was down with low BP, described rather dramatically as a ‘life-threatening emergency’. But that was then.
Now, as we shuffle back to normalcy, there’s a niggling question bothering some of us.

Happy faces on a rainy morning

Lt Col Angad Singh made a mention of this in his last comment (ref post of September 13) when he suggested the training of some members in the Club to fill in, whenever the blog monster takes a break. This would not only ensure that “the blog will be dot on time” without interruption, but more importantly, eliminate the dependence on a single person in keeping the blog going day after day. After all, this is nobody's personal blog. It is a Club blog.
That apart, new writers would bring into play fresh inputs, viewpoints, insights and perspectives in the daily reportage. We could actually be looking at a more vibrant and lively blog – a departure from the old, dreary and tiresome monotony of the past six years. Moreover, we can expect greater involvement and in effect, better bonding between members in putting together the blog every day. How this can be achieved, with or without the 'blog monster', requires some thought. Do send in your comments earliest. Better still, please volunteer to write.
Lt Col Angad Singh (retd) from Mohali:
The Club blog has strong strings -- resham ki dor. Everyone awaits its publication with eagerness. It is certainly not monotonous. The substitute blog master must keep the blog always operative. The hidden talent in some young and not-too-young club members is well known to the blog monster. They require little polishing and scrapping here and there. Certainly they can work as a well-knit unit, especially when the blog monster is away on furlough - forced or otherwise. Try and do help them come up to the requisite mark.
Harish Wadhwa:
I propose the baton stays with none other than the present Blog Monster himself. There has not been one blog which is "old", "dreary" and "tiresome monotony" in all these years. In fact, I am still learning and will continue to learn the art of writing from this man. There is no niggling question "bothering us". So lets rest this matter. Rather, the blog is an open forum for anyone to express himself/ herself, and they can always do so as Comments. Long live and write on, my dear 'Blog Monster'.