Blog Anniversary

Bihari Milwani (l) celebrates with Perks

Only Bihari Milwani could have done this. Who else on earth would have known, let alone remembered when this blog was launched and then, gone on to celebrate its anniversary? Not even the Blog Monster had the faintest idea that we had completed eight years to the day and ought to make a celebration of it today.
But then, it must also be said that Milwani has ceased to surprise.

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It is almost a given now that if anybody should know anything about the Club, he is the one. What makes him even more unreal is how lightly he carries his knowledge, revealing only as much as required and that too, at appropriate times. Needless to say, what he utters is never contested.
So this morning, when he threw us a teaser, we were all on the backfoot. ‘We are to celebrate someone’s birthday today,’ he announced, holding open a box of Perk, the choco-wafer. ‘Any idea who this can be?’

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Seeing the mass of blank faces, he became a little considerate. ‘Okay, I’ll give a hint. It is present among us. Another hint: It is eight years old…’
Indeed, the blog has completed eight years, having been launched on Saturday, June 19, 2010. The first post, Merry Men of Lokhandwala was a reproduction of a report that had appeared in My Times, a publication of The Times of India (see post) and served as a curtain raiser of what Big Laaf was all about, the kind of exercises we do, the other activities, movers and shakers, etc.
Little had we known then that this blog would become a rallying point around which the Club would grow and more importantly, bring members and their extended families together on a common platform to bond and interact on an almost daily basis. The Club, in fact, has acquired its name from the blog.
Today, we have notched a phenomenal 2,500-plus posts and nearly one million hits from all over the globe – a feat, few existing blogs can claim. Thank you Bihari Milwani, for telling us we have survived.

Bihari Milwani:
We are a FAMILY. We not only create reasons, but also invent events to laugh out loud and prove that we are rightly called BIG LAAF.

Bhaswati Bose:
Amazing, what a phenomenal memory Mr Milwani has. He is a super computer. It was also very nice of him to celebrate the occasion with choco-wafers.

Lt Col Angad Singh (retd):
Mr Milwani is a walking wikipedia. He knows all the important events of the Club and its members. He always surprises us and makes the event enjoyable. Three cheers to him. It is a happy occasion to know when the blog was inaugurated and see its growth. Good luck to the Club and its members. Keep laughing.