Chapter 1 - The Beginning

The Beginning

A girl once told me, "I'd rather listen to people and their opinions on things instead of all the interesting facts they know. If I wanted to know facts, I'd Google it." And that sentence was a push in the right direction. I think. So, this is all I have as of now to go on. My opinions and thoughts. Essentially speaking, if this burns down, it's on her.

If I were to put a time-stamp on this blog, it'd be right in the heart of the lockdown period we're all going through. The only reason this is coming in this late is because I spent 5 days thinking about a profile name and 4 days thinking about what to name this particular blog. And three more for the chapter name. And a couple of days to decide on what to say. But now that it is here and happening, I find myself at a loss. Not for words, no. Not for content, either. But for a starting point and an ending point. It usually happens with me when I have a lot to say but nowhere to start. Not a single logical commencement point in sight from which I can start and tie all the loose ends together. Which is why the title of this chapter is a bit of a misnomer. This is not the beginning of what I wish to post on this blog. But the beginning of the series of ramblings on anything and everything. That being said, the title of this whole blog is indeed apt. It is a commencement. And I expect it to be as cataclysmic as one can expect a blog to be. 

Now that I have brushed upon the topic of the lockdown, I do wish to say something about the absolutely brilliant creative sides this has brought out in all of us. We have people painting brilliant pieces of art, posting mind-blowing songs, learning new dance routines and cooking mouth-watering dishes. With that in mind, this is not a product of the lockdown. This is something I have been wanting to do for about a year and a half. These few months are the only time I have had in the last two years to do something like this. And I believe it to be the case with almost all of us. No time to do the things we want to do because we're stuck doing things we're supposed to do. Irritating, isn't it?

Well, I won't go too deep into lockdown for the media is doing that perfectly for us, or anything actually, for that would not be appropriate to let it all out in the first chapter. Over the course of the next who knows how many days, I will try to fill this blog with all sorts of content. Nervous ramblings, personal anecdotes, philosophically deep revelations(mostly at 3 AM) and a bit of levity here and there. For now, all I can think about is the fact that after 18 months of thinking, correction - overthinking about reasons why I shouldn't do this, wondering what I'd say and how it'll turn out, I'm happy that i somehow managed to string together 500 words together that make sense. And sometimes that is all we need. Little things. Baby steps.

~ Udit Gor.