I was exhausted but could not sleep last night… I was feeling somewhat empty (hey moms, do you feel the same when you give birth to a baby?)… Shimul said we have lots more to do… And last night I was sure that Kolkata is jamming, living and breathing – online and offline… And we can do whatever we wish. (Who the hell wants to be politically correct!!! we can do whatever we wish)
I was sure that all the half day leaves from office, all the meetings and all the closed doors and cold calls, >3 hrs/day sleep, empty moneybags were worth it. I wish I could do more.
Whom do I thank? I am simply indebted to everyone (I mean - everyone) – those who came and also those who could not make it but helped us to create the buzz in Kolkata. I felt like saying – I could see a new religion in Kolkata, a new community – blog and bloggers.
Whom do I thank? Aji Issac Mathew, Abhishek Rungta, Saptarshi (he met his childhood friend in the meet), Arun Agrawal, Vikas Kedia? And how do I dare to thank them for adding such great content in the meet?
How do I dare to thank Soham Pal (was not well but made it and still waited patiently for his turn) or Arijit (could not make it to the meet and mailed me) – the two youngest bloggers in the block. I asked myself – are we ready to give them proper support? Are we ready to welcome our next generation? Are we doing enough to make web a better place for them?
How do I dare to thank Fusion Charts or Mitesh Ashar?
How do I dare to thank Anirban, Yogesh, Rahul Bharadwaj, Bijay Rungta, Rajesh Rana, Shirsendu Sengupta, Pallavi Banerjee, Anand Kedia, Manoj Jain, Arjun Ghosh, Ekta Khetan, leon, Debleena (Our Twitter agent), Ranjan Upadhdhay, Amit Kejriwal, Shyama Kant Suruchi Gupta and soooooo many other people…
How do I dare to thank Navin (CCD) and all the people working there for their GREAT support? How do I thank Tata Photon for providing free internet connection? And how can I even imagine of thanking Mr. Abhishek Rungta for his great support?
The list will go on and on and on… There is no stopping… I wish I could interact with more people but had been very busy in anchoring and other stuff... Next time, I will be there with you guys only with you… By the way, how was my performance as an anchor?
We learnt a lot of things and next time we (you are included) will come up with a bigger and better show in Kolkata – Lets map Kolkata In the web. And NOW I believe we can do that...
I am proud to be Kolkatan – proud to be a blogger – proud to have soooooo many friends – online and offline. Thanks guys – we have lots of works to do.
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18 comments:
I have no words to express my gratitude to Kolkata Bloggers for making it successful (am I right to call it successful?) -->> any doubts :)
I wish I could do more -->> same here.
And you did a great job on the floor - the way you spoke was really awesome.
As an anchor you were a ROCKSTAR!! One could see the passion in your eyes when you were speaking. One could feel the hard work you guys had done to make Aug 8 possible. :)
I am honored to be part of the team. :)
I am sure India Internet Summit would be an even bigger success.
Thank you.
it was my honour to have come across you, and meet so many wonderful people, having interacted with many of them, all sharing the same passion. I have a lot to learn from you guys... thanks a tonne!
Thanks a lot for those words ... It could not have been possible without people like you - you are the actual Rockstar
Well, Blogger's Meet is rare of its kind in Kolkata.....It is an acer for that matter.......It is a great platform for all kinds of bloggers irrespective of their category.everyone seemed to be a unit.enjoying and frolicking to glory.and of course i am one of them...the experience has been marvellous...though words are the most profound form of expression.but i am loosing on that too to express how overwhelmed i am....thanx to all you out there.......
Kolkata Bloggers ROCK!! .. Thank you all for making this attempt of ours so so successful .. this would be impossible without the support of you bloggers out there :)
The meeting was really superb:) We are waiting for the next meet ................
It was really a great one! I am happy that I cud be there atleast for sometime. Congrats to all your efforts!
pls put some more pics...
Hi the blogger's meet was great...it was mindblowing and you were rocking as an anchor...was a perfece chill out zone..thanks...
I was highly impressed by the way you anchored the whole meet. You kept the croud's spirit up and the show in itself raucked for all what we were expecting...This meet has exceeded my expectations to 200%.
Looking forward to the next gathering!
You have opened a new job scope for yourself. Very impressive. However the event was splendid.
In the end it mattered as to who did it...
and yes...
it was ur brainchild which developed like a negative of a photo-reel...
u rocked everything man..
u simply were bindaas...
and no matter what u do in blogging..
u know it..
i'm with u...
or say
we r with u..
urs ever in blogging
Yogesh Goel
ygoel.com
Thanks for all those comments everyone - I feel like putting more effort... :)
@Chetan Bharadwaj: I promise, next time it will exceed by 400%
@Yogesh: I will be very happy to have a friend like you - I will be very very happy :)
@susenjit: ooooooooo coool :)
hi Abir...you need not ask about ur performance as an anchor. U ROCKED man!!!...Remember I told u once that u could be a gr8 RJ? Ummm....well...that doesn't mean that I really want u to shift ur direction n bcome an RJ...specially after Kolkata Bloggers' Meet I can not wish that... :)... rather b our WJ...which is Web Jockey, of course... :D. Wish u success in every step!
excellent banner / header
Great Show! What's next?
The header of your blog is looking wonderful with the pic of KBM'09.
Had a great time at Blogger's Meet and want to congratulate you.
nice Post man...
got to this only today...
very nicely expressed...
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