Believe me, I was blissfully unaware of food blogs for a very long time. In 2006, around May I peeked into Indira’s kitchen and was fascinated by what I saw. Time and again, I used to visit Mahanandi and other blogs linked to it. Fascination turned to desire and desire became reality on July 30th, just in time to participate in JFI – Flours. A couple of days before AkshayaPatra, I modified the template to suit my taste. I worked on it at a stretch for hours on July 30th and then came the naming ceremony. From my school days, I have been drawn towards mythical, mysterious things like the Akshayapatra – the vessel which has a never ending supply of food. Sai nodded his approval when I pronounced AkshayaPatra with a Capital P as the blog title. Thus began the journey.
I learnt photography from Sai and my pictures became better as I went along. I started inventing new recipes and also trying out new ones. I was involved in cooking like never before and looked at food with a new angle of appreciation. My virtual contacts list grew, I even have telephone contacts with a few. However as the days went, my post frequency decreased due to various factors. Ill health, busy work life being a few. Even now I admire those who are as regular as a clock and am amazed at their energy, discipline and commitment. This year however, I have taken a resolution to post often and to reply to comments on time.
With blogging came brushes with plagiarism. Yahoo, IfoodTv and recently Eenadu. The fight is still on and hope this year we bloggers would get some protection for our work.
I thank all of you who took some time and visited my little place on the web. And I thank all of you who cared to leave a word when I published a new post and when I did not, wondering where I was, What I was up to and if I was ok. This is the energy which propels me to go on.
Thank you so much. Keep visiting as always!