Let's admit it. Blogging is just some form of ego-massage. It is just an excuse for us to trash away our thoughts, writing and uploading me-I-centric musings (and sometimes, senseless crap) in the net for the sake of having and setting up a blog.

We write in our blogs just to express ourselves, we always say. Well, i have nothing against to those who love to chronicle their lives, and letting their lives become an open book. It came to a point that we can predict what the blogger will wear in the next 3 days. Absurd, isn't it?

I have nothing against to those who love to write about themselves as if they are the only fabulous people around.

To tell you honestly, it seems pointless, and downright boring reading about other's lives. You always hear them rant about everything, how they hate their dog, how they love their neighbor, how they giggle when they see their secret crush. Because i was once like that. A blogger who just want to express myself. Believe me, been there, done that. And now, the last thing I want to do is read somebody's angst about forgetting that you should apply shampoo first before the conditioner.

But as Karl Marx once said, the point is to change it. So, how can we move forward from petty things like writting about our mundane existence into something more sophisticated?

In my opinion, the blogger must transform him/herself from just an ordinary blogger to a responsible blogger who wants to change the system. Change the world, Eric Clapton sang in one of his memorable song.

Trust me, I am no idealist. I always believe that idealism is an extinct word.

But I believe that we, bloggers, have a manifest destiny to fulfill. We must create a space in the net where debate and social analysis are our conerstones, our own ideologies as our bibles, and our blogs as arenas where we devour, heal, create, demistify, destroy, and recreate ideas. Only through healthy exchange of ideas can we move forward as a nation.

Thus, in the spirit of leading by example, I abandoned my former blog and set up this blog, a blog that is in line with my view of what a blog should be - a space for coffee intellectuals to debate, articulate, ponder and write about love, life, philosophy, literature, politics and everything in between. A site where nothing is sacred. Not even the Indian sacred cows. Because everything under the sun is subject to scrutiny, debate and analysis.

Because I dont want to be a voiceless blogger drowned by a million voices wanting to express themselves. I want to be a part of that tiny voice that soon will be a warcry, trumpeting forward towards the very center of the earth, knocking at the very doors of the status quo, of the oppressive system. Someday, we will topple them down. And now is the right time to start.