Anyone remember blog melas? Go read some old ones to know how Desipundit changed the blogosphere. I do hope Pat is doing this knowing what Desipundit meant to so many of us, how we logged on every day, how issues like IIPM simply could not have been as big if it were not for Desipundit.
Good Pat and good Ash have decided to shut down Desipundit, and I perfectly understand their decision, including the bit about not letting others run it, for why would Pat and Ash want to see their creation be run in a manner they may not like later?
Saket, a Desipundit contributor, says he’ll launch a Desipundit style blog in a new platform. Which is like the best Indian tradition of knowledge being passed on from generation to generation :)
To Patrix and all contributors of Desipundit, a big but a small thank you.
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October 19, 2006 at 6:11 am
got my initial readers. They were kind enough to link to a number of my posts regularly – and readership grew – pretty soon, I had my own blogger community, and I was, and am revelling in it. [Link] From posts earlier by these bloggers – Shivam Vij: Desipundit no more – “Anyone remember blog melas? Go read some old ones to know how Desipundit changed the blogosphere. I do hope Pat is doing this knowing what Desipundit meant to so many of us, how we logged on every day, how issues like IIPM simply could not have been
October 17, 2006 at 1:18 am
i hope they stick to their decision.
October 17, 2006 at 5:22 am
DesiPundit had done its job. Yes emotionally we might feel the loss. But I think Patrix and his gang have taken the right decision.
October 17, 2006 at 9:42 am
Too sad, just too sad and I still can’t get why this can’t be passed on.
October 17, 2006 at 10:30 am
[...] – Shivam ஆசை அறுபது நாள் முடிந்ததும் அழுத்தங்கள் ஆரம்பித்தது. தேர்தலில் தில்லுமுல்லு என்னும் பொருமலுடன் மெல்ல துவங்கிய சர்ச்சைகள், ‘என்னை இணைப்பதில்லை’, ‘இந்தக் கருத்தை ஒதுக்குகிறார்கள்’ என்னும் விம்மலுடன் வெடித்தது. இன்று தேஸிபண்டிட்டிற்கு அஸ்தமனம் [...]
October 17, 2006 at 11:26 am
Also linked you to my blog. Thanks.
October 17, 2006 at 5:25 pm
I have not been following blogs actively for sometime and was not aware of this one. Hmm, I had stopped reading Desipundit too for a while but really I never thought they would do a vanishing act!
October 18, 2006 at 3:44 am
As you must have guessed from the comments here and elsewhere, everyone moves on and I guess to expect something to last forever is ..hmmm. Although many are disappointed, bloggers are known to move on quickly and this shall pass too.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts though. I’ll be still around, like it or not :)