The Bloggers’ Rendezvous 
August 16th, 2008 | by Gopa
The meet was to start at 3 p.m. I, who take pride in always being punctual, was there bang on time, only to learn that the others had already arrived, and were seated. Such was the enthusiasm of the bloggers.
Waiting for me at the head of the staircase was the man whose idle mind had conceived, planned and organised the event. (He had even despatched a suitably designed invitation card a couple of days before the meet.) I still had several steps to climb, when a lady stepped in between us, and, for a brief moment, he must have wondered which one was Gopa.
Everything seemed perfect for the occasion – the venue, the weather and the small, tastefully decorated restaurant where we gathered. On entering, I first caught sight of, and immediately recognised Surya Pratim. I then met the others – Manjula’di and her husband, Solaris and Rakhi. Only one person was yet to arrive, the person I am very much in awe of – the Old Man in the Sea. His arrival further enlivened the gathering and the conversations that followed inevitably swerved towards other Ibibo bloggers.
I learnt a lot about the history of blogging at Ibibo and felt proud to have become a part of an elite community. When we had exhausted the three hours that we had, the reluctance to end the meet was writ large on all the faces. The promise of another meet in the near future finally prodded us to proceed towards the exit. It will be really nice if, on that occasion, we have more bloggers joining us.
22 Responses to “The Bloggers’ Rendezvous”
By Sumit Ghost on Aug 16, 2008 | Reply
wowwww how i wish i was there too……..
By Dipankar on Aug 17, 2008 | Reply
The first time this happened to me was when inktank, idlemind and I got together. I immediately saw how enjoyable it was to meet people who existed only in your imagination in the past. The Swabhumi meet was particularly exciting. As I sat there (incident
By solaris on Aug 17, 2008 | Reply
We have a post in one of the comments….it was interesting to learn about his perception of solaris, (yours truly), we found a nice way to blend virtual world with the real one
By Violethue AS on Aug 17, 2008 | Reply
aha so the much awaited rendezvous at last took place…how i wish i could be in kol
By Idle Mind on Aug 17, 2008 | Reply
I think the honesty in your post matches with the respect with which Dipankar-da responded to yours. And you are right, the girl in between did give me a scare. She was awfully plastic in her looks … glad that it turned out to be a momentary illusion an
By Sonia Sonia on Aug 17, 2008 | Reply
Wonderful Gopa, to read your thoughts. Each reflects his/her views giving it different dimensions.Its grt to meet in person.One knows the mind to a certain extent (assume)
,its nice to put a face/a personality to a name.Wishing u al such moments of tog
By Santosh n on Aug 17, 2008 | Reply
Very nice to organise such meets. I think this shd be done my other regions too. Im sure it would be a very enriching experience.
By Rakhi on Aug 17, 2008 | Reply
hiii,hope ur return journey was good too……hope to(definite hope to)meet all again….owo,still in disbelief naa?…take care and all the best for all ur coming ventures includding more and more sharing @ibibo.bloging ……cheers
By savita on Aug 18, 2008 | Reply
So had a great time together ! People at IBIBO are living to its meaning , they are also bonding together.
By Muktadhara on Aug 18, 2008 | Reply
congrats to all kolkata bloggers for arranging a successful meet …and all the best 4 the future!
By Vio Sno on Aug 19, 2008 | Reply
Truly enthralling to read your part of the story Gopa. You have penned it down oh so beautifully. Its indeed amazing to read deep da’s view on the personalities of those he met on that special day. And the so called plastic women who came in between you
By Shishir on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply
Thanks for visiting my blog.As you have mentioned Emily Myers is the name of the writer of the song.The song is not my creation.
By Nishu's on Aug 22, 2008 | Reply
i hope we mumbai bloggers also meet up…like u all….its great meeting ur ibibo friends..and sharing ur point of view….with them………i have met inktank and ramesh…so it was nice meeting them….
By . on Aug 23, 2008 | Reply
I am still in a grief friend, why I have not received a chance by God to accompany another slightly submissive but most intelligent young lady of our gang full with life like you to put in my video title. Hope god will replace you next time in the title s
By . on Aug 23, 2008 | Reply
Your current short intelligent post from heart is justifying the reality of my remarks below!….Sun!
By . Miranda on Aug 23, 2008 | Reply
Great write up about a wonderful meeting……thanks for share dear Gopa…!!
By Madhu Vamsi on Aug 26, 2008 | Reply
Great meet I hope it is an all India meet…
By Sonia Sonia on Aug 31, 2008 | Reply
Thanx Gopa for ur wonderful words and for pointing out abt the problem with the emoticons. They were fine at my end and are regular smilies…small in size. nobody had mentioned abt the same either. i have deleted the same.tc and smile,
By Nishu's on Sep 2, 2008 | Reply
Hello dear………how r u……….
By Idle Mind on Sep 6, 2008 | Reply
Tired of working? or tired of writing? … and it’s been a long time when we pondered last!
By . on Sep 6, 2008 | Reply
Seemed before that aholla turned into life, but now it seems that she again turned into stone!……………!
Otho otho re,/
bifole probhat bujhi jay je/
malo akhi jago jago/
theko na ar ocheton e/
By InkTank on Sep 7, 2008 | Reply
waiting for a fresh post now, its been long:)