Birthday

Hi Readers,

'Anamika' was launched on April 14th 2005. Three full years - and over 150 posts -later, I feel sort of pleasantly surprised that it has lasted so long. In hindsight, a main reason why this blog is still up and running is probably the posting frequency (of around a post a week) I settled into right from the beginning, a frequency that while perhaps not sufficient to retain the interest of individual readers for long, was gentle enough for me to have maintained.

I need to thank all of you, Readers, for keeping me motivated with your comments; indeed a very salient feature of Anamika's history has been a very high *consistency* in readership - for the last two years, this blog has received a very steady average of about a thousand visits a month (including mine which average well less than a hundred a month).

As has been the case whenever I tried to look back and take stock, the feelings are decidedly mixed. Yes, Anamika (and its spinoff 'Tech Musings') has been an important part of the last three years - years, which, personally speaking, could have been a lot better than they were, but were nevertheless better than many others I have seen and which have left me still hoping - for instance that I get to find/think and write about more (and more interesting) subjects and to keep this blog running for some more time. And with about half a dozen postable ideas on the anvil as of now, ... well, let's get on with it!