Blog Genesis

So as the saying goes, better late than never - despite trying my hand at writing for a few years now, I've officially embarked on a BLOG! Say it out a loud and you'll realize it sounds a little like 'Bog' (a slang word for you know what). Well, I can tell you, this blog to some, might be exactly that - Mevan's written excretions! But for a few others, there might be an interesting read once a in a while. So feel free to comment/ criticize/ whatever. My first bog, sorry BLOG post is a thought that came to mind when coming up with a name for this scene-cons*. Think about it, the revered "kurutu gee" on the 'kadapath pawura' (mirror wall) of Sigiriya and every other bit of ancient writing that we most often call 'Sel lipi' (stone letters) are nothing but blogs! One of Sri Lanka's oldest Blog Spots! Well yes, they may have also served as name boards, sign boards, media campaign and propaganda for the King and so on and so forth. But by and large the precious inscriptions that we oggle over and get a few hundred archaeologists to 'try' to decipher,   are the posts of ancient bloggers. And Google would have been proud to buy over Kadapath Pawura.com! Or well not really. Since all that it contains (as far as we know up to now) is just one blogger's posts (possibly a couple more).   Added to that, this guy was terribly love sick, wrapped in melancholy. He may have even chewed on some exotic herb growing on the slopes of the rock, I mean; women floating topless on clouds? Seriously?? Long story short; these ancient blog posts are the only gateway to the world of history. Be it the cave drawings, the scribbles inside the pyramids or the Sel Lipi found at different locations in Sri Lanka. Our entire perception of history has been based on these, since they have acted as 'documents' of fact rather than blog posts of bloggers. The blogger didn't like the King too much in 1st Century BC, and a thousand years later, kids at school listen to the teacher go "We all know that King-whoever was an evil king, King-somebody was an adulterer, King-thatbugger was a weak king, King-whatshisface was a useless, good for nothing king who ruined our country at the time". So don't get me wrong - I'm an avid lover of history and mysterious stories and kings and wars and miracles and ancient technology that is far superior to ours and Kashyapa and Sigiriya! But if someone tried to decipher the stuff I post on this blog after a hundred years - I'll be feeling the same as the blogger on Kadapath Pawura. And what exactly is that feeling?  You tell me....   "Dude, it's just a bloody blog!" Welcome to kUrUtU! Ancient 'kurutu' (writings) among recent kurutu *scene-cons; synonym for thing, thingy, whatever you call it these days

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