The spirit

An exodus has been happening which is both unfortunate and understandable. People have their own issues but we surely have the right to influence their decisions don't we? :). TLTE is cherished because it has the right kind of people with the right kind of attitude and thus a right kind of atmosphere where people can resonate with their useless banter. Though I miss the peak times, when most of the members used to hangout and it was impossible to keep track of discussions. This is not happening anymore. Nevertheless the spirit is intact, the thread is unique and so are the people. Hope this spirit remains live and kicking for times to come.

New look yet again

Firstly I'd like to apologize for unilaterally changing the template and thus fluctuating the look of the blog every now and then. As you all know, this blog is still in its nascent stages and flip/flops are usual in this scenario. Having said this I'd also like to point out the new TLTE logo. Special thanks to Indrajit for contributing the Orkut TLTE logo on which the train and the text were added for special effects(x-factor in Orkut language).

Suno Suno Suno

:)

I just deleted my account. It had to happen someday, I knew that from the beginning. And today is the day.

And its not a big deal, people. Frankly speaking I am not at all sad for leaving. The purpose is solved, I have made good friends and loved my time at orkut. Its time to move on and focus on other things. And hey, dont worry the reason has nothing AT ALL to do with TLTE or you people.

And tirth, its not an irreversible step. I can come back anytime I want, and all of you who were my friends before will again accept me as friend. Right?

I will not really miss TLTE, coz TLTE's soul is this group and I am not leaving TLTE group or the blog. So chill ! :)

But I will miss Rehman community (Sumeet and BD, keep rocking there!), Bollywood comm and definetely the troll-free India community. Please take good care of it and keep it alive! :)

I was moderator of World Politics and 'The three little men from India' (hehe, that stupid community) ..... BD, tirth or anyone who is a member of those communities, please take over the moderatorship

Quote of the day:

Everything is okay in the end, If its not okay, its not the end.

Enjoy!

-Ritesh

PS: Please understand !

Me Too!!!

Well, it's been such a long time since this blog exists, and somehow havent posted a blog so far...Bad of me I know, so let me narrate my view of tlte too....:P

I dont know how many of you are going to believe this...but a couple of days back I lay in my bed at 5 in the mornin tryin to get some sleep(but I was too tired to sleep) and suddenly started thinkin abt what all makes and define my life today...and I was surprised to realise how much does tlte mean to me, personally.....

At tlte I'm a pampered kid, spoilt, stubborn, and naughty!!!!:DAll day all I do is chat around, fill up posts of smilies, scold all spammers(esp. spamyak :P) and play with scraps.....MY "kiddo page" style has become so famous on orkut now :P:Dand people here are so cool and loving, that they tolerate all my nonsense so sweetly;) :)
Like for example take ted...I pull his leg so much he must have grown taller by an inch or two by now :P Still he takes care of me like a little kid...and he reads all my blogs, and always replies thats chhhhhhhhhoooooooo chhhwwweeettttt

Then there's ritesh urf Ritz...who reads all my fwds, chats to me all the time, advises me, argues with me...in short is such a cool frnd..
Gopal's my fave, the handsomest guy on tlte...I just love talkin to him!!!
Of course there's Raja my mentor...the one person who has the maximum role in my ever being on tlte...
Then Shobhit, Samyak, SM,Kanu, Asha,Saras, sajan, pramod, kosha, BD, Adi...and just so many others.........i cant take all names, but they are alllllllll so special to me...so special, that i hate being on tlte myself if even one of them leaves it...

SOME HISTORY:

when I joined orkut, i hardly had a clue what to do...i was just browsin through some communities...and liked India, because they had some real nice discussions on "serious" topics...
Oh god, it seems like ages ago when I wen tposting in every thread concerning a political issue, or some other topic of interestI was somewhat wary of the longer threads to start with, tlte was arnd 6k old, and there was the something thread which i never liked the concept of, too much...
i came to tlte once, and forgot abt it totally
Then again One day I posted a bit in both threads...and what caught my eye wwas a cricket discussion initially :P
and a lot of enthu in the ppl to beat the smthn thread..it was arnd 7k, and it was quite a close competition.but i was cbut I was completely ignored..hardly anyone said even hi to me...Bd and Summet were too busy with their discussion!
And for the time being i left....
Still i dunno why, i kept comin back...for a lot of time didnt post but kept readin..everything...i saw so many of india veterans there..maybe i was awestruck...i dunno..
but i remember being very happy when i saw tlte leadin somethin thread for the first time..I came back, and i remember kp was the first, and that time the only person who talked to me...then raja asked for an intro...while ted, kanu, sumeet and others were continuing their discussions, and i was trying to figure out what the TLTE board was!!!!
Raja asked Kanu to be my mentor, but she was going out the next day, so Raja himself became my mentor..and I'm sooooooo glad he did...
For a long time ppl discussed my scary pic, and I was asked to change that immediately:(I suspect some were actually scared of me...I had 13 frnds, and 13 communtites then!!!!
Again a lil silence, coz i hardly knew anyone, and no one talked to me..i generally posted when either Raja was around, or cricket was the topic:)
Slowly though i got to know more and more people, and i have no idea when it became wat it is now to me...

My favourite times were when everyone joined hands to fight Hunka's farting, my nomenclature fight and those umpteen leg pulling sessions we have had..Everything looks like such a dream...a pleasant dream!!

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And today, i cant imagine a day without tlte...ted already told evryone abt how i got the name kiddo, and cant tell u how much I love it!!!Thanx Ritesh :)
and here in my college ppl have started callin me kiddo too, as well as chirkut-addict, for orkuttin all day!!:P

But I really love it, coz tlte has given me so much I cannot express, and can never return back even 1%...
I'm so happy I'm here...
I wish I can stay!

Age factor

One strange phenomenon happened with me at TLTE. I dont know why, but all the people who were older to me in the thread and I didnt know much about...... I used to think that they are older to me in real life also [:D]

E.g., Didnt know much about Saras, Asha, Sowmya, SM, Kanu, Raja, Gopala for a long time. And until the time I got to know them well, always thought they are older (in age) to me. [:D] Some of them actually are... but it was a shock to learn about others (like Kanu and Asha).

Hehehe..