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alvida: Abdullah just started posting his blog a couple of months ago |
National Conference President Omar Abdullah has bid farewell to his blog, owing to "personal abuse". "I am going back to being an old school politician and you can read what I think in the newspapers," Omar said in his write-up 'Alvida' pasted on his blog yesterday.
Omar, the first politician from Jammu and Kashmir who started sharing his thoughts through his blog, said the blog was supposed to be about the serious and the frivolous, the happy and the sad, the important and the completely pointless but somewhere along the way it lost its character.
"There was a time not so long ago when I used to enjoy rushing to this blog and reading comments. I used to look forward to pitting my wits against people who I didn't necessarily agree with but who could argue a point on its merit. Sure, they didn't like me and would not trust me further than they could throw me, but they had the maturity and self confidence to listen."
"Last night, as I finished my last post, I realised that I was filled with dread at the heap of personal abuse I was expecting when I logged on this morning and I was not wrong," Abdullah said.
He said, "So after almost 42 posts from me and more than 900 comments from all of you, I am signing off and I will not be coming back."
Abdullah, however, thanked those who contributed to his blog. "Those of you who made this blog what it was, I thank you. Those of you who made this blog what it is, I thank you too."
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