Imagine the shock I got when Mumbai On A High’s URL pointed to a porn web site ?

I have been blogging for well over 11 years now.

And over the years I’ve had to re-invent myself on various platforms and with new names.

And the last time I started a new blog, I thought that it would be my last one. After all, I was no longer a newbie. I had made my mistakes and my blog was here to stay.

But in June this year, when I got a renewal notice from my hosting provider SiteGround, Hubby Dear and Daughter No 1 put their foot down. ( Or should it be feet because between the two of them they had four feet to put down).

“Enough,” they said in unison, “You have wasted enough money and time on your blog so now if you want to continue blogging, do it for FREE”.

So, I must be about the only person on this planet who is moving from a self hosted blog to a FREE one.

In hindsight ( 2020? ) this might be the best option since

a) Everyone is tightening their belts so a non-profit activity should also be a non-cost activity.

b) With lifestyles changing and most people having to do their own work, less people will be interested or having time to reading blogs etc.

c) Working from home will mean more time on the screen so people are hardly likely to spend even more time than required staring at the screen.

Changing the blog platform.

So what I did was import all my content from “Mumbai On  A High” to this new blog site.

I hope to slowly re-vamp it weeding out the irrelevant content, sorting it out so that I hope it will become a better reading experience for you dear readers.

And most importantly, I had to change the name to disassociate myself from the infamous Porn Website URL that my old blog name pointed to.

Thank you for your support

During the AtoZ Challenge this year, I got 10 new subscribers and finally touched the 1000 subscriber mark.

As ShailajaV said in one of her many Webinars, one’s subscribers/followers are not always one’s audience. But nonetheless, it is a nice ego massage to know that there are so many people out there who actually found it worthwhile becoming a regular subscriber.

So hang on there and see you soon.

Ciao