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Somehow or rather, the topic of "Responsible Blogging" and the call for a "Blogger's Code of Conduct" is hot in the current state of things. That this started because of an episode on Vasantham is highly unlikely. Let's just take it as, a lot of people have questions and some won't stop till they're answered. Attempting to be the last line warrior to defend why we do what we do, MystiKal lays the matter to rest. Div had her twenty cents worth, HERE. Lacking the way of the wordsmith, I weighed in HERE. For all known posts stemming from a televised debate on the responsibility in the hands of bloggers, do click HERE and have your fill.

Henceforth, there WILL be no more, explanatory posts as to why things are the way they are. For reference, refer to our KLKillahs Manifesto. Show deference if you'd like to.

We are not the norm.

A blog can be many things. It can be a personal journal like this one. Where i get to see my thoughts come out in words. A sort of vent. Maybe even to show off.. LOL.. we are all capable of that. But KLKillahs is another kind of blog. What it used to be may be questioned, but i believe we have a new calling. Something for the future. A voice if u must, accessible to all, interactive voice to almost everything pertaining to being Indian. Negative positive or simply which pappadam is crispiest at which tekka pukul mati makan restaurant. Why? Who cares why?! WHY NOT! i ask you.

We address a need for us Indians to look at ourselves, laugh at ourselves and think for ourselves. Albeit many of the issues at KLKillahs are smothered with dark humour. A dry thesis espousing all the fuck things that are wrong/right with us. Or simply regurgitating talking points is being... pedestrian. This blog i may accept as pedestrian. Its just another blog of another random fella who thinks the world of himself. Et Tu Selva etc.. But KLKillahs is different.

Its a couple of people from different walks of life that come together, give their take, their opinions, their spin on issues.. talking points and/or random silly, not so silly things that will put a smile on your face on a mundane day, spur you to do some research on some topic instead of bumming away watching sun TV, go to work/school/public toilet and think about how reading that post on our blog made u think differently and hopefully affected you positively.. you get my drift?

That is what we are trying to achieve. We are not even doing it from behind a veil of secrecy. That in itself is a form of us taking responsibility in the articles that we do. And we set guidelines, skirt the edges, maybe bend/ break/ lay-on-the-floor-and-spread the rules in the attempt to stress a point, evoke a reaction, bring about a change.

That's what KLK is about my friends. Change. We dare to question. There is no limit to question. The right to ask is universal. Whether we get a satisfactory answer or a reasonable one is another question totally. Even asking a question can come in many forms. When we ridicule something. Ask yourself, what is the point? Do you really think we have nothing better to do then clown around making fun of people? There is a point there is a motive. Even for the mundane. When we point out errors, when we bring out our point even if we show u a picture with no caption or further illustration whatsoever, it is a question. It is a move, an effort to bring about change. To improve in whatever way we can. There.. there is our disclaimer. We do it in whatever way we can. With whatever resources that we can make do with...

Far from perfection we would be. Living in our own turmoil we may be. Disillusioned with life also we could be. But when we load that blogger page and type in the title of the post that we want to put on KLKillahs, we assume a mantle. The mantle of thinking from the readers' point of view. How that reader would be affected, how would the person we're talking about be affected? How can you bring about a change on the person reading it? Will he/she have a better day? A snort of derision? A rush of righteous anger? A stir of controversy? We learn from every post we write. The reactions. the feedback, and whiny little people who cannot stand their flaws put under a microscope. I wouldn't like it too.. That's why i signed up.. If you can't beat them.. join them :)

If i could sum up what we do? In as little words as possible. I'd say.. We're people who dare laugh at ourselves. Laugh at our flaws. And write articles that makes your day a little brighter. a tad funnier or probably more interesting :D Even if it means giving you reasons not to send your teen daughters to parade for small time TV that wouldn't look good on a resume anyway.. =)

Now the worse thing that can happen is if ah_neh nudges me on MSN and say "deh? what makes you think all that crap applies to me?" [what i'm most likely to say: "how, amk, half hour, thanni?"]

So in that context kindly imagine all the 'We' in this post represent me and my Muse...