Wow, this is very promising news! Let me be the first to congratulate you as i happen to read this at this moment lol

Dear Jasjit, how wonderful to be able to edit this book! Hope there will also be room for your Sound of running water articles :)

And a blog that has reached so many hits in such a short period is certainly worth to carve an exciting and dynamic destiny for itself.

I am sending right now (virtually) a bunch of flourishing roses through cyberspace to celebrate the occasion with you all :)

Dearest Mieke

Thank Your for your words your wishes and of course for enriching this space with your participation. All of you have made this possible!

This 'Blook' is strictly published as a blog in book form so nothing but artciles from here. Its been quite time consuming the last few weeks
choosing a 100 posts to include but the first manuscript is finally done and now with the publisher.

As for Sound Of Running water, I do hope to bring a book together with that theme and with some of those posts someday soon.

Sending you some virtual chocolate cake and champagne for being on the 'team'.

Love and hugs

Thanks Mieke for the roses.

Love
Chaitali

Mmmm.. that tastes great Jasjit :)
Chaitali and all: Cheers!

Congratulations!

That's a great news! ; - )

Cheers, Rohit

Thanks Rohit:-)

Thank you Mieke for the stunning flowers and the warm wishes. And thank you for your interesting and valuable contributions....not to mention the great punjabi:-)

lots of love

congratulations jasjit, anusheh, chaitali and all! it is a great news. i had seen very early that articles here were of far higher standard than the other blogs and needed to be preserved and perhaps i even suggested it some time back. great that now it will be done.

hello mieke,

cheers, cheers, cheers!

Hey thats gr8 news guys! Congrats! Wow I can't wait for the 'Blook'! Well done!

Harb Ji

Nanak das muk tey jo bole eehan uhaan such hove! So as you said it was done lol! Thank you for support and good wishes and your presence here. Yes its been wonderful news for us because we too felt many of these should be published and now through the blook they will be available to many more readers who are not on the net. The next plan is to translate into Hindi and target another audience altogether.

Three cheers for you guys! Gr8 work and I'm sure the blook will be a gr8 success too. A million hits, wow that's amazing!!

Congrats to all of you :D

Thanks Harb, Ananya, Annie, Rohit! We are all very excited about the blook and we would like to thank all of you on the blog for making it possible.

CONGRATULATIONS !! Absolutely fabulous, exciting news..

Love and heartfelt wishes to all of you.

Sukanya

My Good Wishes to all for the good work of this blog. Many congratulations on more success.

Duya karta hun ki yeh blog hamesha kayam rahe aur bulandiyon ko chuye!

Aapka ek hamsafar

Thank you Harb, Sukanya, Annie, Kalam and Ananya

Harbji tussi kithe reh gaye si...mein aithe bet lai si keh tussi pehle aa ke vadhai davo ge (relationship aisi hai na)lekin tussi te mera nuksaan hi kar ditta lol. A warm thank you to you for all the wisdom, friendship and warmth that you bring to this space and to all of us.

lots of love

Hi Anusheh, Harb,

:) :) :)

lol anusheh, pehla hi nuksaan di gal sunake party ton na bhajo....na hi jasjit ji tusin hun virtual party da sahara lao....jad asli hi kitab chappe gi tan asli hi party lavange ain canaught place de wich...you know you will become international celebs lol...

btw, my son alongwith my grandson suddenly came yesterday and i got up late today because i slept late...my gs wanted to wrestle with me like www wrestlers...he was quite ready with the like boots, shorts and all, and forced me to first put gaddas on the ground and then wrestle...just now he gave me the time to write...

Hi Mieke

tvaada ki haal ai:-)

Hi Anusheh,

mein thik han
tusi sunao? :)

Mieke this is so freaky. Coming from Pakistan, living in India, speaking to a dutch woman in cyberspace in Punjabi. Now if this isn't the ultimate experience of oneness, what is????:-)

indeed anusheh, mieke's lovely punjabi has brought added charm to the blog...and perhaps mieke herself as well...

yes Harb indeed she has:-)

Yes Dear Anusheh, it is the aquarian conspiracy unfolding :)
At last...

Surj chamak riha hai :)

suraj chamak riha hai....wow...punjabi from mieke...

mieke, i hope you dont make it 'isitpunjabiblog.com

Dear Mieke

Indeed suraj chamak riha hai but in keeping with the aquarian prophecy perhaps it should be chand chad riha hai (the moon is rising) lol

Yes Harb I think its time for an isitpunjabiblog launched by Mieke and her teacher lol. Then we can all meet in Punjab and have a real clebration. Connaught Place is just not cool enough for such festivities. :)

Mieke your punjabi has me floored. And now before Harb complains again, let me also add that he must be a good teacher and you a wonderful student.lol

Harbji tvanu connaught place yaad aa ria ai te sannu makki te saag. Ainj karde an ke halfway point te milaan ge. Tussi makki saag lai aana te assi connaught place da khana:-)

Thanks Jasjit for the chand chad riha hai. You will never believe this, but a couple of years ago i purchased such a beautiful sound mobile (you know those thingies you hang somewhere and when the wind blows or you walk against it, they make a beautiful sound).

The universe really conspired in making me choose this one as it also contains a beautiful brown sun and a blank moon united in a sweet kiss lol. If you want, could send you a picture of it by mail.

So a blog about "Is it about the East and the West" would be the first i think of lol but perhaps we are back then with the male and the female and "Is it about sex?"

So Harb don´t worry :)

And Anusheh: asin dosat han, nahin?

of course dost aan mieke:-)

Hi Bloggers

I'm a silent type who visits here often and enjoys the wide range of subjects you bring together quite effortlessly under the title of this blog. Just wanted to congratulate you on your success with Harper Collins. Well done and good luck!

Dear Jasjit, Anusheh and Chaitali,

CONGRATULATIONS to you guys!!! This is indeed great news! I am sure its going to be a big hit!

Congratulations to all the bloggers as well! Great going!

My best wishes :-)
Love,
Shubhz

Dear Jasjit, Anusheh, Chaitali and others,

absolutley wonderful news! congratulations!

a million hits is simply amazing.

loving every moment of being associated with the blog its authors, commentors and the variety of subjects being discussed.

lots of love,

Aachi

Congrats people this site deserves the honours.
Good luck for more innings.

Jasjit&admin...this is quite a painful coincidence to see my entry with anonymous here. That person is a hacker. The last thing anyone wud want to see is that person playing with this beautiful site.

Beware of those Admin!!! Don't keep it that free for the hackers to wander into your site.

God bless!!
Love..Sachin

Yes Sachin

Anonymous is quite an annoying hacker and operates from various ip addresses so we are trying our best to block him. Thanks for the warning!

Hi Shubz

Yes its been something to celebrate. You remember all our anxieties just six months ago and now this is more than just good news. :)

Hi Aachi

Well Harper Collins is definetly going to help take the blog down different roads which should be exciting and rewarding. and thanks to all of you we have come this far. :)

Much Love

Enakshi & Subbu

thanks for you wishes and your presence here. Love

Hi Mieke

I love mobiles and yes I would love to see a picture of yours. few years ago I was in Washington and picked up a really beautiful/unusual mobile made of ribbed glass in a sky blue tint. It has these empty rings set off by circles of blue with painted centres like mandalas. It hangs in my meditation room atop a beautiful Buddha carved within a tree trunk (I think its of Thai origin) so in the silence of the room all you here is this ever so soft tinkle which actually sounds like a faraway bell. Quite ethereal!

jasjit, anusheh, fair enough. let us wait for the right time...

in fact i was talking of canaught place because my visit to my sister at delhi was overdue and i thought i will also meet with you when i came. but all right, more so because i really dont know when i will actually make to delhi...i am not a great traveller lol...

jasjit, you must have done a lot of hard work for finding and editing the right posts, i thought you were just into what you said potato-mind state lol.

cheers to all once again!

aachi, congratulations and thanks to you too. congratulations because you too have contributed much to this blog and thanks because it was you who invited me here and you know when i google for "self designed universe" many of the entries come from this "isitaboutsexblog.com which means the reverse must also be true which means this blog is giving great publicity to my otherwise not so saleable book too.

Harb Ji

When and if you make it to Delhi you have to not only visit Ifsha but my home too. So connaught Place can be your private jaunt. Yes the potato mind makes mundane things like editing very labourious and tedious at times. But like I've said before, SOT is here right now and I act and take one day at a time in it. Pher jo vi karana hai usdi raza vich kar guzar di haan, hun tey ey vi nahi pata ki changa kardi haan yan manda. :)

jasjit, i cannot tell how much i have enjoyed your phrase "have to" in the first line of your message. though not a very social person more so because of my hearing/english-speaking/desi persona/punjabi problems - the kind who does not go even on people's khushi and gami occasions if he can - now jadon mein dilli aya tuhade kol jarur avanga...ate shaid jaldi hi...

perhaps this phrase points towards what one may say zen state of relationships - having no relationship you will have full relationship, having full relationship you will have no relationship...

santosham...

anushehia, saag te makki di roti vi menu bhuli nahin...ehda vi koi bandobast karange kise dhukvein same te...

Harbji hearing no problem, english speaking no problem, desi persona and punjabi very welcome....so there can be no excuses lol.

love

anushehia, theek, thank you, unj vi jithe 'have to' lag gaya uthe excuses da kam khatam ho gaya...

Thanks Enakhsi, Subbu and Sachin,

Hi Aachi, Shubhosree.

The Congrats (like I said earlier) goes to everyone who has contributed to this blog whether with their articles or their comments.

For me so far this has been a wonderful journey and the Blook is going to be like a documentation of the journey, the ups and downs, the realization and the new self that I have only begun to experience and understand. What is going to make the blook special for me is that with every article there are memories attached, not only of my own but memories of the person who has written it and put her/his memories into it, the person(s) who have put down their memories by comenting on the blog.

Jasjit, Anusheh and Shubhosree a big big hug to you guys for encouraging me through this journey.

Bravo to all you amazing people and to this blog. well deserved so a big congrats from me too.

Personally I think its the most interesting blog i have come across so I hope it grows and grows.

a miilion good wishes to you all

Hi Shagufta,

Thanks for the wishes! Make sure that you get a copy of it when it's out in the market :)

Congrats to everyone here on this wonderful blog.
One million hits is a huge achievemnt and I visit this website religiously everyday.
I am eagerly looking forward to the Blook which will be published and hope it is a bigger success than the site itself.

Thanks Chet for your support and your wishes:-)

How can I forget all that we have been through Jasjit, to create this beautiful baby! And thats what makes it so special :-)

The feeling is mutual Chaitali and a warm hug to you too :-)

Love

Yes Shubzee

Remember those endless discussions, the software chase, the many 'dummy' experiences(lol), the fears, the neuroses (those specific ones!!!) and then the first month when every morning we raced into office fearing to see the worst spammers and hackers abound. Yes m'dear it was quite a fun journey (in retrospect) and today is the anniversary of that crazy day seven months ago!. Who would have thought...and now its all getting immortalized in a book you can regale your grandchildren with. Imagine that..telling your cute little grandchildren that cuddly grandma created the first ever blog on SEX...how's that for a legacy Lol

love and hugs

Dear Jasjit,

LOL!!!! Oh yeah!!! i remember every moment of that. In retrospect, it is all quite funny indeed but at that time, we were just short of pulling our hair off! And I specially remember the late night sitting till 1.30 (remember that Anusheh??) trying to get it all ready to go..... feeding on some stale left-over pizza!! What fun!

And yep I will surely be the proud grandma to be flaunting my humble contribution to the first blog and blook on SEX .... wouldnt that be something?! one hep grandma I'd say .... I am loving it :-D

Great first 7 months for the blog Jasjit! Congrats to all :-)

Love and hugs,
Shubhzee

Hi Shubhz

That was really a lot of fun:-) I think we could hardly see at the end of it but it was so exciting to finally see the blog coming alive. Poor Guru was at an airport I think, being held hostage to his computer by us manic women.lol And now it's seven whole months old. Must say a big thank you to Guru again because we haven't had any hitches thanks to his great programming.
love