Before I give my readers some links to my presence on the net, may I request them (i.e. you, dear reader) to Google me by name ... just type "Dr. Taher Y. Kagalwala" and search the entire web. Impressive results, right? Well, I have been active on the net since a long, long time, perhaps 8-10 years. Initially, I used to access the net through MTNL (not their Tri Band, but the net you could get by dialing a certain number and putting user as "username" and mtnl as password.) I realised then that my bills were inflating, and while the line was accessing the net, the phone would remain "engaged". Then, along came Hathway. I have been using that at home, while I access through Tri Band at my clinic. Initially, like others, I used to go to a cyber cafe, and surf pornography sites, gaming sites and check my mail on Yahoo. Once I got the net at home, porn stuff was out; even otherwise, like most of you, I had, by then, lost interest in looking at naked girls posing shamelessly. I was a lot into mirC, and made a lot of friends from Indonesia, Phillipines, etc. but some of these were simply casual friends, while a few were bold enough to ask me if I would marry them! (I was already married, LOL.) From mirC, I moved on to Yahoo chat, then to snooker (at https://carom3D.com), then on to a lot of other stuff. In July 2002, I was searching for some place to host my original poems and writing. I hit upon " http://www.stories.com" and became a free member there. I am today a paid member, and have more than 250 works of writing, all my own. The site is called writing.com, by the way.Sometime in 2005, I must have registered on mouthshut, and, in 2007, I went on to become a citizen journalist at https://merinews.com, where I have posted quite a lot of articles. Next, I went into blogging, and I have three blogs on blogspot.com.Besides all this, there are many things I do on the net, such as participate in discussion forums like the one at nukkad, take surveys and get paid for the same at three or four sites, and still play games.The net takes up three to four hours of my time daily. Am I enjoying it? Of course. I am on Orkut, Multiply, Facebook, hi 5, Myspace, etc. etc. etc.Here are the links:Blogs: General: https://drtahersworld.blogspot.comJourneys of the mind: https://mirrorforself.blogspot.com Pediatric blog: https://drtaherforkids.blogspot.com Website: https://drtaherforkids.com Writing: https://drtaher.inkspot.com Orkut etc: search by name*Nukkad: https://mumbai-central.com/nukkad (you have to sign up to join the forum)
