badh bhangar aawaj is approaching two years of colourful moments - ups and downs, peace and war, laughter and tears, but always engagement. we are happy to see that our success has inspired others to develop similar services, especially with reference to sachalayatan. the more bangla services that are created, the better choices and wider reach for local talents to express themselves. i would really love to hear from you about other services which are not so widely known yet but deserves better publicity. perhaps we could give them some push forward through deeper discussions and highlights here on somewhere in... blog? you all know somewhere in... blog, and you all have an opinion about our service and features. i think it would be healthy to maintain a debate on all services so that the lessons to learn for us all could be better highlighted. why should we promote other services through somewhere in... blog? well, in my eyes, there is no competition, as there is not a finite number of users to fight for. the main challenge is to reach out to all the people who do not know about blogging and the opportunities that exist for free expressions in bangla. that can best be done by joining hands and spread the word. whether people blog on somewhere in... blog, sachalayatan or other services is not the issue. the important thing is to get more and more people to start blogging, and let the really talented people get more exposure and reach for their writings. only in this way can we as bloggers make a real impact on the society in a positive way. i guess we all agree on some issues: that we need internet, we need free expression of thoughts and we need a massive collaborative effort to build bangladesh as a strong, modern country which is well respected internationally. i can only contribute in english, but i am lucky to have the capacity to contribute to strengthen bangla as a language through the internet. we always try to improve badh bhangar aawaj, and if you find other services that you are more happy with than ours, then we have even better reasons to look for improvements within ourselves. let this be a positive discussion towards the other services. do you have any feedback to us about what they do better than us, why you like them more and what new services that deserves a better publicity? leave the negative criticism for us. we are not interested in what they do wrong, as we cannot fix that. but if we do things wrong or lose out in opportunities, do tell us, so that we can learn from your observations and make somewhere in... blog a better service. we often wish we had a magic wand to create the ulimate service, but developing revolutionary services really takes time, much more than we wished for, though we all work hard for new updates. i got inspired for this post by seeing the fantastic response the blog gets in times of trouble, this time after the arrest of arifur rahman. modernising the society we live in is too serious to leave to a handful of people in the government and a one-way media. we need interactive media and multiple channels for people to share their views and raise their voices. i therefore welcome any good initiative that can create more bangla bloggers.