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It has been five long years since I started this
website. I remember it was 5th July 2006 Jalaram
Hall where I made a power point presentation
about this website. Shri. Mathuradas Mehta was
the chief guest.
After the presentation, I met lots of people
saying the idea was good but it was too
premature.
Someone said to me “ Tamaro vichar saras che
punn loko pase computer kya che ? Computer hoy
to website juve ne ?
At that time I knew that it was indeed early to
launch KapolSamaj.com but I was convinced and
had a vision that in ten years time everyone in
the world would be connected through the
internet. With that conviction I launched the
first version of this website only in English.
Over a period to time I realised that I need to
cater to all classes of people within our
community. As time passed by I kept on adding
gujrati songs, shreenathji photos, obituary
column. And today it is a full blown website
with video and photo gallery, national news,
stock prices, matrimonial, yellowpages, databank
etc., As social networking sites like facebook,
twitter, orkut etc., caught frenzy, I added
Facebook and Twitter on www.kapolsamaj.com
website to make it more vibrant. I was myself
surprised to see that since its launch on 11 Jan
2011, there are at least 50 new visitors getting
connected through FB. Those who laughed at me
during its first launch at Jalaram Hall,
Vileparle are shaking hands with me and giving
compliments.
As everyone knows, in this day of globalisation
and social networking, the only way to keep our
community together is through medium of
internet. Off course, there are various social
organisations, trusts, groups from our kapol
community organising various events throughout
the year. However, I have noticed and after a
lot of research I have found that younger lot is
not very keen in attending these type of events
organised by our social groups. They are fast
and do not have patience. For them mobile and
internet is there world. They like chatting and
dating on the web. And as time passes, there
will be video conferencing on mobile, face to
face communication on mobile itself. And surely
that time is only a few years away.
Jago kapol jago !!
Lets all get connected and build our life
together. Happy surfing !
Founder www.kapolsamaj.com
CA.Bharat B. Desai
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