Sreekant Khandekar
Digital

afaqs! at 17

As afaqs! celebrates its 17th anniversary the website gets a new, bolder, and more attractive look while introducing two new columns.

You are reading this piece on the newly redesigned afaqs!

Today, the 17th birth anniversary of the website, seemed like the perfect day to introduce the site's makeover.

afaqs! at 17
afaqs! at 17

It is hard sometimes to fathom what 17 years really means. That is 204 months. Or 6,205 days.

Still doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

It gets a little easier if you recall what you were doing on September 28, 1999, when the site - then called agencyfaqs! - was launched.

So, if you are 45 today, you were 28 years old then, and probably in your second job.

If you are 35 now, you were 18 when agencyfaqs! was launched and were probably caught between excitement about that girl/boy in class and agony about the upcoming Class XII Boards.

And if you are 25 today, what can I say?! That while we were struggling to take the site live, you were an 8-year-old in Class II who was mugging up the multiplication table of 5 :)

I hope that gives you perspective on how long we've been around.

To return to the present, you will find the new avatar of afaqs! is bolder and more visually attractive.

We've also introduced a couple of new columns which are fun to read.

So stay with us as you always have and enjoy the site.

Have news to share? Write to us atnewsteam@afaqs.com