It has been one week since the world cup got over. We are sure many of you would have got used to watching those football matches in the night and then waking up to Monday Blues. 
By now researchers are researching on the fact that #perkytweets are the solution for Monday blues. Tonnes and tonnes of people are contributing to #perkytweets everyday and three out of them win personalized T shirts every week from Infibeam.
This week, there was a very interesting topic called ‘Rupee’ that was trending on Twitter. Yes, it was the Indian Rupee. Millions of people were talking about it. What do you think about the new Indian Rupee symbol? Also, a very interesting fact is that the symbol which was selected was not among the one’s shortlisted. There are some other topics as well which were discussed by the Indian Bloggers and we pick the best out of them for you. Here are this week’s Spicy Saturday Picks.
Remember H? After his bungee jumping moment of madness, he went ahead and completed his ‘Moments of Madness‘ list before he comes back to his desktop to see our contests page. After reading the wonderful entries posted there and going through the bloggers ‘Moments of Madness‘, he realizes that he has missed so much in life. He is ready to set off again, but not before knowing the winning entries. We requested Monika Manchanda to do the honours and you will know why. Take it over Monika.
Around 800 years ago, an art originated in Bihar. It involved melting of glass in to thin sheets and adding traced pattern in natural colors and thereafter embellishing it with gold foil to create the “Tikuli” or “Bindi”. 800 years later, one person true to her name, believed that blogging is an art. She is ‘Tikuli’. This week we have interviewed Tikuli Dogra who ‘Spins a yarn of life’ at her blog with wonderful posts and poems. Here is the persona interviewed.
With freedom comes responsibility. Freedom of the Press was one of the constitutional guarantees persistently demanded by India’s freedom fighters during British colonial rule. The Media in India enjoys a great amount of freedom and seems flourishing. Do you think, the Indian Media in the current times, is misusing their freedom? Have they strayed their path from responsible journalism? It is time to know what you think of the Indian Media in the current times.
As @mariyaness tweeted today ‘Wow twitter is bringing out the beast in celebs, journos and every other nobody. Amusing stuff‘. Akshay Kumar was in news for meeting R K Laxman in the hospital to thank him, since his character in the new film is inspired by his cartoons. Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN called him a jackass in one of his tweet. Amitabh Bachchan responded via this one.
What do you think were Akshay’s intentions? Are film stars so selfish or is Rajeev fair in blaming Akshay? What ever it is, it is snowballing into a controversy. If you want to stay away from controversies and instead read something more constructive, read the best blogposts from the Indian Blogosphere.
