Did you know that India is the only country which has never invaded another country! Did you also know that Europeans got the knowledge of Geometry from Indians! Also we have the highest number of Newspaper subscribers in the world and one day will become the largest community of bloggers in the world. All these were from the #awesomeindianthings which trended on twitter yesterday. One tweet said it all ‘140 characters are not enough to describe our country’. Very true. That is where the blogs come into the picture and we have some wonderful posts from the Indian Blogging community. Read on…
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Perky Tweets – Feb. 22, ‘10
It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking: How did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue. And maybe we can actually never have it, no matter what. How did he know that? is one of the most famous dialogues from the movie The Pursuit of Happyness. How many of us try to pursue happiness?
Would you mind if happiness comes to your desktop every Monday? Yes we try it and our initiative is called the #perkytweets. Here are this week’s #perkytweets.
BlogAdda’s Spicy Saturday Picks – Feb. 20, ’10
Today is February 20! It was the day Kurt Cobain was born and one of the few days where people in Mumbai get extended weekends (yes, it was a holiday for a few yesterday). The Indian Blogging community is growing day by day and the Spicy Saturday Picks are the witness to that. These are the awesome Indian bloggers who post some wonderful content week after week. Read on…
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Interview with Suranga Date aka Ugich Konitari
At the time when the ladies are busy watching the Balika Vadhu, Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata hai and what not, there are some of them who spend their time blogging and make use of their free time to engage in wonderful discussions. She is a Masters in Physics, used to work for what is now one of India’s biggest IT company, TCS and India’s most sought after college, IIT Mumbai.
She is fondly known as Ugich Konitari (means ‘someone just like that’) and blogs at Gappa. She manages multiple blogs and is a contributor to Limerickwala as well. Let us welcome Mrs. Suranga Date, 60 years of age, one of India’s senior most and respected blogger to our Adda for this very inspirational interview. For the first time, she reveals her photo in an exclusive with BlogAdda. The stocks of Balaji Telefilms would crash once this interview goes live as people will start blogging taking cue from Mrs. Suranga. Here is Mrs. Suranga Date unplugged for you.
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BlogAdda’s Tangy Tuesday Picks – Feb. 16, ’10
What is the role of an intelligence agency in the country? According to Wikipedia ‘India has a number of intelligence agencies of which the best known are the Research and Analysis Wing, India’s external intelligence agency and the Intelligence Bureau, the internal intelligence agency.’ Do you think the Indian Intelligence is doing their duty properly? The latest from the Pune blasts probe suggest that ‘foreign hand’ was involved in the blasts. Is it something new? No! In other news, the Master and the Blaster scored centuries yesterday to take India to a respectable position and maybe help them retain the ranking. Is there any doubt that #sachinisgod of cricket ?
There are some more very important issues and happenings in Indian Blogging Community and Indian Bloggers have their opinion on the same. The best among the lot find a place in our Tangy Tuesday Picks. Here are the best from this week. Continue reading “BlogAdda’s Tangy Tuesday Picks – Feb. 16, ’10”
Perky Tweets – Feb. 15, ‘10
Does any religion preach terrorism? Which Religion preaches to kill innocent people? Cross border terrorism comes back to India at a time when the Prime minister offers the olive branch to the Pakistani PM. Vir Sanghvi has this very interesting article which asks ‘Can we stop being obsessed with Pakistan while Pakistan is still obsessed with us?’. Let us all live in peace and stay happy always.
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared, quotes Buddha. We are here to share happiness with you via #perkytweets – Tweets that make you ROFL. Here are this week’s #perkytweets