Category: Buzzing Blogosphere

Summers are not really welcome for most people in India, because who likes getting baked by the hot sun? Still, the arrival of spring is a happy occasion, because it means that Holi is around the corner! The gulaal filled waters in pichkaris will spill all over the homes with the most cherished Holi songs of Bollywood playing in the background followed by some thandai to cool us down in these hot summers. So in this week’s Buzzing Blogosphere, we bring before you all the colorful happenings and the essence of this festival that bloggers have already started celebrating through their blog posts.

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It has been a week that the ‘King Of Good Times’ has been ruling the news channels, ironically for a very bad reason. Kingfisher head honcho Vijay Mallya has been accused of defaulting on loans to the tune of Rs. 9000 crores. The mounting losses have now come out in the open and Mr. Mallya has been rumoured to have flown to his house in UK which is currently on the Indian media’s radar. We bring you facts, information and perspective from Indian blogs that will speak about the sequence of events, what went wrong, and the things it means for the state of Indian banking and recovery. 

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‘Kanhaiya Kumar’ is the buzzword of the season. If you’re in any way connected to the outside word, there is no way you haven’t heard the name of the student who put JNU on the map. He spent two weeks in jail on charges of sedition, after which he was released on bail on 3rd March. His arrest attracted nationwide protests from students and professionals, who cheered his hour long speech and chants of ‘Azaadi’. There are also people who think he doesn’t deserve the adulation and title of ‘Next Big Politician’ that have been bestowed on him. Let’s see what the Indian blogosphere is saying about Kanhaiya Kumar‘s release and the subsequent events. 

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It is that time of the year when the nation waits to know how the money is spent in different spheres. Every year the Indian Government comes up with budget that talks about the income and expenditures that will be taken care of through out the year. The Railway Budget 2016-17 was announced and has attracted mixed reactions from leaders and people in general. We bring you the highlights of the budget, how productive is it and what the opinions and views have to say. All from the bloggers, by the bloggers and for the bloggers.

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The Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi has been in news for over three weeks for the disturbance created by a program in the university campus. The participants of the meet allegedly chanted anti-India slogans. This led to the beating of students, journalists and lawyers and even the arrest of the student president Mr. Kanhaiya Kumar on accounts of a speech delivered by him about Afzal Guru and Ajmal Kasab. Thus flared a debate regarding what constitutes sedition, who was in the wrong during the aftermath of the clash, and how much of what the media reports is true. We bring you the bloggers who present their views and opinions on the same.

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After a deadly avalanche hit the Siachen Glacier, 9 Indian army jawans lost their lives. However the story of one jawan is something that will always be recalled every time this unfortunate incident is brought in light.  Lance Naik Hanaman Thappa miraculously managed to remain alive 35ft below the heavy snow of Siachen Glacier.  For 6 days after the heavy snowfall and in temperatures at – 45 degrees Celsius temperatures, this soldier managed to keep up with death that swallowed the other 9. The post in Siachen is at an altitude of 19,500 ft. The figures are enough to give us chills down our spines in normal temperatures. Siachen however is one of the most dangerous battlegrounds on earth where India and Pakistan have been fighting wars since April 1984. We bring you some very important facts, perspectives and notations worth knowing from blogs and bloggers from India.

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