Interview with Anita Tikoo

Have you heard the story about the bread & butterflies? The story starts this way. Wait. Why don’t we host A Mad Tea Party at our Adda and narrate this story with everyone? Excellent! The guest of honour for this party is none other than the founder of ‘A Mad Tea Party’, Anita Tikoo who is here exclusively at your Adda. Presenting an interview which talks about anything & everything from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Let the party begin.

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Poor Little Rich Slum

This book is an attempt to share that expansive experience, through the limited medium of words and pictures. Writing it restored our faith in humanity. We can be happy, we can be hopeful, we can be enterprising – no matter where we are. The question is – are you? If Dharavi can, so can I. This is what the author’s note concludes. Yes, we are talking about one of the largest slums in the world – Dharavi. We once again welcome Rashmi Bansal in the Book Reviews Program, along with Deepak Gandhi and Dee Gandhi, for a very special book called Poor Little Rich Slum – what we saw in Dharavi and why it matters. Curious to know about this community? Read below to know what the book offers.

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Indian Bloggers on Satyamev Jayate – A Week’s Story

Come Sunday, and Indian Bloggers seem to be sitting in front of the television set, to watch and then blog about what is called India’s tribute to Oprah – Satyamev Jayate. The talk show by Aamir Khan that seeks to bring out the social vices, through testimonies of victims and chat with experts has been topping the TRP’s ever since it was launched. Slotted at 11 AM every Sunday, the show provides to be the perfect watch with family, the middle class’ window to talking about what was earlier hushed and swept under the carpet.

There’s no denying the fact that the show has indeed helped filled the gaps of human connect in reality shows. However, there have been mixed reactions about the show in the blog world. While some seem to laud the efforts of Mr. Khan with flowery words of appreciation, a few are sceptical about what really the show entails. Analysis has shown that about 40% of the bloggers (out of around 40 blogs* analysed), have raised a doubt on the way the show is formatted. The recent upheaval about the half baked research on a particular episode has also created quite a stir in the social media sphere.

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BlogAdda’s Tangy Tuesday Picks – Jun 19, ’12

Tangy Tuesday PicksPascal Mezuier, French diplomat allegedly accused of raping his four-year-old daughter, was arrested in Bangalore on Tuesday. How can someone in their senses even think of raping his four year old daughter? What is the world coming to? It saddens us to read such kind of news in the morning. Wish we get a paper where we get only good things to read. What say? We are sure it would feature the best from the Indian bloggers who come up with wonderful posts everyday. Something like what you are going to read below. πŸ™‚ Read on.

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Perky Tweets – Jun. 18, ’12

BlogAdda's perky Tweets Breaking: The race for the post of the president hots up as a new name has come up for the post. DMK has suggested A Raja for the name of the president as the legacy for corruption in the presidents seat has to be maintained. Who better than A Raja for that post? #fakingnews Taking forward the humour thanks to DMK, Raja and others, we present to you this week’s #perkytweets. Read, Share, Smile with Indian Humour Tweets.

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BlogAdda’s Spicy Saturday Picks – Jun. 16, ’12

Spicy SaturdayWho will be the next president of India? We don’t think, in our living history have a presidential election attracted so much attention. Political Parties as usual are playing their own games to gain the maximum out of this elections for them. Shifting the focus, let us read what the Indian Bloggers are speaking about this week. Presenting to you the Spicy Saturday Picks for this week.

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