A tale of two states – Blog and Life

To change is the rule of nature. Evolution is the one continuous process that drives mankind. A blog was merely a space to burst out my musings when I started one, years back. I had not been through many blogs then, all I knew was one that belonged to my senior from college. I used to read his posts with awe and wish that someday I would write better! An ignition was what I was waiting for. In Coehlo’s words ‘the universe began to conspire’, a bout of depressive waves struck me and there came in my google account. A page was created in blogspot. The rest was magic.

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BlogAdda’s Tangy Tuesday Picks – Mar. 23, ’10

Tangy Tuesday PicksOn March 25, 2010, 7 cities in India will celebrate a festival called Twestival (Find out if your city is hosting a Twestival). Twestival is not only for users who are on twitter, it is for everyone who supports social change. Indian Bloggers and Indian Twitter Users make a lot of difference when they join hands together to support a cause. Twestival is one such effort. Another effort is called Tangy Tuesday Picks where BlogAdda picks the best blog posts for you from the Indian Blogging Community. Here are this week’s Tangy Tuesday Picks.

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Twestival in India at 7 cities!

Update: Do check out http://twestival.blogadda.com for complete coverage of Twestival across the globe!

It is amazing how much you can accomplish when it doesn’t matter who gets the credit. You could say this is one of the main reasons Twestival is what it is today. It’s because of the thousands of volunteers who dedicate their time, efforts and energies to make sure a global initiative like Twestival is successful in accomplishing its goal of helping the nonprofit.

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Perky Tweets – Mar. 22, ‘10

BlogAdda's perky TweetsThe organization of Indian Twitter Users (OITU) last week trended a hashtag called #lsdknockoffs. Again the creativity flowed and approx. 1,772 tweets were hashtagged. Every week we see a lot of hashtags trending which were started by OITU. But there is one hashtag which trends week after week and make people laugh. It is called #perkytweets. Here is this week’s laughter dose!

The organization of Indian Twitter Users (OITU) also have a very important announcement to make. On 25 March, 7 cities across India will celebrate Twestival. You being a part of OITU are requested to join in and take part in the Twestival. Vaijayanthi (@adropofwisdom) has this post as well. Do read it and contribute your best. Do attend the twestival and you can contribute to a cause. Don’t miss it and tell your friends as well.

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BlogAdda’s Spicy Saturday Picks – Mar. 20, ’10

Spicy SaturdayDavid Headley is in the US proven guilty of the mastermind behind the Mumbai terrorist attacks. Kasab is in the jail fooling around. Indian Politicians should set certain standards on how these could be handled. Atleast in the Indian Blogosphere, the Indian bloggers are setting the standards and we help them raise their standards week after week by picking up the best blog posts. Here are this week’s Spicy Saturday Picks.

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Twestival – Using Social Media for Social Good

This blog post is contributed by Vaijayanthi KM (VJ), Regional Coordinator, India – Just a year and half back, Twitter was more about passing your time reading tweets and having a ‘public chat’ with friends and strangers alike than anything else. Whoever would have thought it would scale to the level it is today or have imagined the value it would add to people, brands and enterprises since then. I first heard of Twestival, the Twitter festival, back in July 2009. As I mentioned elsewhere, “There I was, sipping coffee while wondering how to make my life more meaningful… A chance mention to a colleague, a couple of emails and a Skype call later my life completely changed – I had become the regional coordinator for Twestival in India!”

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