Interview with Meetu of WOGMA

Meetu runs a very popular movie review blog, WOGMA. She first logged on to internet when she wanted to chat with her fiancé since he was in the USA and she was in India. This was in the days of the oh-so-slow dial-up internet connection and when mIRC was the most popular IM tool around! She later married Navin and went on to complete her masters at the University of Wisconsin. Always a fan of movies, she was wondering what next and came up with her blog.

Today, her blog has about 200 reviews and she has been credited amongst the top few ones when it comes to movie reviews. Meetu talks about her blog and the important do’s and dont’s for a new blogger. Here is Meetu for you…!

Continue reading “Interview with Meetu of WOGMA”

Proto.in – The Startup Event

Proto.in celebrates entrepreneurship at the Startup level. It is done by encouraging and showcasing it at the startup level by providing a platform in the Indian subcontinent to participate, share, discuss and draw strength from the growing entrepreneurial community. The success of Proto.in is easily seen in the profile of the audiences that attend each event – VCs and Angel investors, mentors and industry veterans, other startups and established organizations seeking inspiration, collaboration and partners.

Continue reading “Proto.in – The Startup Event”

What do you do when someone copies your blog content?

Guest article by Cuckoo

You must have heard the word plagiarism. Ever wonder what does it mean and why we should know about it ?

Any of the following is considered plagiarism.

  • turning in someone else’s work as your own
  • copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
  • giving incorrect information about the source
  • changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
  • copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not

In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else’s work and lying about it afterward (either by refusing or by not giving due credit).

Now, are you wondering why am I talking about this ?

Continue reading “What do you do when someone copies your blog content?”

Live Blogging – Mumbai Terrorist Attacks

Updated: More entries by many bloggers

Here are a few bloggers from Mumbai, who are writing or have just written posts on the terrorist attacks on Mumbai on 26/11.

CuckooA City Under Well Planned Attack, Act, Now!

Jalpesh MehtaLighting Candles at the Gateway of India is not enough!

Mohammad Ali KirmaniMumbai bloodbath, apparent winners and loosers, Mumbai Attacks and Indian Stupidity

Karishma SundaramMelancholic Reflections

OldfoxA sincere appeal

VasantA requiem

Anshul TewariA Tribute

Sunil V KumarIts ‘Bomb’ay again

Lee KachrooMumbai November 2008: Terror, Tragedy, Talk

Jitendra JhaWas the Nariman house operation successful?, Beware of the Hogwash

G P BaroowahWould we be able to defeat terrorism

Maya RakeshBehind the Mumbai Terror attacks

The Comic ProjectMumbai Attacked: 5 sleepless nights and counting

Sandeep SLearning from Caesar

Praveen GKMumbai

EnvisageYet Again??? Mumbai terrorized…

KrishA Call for Rationalism amidst Rashness: Mumbai Terror Attacks

Rohan SharmaAfter shock of war situation

Kunal ShethTerrorists attack Mumbai (Bombay)

Kunal has another post with the List of People Injured and Shot Dead by Terrorists in Mumbai (Bombay)

IndyanaAgain!

Indyana has added another post – Disbelief

Sraboney GhoseTerrorism in India, Maximum City Attacked

John MathewLive Blog: Bombay under seige

PrashantCancel all my Meetings at Taj… Damn!, Mumbai Rocked Once Again

Unsung PsalmTalk about Politicising, And then, it’s too late

Dinesh GharatBlogging in Marathi

Saakshi JunejaMumbai, Shaken & Stirred

Shaheen – A City under seige

Rohan RaoLapses that caused Mumbai ’08 Wreckage!

Chirag JethmalaniStock Markets to be Shut today on account of Terror Attack in Mumbai

My BandraHemant Karkare, Vijay Salaskar and Ashok Kamte lay down their life for Mumbai

Sindhu SubramaniamMumbai Terrorized – the agony continues…..

NeelUnder Seige

DeepLife in India – Mumbai November 27th, 2008

AhMumbai Attack: NSE BSE Closed today

If you are blogging/blogged about the event, do let us know the link and we can have it posted here. If you need any help, do post here and we will surely do our best to help.

Our heart goes out to all families whose members have died or are fighting for the cause. And we thank all bloggers for blogging about the event live and we have so many perspectives to this. Please pass around this link http://tr.im/1k9a (blog, twitter, im) if you think so.