August 2007

Task for day 29 : Email a Blogger that Linked to You to Say Thanks

August 31, 2007

This is the task for the day 29 and this is what in my opinion is best way to express our gratitude to those who have linked to us. Darren say if we do this we may start a good relationship. If not we may ensure a return visit from that person. In my opinion, [...]

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Task for Day 28 : The mission statement of my blog

August 31, 2007

This is the task for day 28 of the blogging challenge in which I am participating. The mission statement of my blog is ‘Life and times in India: views of an Indian Blogger’. This blog is (and will be ) mainly a collection of my thoughts on various issues related to India.

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Tasks for day 23 to 27 : Blogging challenge

August 27, 2007

Ok I am back after a 4 days hiatus. I’ll go straight to the tasks : Task for day 23 : Go on a Dead Link Hunt Here what Darren has advised : What happens when one of the blogs that you’re linking to is retired, is deleted, changes it’s link structure, moves etc? The [...]

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Task for day 19, 20,21 & 22 : Blogging challenge

August 22, 2007

Ok I am back despite a negative post I wrote yesterday where I expressed my apprehension that I might not be able to post regularly. I am very lucky that I am getting active support of other participants of blogging challenge. In fact, I found that most of us are on the same boat. Doing [...]

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I am lagging far behind

August 21, 2007

Yes. I am lagging in this blogging challenge which is a great opportunity to improve my blog. I have become too busy in my working and domestic life that it has become almost impossible to find some quality time for blogging or for any online activity. Up to now, my wife (along with our three-months [...]

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Blogging challenge: Tasks for day 16, 17 & 18

August 18, 2007

Ok ! As you may be aware I am taking part in a blogging challenge (which is actually is Group writing project) conducted by Darren Rowse from Problogger. Here is views/actions on tasks for day 16, 17 & 18. Task for Day 16 : Create a Heatmap of Where Readers Click on Your Blog.   [...]

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Remembering a man who moved a mountain – alone.

August 18, 2007

People are made of flesh and blood and a miracle fibre called courage. – McLaughlin On Friday, 17th of August, after prolonged battle with cancer, a man breathed his last in Delhi‘s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). He was Dashrath Manjhi, the 78 year old legend who has now become the part of [...]

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Superpower India: Let’s do some reality check

August 16, 2007

On the 60th independence day of India, the newspapers were filled with the success stories of India. There were talks of how it’s image has changed in the eyes of Western World, how globalization has brought happiness on the million of faces, how our economic reforms have changed our life style totally…and many things like [...]

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I have changed the theme of my site

August 16, 2007

Today, I changed the theme of this blog. There are two main reasons for it. Firstly, the earlier theme ‘Misty Look‘ , though was very attractive, was not allowing me enough space. There was just one sidebar which was filled with all the stuff. I was thinking of adding more heading/sections in my sidebar which [...]

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Tasks for day 13, 14 & 15: Blogging challenge

August 15, 2007

Ok I am back after some very busy days. I am yet to do tasks for three days. Let me check what are they : Day 13 – Search for an Affiliate Program that Fits Your Blog As of now I am not intend to sell anything on my blog. This blog is about my [...]

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