In a few words I am awoman who believes Life is to be one with the feeling of being alive whichcomes in a number of shades. Professionally I am in the Human Resources fieldbut I'd like to be so much more...eventually I will be; a photographer, apublished author, owner of a restro-cafe-bar and hey...anything I want to be. Istarted off as a teacher when I was thirteen, then a radio jockey throughcollege, a Naval Officer, a sales person, a logistics person, an administratorand now a human resources person...and hey...been there does not satisfy.
I have two blogs. www.thedefinitivemeltingpot.com ismy website. I have another blog under the pseudonym Maya Saanjh calledslicedmoonbeams.blogspot.com
I do feel as a blogger I was most active on rediffiland. Eventually, I had todelete that blog. I am a moody person and I shut down when I get upset.
2. Are you afull time blogger? How did you get into blogging and why?
I am not a full timeblogger. Not the way others are. I'd like to be but my time is divided andtight between work, family, friends and writing. I got into blogging through afriend and it started off as fun now it is a place where I express feelinsg of painand emotions I am unable to express about stuff around me mostly. Its intensityscares people. I think I have more serious non-interactive personal stuff nowon my blog. Earlier, especially on rediffiland I was probably more intense. Iwrite and I post. I write so I can breathe. I need that freedom of expressionthat comes with blogging.
3. If someone was interestedin blogging, what would be a few things you would suggest?
I am a fussy person anda nit-picker when it comes to grammar. For those who write, especially sincethe medium is in English mostly, my advise is to write in MS word so it canautomatically assist you in writing better English...it helps you learn alongthe way. Say what you have to. Free your mind. It is a great stress-buster. I'dsuggest you also visit other blogs and read them up...stuff you are interestedin and if you have something to say about it, do leave a comment. Feedback isalways appreciated. Blog with grace. Live and let live. if you have to be nasty,do it with finesse. Jidhu, my advice sucks really!
4. How doyou build a community around a blog and social media?
Blogging is a great wayto be social. Also, it really tells us a lot about the person. I know thenumber of friends I have made, the issues I have raised and the people I havehelped and who have helped me. Blogging is here to stay and it gives a publicperspective to what happens around us and within us. This is tomorrow's historyin the making. History comes not only chronicled in those huge facts-boundbooks you read for school, college or your education...it also representsitself through fiction and non-fiction written in those times. It is a socialmedia that has a humane approach...more readable and more fun. We believe whatour friends tell us more than what gets spoken through the news...that's theclosest I can come to explaining the connection. Ummm...I think I drifted herebut, never mind.
5. What are your threefavorite blogs to read? What makes those blogs special?
Gosh! there are so many.I love personal blogs. I cannot really pick one. I am not someone who reads ablog because someone I know or am friends with has written it. The content andit's intensity pulls me. A chunk of the person's heart and feelings in the blogtugs and pulls me. Blogs that share pain are ones I am partial to I guess. Ifeel the pain, the sadness and then I want to do something about it and make adifference. That is what I connect to in a blog. I also like photographs so Iam drawn towards such blogs.
6. Which oneplugin would you suggest all bloggers to have?
I am not a technicalperson. You will have to really explain to me in a layman's language what aplug-in is. I can however tell you blogger is a better platform than wordpresswhere spams are concerned. My website is on WordPress and I hate to haveto sort out the gems from the chaff.
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