It’s an epic battle of biblical proportions in the blogosphere.
1,249,720 blogs have talked about India in the last 24 hours[1]. Ever since internet started exploding in India in 2002, hundreds and thousands of people have taken to blogging. A million minds are speaking out together at the same time. So who is the one who is getting heard, who are the people listening to.
This the question I set out to answer.
And the answer wasn’t easy. Every blog community comes out with it’s own answers, but those are not the ones I was looking for. I was looking for an impartial barometer, which could tell me quantitatively, about where the wind was flowing, or as they say in the blogosphere, where the clicks were going.
When no single widget covers all of the Indian blogs, when no single Award could manage to draw even 0.005% of the online population, when no community catered for all the blogs that existed, I decided to choose that option which had the largest sample size. And that is how I turned to Alexa.
Humans are not perfect, so how can you expect programs made by them to be perfect. Yes, Alexa has it’s own flaws, but it does have access to the largest sample size in the Indian Blogosphere. (By the way, the guys have Alexa have completely lost it now. This is bad.).
its about their ability to be so close to The News, that they’re either creating it, reporting it, or delivering it. These guys, through their connections, their businesses, or their activities are real influences in the real industry of choice.You cannot BUT help but pay attention to them because they are a genuine source of News in any way that you want to define it.
And its ludicrous to say that ‘a-listers’ don’t exist.
Read the complete post here.
So after three days, of a massive hunt for the most widely recognized blogs on our terrain, I am finally here with my final list on Indian blogs, which I can conclusively say are the “A-list of the Indian Blogosphere“. (This post is tagged ‘Indexxxer‘ on technorati, do link up to that too)
If you are in the list, I’m sure you already know you’re one of them. But if you aren’t, now you know how far away you are from the top dogs of our huge online blogging community.
So I bring to you, The Complete A-List of The Indian Blogosphere
(based on the Alexa Rank for the last 3 months, dated 27 March 2007)
Also available in pdf format, absolutely Free, click here to get it.
Now, for the ones at the top :
In the third place, is Quick Tips Online, your one stop shop for everything technology, blogging, software, and Web 2.0.
In the second place, is the Best Social Networking Site in India, IndianPad, who over the last one year have gotten rid of all the luggage which was taking them down. Life has been uphill for IndianPad since.
In the first place, is the one and only, the untiring Amit Agarwal. The best Indian Professional Blogger. With 2,240 links, he is also ranked 326 amongst 55 million blogs in Technorati.
Here is the rest of the list. You can read it here, or download it in pdf format here.
In the latest figures, Indianpad seems to be on top. Link
Rank Alexa Name
01. 006,998 Digital Inspiration
02. 007,732 IndianPad
03. 013,154 Quick Online Tips
04. 030,529 Tech Buzz
05. 036,136 Content Sutra
06. 045,388 Tech Whack
07. 051,848 AlooTechie
08. 051,900 Sepia Mutiny
09. 057,602 Kamat
10. 075,448 Anil Dash
11. 083,592 Nandyala
12. 091,923 Pixrat
13. 097,747 Movalog
14. 098,896 NaachGaana
15. 099,051 VC Circle
16. &nb
sp; 116,511 Emergic
17. 120,875 Go Nomad
18. 125,496 Desicritics
19. 175,813 Starupus.in
20. 198,861 BotHack
21. 202,114 WatBlog
22. 205,432 IPatrix
23. 212,174 WebYantra
24. 224,486 Desi Pundit
25. 225,613 India Marks
26. 225,742 IndiaUncut (Blogger)
27. 231,294 Gautam Ghosh
28. 242,188 Great Bong
29. 244,324 iFace Thoughts
30. 244,971 Micheal Parekh on IT
31. 248,068 Akshargram
32. 263,385 Lazy Geek
33. 264,149 Youth Curry
34. 271,991 Venture Woods
35. 277,097 Indiagram
36. 285,567 IndiBloggies
37. 299,422 Quick Online Tips (Older)
38. 334,981 Swaroop CH
39. 339,352 Indian Bytes
40. 348,118 Infeedia
41. 348,366 Goa Blog
42. 357,108 Kiruba Shankar
43. 361,717 Humsurfer
44. 388,764 RamBhai
45. 393,010 HumSabka
46. 397,420 Put Vote
47. 458,720 Indian Economy
48. 465,769 Startup Duniya
49. 468,992 Ultra Brown
50. 494,054 Atanu Dey’s Deesha.org
51. 508,405 Gilli
52. 513,603 Mutiny
53. 513,711 Hooked on Heat
54. 526,971 Ramdhanyk
55. 536,330 Nanopolitan
56. 580,056 Chinta
57. 582,820 Kalyan Verma
58. 612,860 Word Log
59. 612,947 C Kunte
60. 619,598 Mobile Pundit
rati. This list is not updated anymore, please head over to Ploterati.
61. 622,997 Shripriya
62. 630,246 Thoughts in Tamil
63. 653,666 Within and Without
64. 667,259 Sakshi Juneja
65. 669,573 India Uncut (New)
66. 673,428 Mallu Spice
67. 686,250 Media Junk
68. 675,299 Anita Bora
69. 677,469 New Delhi Times
70. 724,577 Sambhar Mafia
71. 759,077 Kodakarapuranams
72. 779,826 Turban Head
73. 797,715 News Cola
74. 820,471 Ouch My Toe
75. 823,251 Recursive Hypocrisy
76. 823,678 Madman’s Web
77. 845,402 Sampada
78. 851,438 Vantage Point
79. 855,929 Taekada
80. 878,835 Jabberwock
That was long huh.
Here are some more great blogs which I had missed earlier.
Other Indian Blogs. (You don’t have to be A-list to Kick Ass)
0,026,083 JohnTP.com: Make money Online
0,050,874 Ajay Dsouza: On the road called life
0,064,574 Brajeshwar: Flash Platform Analyst
0,462,066 DesiTrain: The Oz
0,146,729 BinnyVA: DIY Technology
0,200,829 The Newspaper Blog
0,284,156 Deziner Folio: Everything Tech
0,933,456 Navin Kabra’s Blog: The blog of a senior research scientist at Symantec.
1,107,942 Vivek: On being in the A-List (Link)
1,927,873 Snap Judgement: India is my home country, America is my home town.
So now, where do we go from here?
I don’t know about you, but I have all plans to keep updating this list every three weeks, based of course on Alexa. But if you have any better suggestions, please drop me a comment, or contact me here.
And what if you not on this list?
I’m not going to make it too hard on myself. Only if your blog ranks amongst the top 5,00,000 on Alexa (you can check here), link this post from your blog, and as soon as I see it here, I’ll add you here.
And how will you find out if I’ve linked to you or not? Just subscribe here by email or rss, and we’ll be in touch.
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Ten-year old Siddharth is traumatized when he witnesses a religious ceremony gone terribly wrong. During this sacred ritual, his mother is consumed by flames and his father is horribly burnt. Once a normal, outgoing boy, Siddharth is transformed by the tragedy into an introverted child of a few words.
While awaiting and praying for his father’s recovery, Siddharth is forced to live with his uncle. Continuing the inexplicable downward spiral of his life, young Siddharth is subjected to abuse from his aunt. The only bright spot in his life is the warmth he receives from his cousin, Druki. Despite the sad circumstances that have caused it, she is delighted to have Siddharth living in her home and existing in her life.
One evening, as she is preparing for bed, Druki asks her mother about the death of Siddharth’ mother. Searching for words to give peace to her daughter, the woman tells Druki that God took Siddharth’s mother away because he loved her so much. Siddharth learns of this and is puzzled, wondering how it is possible that God loved his mother more than he. The question burns in his mind like a sliver and, try as he might, he cannot banish the tormenting thought. In his young wisdom, he finally realizes that the only one who does know the answer is God Himself. And thus begins Siddharth’s epic journey to find God and pose the question to him.
With a childlike innocence, he begins this journey by asking those around him where God lives. Since no one can tell him where God lives, he decides to find out for himself. He begins on this path by watching those around him whose lives appear to be spiritual, feeling they may know where God resides. He visits temples, follows religious processions, spies on priests – always searching for clues that will lead him to God… always to no avail.
In the depths of depression, the pointer to the direction he must go, finally and unexpectedly comes to him in the form of an old man who says he knows where God lives. The old man explains that, of course, God lives in the middle of the Himalayas. Enlightened and excited, he now prepares to embark upon the high path to God’s home. As they learn about this, his cousin Druki and Siddharth’s best friend, Raju, implore him to take them along. At first he resists, but when he understands that they too have questions for God, there is no way he can refuse. And so, the three set out to find God in his home.
They begin their arduous trek riding atop a bus. But, before long, the bus’ passengers grow suspicious and they are forced to continue on foot. Along the way a helper comes to them – almost as if he has been sent to do so. Ali, a teenager who works at a highway motel, gains them passage on an Army truck, also joining them as he, too, has questions for God and is inspired by Siddharth’s plan. A harrowing struggle ensues as they ford a river, desperately scavenge for food and dare the howling winds of the Himalayas. As they continue their journey into the clouds – further challenges assail and assault the quartet… yet none can deter them.
And then, true tragedies strike – Raju plunges through melted snow and drowns. In the thin atmosphere, Druki draws her final breadth. And even Ali vanishes into the consuming mists of the upper reaches of the Himalayas.
At last, Siddharth alone reaches the mountain respite that is God’s true home. In triumph and humility, Siddharth poses his questions to God – questions that all mankind has pondered since time immemorial. In a scene as powerful as Lord Krishna’s narration of the Bhagwad Gita to Arjuna, Siddharth’s life is forever changed – and so shall our viewers’ as they come to bathe in the joys of God’s revelation to this simple boy. Triumph is Siddharth’s at last… for he has, with intrepidity, determination and pureness of spirit, sought God where he lives. And in that triumph, he comes to know the greatest blessing of them all… peace. Om shanti, shanti, shanti, Om.
Enjoy the Trailer of the Movie:
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=i8t2Z8x7Ky4
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