Today’s Desi Blog of the Day is Trivial Matters by Akshay Mahajan.
Three reasons why I love Akshay’s blog -
- Akshay has an amazing eye for finding a story in people and places most of us don’t even notice.
- Not only does he photograph people beautifully, he tries to really understand them, and it shows in his sensitive photo-essays.
- His photographs make Bombay look even more beautiful than it is.
My tip to Akshay: Consider adding a “best posts” section in your sidebar and check out Blogger’s custom domain name service - trivialmatters.org and akshaymahajan.org are still available.
So, why is Trivial Matters the Desi Blog of the Day? He converted me into a cameraholic.
Also see - BlogTipping and Hundred Must Read Desi Blogs.
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Today’s Desi Blog of the Day is Sonia Faleiro’s blog.
Three reasons why I love Sonia’s blog -
- I love how Sonia mixes around well-written journalistic pieces with trivia about pop culture and humorous personal posts about her dog.
- Not only does she have a way with words, she also tells stories with her photographs - check out her photo essays.
- She’s perhaps one of the prettiest desi blogger-writers around.
My tip to Sonia: Ever thought about moving your blog to soniafaleiro.com/blog? I’m sure Blogger’s custom domain name service can handle that.
So, why is Sonia’s blog the Desi Blog of the Day? How many desi bloggers are that pretty, or write that well?
PS: If you didn’t notice, I have a small huge crush on Sonia. 
Also see - BlogTipping and Hundred Must Read Desi Blogs.
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Dosh Dosh has a great collection of posts on whether you should display the feed count for your blog.
Whenever I find myself on a new blog, I quickly check the blog’s Technorati rank and feed count to get a sense of the blog’s popularity.
If it is a desi blog, and I like the two or three posts I have read on the blog, I subscribe to it anyway, because popularity metrics aren’t really an indication of the quality of writing on personal or opinion blogs. However, if it is a blog in a saturated niche like blogging tips, personal development, marketing or technology, I do use these popularity metrics as a proxy for how influential the blog is in its niche and rarely subscribe to any blog which has less than a few hundred links or subs.
A lot of blog readers also use these popularity metrics as a filter before subscribing to a new blog and you need to be aware of it before you decide to display your feed count on your blog.
In my opinion, you should display your feed count if -
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Saturday, April 14th, 2007
Today’s Desi Blog of the Day is ‘Ultrabrown’ by Manish Vij.
Three reasons why I love Ultrabrown -
- Manish writes about desi popular culture with the depth and range of an insider - such a rare thing.
- He has an uncanny ability to find comedy in unusual situations and his humour is always spot on.
- He uses the coolest post-a-story plugin in his sidebar.
My tip to Manish: All the other Ultrabrown contributors have great blogs of their own, but they aren’t writing many original posts at Ultrabrown. Wouldn’t it be better to either have contributors who blog regularly without cross-posting (like at Sepia Mutiny), or have no contributors at all?
So, why is ‘Ultrabrown’ the Desi Blog of the Day? Have you ever wondered why Gauravonomics is so wannabe-Ultrabrown?
Also see - BlogTipping and Hundred Must Read Desi Blogs.
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Also tagged Being-Desi, Blog-of-the-Day, Blogging, Blogging-Tips, Blogs, BlogTipping, Desi Blogging, Desi-Blog-of-the-Day, Lists, Novice Blogger, Pop-Culture
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Today’s Desi Blog of the Day is ‘Jabberwock’ by Jai Arjun Singh.
Three reasons why I love Jai’s blog -
- Nobody else writes as prolifically or as beautifully about books and movies as him.
- His interviews are more personal and insightful than any other I have read on desi blogs.
- He manages to make even his rants read like literature.
My tip to Jai: Move to your own domain using Blogger’s custom domain name service; jaiarjun.com is available as of today (I checked).
So, why is ‘Jabberwock’ the Desi Blog of the Day? Because Jai makes me want to be a ‘writer’, instead of the ‘linker’ that I am.
Also see - BlogTipping and Hundred Must Read Desi Blogs.
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Thursday, April 12th, 2007
Today’s Desi Blog of the Day is ‘Uber Desi’.
Three reasons why I love ‘Uber Desi’ -
- They discovered Sanjaya Malakar and Shyamali Malakar.
- They have the coolest rotating header images ever.
- Gauravonomics is one of the seven ‘Uber Reads’ on their sidebar.
My tip to Uber Desi: Think of what next after Sanjaya Malakar.
So, why is ‘Uber Desi’ the Desi Blog of the Day? Because they are the only other desi pop culture blog worth reading, apart from ‘Sepia Mutiny’ and ‘UltraBrown’.
Also see - BlogTipping and Hundred Must Read Desi Blogs.
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Also tagged Being-Desi, Blog-of-the-Day, Blogging, Blogging-Tips, Blogs, BlogTipping, Desi Blogging, Desi-Blog-of-the-Day, Lists, Novice Blogger, Pop-Culture, Sanjaya-Malakar, Shyamali-Malakar
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Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
Today’s Desi Blog of the Day is ‘The Chardonnay Files’ by Perspective Inc.
Three reasons why I love ‘The Chardonnay Files’ -
- I eagerly wait for her stories that always have a twist ending I couldn’t think of.
- Her measured pieces of poetry are often on my mind.
- She is funny too, when she wants to be.
My tip to Perspectives: The template! I totally hate it! Change it now! Please!
So, why is ‘The Chardonnay Files’ the Desi Blog of the Day? Because few bloggers write so simply and so well.
Also see - BlogTipping and Hundred Must Read Desi Blogs.
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
Today’s Desi Blog of the Day is Ouch My Toe by Rajan.
Three reasons why I love Rajan’s blog -
- Rajan manages to do that rare thing - being personal and funny at the same time - and every post on this blog is laugh out loud funny.
- Rajan has one of the best 404 error page I have seen on a desi blog. Reminds me that I have to work on mine.
- Rajan does innovative little things to engage his readers, like offering a Best of Ouch My Toe PDF file for download, asking readers to pick a topic for him and putting subscription and archive buttons within his posts.
My tip(s) to Rajan: Consider cleaning up your sidebar by taking out everything except the “about”, “subscribe to” and “best of” sections and adding a “subscribe to” and “best of” link at the end of each post.
So, why is Ouch My Toe the Desi Blog of the Day? Because Rajan is bringing funny back into desi blogging.
Also see - BlogTipping and Hundred Must Read Desi Blogs.
Today’s Desi Blog of the Day is Nerve Endings Firing Away by Patrix.
Three reasons why I love Patrix’s blog -
- Patrix has an intuitive understanding of how conversations are created on blogs, and, as I try to understand the nature of online conversations myself, I find myself looking up to him as something of a guru.
- Patrix has an innate curiosity about technology and popular culture and the ability to write from an enthusiast’s perspective, something any blogger would do well to emulate.
- Patrix is one of the most generous people I have known, online or offline, and, via DesiPundit and his own blog, he has probably done more to promote desi blogging than anybody else.
My tip to Patrix - ever thought about starting a podcast or a videoblog; if you don’t lead the way, who will?
So, why is Nerve Endings Firing Away the Desi Blog of the Day? Almost everything I have learned about blogging is from Patrix, and I’m sure that there are others like me. If someone can be called a desi blogging evangelist, it’s probably him.
Also see - BlogTipping and Hundred Must Read Desi Blogs.
It has been a week since I put up my thirty by thirty list, and already I have had some early wins.
I’m now writing for both DesiPundit and Global Voices, something I wouldn’t even have dreamed of a few months back. This gives me an unique opportunity to showcase upcoming desi blogs to both desi (via DesiPundit) and global (via Global Voices) readers and I’m hoping that, by promoting good desi blogs, I’ll play a small part in the growth of desi blogging itself.
I’m also trying to help other (desi) bloggers through my blogging tips for beginners - Novice Blogger - series. As you know, I’m not an expert on blogs or blogging. I still struggle with the simplest of code, I still make basic blogging mistakes, and my blog is not even moderately popular in terms of most metrics like number of feed subscribers, number of back-links, or number of comments. However, every single day, I’m trying out new things, both at the front-end and at the back-end, making mistakes and learning from my mistakes. I share my mistakes, and my learnings, in the hope that some of it will be useful to other bloggers, especially beginners. So, go ahead, read my Novice Blogger series, subscribe to my Novice Blogger feed, or bookmark my Novice Blogger resource page, and if you have more questions, feel free to contact me by e-mail or via my contact form. I cannot promise that I’ll always be prompt, or useful, but I’ll try.
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