{"id":255,"date":"2005-02-01T00:11:33","date_gmt":"2005-02-01T05:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/server97.snhdns.com\/~ravik\/wp\/?p=255"},"modified":"2005-02-01T00:11:33","modified_gmt":"2005-02-01T05:11:33","slug":"the-long-delayed-blog-mela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ravikiran.com\/blog\/classic\/200502\/the-long-delayed-blog-mela\/","title":{"rendered":"The long delayed Blog Mela"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greetings and Welcome to Blog Mela IV of 2005. A lot of you did write about Republic Day as I had hoped<\/a>, but I won’t be able to fit all those nominations into the structure I had expected, but that’s okay because I believe that order should be discovered, not imposed. So ladies, gentlemen and others, I present to you the Blog Mela. Make sure that you set aside time for this, because there are more posts than it might seem at first glance. <\/p>\n

Anya Mahajan<\/a> wonders what exactly we are celebrating when we celebrate Republic Day. I’m afraid that’s a tough question as it would involve defining India, a job that may be beyond human capacity.<\/p>\n

Ravages<\/a> posts a picture that IMHO, captures the spirit of the Republic perfectly.<\/p>\n

Prashant Kothari<\/a>, our man in DC, posts on an article that surveys India’s and China’s economic progress.<\/p>\n

Seven Times Six<\/a> writes on ethical conceit.<\/p>\n

Ashish Hanwadikar<\/a> writes about the changes that he observed in India when he visited recently. Most of them are for the better. <\/p>\n

Then there are the thoughts of Bhavya Khanna<\/a>, on Republic Day – a must read.<\/p>\n

Nilu writes<\/a> about missionaries who take advantage of the Tsunami to convert victims to Christianity, and posts a personal recollection. JK<\/a> too blogs on the same topic. <\/p>\n

Some bloke called Sharafat Ali (is that your name or are you a big fan of Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan?) nominated the post announcing the results of the Indibloggies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The perils of going to the loo in a paperless office<\/a>. No “paperless” doesn’t mean what you think it does. <\/p>\n

Patrix gets someone called Havoc to guestblog about a desperate date<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This<\/a> would have gone into the “Vignettes” section of the Blog Mela if I had stuck to my original format. A Japanese writes about the Indian Railway experience, contrasts it with trains in Japan, in Hindi!<\/i><\/p>\n

Chandoo<\/a> takes the concept of Accounting and applies it to exams. Very interesting if you are an MBA.<\/p>\n

Indra Sharma<\/a> writes a rather fawning post about President A P J Abdul Kalam. Now I like him too, but I am seriously exasperated by our tendency to look upwards <\/i> for change. <\/p>\n

Kiran, the Brooding Dude<\/a> updates us on the progress being made in infrastructure, and Dilip D’Souza<\/a> reminds us of the cost and who is paying it.<\/p>\n

The Lazy Geek<\/a> posts a roundup of Sarang, IITM’s festival. But of course, it can never compare with Mood Indigo. <\/p>\n

Anand of the now-misnamed MDEII Life posts in three parts (I<\/a>, II<\/a>, III<\/a>) his analysis of the movie GodFather<\/i><\/p>\n

Sandeep<\/a> tears apart an article by Rajmohan in the Indian Express.<\/p>\n

Gaurav Sabnis <\/a> IMO, rather badly misunderstands the import of the Atlas Shrugged<\/i> money speech as he attempts a defence of the Slimes of India.<\/p>\n

Finally, we have Amit Varma,<\/a> who tells a tale with a moral at the end, a moral you’ll have to figure out for yourself.<\/p>\n

Well that’s all folks. I have accepted all nominations except one (I didn’t accept one because I guessed that the nominee would want me not to.) and I’ve scoured the net to find more than were nominated. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading the Mela as much as I enjoyed compiling it. I may not be able to post for the next few days till I get to Ohio and settle down, so I hope that this should suffice as reading material till then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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