With elections round the corner, political fervor has caught the virtual world with as much fervor as the real one, or at least as much as the TV/print media. Obama-style online campaigning may still be a few years away in India at least so far as effectiveness is concerned, and really, 'active' Indian bloggers alone is a relatively small 50k-ish community, at least so far as readership and impact is concerned. Still, the chatter is almost relentless, and hopefully, a percentage would get converted into real action too. The efforts of Janagraha through the Jaago Re! One Billion Votes Campaign to get people to register for voting has found a mention earlier on my blog and it is good to see that the Election Commission has done its bit by parallel campaigning of its own as well as co-operation with efforts such as these. Activity is bound to get more frentic in the month to come, meanwhile, it was amusing to look at two new related websites, both finding some advertising space on billboards on Delhi roads. One is the Times group's Lead India'09, and the other is a sorta-reply in a rather pessimistic, funny yet utterly non-constructive way: Bleed India. The former appears to be one of many such forums with limited membership/ideas that keep cropping up these days, not forgetting Advaniji's own site (which doesn't tell you too many constructive things except a complete biography either) while the latter appears to be a manifestation of a lot of energy vent out in frustration. The ringtones section is cool though.
If there's one thing really free, that's opinion, and in a free, democratic country with whatsoever ills, there maybe, each one deserves to be aired and respected.
What's yours?
If there's one thing really free, that's opinion, and in a free, democratic country with whatsoever ills, there maybe, each one deserves to be aired and respected.
What's yours?
9 comments:
I am going to vote for sure..
but most of all wanted to thank you for the bleed India link:D
made me laugh:D
It doesn't count if u have an opinion. Not until u express it.
Vote it I say!
hi phoenix. thnx a lot for the wishes on my blog.
i m a regular reader of ur blog and must say, this is the best blog i have ever read or seen. god bless you!!
I've been told by a Times employee that bleed india is also a BCCL campaign... the twisted minds of their brands team (responsible for the zillion campaigns whose sole aim is actually boosting circulation n not from any altruistic motives)figured it would grab a lot of attention
Bleed India is so funny and so sad at the same time. I get the fact that the TOI is never gonna get the next Gandhi-Nehruesque leader to play Miss Politician on TV, and it most probably is going to be a spectacular failure. But it's all we seem to do. Get stupid, new ideas or laugh at people who get stupid, new ideas.
I am somehow inclined to think that bleedindia too is a shadow site by Times Group.
[Indyeah]
:D
All of us should totally vote. It's damn essential.
And yeah, that site is ridiculous, bt funny.
[pisku]
:) Yep!
[vaibhav jain]
Hey thanks, keep reading.
[anon]
why am I not surprised?
Marketing gurus of this world...sell everything, and patriotism/nationalism remains a hot favorite.
[Roy]
Sad but true, what you say. We see, we laugh, we call it stupid, we revolt the outrageousness and then we dont do anything.
[Gaurav Gupta]
It is, and quite a shame. On the other hand, TOI is so good for nothing normally, that the few crazy things that it does that make one laugh are almost the only point of its existence
http://www.hciidc.in/2009/03/22/lead-india-vs-bleed-india/
check this out u will get the answer who created this
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