Amitabh Bachchan Blog
The official url of Big B’s blog is http://blogs.bigadda.com/ab/
Kudos to Big B for using the net to directly communicate. This way, he does not have to rely on the traditional media to share his thoughts & views. You must be aware of the recent controversy Amitabh Bachchan was dragged into, so he has taken the most effective path to reach out & it has been successful so far.
Bloggers will envy the kind of success Big B’s blog has since going live, check these stats out: day 7 had 900 comments ! and since second week everyday has more than 200 comments or so & most have them start with “Dear Amit Ji”. That’s the kind of adulation & respect Big B draws & i bet that Amit Ji’s blog would be most popular blogs by an Indian actor.
I guess that due to this blog’s success there would be many more Indian actors and filmstars joining the blogosphere. In terms of competition only Rajnikanth or SRK’s blog would be able to attract the readership that Amitabh’s blog would draw.
On the footer of the blog is noticed this “Theme: Dialy Skin Care”, which is a link to a blog on Daily Skin Care & a typo included. Now, I guess some webmaster at BigAdda.com has forgot to remove the site from where he was ‘inspired’ to design this blog theme or if he is trying to sneak this link in then, his job could be on the line, hope he/she is aware of this.
Below is a printscreen of this ‘error’???
The take away from this blog post is;
a) Celebrities do not have to rely on traditional media to connect with their audience. In this case, the timing of the AB’s blog launch has more to do with the current controversy.
b) Achievers in life find time from their busy schedules to constantly explore new avenues, vistas & experiment with new innovative ways to further their cause.
c) It’s never to late to blog, no matter what your age or profession is 
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This was bound to happen soon or later. Smart investors know where to put their money
The same team which initially invested in Google & made Google what it is today have now invested in FutureBazaar.com which is the ecommerce portal of the Future Group [ Pantaloon & BigBazaar fame, led by Kishore Biyani]
According to ContentSutra, Sherpalo Venture’s Ram Shriram & Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers - KPCB , have invested an undisclosed amount for a 15% stake in FutureBazaar.com
Would lightning strike for the 4th time for Ram Shriram?
It did thrice already as he was involved with Netscape, Amazon & Google !!!
What’s so special about this? Well, In Sep 2007, I wrote a post “Online marketing strategy for FutureBazaar.com“,
in which I have mentioned only the NRI potential for FutureBazaar.com, which works out to 13 Billion USD$ read it here:
http://www.iprash.com/2007/09/13/marketing-strategy-futurebazaarcom/
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prash on March 23, 2008
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India woke up today (13th Feb 2008) to a headline news report from Times of India, that the number of tigers in India is now approximately only 1400 odd.
According to the now famous BRIC Report, India is projected to be one of the Tiger Economies of this century.
What an irony 
In India, so many sport clubs, company logos, political parties, emblems proudly depict The Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris or Panthera tigris bengalensis) as it’s symbol. The tiger is also the national animal of India.
And what does the tiger get for all this..it becomes an endangered species itself, with only 1400 remaining, and we are a billion plus & growing
Maybe in the future, India will indeed be a tiger economy ….& what about it’s real Tigers? Gone forever??
But then the usual question that comes to our mind, is what can we city folks do?
At most, some of us may donate to some ’save tiger fund’ or some ‘wildlife fund’, & obtain some income tax benefit in the process, right?
Don’t blindly donate to some or any wildlife organization, see to it that your hard earned money reaches the right place where it is required.
For any real change to happen, it’s not just financial aid, but Genuine Collective Wish [or Thought, Will or Iccha] of several people for that change to happen.
If you have the will & a strong desire, then a way or direction will unfold in front of you.
Well, what does this caricature, have to do with Save the Tiger?
See on the top of the caricature, it says in aid of Save the Tiger.
We live in a world, in which nowadays, every action or deed should have a Win-Win situation, right? [this is because, we no longer think of anyone else winning, right? sic]
So, what we have here is a ideal win-win situation for everyone involved.
Here is how it goes.
1) Pay to get a caricature of your self. You can then show it off to all your buddies on Orkut, Facebook, your blogs, etc. yippeee.
2) A guy meticulously in his spare time creates the caricature to your satisfaction.
3) The proceeds of this caricature sale go to a
REAL Organization which does REAL WORK for conserving the wildlife especially the tiger population in Central India.
Sounds interesting?? what’s more genuine is the sincerity behind the people involved.
The caricature is created by a Vikram Nandwani, who does this in his spare time as he works full time in IT for TCS.
He then donates the proceeds of the caricature income to Satpuda Foundation which is run by Kishore Rithe who has dedicated his life to the conservation of Tiger population in Central India.
Still Interesting??
Here’s Vikram Nandwani’s site: http://save-tiger.blogspot.com on how you can order a caricature for yourself.
& here’s Satpuda Foundation’s website : http://www.satpuda.org/ Please see the work being done by Satpuda & do not miss the touching story of a 10 year old who has contributed Rs 15,000 to Satpuda by polishing shoes !
read the story here:
http://www.satpuda.org/news2007.htm#10_years_old_out_to_save_tiger_
I shall be writing another post on Tigers soon, on what else we can do.
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