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Cryptic Clues
Cryptic Clues
from Gujarat
13 years ago

Dear bloggers,

I have been reading a large number of reviews and requests for reviews. I have found, that more often than not, reviewers provide a large amount of time and discussion on the layout, the template, the widgets and so forth.

To put it mildly, we focus extensively on the technology part of it, without providing any constructive/substantive feedback (beyond 'interesting', 'wide variety' and 'good' and 'nice': words which mean little! except for putting smiles on our faces) on the content.

This, I think defeats in certain ways the real purpose of blogging: which as I understand was to democratise writing and publishing, by making it available to all. By ensuring that we were not trapped in tech glitches and wizardry and self-promotion.

So, I propose to review your blogs, but focus on the content of it. Comments on deepening it, adding more layers to your writing, exploring other dimensions of your posts, the graphic quality, and so forth.

My purpose for doing it: discovering substantive blogs and their authors.

I look forward to a manageable trickle and not a deluge, to begin with!

And in return, I look forward to your comments on my blog as well. Don't worry, I am not reopening it because I am unemployed, but because I want to enlarge my google reader and discover many more worthwhile blogs. Just so you know: I read English and Hindi. And can manage with Gujarati and Urdu.

Other vernacular blogs and bloggers: you are welcome to comment on my blog.

Edited 12 years ago
Reason: re-starting reviews and requests for reviews
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Prasanta Sarkar
Prasanta Sarkar
from New Delhi
12 years ago

Can I request you to for the review of my blog

Online Clothing Study

Angad Achappa
Angad Achappa
from Bangalore
12 years ago

Hope the threads still active, heres my blog: http://indianwildlifephotography.blogspot.com/  Smile

Milind
Milind
from London
12 years ago
We can divide the world in two categories - those who believe that it can be divided in two categories and those who do not. On the one hand, we have countries in European Union who have moved beyond the debate for Capital Punishment. On the other hand there are authoritarian states, which use Capital Punishment as a tool to subjugate. In this regard, I find the Indian approach well balanced. There are enough provisions and sufficient delay built in the system to identify the outliers. This system works hard to avoid hanging the criminal with a shadow of doubt. And very few cases ultimately result in the capital punishment. I have followed a few cases in UK, where I have noticed public anger when heinous crimes result in a life sentence, which does not mean sentenced for life. I recall one case where the state had to protect a murderer because his life was at risk from fellow prisoners. (Suggesting that convicted murderers do not find all murderers to be equal.) I think, there are times when a state does not have to state a position unambiguously. Capital Punishment is one such topic. Apologies for posting unrelated comment but found a few posts in this thread that touched this topic.
S.R.Ayyangar
S.R.Ayyangar
from BANGALORE
12 years ago

 

Cryptic Cluesfrom Gujarat1 week ago

The link doesn't work. You may want to verify and send your blog links please.

Sorry CC, There was a typographic mistake. Here is the correct link to my blog for review-

http://srayyangar.blogspot.com

Gautam Maitra
Gautam Maitra
from Ahmedabad
12 years ago

hi cc! great job ... i wud luv to have ur review - its a mix of creative, a bit of politics and sociology and some information dash board for my own reference that other may or may not like it. Please do tell me also about site appearence and easy of mobility of the readers  

here is my blog http://indian-writer.blogspot.com/

 

thanks

 

Pooja Pradeep
Pooja Pradeep
from Bangalore
12 years ago

Why no reviews yet?SurprisedCry

Dhiraj Shenoy
Dhiraj Shenoy
from Bangalore
12 years ago

Here is mine - http://teamgsquare.blogspot.com

Kindly review and let me know the way forward .

Dhiraj Shenoy
from Bangalore
12 years ago

http://teamgsquare.blogspot.com/

deepika
deepika
from patna
12 years ago

here is mine..

http://me-n-my-perception.blogspot.com/

Its always good to have reviews n comments to improve..so please leve your comments and suggestions as well.

Pooja Pradeep
Pooja Pradeep
from Bangalore
12 years ago

http://sweetsomethingz.blogspot.com/

Here is mineSmile.

Please give reviews.

ThanksInnocent

DS
DS
from Mumbai
12 years ago

Here is mine - http://cricketwise.blogspot.com/

Please give me some views on my blog!!! :)

Cryptic Clues
from Gujarat
12 years ago

Dear DS, 

Lovely blog. I have one main comment to make. A lot of the blog space is dedicated to scores and statistics. Now these are easily available on many web-sites now, newspapers run year-end specials and so on. You may want to cut down the flab and bring us incidents that are less well known. Or your own experiences with the game. Or maybe your reflections on many other related cricketing stories. Apartheid, sledging, the commercialisation of the game and what you think of it, the small town players taking over the Indian team, Pakistan having to play its home matches in the Gulf. And so on... That I think will cut the flab and make your blog so much more interesting. I know this might require more research, but that's alright: I think the quality will far offset the number of entries.

By the way, loved the one on sledging. Do you know if women's game is different when it comes to sledging? Do you want to write about that?

CC

DS
from Mumbai
12 years ago
I agree with you completely on this!! Will try to write those kind of posts in between... Thanks for liking my Sledging post:) Dont know if the women cricketers sledge!! No clue, really...
DS
from Mumbai
12 years ago
I agree with you completely on this!! Will try to write those kind of posts in between... Thanks for liking my Sledging post:) Dont know if the women cricketers sledge!! No clue, really...
Arti
Arti
from Mumbai
12 years ago

Here is the link to my travel blog. Would love to hear your views on it -

My Yatra Diary...

Thanks a lot for this wonderful thread and for this kind initiative! Smile

Cryptic Clues
from Gujarat
12 years ago

Dear Arti

I had reviewed your blog, last year as well. Maybe I should do the oters first, its only fair! Why don't you review mine instead. I write at Musings from the Margins.

Cryptic Clues
from Gujarat
12 years ago
TF Carthick
TF Carthick
from Bangalore
12 years ago

Seems like everyone is posting links to the blog including indipolice. So let me also post mine for the convenience of the reviewer.

http://www.luciferhouseinc.blogspot.com/

The Sorcerer
from Mumbai
12 years ago

Its all good as long as one has the genuine intention to do so. Like we have people who want to have more writers or who are having problem with URL/hosting redirects. That's the difference between a human mod and a bot mod ;).

Arti
from Mumbai
12 years ago

+1 @IndiPolice.

Cryptic Clues
Cryptic Clues
from Gujarat
12 years ago

Dear Runcil,

Thanks, read your blog and enjoyed it. Well, not very much. And that is not because the content is not good, but only because we live in very different worlds. Take for example, your best song picks for 2010. (Can I say it out aloud?) I know only of Ishqiya from your music list. So I guess our lives converge one on ten. That significant difference in the worlds we stradle apart, I think your blog is quite good. A lot of it comes from your own education/work/life. And yes, poems don't agree with me. So I will leave those out.

If I have some suggestions to offer: love the pictures, and they tell a lot more about you, your life, the worlds you live in. More of it please.

Second, a larger font size please, ageing readers have to squint to read the finer prints. Love the title, quite apt!

Do you know of Dadaism?

And some of the macabre stories on train accidents: write more! Do you know of the lives of the hamaal? Do you research your posts before you write. I know I don't. But it really helps.

Nevertheless, lovely. I am the wrong audience though :)

CC

Runcil Rebello
from Mumbai
12 years ago

Thanks for your time CC. I'll keep your points in mind. I do not always research, at least I haven't done so for the train ones yet. And Dadaism, I had read about it long ago; will have to refresh my memory about it. Thanks, again. :)

TF Carthick
TF Carthick
from Bangalore
12 years ago

I have also started blog reviews recently. Good to see someone else also taking it up. I saw some of your old reviews. They are pretty good. I would also like my blog reviewed by you. I am not sure if we are allowed to post links. If it is not much of trouble, could you take my blog link from my profile and review?

Kirti
Kirti
from Kharagpur, west bengal
12 years ago

i would love to get my blog reviewed by you

http://versesfrommyheart.blogspot.com/

S.R.Ayyangar
S.R.Ayyangar
from BANGALORE
12 years ago

My blog of Social & Political satires- Your Review most Welcome.

http://srayyangar.blogpost.com

Cryptic Clues
from Gujarat
12 years ago

The link doesn't work. You may want to verify and send your blog links please.

Cryptic Clues
Cryptic Clues
from Gujarat
12 years ago

Yeah, and for the many older requests, if you are still interested in having the blog reviewed, please let me know. I promise to keep it, this time...

Runcil Rebello
from Mumbai
12 years ago

Yes I am. randomnique.blogspot.com

Mayank
Mayank
from Gwalior
13 years ago

Hi CC

thanks for specifically reviewing the content :)

i wish to become a writer in future, but right now i am experimenting with short stories :) to develop my writing skills

 

here is my blog

http://soulblogger-randomcrap.blogspot.com/

 

i know you mus be busy but wheneven you get time

i hope you will have good time reviewing my blog

thanks in anticipation

Just a pen in my hand
Just a pen in my hand
from Agartala
13 years ago

Hey CC....here's my blog  http://darkcoffeebeans.blogspot.com 

I just write things that suddenly pop up in my mind , so u wont find social issues , or tech related stuff in there...still , hoping to get an honest review from some1 who likes to read.....

Sanchita
Sanchita
from United Kingdom
13 years ago

Hey CC!

Looking forward to your review of my blog.

Chilli & Chocolate 

Thanks,

Sanchita.


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