Blogger Interview # 82 : Reshmi Kurup

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Can you tell us a little about yourself and your blog?

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I am Reshmi, based in Mumbai .A college girl, struggling to get graduated howsoever, stuck up with IT as her subject .I blog at MUMBAI MADRASI.  I generally  blog short story, fiction, posts that occur to me in random. Most of them are on social issues, much involving the Indian society , lots of 'Indianism' in them.

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Are you a full time blogger? How did you get into blogging and why?

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Nope, In fact I am very less frequent on blogosphere. I post only when I am sure the Idea in my mind is worth posting on it, because I very much believe in the quality of the content to be posted, Something that I have gradually learnt through blogging and can be observed throughout my posts, lots of difference in my maiden blog posts and the recent ones. 

Thanks to my vacation boredom that I got into blogging. I used to randomly scribble lot of stories, articles in my diary, last page of notebooks ,school souvenirs and magazine ,,etc, And well the Idea of blogging was actually suggested by one of my friends, Before that I was a frequent reader of lot many blogs later with the followers and blog hits , blogging has always inspired me to write more

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If someone was interested in blogging, what would be a few things you would suggest?

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I would suggest writing good and meaningful content. More than that one should actually READ other blogs to, rather than just going through them . Interacting with the bloggers, networking, comment on their posts, appreciate their work. Moreover plagiarism is something to be most avoided.

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How do you build a community around a blog and social media?

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As I said early, reading, commenting ,following other blogs is the best best way to know more of other blogs.  I maintain a Facebook Fan page at Mumbai Madrasi . Though I am not an avid Twitter user, yes I do promote my posts over thee too. Other than that I have Discovered lot of friends on Blogosphere where we meet often, and stay in touch regularly

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What are your three favorite blogs to read? What makes those blogs special?

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I read lot of blogs . In every genre I have multiple favorites. For in Photography http://jidhujose.blogspot.com tops the list. Lovely Photographs .

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Which one plugin would you suggest all bloggers to have?

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I would suggest the link to other posts. This would help the reader navigate easily through your blog

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