The Celebrity Blog scenario in India.

Indian celebrities are slowly waking up to the impact of the ‘social media’,blog.The internet based  social media discussions and information sharing by the public are growing by leaps and bounds.People share their stories and experiences on a wide variety of topics including  music,technology,politics,films,science,health and what not.People who share common perceptions build a social networking community.Of late these communities are growing day by day.Beliefs,opinions,impressions,notions,legal opinions and sentiments are mostly substantiated by personal experiences,positive knowledge and proof.These turn them first in to persuasions,then popular opinion
finally becomes the public opinion.Primarily these blogs are interactions and discussions between people.A blog post has a global reach.How potent a blog can be was recently proved by Obama.He used his blogs effectively to raise huge campaign funds.He used his blog effectivley to tell the American electorate that he is the “CHANGE” candidate.This might have encouraged Advani to launch his  “Advani for PM” campaign through his blog. The fact that India is a country of  youngsters and most of them are tech saavy,also might have prompted Advani to do an internet campaign ahead of the Loksabha elections.Some other celebrities among the Indian politicians also have started blogging. Here is a list which is likely to grow in the near future.

L.K.Advani                   http://blog.lkadvani.in/
Lalu Prasad Yadav    http://www.mypopkorn.com/blogs/  (Lalu writes his posts in mypopkorn.com)
Omar Abdullah                http://www.jknc.org/blog/        (Omar’s blog is linked to his party’s website)
M.K.Stalin                   http://mkstalin.net/blog/?cat=3
Apart from politicians other Indian celebrities who have started blogging are as follows.
Amitabh Bachchan       http://bigb.bigadda.com/
Shahrukh Khan               http://www.shahrukhkhanz.blogspot.com/
Amir Khan                       http://www.aamirkhan.com/blog/login.php         
Salman Khan                   http://salmanff.blogspot.com/
Shekhar Kapur               http://www.shekharkapur.com/blog/
Ram Gopal Varma        http://rgvarma.spaces.live.com/
Vikram Bhatt                  http://www.mypopkorn.com/blogs/vikram-bhatt/(Like Lalu he makes blog posts in mypopkorn) 
Bipasha basu                http://bipashabasu.rediffblogs.com/
Gul Panag                      http://www.gulpanag.net/
Payal Rohatgi               http://www.payalrohatgi.net/       
Nana Patekar                http://nanapatekar.rediffblogs.com/
Mammootty                 http://i-am-mammootty.blogspot.com/(in Malayalam)

One can expect other celebrities also to follow suit very soon.

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