Our blogger of the fortnight, Rati Tehri Singh, dons many hats as a modern professional. She is currently engaged as the Director with an MBA preparation website where she works full time and administers blogs and websites that dole out study materials. Amidst all this, she also runs a highly acclaimed blog that caters to her hobby (makeup and cosmetics) via her blog ‘Indian makeup and beauty blog’. And she excels in that as well!

In her own words, Rati’s journey into the glitzy world of cosmetics began right after her marriage when she discovered that there is very little available on the blogosphere that exclusively addresses the Indian makeup scenario. Seeing it as an untapped opportunity to provide a comprehensive insight into Indian makeup for most women, Rati, took up the initiative to share her understanding of the market place.

A prominent name in Media and Publishing industry, Mr. K. Satyanarayan is deeply involved in the field of education and entrepreneurship. Mr. Satyanarayan was instrumental in setting up Cricinfo India before it merged with Wisden in 2003.

His blogs, Education in India, offers a distinct platform for academicians and others alike who seek information about the latest happenings in the education industry. From posts on grass root level primary education issues and scopes to changing scenarios in education across states to technology and seminars held at national levels, his blogs cover the spectrum of education like no other.

If you have been reading about personal finance and financial planning on the internet, you probably know Manish Chauhan. Manish writes about financial planning at Jagoinvestor.com. He is one of the few people who has been writing about financial planning for a long time  and is furthering the cause of the small investor – a cause that is very close to his heart.

Manish started writing in Dec 2007. He likes to refer his area of work as Financial Planning rather than Personal Finance, because not only does he write on products and their reviews, but mostly on psychology required for successful financial planning and what a common person lacks, how he perceives any financial information and thinks about it .

Having worked for a climate change organization for some time, Urvashi Devidayal has had a firsthand experience of how the world perceives this topic. According to her, while many people are starting to understand the jargon – very very few people actually are able to implement a sustainable life. Her blog, sustainability in my house, is an attempt at setting that wrong, right.

Through her blog, she tries to introduce simple concepts about sustainable living which can be implemented in daily life by everyone. Her growing up in Mumbai and her current stint in the city

Travel, photography, food, technology, economics, sport are some of the most common blogging subjects. But every now and then we come across a blog that is simply outstanding. The simplicity of a quiz blog may not match the visual standards of a photo or food or travel blog, but the content is simply unbelievable.

Quiz Master Vincent Augustine D’Souza is a blogger, author, and novelist. What we are more interested in is the blog post that he comes up on the Go 4 Quiz. Go 4 Quiz is a blog site he has created for trivia, public quizzes, general knowledge quizzes, Q&As etc.

Not that these are not available online, it is the compilation of varied topics that makes this blog so much more fun. Users can spend hours taking one quiz after another without getting bored. And while they are at it, the knowledge that they will get in unimaginable.

The range of topics covered in his blog goes from animals and countries to discoveries and sports and anything on which a quiz can be created. Some of the questions can leave you quite stumped too. A good example of this is the India quiz, where a lot of questions are deceptively simple looking but tricky to answer.

INDIA QUIZ

The fun of the site is not just the sheer volume of content it provides, but also the vast information that is bestows upon the reader. While we could debate about kids being on internet and how prudent is the idea, it is blogs like Go 4 Quiz that makes you think how powerful the tool can be.

And for this might effort of making the internet look like a safe bet with kids as well as any other user, we are proud to announce Vincent D’Souza as our Blogger of the Fortnight.

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