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.

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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A journalism student for life, a blogger by choice and a social entrepreneur that is how our Blogger of the Fortnight, Anshul Tewari would like to be known. Anshul founded youthkiawaaz.com in 2008 to voice his opinion about the social and political scenario in our country. Today, youthkiawaaz.com is India’s largest online platform for the youth to express themselves on issues of critical importance.

After having worked with leading national and international media houses, Anshul took blogging and social entrepreneurship to a whole new level and successfully so. He created this excellent platform for students and the youth in general to express themselves- a feat that is remarkable considering Youth Ki Awaaz has hundreds applying for internships every month.

With an editorial board of 12, executive team of 5, about 600 writers, correspondents, freelancers, student journalists from around the world, youthkiawaaz.com is today a registered media firm. Anshul also runs a research organization called Youth Research India.

Anshul has been a part of various national and international social enterprises and has been the driving force behind the cause, working on all aspects of the organization, from content and editing, to the executive aspects. This passion is reflected in the posts that come up on the blog. Hand picking every member of the team so that each of them share the same enthusiasm about the cause they are about to take on has maintained the rise of blog’s credibility.

Youth Ki Awaaz was awarded the Best Blog on Social Causes in India, and has won various other awards including the World Summit Youth Award for best practices in online journalism, by the International Center for New Media (ICNM) in 2010.

A graduate in Journalism from Delhi University, Anshul has worked with the Indian Express, The Financial Express and the Wall Street Journal India, online. He says, "Social change is not something that can happen instantly. It takes the effort of one entire generation to make sure that the next generation sees a better world." And for putting in this effort, Anshul Tewari is our Blogger of the Fortnight.

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