{"id":1064,"date":"2011-03-01T11:04:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T05:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/windchimes.co.in\/blog\/2011\/03\/blogger-of-the-fortnight-5\/"},"modified":"2015-12-05T19:30:44","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T14:00:44","slug":"blogger-of-the-fortnight-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/windchimes.co.in\/blog\/2011\/03\/blogger-of-the-fortnight-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloggerati of the Fortnight: Malini Agarwal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/windchimes.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Miss-Malini1.jpg\" rel=\"lightview\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 4px 8px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/windchimes.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Miss-Malini1_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Miss-Malini1\" width=\"185\" height=\"232\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Celebrity blogging might have started with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aamirkhan.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Khans<\/a> and the\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/bigb.bigadda.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bachchans<\/a> of the film industry, but one blog which even these celebrities love to be on is that of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missmalini.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">MissMalini<\/a>!!! Suggested as the Indian blog equivalent of Perez Hilton and Pop Sugar, MissMalini is the place to catch up on the most happening events, parties and everything glamorous in India and in Mumbai specifically.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Malini Agarwal, the author of the blog, is a talent pool by herself. She started off her career as a dancer and today she is one of the most popular RJ\u2019s in India. She fondly calls herself Mumbai\u2019s gossip girl. She is also the founder of \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fridayclubworld.com\/en\/sign-in\/\" target=\"_blank\">Friday Club\u2019<\/a> which has over 200 members in Mumbai, Bangalore, Hong Kong, Toronto, London, and New York.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">In her own words, she tends to write the way she think so it\u2019s mostly a random stream of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelpod.com\/travel-blog-entries\/monsoon-music\/2\/1284940547\/tpod.html\" target=\"_blank\">consciousness<\/a>\u2026 this helps her \u201ckeep it real.\u201d But what is the best aspect about her blog is that it features news and information that normal people would never get their hands on but would love to know about.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>\u201cAbhay Deol turned up in his yellow jeep and a naughty grin to match! In fact I got him and Dino Morea to pose together for a double eye-candy shot :)\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Capturing the world through her LPC (Little Pink Camera) at page 3 parties and while traveling, her blog is also visual treat with some awesome <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.indiadailyphoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">photographs<\/a> of exotic locations and celebrities caught having a blast.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>\u201cThe first thing that strikes you is just how peaceful and scenic it is there\u2026 Like walking into a postcard (kid you not, one of the few places I\u2019ve been to that looks exactly like its website photos)<br \/>\nThere\u2019s a spotless pool in the middle of four villas\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">What more, in true sense of a <a href=\"http:\/\/machoarts.com\/blogging-the-heart-of-social-media\" target=\"_blank\">social blogging<\/a>, Miss Malini has evolved from being one person writing, to a lot of people contributing towards making this blog a page where every bit of news and information about the <a href=\"http:\/\/indiafashion123.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">glam world<\/a> is captured. Right across the globe.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">And with the true ethos of a blog that talks about the high drama that is played out in the upper echelons of the glamour universe, the page too reflects it through the dramatic writing of Malini Agarwal. A fresh take on every report, makes the blog so much entertaining and fun to be on.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>\u201cTall Dude: Hi, what\u2019s your name? Me: Malini! Tall Dude: No, your last name. Me: *always skeptical about why people ask that question* Agarwal\u2026 Tall Dude: Are you Punjabi? Me: No, Marwari! Tall Dude: *high fives me* Me too yaar! Me: *lol* oh cool! Tall Dude: *slightly cheekily* So how come you\u2019re not married? Me: *hold up my ring*<\/i><i> <\/i><i>I\u2019m engaged! Tall Dude: Oh. *walks away silently*\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">It is this light hearted approach towards life and also towards her writing that hooks a reader to the page. In fact, so much so, that if a high profile event was not featured on this page, well, then it was not high profile enough. It is a pleasure for us to announce Malini Agarwal as our \u201c<b>Bloggerati of the Fortnight.<\/b>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 4px 8px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/windchimes.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Miss-Malini1_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Miss-Malini1\" width=\"185\" height=\"232\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/>Celebrity blogging might have started with the Khans and the\u00a0 Bachchans of the film industry, but one blog which even these celebrities love to be on is that of MissMalini!!! Suggested as the Indian blog equivalent of Perez Hilton and Pop Sugar, MissMalini is the place to catch up on the most happening events, parties and everything glamorous in India and in Mumbai specifically.<br \/>\nMalini Agarwal, the author of the blog, is a talent pool by herself. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/windchimes.co.in\/blog\/?post_type=post&#038;p=1064\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[797],"tags":[230,5,222,800,236,237,233,235,229,232,231,234],"class_list":["post-1064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botf","tag-bachchan","tag-blog","tag-blogger","tag-bloggerati-of-the-fortnight","tag-celebrity","tag-fashion","tag-friday-club","tag-glamour","tag-khan","tag-malini","tag-miss","tag-photographs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":5862,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/windchimes.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/windchimes.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/windchimes.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windchimes.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windchimes.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1064"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/windchimes.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3748,"href":"https:\/\/windchimes.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064\/revisions\/3748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/windchimes.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windchimes.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windchimes.co.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}