Got a mail from a former student of mine. He inquired about my wife after reading it here. The personal got extended - a wonderful feeling . When you've got a blog and it's personal, it has an encompassing quality that has many dimensions. This is certainly one of them.
Professionally too it should work wonders for reporters. Indian journalists need to climb down and connect. We need to talk not just with each other but with those we work for -- I mean the citizens.
This might sound repetitive or mundane but therein lies the future of journalism.

I'm off to Berlin, Germany, for a two-and-a-half month fellowship to learn more about Online Journalism and Multimedia. I leave Chennai on the 16th of May. I hadn't realised what it meant. But it is beginning to creep in. I will miss my five-year-old daughter most of all when I'm away. Oh! I am sure there's going to be a ruckus at home.

I did download dynebolic. It is very good. But I really couldn't go for it. I hope to do so when I get back.

IOJ is slowly developing as a blog-based site. Interestingly, this is the first time I have a fully-fledged privacy statement. I have got a mailing going as well, which I first have to ensure is robust before moving from e-groups.