The world of Hindi blogs, unlike that of news television, is not overwhelmingly dominated by bhaiyyas from UP and Bihar. I sometimes feel that Hindi TV news is what it is because there are too many of us bhaiyyas, who have grown up in such a desensitised and culturally impoverished world, that we have no qualms about offloading rubbish on people’s head

Mahmood Farooqui writes on how the variety and the vibrancy of Hindi blogs is redefining the otherwise mind numbing hindi news media and even the hindi literary sphere.

The great triumph of the blogosphere lies in the creation of this alternate Hindi community. Since it is powered by media-savvy people, there is a familiarity with English and indeed with global trends, that is not so easily available to Hindi print media, for instance.