Wednesday, 24 May 2023

Ghumakkad Is Eleven!

Eleventh birthday! Not mine but of our blog, your blog! (www.ghumakkadhb.blogspot.com)

As Ghumakkad's blog completes 11 years, it is a moment of joy, thrill and excitement. Like the Baya Weavers in the picture below who go about building their nests from scratch. Patiently but steadily. Suspended up in the air but held firmly with a branch of the tree. Our blog is also somewhere up in the 'cloud' but bonded securely with you, the readers!

Thanks for being there to support Ghumakkad all these years.

The Journey

Ghumakkad started as a travel blog. Our inaugural story was a set of eight posts on picturesque Bhutan. Initially the blog was by invitation . Naturally it had very limited page views in the first three years. Once opened to public, more readers enjoyed browsing it. See the graph below which shows the current page views at 291,000 with more than 3900 comments. This is the 582nd Post of our blog.

The Content

Our blog has a variety of content with pictures. Some of the themes are listed below with links to connected stories:

  • Motivational posts specially during Covid
  • Picturesque Quotes having one of our pictures with a famous quote like Claude Monet on Nature and another one by a KBG winner.


The Readership
Thanks to the wider reach of internet, our blog is read globally. Readers from India account for only 55%, balance coming from across the globe. See the colour coded world map below.
Most Viewed Posts
Capt Ravi Shankar's life story has been read more than 7000 times. We salute his supreme sacrifice.

Another story on 'Brahma Kamal The Queen of Night' has been read by more than 4000 readers. It shows the readers' interest in environment and Nature related posts.

Acknowledgements

There are numerous people who have helped us grow. We place on record our appreciation to the following for their unstinted support.
Trixie Asirvatham our content advisor
Chitra Shanker our advisor on plants, trees, insects and birds
Ramya Sriram logo designer of our KBG Contest

We also thank each one of you for your continued support without which Ghumakkad wouldn't have been here! Do give us your feedback to help us improve.

Onwards to the 12th Anniversary of Ghumakkad next year!

Thanks for browsing. Stay connected

   - Harsh-the-Ghumakkad with Neeta Bhargava/ 24th May 2023/ Secunderabad

Postscript:
26th May 2023. Commander GR Sreenivasan, a reader from Bangalore wrote: "Fabulous compilation of unique and interesting  information mostly related to nature and wild life, meticulously  compiled and recorded for the benefit of present and future generations when many things will either become extinct or degraded due to climate change. What a way to celebrate, worship and express gratitude to the creator of this universe." (We hope that mankind doesn't degrade the environment to that extent- Eds.)


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20 comments:

  1. What an impressive journey.Very informative and well researched and above all good story telling skills makes your blogs intresting reading.Looking forward to many more to come.Thanks

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  2. In Awe of you as always. Regards.

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  3. Great achievement. Keep up the show, sir

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  4. Happy Birthday Ghumakkad !

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  5. Hope you will continue the effort

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    1. Insha Allah yes, as long as Google and Ghumakkad are alive!

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  6. Proud of you my dear Harsh, wishing you many more mile stones & all glory. Stay Blessed, gbs

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    1. Thanks so much Dr Sethi for your constant guidance and encouragement.

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  7. From Capt Jindal
    Your blogs are so informative, innovating and invigorating that one is looking for next episode
    Keep blogging to educate us

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  8. How wonderful to see your Ghummakadb. blog reach 11 years today, Harsh! lt's your patience and persistence in building it, and your passion for travel , photography, nature, teaching, people, social entrepreneurship and lots more that make your blog so interesting to read.
    My warmest good wishes to you to many more happy blogging years to come! May more and more readers come to enjoy your blog in future! God bless you always.
    Trixie Asirvatham



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    1. Thanks much Trixie. Your expert guidance as a content creator has been invaluable. Appreciate it.

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  9. Heartiest congratulations on your 11th birthday. Big achievement over 11 years. Proud of you. Love reading your blogs. Keep with g. All the best

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    1. Thanks for your encouraging words. Much appreciated.

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  10. Great going. Wishing you as the ironman of the blogs

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    1. Thanks Lalit. You have been a rock solid support for Ghumakkad!

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