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!
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:
- Travelogues like A Train journey in USA, Scuba diving at 65, Hiking up the Tiger's Nest in Bhutan, Toddler on a Hike
- Wildlife including The Big Five of Africa, Tigers of Tadoba, Birds of Ranganathittu, Rescuing a Black Winged Stilt
- Environment including Trees (White Jamun?, Neem Trees Under Attack), plants (Friendship With Plants), insects and flowers (Brahma Kamal)
- Online Contest called Kaun Banega Ghumakkad which has completed 80 editions so far!
- Lesser-known India series Hindola Toran, Devarakonda Fort and more
- Entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship stories like Dreams to Reality, Young Entrepreneurs Bootcamp, Startup Fever Grips VVISM
- Teaching and learning (Ghumakkad is a teacher!) including real-life case studies and Innovations in A Convocation
- Obituaries of leaders like Dr Abdul Kalam and martyrs like Capt Ravi Shankar
- Motivational posts specially during Covid
- Guest stories including those written by the children (Coyote Gulch Hiking in Stream), Covid survivors (I Got A New Life) and Animal Lovers like Rohini
- Picturesque Quotes having one of our pictures with a famous quote like Claude Monet on Nature and another one by a KBG winner.
- Adventure and Endurance like An Ironman in the Family, Women Hiking in Water
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
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Bhaisahab.
DeleteIn Awe of you as always. Regards.
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DeleteGreat achievement. Keep up the show, sir
ReplyDeleteThanks Ravi.
DeleteHappy Birthday Ghumakkad !
ReplyDeleteThank you Ghumakkad's well wisher!
DeleteHope you will continue the effort
ReplyDeleteInsha Allah yes, as long as Google and Ghumakkad are alive!
DeleteProud of you my dear Harsh, wishing you many more mile stones & all glory. Stay Blessed, gbs
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Dr Sethi for your constant guidance and encouragement.
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ReplyDeleteYour blogs are so informative, innovating and invigorating that one is looking for next episode
Keep blogging to educate us
Thanks for your appreciation Capt Jindal.
DeleteHow 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.
ReplyDeleteMy 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.
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Thanks much Trixie. Your expert guidance as a content creator has been invaluable. Appreciate it.
DeleteHeartiest congratulations on your 11th birthday. Big achievement over 11 years. Proud of you. Love reading your blogs. Keep with g. All the best
ReplyDeleteThanks for your encouraging words. Much appreciated.
DeleteGreat going. Wishing you as the ironman of the blogs
ReplyDeleteThanks Lalit. You have been a rock solid support for Ghumakkad!
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