India Uncut
Encyclopedia
India Uncut is a popular Indian weblog turned website
published by Bastiat prize winner Amit Varma
.
The original India Uncut began as a blog in December 2004. Amit Varma was then managing editor of Cricinfo
, but decided to shift to being a consultant so that he would have more time to do his own writing. Amit's experimentation with a new medium took off and gained more readers than he had anticipated.
Much of Amit's freelance writing, such as Op-Eds for the Wall Street Journal Asia, were elaborations on ideas that were initially explored on the blog.
However, India Uncut was, most of the time, a filter-and-comment blog. Some of its readers often chose coming to India Uncut over reading a morning newspaper, and wanted lots of links. Others hated the one-line link posts, and wanted him to write more.
To evolve the blog, on February 15, 2006 the new India Uncut was created in collaboration with Madhu 'Madman' Menon. It sought to expand the ways in which it can bring pleasure to readers. The new sections were:
Amit Varma
had a narrow escape from the November 2008 Mumbai Attacks and his subsequent blog post attracted a substantial amount of hits thereafter. He was even featured on Larry King Live
following his close shave.
Amit Varma was also recently named in the Business Week Magazine list of India's 50 most powerful people.
Hachette India launched his first book "My Friend Sancho" in May 2009.
Website
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published by Bastiat prize winner Amit Varma
Amit Varma
Amit Varma is a writer based in Mumbai. He has worked in advertising, television and journalism, and has written for publications like The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal and Wisden Cricketers' Almanack...
.
The original India Uncut began as a blog in December 2004. Amit Varma was then managing editor of Cricinfo
Cricinfo
ESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...
, but decided to shift to being a consultant so that he would have more time to do his own writing. Amit's experimentation with a new medium took off and gained more readers than he had anticipated.
Much of Amit's freelance writing, such as Op-Eds for the Wall Street Journal Asia, were elaborations on ideas that were initially explored on the blog.
However, India Uncut was, most of the time, a filter-and-comment blog. Some of its readers often chose coming to India Uncut over reading a morning newspaper, and wanted lots of links. Others hated the one-line link posts, and wanted him to write more.
To evolve the blog, on February 15, 2006 the new India Uncut was created in collaboration with Madhu 'Madman' Menon. It sought to expand the ways in which it can bring pleasure to readers. The new sections were:
- The India Uncut (IU) Blog: This is a continuation of the original India Uncut with Amit Varm as its sole author.
- Linkastic: This is a filter blog, whose purpose is to save you time by bringing you some of the most interesting stuff to read on the internet, across a range of categories. This was a group blog, and besides Amit, its contributors were , MadManMadmanMadman is a fictional character, a comic book superhero created by Mike Allred and most recently published by Image Comics. He first appeared in Creatures of the Id...
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and Sanjeev NaikSanjeev NaikSanjeev Ganesh Naik is an Indian politician, who became the first mayor of the satellite city of Navi Mumbai at the age of 23...
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- Rave Out: In this blog, the contributors write short, succinct pieces on books or films or albums. The contributors are Amit VarmaAmit VarmaAmit Varma is a writer based in Mumbai. He has worked in advertising, television and journalism, and has written for publications like The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal and Wisden Cricketers' Almanack...
, Arun Simha, Chandrahas Choudhury, FalstaffFalstaffSir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare. In the two Henry IV plays, he is a companion to Prince Hal, the future King Henry V. A fat, vain, boastful, and cowardly knight, Falstaff leads the apparently wayward Prince Hal into trouble, and is...
, Jai Arjun SinghJai Arjun SinghJai Arjun Singh is a New Delhi-based freelance writer/journalist. He has written for Yahoo! India, Business Standard, The Hindu, The Man , Tehelka, Outlook Traveler, The Sunday Guardian and The Hindustan Times, among other publications. His book about the making of the cult comedy film Jaane Bhi Do...
, , Nilanjana S. RoyNilanjana S. RoyNilanjana S. Roy is a well-known Indian journalist and literary critic. She currently writes a regular column for the Business Standard. She used to write a notorious literary blog called under the pseudonym Hurree Babu. She is married to Devangshu Datta, a stock market columnist and a consultant...
, PrufrockTwo and Sonia FaleiroSonia FaleiroSonia Faleiro, is an award-winning Indian reporter and writer. She grew up in New Delhi where she studied history at St. Stephen's College, and received her master's degree from the University of Edinburgh. While in graduate school, Faleiro started writing her first novel, The Girl, which was...
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- Workoutable: This section was intended to provide quiz questions.
- Extrowords: This is a Java-enabled themed crossword section.
Amit Varma
Amit Varma
Amit Varma is a writer based in Mumbai. He has worked in advertising, television and journalism, and has written for publications like The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal and Wisden Cricketers' Almanack...
had a narrow escape from the November 2008 Mumbai Attacks and his subsequent blog post attracted a substantial amount of hits thereafter. He was even featured on Larry King Live
Larry King Live
Larry King Live is an American talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN from 1985 to 2010. It was CNN's most watched and longest-running program, with over one million viewers nightly....
following his close shave.
Amit Varma was also recently named in the Business Week Magazine list of India's 50 most powerful people.
Hachette India launched his first book "My Friend Sancho" in May 2009.
Awards
- Won the "Best Indiblog" award at the IndibloggiesIndibloggiesis an annual blog-award website targeted at Indian Blogs and was started as a parody clique on the . The site slogan says that it showcases the best of the Indian blogosphere...
2005 bagging 25% of the votes. - Nominated for best Asian blog in 2006 bloggies.