An Interview With BlogAdda and A Food Feature

In the past few months, I was contacted by two different places in the blogosphere for a feature. Both were exciting opportunities and both, things of joy and honor. Now, that they have gotten through, I am very happy to share them with all of you here!

So, here they go -

1. Interview @ BlogAdda:

I had the honor of answering some questions revolving around me and My Yatra Diary... prepared by the Indian Blogging community – BlogAdda. Personally, answering the questionnaire made for a good time for reflection on something that I have been doing for a few years now.

Here is an excerpt,
Q: You travel to places of religious importance. Infact, your blog started off with a post on Haridwar, the most famous pilgrimage city of India. Is there any reason to follow a niche for your travel?
A: I love traveling to places of religious or historical importance. Just to think that these are the same places that my forefathers or ancestors once walked on, gives me a lot of personal satisfaction, peace and solace.

Please click on the following link to read the entire interview: http://blog.blogadda.com/2012/08/16/interview-with-arti-indian-travel-blogger

2. Food Feature:

Mark Wiens, a passionate traveller and a self confessed food lover from Migrationology.com was in the process of scouting 33 food passionate travel bloggers for his article - "33 Foods Worth Traveling Across the World Just to Eat". When he invited me to chip in as one of the bloggers with my recommendation, I was thrilled and instantly agreed to it. Apart from being a great opportunity, it was a huge honor for me to be a part of something that I thought was a highly tempting and a very creative concept uniting travel bloggers from all round the world, sharing their common love for food and travel.

Please do check them out and let me know how I fared. I always very eagerly wait to hear from you. Thank you. :-)

PS: I will be traveling for the whole of next week, hence I have scheduled this post to be  published automatically. Will be back very very soon, till then... take care and keep blogging!

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  1. saw the interview at blogadda ....nice read!!

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  2. Thanks for the links. Happy travelling and a safe journey.

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  3. Must check out the links Arti! Have a great trip so great you get to do this .Hugs for a happy sunday!

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  4. Well I really love your interview and the chance to learn more about you. Now I also know how you came about your trip to Japan. I also loved that you were added to to food blog. You do know how to share details of amazing foods you have sampled on your journeys. You are such a talented writer and hope you are seen in more places soon. Congratulations and may many more such chances of sharing arise in your life. Hugs Carrie

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  5. You are now a very famous person in the blogosphere.

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  6. Wow..Congratulations.
    That is quite an honor.

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  7. We look forward to reading your travel stories! :)

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  8. Thanks for mentioning this Arti! Hope you have a fantastic week of traveling!

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  9. Your interview was a wonderful read, Arti! And so was your article at Mark's :-) Congratulations!

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  10. @Arti First of all heartfelt Congratulations to you. Great to read you post on Migrationology.com , Awesome .Great to read your interview in blogadda. Congrats again.
    Have a nice trip. Take care.

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  11. Congratulations on the interview opportunity :) Really enjoyed going through both links.

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  12. Good going, you are now an international celebrity... cheers :)

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  13. Big congratulations on the interview and about how you fared on the food blog, those were the most tempting Jalebi I have ever seen...:) BTW, where were those from or you made them yourself? If you made those, please send me the recipe.

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  14. Congrats on being featured on both sites! Hope you're having a wonderful trip.

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  15. Interesting interview Arti, wah where your destination now..?

    Wait your story and Have safe journey :)

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  16. Congrats Arti!! This is so wonderful! heading over to read both posts!

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  17. such a nice information about interview which gives general knowledge about the interviews

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  18. Great...many many congratulations Arti...

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  19. Vow Arti!! way to go .. you are going places !! waiting for your posts and jumping on to read the full interview.. take care...

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  21. Both the posts were very nice, especially the blog adda feature. Keep travelling, keep writing:)

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  22. :) You are a celebrity and I KNOW ONE yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy


    Bikram's

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  23. hope you are enjoying your trip arti, I enjoyed reading the interview. take care.

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  24. Arti,
    I visited "33 Foods Worth Traveling Across the World Just to Eat". Fabulous!! I found most of them I have never eaten!! I also wonder if there is a country where people enjoy eating poisonous fish after removing poison.

    Food is very important as what we eat today makes what we are tomorrow.

    Have a wonderful trip!

    keiko

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  25. We share a love for travel that is good for the soul, Arti. Sacred landscapes, cradles of faith, majestic ruins, places steeped in prayer, pilgrims' routes - these are the places that I want to go to.

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  26. Hi Arti,
    I enjoyed reading your interview with Blogadda. Since I had a wonderful opportunity to know you in person (even for a very short time), I think the interview explains a lot your take on blogging and why your blog is highly evaluated. I am happy for you!
    Food! So tempting! Personally I love Korean and Vietnamese and of course Japanese dishes.
    Hope you'll keep up with good work!

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  27. Congrats on the interview and food post. Made me drool on my keyboard.

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  28. Arti, i went through your interview on Blogadda. Congratulations! :) Your responses were apt and to the point.

    And the decision to describe Jalebi to global audience was great.. :)

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  29. Hi, Arti. You always have your ways of touching our hearts through your words. This made me reflect - "I love traveling to places of religious or historical importance. Just to think that these are the same places that my forefathers or ancestors once walked on, gives me a lot of personal satisfaction, peace and solace."

    Will definitely read the these two articles. Have a great day, my dear friend.

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  30. Thank You Everyone. I am back from my trip and am overwhelmed to see all your responses here, thank you very much for all your wishes and feedbacks. Its truly heartening to have them all. :)

    @Saru Thanks Saru, those Jalebis are straight off the sweetshop counter. Though I do love cooking, there's a loooong way for me to go to be able to achieve that kind of perfection and finesse. :)

    @rainfield @Santosh @Bikramjit Please dont embarrass me by saying all this, I am a very regular blogger and would always like to be one. :)

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  31. Nice one....

    Happy onam

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  32. This interview has to come and I was waiting for it for quite sometime.
    Indeed it was pleasure to know some unknown things about you.
    Best Wishes for your journey :)

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  33. congrats
    now going to read the interview

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  34. About to read your interview... :-)

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  35. Arti, you’re such a well-known person in the blogosphere. I read your interview and writing about Jalebi. I enjoyed all the mouth-watering delicacy of each country. As a person from Kobe, I’m familiar with Kobe beef. Marbled beef is such an extravagance with exquisite and moreish taste. However, I know eating it constantly is not good for our health. I think “Man, who thinks well, lives well.” and “Man, who eats well, lives well.”, too. Diet habit makes great difference in our ageing process. Have a nice weekend.

    Yoko

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  36. hmmmm checked out your Jalebi at Migrationology and eager to taste it soon!

    read your interview and I love these points you mentioned on the most gratifying aspect of blogging_

    "My writing a post – Readers reading them – readers commenting – my feelings on reading their comments"...and

    "excellence is bound to come if you are honest and sincere in whatever you do."....

    I always enjoy visiting your blog because of your sincerity which yes makes you an excellent writer...:-)

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  37. Congratulations on these features!

    Have a great trip.

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  38. Hearty congrats Arti! Really nice:)

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  39. now thats some thing really great .....congratsssssssss ....it calls for a celebration :D :D

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  40. Time to celebrate, Arti! Hope you earn many more laurels:)

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  41. From travel to Jalebi, you have done it all. Congrats and many more aclodes your way :)

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  42. I can think of no one else who deserves all the attention coming her way as much as you do Arti!

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  43. Congrats Arti...:)Enjoyed reading...very smart answers!
    Kudos...proud to have you in my friend's list :))

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  44. Beautiful thoughts in action through your words.Wonderful interview too.

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  45. It's such a pleasure to come through this blog, errrr!......Blogger ;)

    Heartiest congratulations for the honor. It's always nice when someone worthy get honored.

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  46. First let me thank you for the advice you left on my blog. I am novice at the contests and do tend to miss out few things. I had heard great deal about you from my Mom, and visiting your blog made me feel she was right. There is so much I should learn from you and other dedicated bloggers like you. Thank you once again.

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  47. Yay !!! I had read this interview in the Blogadda newsletter. Congrats Arti! Keep "Going Places" :)

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  48. Very Nice. Hope you continue with your travels and post about them. God bless you.

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  49. I had read your interview on Blogadda itself.. a heart to heart talk.. loved it

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  50. I read the blogadda interview. Good one Arti. Your answers show how serious you are about travel blogging. You are an inspiration. :)
    Keep up the good work.

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  51. i so very much liked your answers .. especially the first one .. about your interest in visiting pilgrimage or historical places ..!

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  52. love the pictures! waiting to go there myself one day

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  53. Congrats Arti!
    You are doing great! :)

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  54. Hi Arti,
    I got introduced to your site from Indiblogger and liked the content as well as the format. Though the site is simple it looks neat and well organized and has interesting content for all.

    I'm planning to add some articles in my blog about people who made it successful in some field or the other. I like to put it in interview style or like a casual conversation.

    Is it possible for you to do an interview (questionnaire) via email or something. I'm planning to put that in my blog (http://sekharc.blogspot.com) if you are okay with the idea.
    Let me know your thoughts or suggestions on the same.

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  55. Great awesome interview, happy blogging

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