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Churumuri.com is an Indian blog published by Krishna Prasad (Journalist).[1] In May 2008, NDTV News called it "one of India's most popular blogs" that "takes a bash at just about everything."[2] In October 2011, The New York Times, India, included Churumuri in its reading list.[3]

Frequently skeptical or contrarian, Churumuri offers commentary about current events in politics,[4] business, cricket,[5] media,[6] movies and music.[7] Churumuri employs participatory journalism,[8] and it celebrates nostalgia[9] and humour.[10]

Churumuri was launched on March 30, 2006, the day of Ugadi or Hindu New Year, as a forum to discuss "local history, local culture, local cuisine, local heroes, local industries, local people, local anything" related to the Mysore region.[11] Krishna Prasad intended it to "capture some of [the] quaint and endearing things of our culture." Since then, it has grown into discussing national issues.[12]

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[edit] The name

Churumuri is Kannada for puffed rice, but it is also the name of a Mysore street snack prepared with puffed rice, grated carrot, roasted peanuts, shredded onion, lemon juice and green chilli peppers, and sold for about five rupees (less than a U.S. dime) in cones of old newspaper.[13] The tagline swalpa sihi, swalpa spicy is Kannada for "a little sweet, a little spicy."

[edit] Notability

Churumuri has made news a few times.[12] The blog's campaign[14] to secure governmental recognition for the writer R.K. Narayan[15] in his home town in the centenary year of his birth drew the attention of the historian Ramachandra Guha and later found a mention in The Hindu Sunday Magazine by Narayan's biographer, N. Ram. Eventually the campaign reached the governor[16] of Karnataka, T.N. Chaturvedi.

Churumuri's discussion of an Art of Living Foundation seminar was one of its most viewed posts,[17] as was its discussion of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw's funeral.[18] An analysis[19] of the apology tendered by the editor-in-chief of The Hindu to Tata Motors drew a response[20] from Readers' Editor K. Narayanan.[21]

When the Vijaya Karnataka Group was purchased by the Times of India Group, the blog hosted a discussion with rumours, theories and intrigue surrounding the takeover. Some commentators seemed to be pseudonymous journalists working for either group.[22] Churumuri's reporting of the internecine war in Deccan Herald,[23] and the change of stewardship[24] of The Hindu in Bangalore attracted were popularity inflection points as well.

The blog debated Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist and the squash ball controversy [25] and was mentioned in a sample of bloggers' reactions to N. R. Narayana Murthy's remarks about the national anthem.[26]

Churumuri claimed to be the most visited blog in the world for two days in mid April of 2006[27] when it was among the first to cover[12][28] the death of thespian Dr. Rajkumar.

[edit] Regular contributors

Churumuri posts the writings of many journalists who live in or were raised in Mysore.

Its writers include the late distinguished Mysore–based photojournalist T.S. Satyan,[29] Satyan's brother the photographer T.S. Nagarajan,[30] the author Sunaad Raghuram,[31] the former editor of Samachar (Mysore's first English eveninger, now defunct) Gouri Satya,[32] the corporate manager turned humourist E.R. Ramachandran, the syndicated news photographer Saggere Ramaswamy,[33] the corporate manager Arun S. Padaki, the journalist turned media professor Nikhil Moro,[34] the journalist turned Dell manager Chetan Krishnaswamy, and the humanities professor Prithvi Shobhi.

Among the most frequent contributors are Shashikumar Mullur, Arvind Swaminathan, Pritam Sengupta, Sharanya Kanvilkar, Palini R. Swamy, Prashant Krishnamurthy and Ramya Krishnamurthy.

[edit] Affiliated blogs

Krishna Prasad also operates a media blog, Sans Serif,[35] and a food blog focused on southern Indian vegetarian cuisines, Kosambari.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Thomas L Friedman (2004-03-21). "Software of Democracy". NY Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/21/opinion/21FRIE.html?ei=5007&en=1898d692e784c2c1&ex=1395205200&partner=USERLAND&pagewanted=print&position=/. Retrieved 2007-05-01. [dead link]
  2. ^ Bangalore bloggers
  3. ^ "At Jaipur Fest, Difficult Balancing Act". The New York Times. http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/. 
  4. ^ "Politics". churumuri. http://churumuri.wordpress.com/tag/issues-and-ideas/. Retrieved 2007-05-01. 
  5. ^ "Cricket". churumuri. http://churumuri.wordpress.com/tag/cricket-etcetera/. Retrieved 2007-05-01. 
  6. ^ Media « churumuri
  7. ^ http://churumuri.wordpress.com/tag/films-television/
  8. ^ Churumuri Poll « churumuri
  9. ^ "Nostalgia". churumuri. http://churumuri.wordpress.com/tag/once-upon-a-time/. Retrieved 2007-05-01. 
  10. ^ Tongue In Cheek « churumuri
  11. ^ [1]
  12. ^ a b c "Tragic news gives fledgling blog a boost". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2006-04-14. http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/14/stories/2006041414750400.htm. 
  13. ^ "What is churumuri". churumuri. http://churumuri.wordpress.com/what-is-churumuri/. Retrieved 2007-05-01. 
  14. ^ R.K. Narayan Campaign « churumuri
  15. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.K._Narayan/
  16. ^ To The Governor Of Karnataka, From Us « Churumuri
  17. ^ The the Great great Sri Sri NGO NGO Scam Scam
  18. ^ If you have to die, can you please do so in Delhi?
  19. ^ Under N. Ram, the Hindu becomes a ’sorry’ paper « churumuri
  20. ^ http://www.hindu.com/2006/06/05/stories/2006060506531100.htm /
  21. ^ The Hindu responds to Churumuri. We do too. « churumuri
  22. ^ A small Tribune story helped TOI pick up VK, VT « churumuri
  23. ^ EXCLUSIVE: Inside story of Deccan Herald coup « churumuri
  24. ^ A surprising first at employee-friendly Hindu « churumuri
  25. ^ . http://blogs.smh.com.au/sport/archives/2007/05/sri_lankan_sour_grapes_or_aust.html/. [dead link]
  26. ^ Blogs boil at Murthy’s anthem remark - Newindpress.com
  27. ^ "Most visited". churumuri.com. http://churumuri.wordpress.com/2006/04/14/churumuri-no-1-wordpress-blog-for-2-days/. Retrieved 2007-04-27. 
  28. ^ "Rajkumar". churumuri.com. http://churumuri.wordpress.com/2007/04/12/one-year-without-dr-raj-kumar/. Retrieved 2007-04-27. 
  29. ^ "Down memory lane with Satyan". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2006-03-18. http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/18/stories/2006031809070200.htm. 
  30. ^ "T S Nagarajan bio". churumuri. http://www.luminous-lint.com/__sw.php?action=ACT_SING_PH&p1=T_S__Nagarajan&p2=ABCDEFGHIJKLN. Retrieved 2007-05-01. 
  31. ^ Amazon.com: Veerappan: India's Most Wanted Man: Books: Sunaad Raghuram
  32. ^ Mysore news, information on Mysore, Karnataka information and news headlines
  33. ^ Html Redirect
  34. ^ Nikhil Moro's Virtual World, the fascinating universe of an Assistant Professor at Kennesaw State University
  35. ^ . London. http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/greenslade/2007/04/want_a_job_in_journalism_then.htm/. [dead link]

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