Peter Griffin who started the Tsunami Help blog sent me a message announcing the launch of a new blog that takes citizen journalism to the streets of Mumbai. I reproduce his message in part below.
Almost a thousand people dead in Maharashtra, about half of them from Bombay. Transport screwed, no electricity, no running water, some areas STILL under after a week later.
They haven’t even begun figuring out how many people were injured. Or what the tolls might increase to if the epidemics we all fear do happen. (And that’s likely, if you have sewage mixed with rain water standing thirteen feet deep in some places)
They have’t even begun estimating what the losses of property are going to be like. So many have lost everything. We can analyse what wrong later. We can figure out what to do about it later. Right now, Bombay needs help.
Bombay’s bloggers (and some friends - the net doesn’t worry about borders) are trying to do their bit, by making sure information is easy to find. Information was one more thing we all didn’t have enough of last week. Not that it’s much better now.
The Mumbai Help blog is an effort to put online such critical “for emergencies” information as we can find. We hope to turn this into a permanent site that will act as a Bombay disaster portal.
The Cloudburst Mumbai blog is a collection of news, both from the media as well as stories sent in via email and blog links.
But you know that blogging has reached the mainstream in India when our film stars start doing it.
I’m referring to Aamir Khan, whose movie Lagaan was nominated for the Oscars. Aamir has started a blog to create buzz for his latest release “Mangal Pandey: The Rising“.
If you’re an Aamir Khan fan like me, check out his blog, ostensibly written by the actor himself at Mangal Pandey Spaces , where you can post a comment, see movie and production stills and listen to music from the movie.
Via AgencyFAQs.
A small suggestion, Aamir. Lose the photo with the ferocious face and let your female fans see that cutesy-pie image we love so much. 
