It's been quite a big week for this blog. First off, last weekend saw my 10,000th hit. Then on Wednesday, February 2012 became my first ever month to pass the 2,000 hit mark (in fact, in the first three weeks of Feb I managed more hits than in September and October combined).
More important than either of these two, though, is that last Sunday my all-time hits from India surpassed those from the UK. This has been inevitable for a while now as my Indian readership is way higher than my British one. But it still felt like a milestone. What makes this satisfying is that the vast majority of people reading this blog from India are not people I know. So I guess that means they must actually be interested in what I write. I take that as a very big compliment.
Considering that I started this blog as a way to share my experiences in India with friends back home (and elsewhere) and for the personal satisfaction of having a permanent record of my time here, I'm wondering if I should take into account the fact that my readership is now largely a different audience from the one I'd originally thought of. So I'm curious to ask my Indian readers (and in fact anyone who has a view) what you've enjoyed and what you'd like to see more of.
My posts tend to break down into travel posts (around India and to places in Delhi); social posts (commenting on something I've observed in Indian society); personal posts (more about me, my feelings, and how I am reacting to being here) and, less often, political ones about the latest developments in India and my perspective on them. There are other things I've thought of doing, like the occasional book or film review, but haven't as yet got around to. The tone of my posts, I've noticed, seems to vary quite wildly from serious to excited to playful to verging on the flippant (see my last post).
So what would you like more of?
More important than either of these two, though, is that last Sunday my all-time hits from India surpassed those from the UK. This has been inevitable for a while now as my Indian readership is way higher than my British one. But it still felt like a milestone. What makes this satisfying is that the vast majority of people reading this blog from India are not people I know. So I guess that means they must actually be interested in what I write. I take that as a very big compliment.
Considering that I started this blog as a way to share my experiences in India with friends back home (and elsewhere) and for the personal satisfaction of having a permanent record of my time here, I'm wondering if I should take into account the fact that my readership is now largely a different audience from the one I'd originally thought of. So I'm curious to ask my Indian readers (and in fact anyone who has a view) what you've enjoyed and what you'd like to see more of.
My posts tend to break down into travel posts (around India and to places in Delhi); social posts (commenting on something I've observed in Indian society); personal posts (more about me, my feelings, and how I am reacting to being here) and, less often, political ones about the latest developments in India and my perspective on them. There are other things I've thought of doing, like the occasional book or film review, but haven't as yet got around to. The tone of my posts, I've noticed, seems to vary quite wildly from serious to excited to playful to verging on the flippant (see my last post).
So what would you like more of?
