NGO Blogger Mr. Dutta

Blogging is truly the gift of technology. It overcomes the barriers of the current age we live in. It helps us raise our voices to where we intend it to be heard. Not always but it’s a revolution just picking up. Echoing a similar sentiment is a dynamic blogger who won several laurels for his writings. He was awarded the citizen journalist of the year 2006 from merinews.com, an ezine. He works for an NGO for a living and is truly a social activist of his kind. Shantanu Dutta talks passionately about his blog and wants to reach out to a larger audience. He knows that the internet is limited to a certain number of audiences. Nevertheless he does his bit and tries to bring about a change. A change we all are desperately awaiting.

“I blog about the relevant social issues we face in India,” says the 47 year old blogger. “I would like to voice my opinion to as many people as possible.”

Mr. Dutta is religious. He likes to see the world through the love and compassion that almighty Jesus represented.

When told to compare blogs to the print medium, Mr. Dutta said, “Blogs as of now can complement but not replace print media. Internet penetration in India is only 1 percent of the population and of this not every one is obviously reading or writing blogs. So Print will retain its influence in the foreseeable future.”

Mr. Dutta receives an average of around 100 hits per day on his blog www.shantanudutta.sulekha.com. Being an NGO, he operates on a busy schedule. “Will try to put up some thing every day if I am not travelling; but I am not a full time blogger,” says the active NGO.

The iW2K team wishes Mr. Dutta all the very best for his future endeavours.
Keep Blogging!!!