Focused on the traditional Indian markets, especially from the southern part of India, “Indian Bazaars” struck a chord somewhere with me, evoking memories of innumerable such bazaar trips back in India. Kiran writes on the blog featuring a different bazaar (Hindi for market) each time - including arts, crafts, spices, fishes, flowers and antiques.

In Kiran’s words:

“Craft and Spice Bazaars of rural India have often fascinated tourists from the western countries. However, I have been writing mostly about the simple selling spaces in urban India that people frequent for their day-to-day needs - whether it is vegetables, or flowers, or clothes or puja items.”

Indian Bazaar poses questions on various aspects of the market scene in India like “How do urban dwellers perceive bazaars? Are they still places that excite us?”. The blog describes the typical Indian market scene in a unique and compelling manner.

The post on Sassoon docks detailing the fish market in Mumbai and the nitty gritty aspects of shopping in India is a great place to start with!

Read more:
Italian pasta - the Mumbai street version
A local’s introduction to Rajasthan
More blogs from India on Blogs of the World

Daily Humor blog is a humourous and light-hearted take on life in India. Author Rohan writes from Chennai, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Maybe we can learn something about the differences between Indian states in this post about a visit to relatives in Kerala.

Read more:
Indian blogs from Blogs of the World
India’s growing fashion industry
Holi colours - photos of Holi celebrations around India

So it seems that enterprising Indian kids don’t just belong in the movies.

Meghna is a 13 year old Indian schoolgirl who hopes to become a writer. And she is making a good start with her blog.

Started when she was only 12 years old, Delve into the Mind of a Budding Blogger contains Meghna’s stories and poetry as well as snippets of life in India.

School and exams are a big part of life at the moment, but friends even more so. In her last post, Meghna says:

That was what we called life! School….friends and my class….that is LIFE!

We are looking forward to reading about more fun times in the future!

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In India Uncut, journalist Amit Varma provides acerbic commentary on a range of current Indian and world topics. He has a knack of picking out the most interesting and sometimes surreal-sounding anecdotes from the Indian and world press.

As well as taking a look at what’s going on inside India, it’s also an opportunity to catch a glimpse of an Indian perspective on the world.

More on India in Topics of the World:
Camels are making a comeback in Rajastan
Indian fashion hits the world stage
Mouthwatering Indian food from Ahaar
At home with India’s growing middle class

Update (July 2009): Unfortunately Heaven’s Garden is no longer available. Try our other featured Indian blogs.

Kalyan and Suman are from Calcutta, and write all about Indian culture in Heaven’s Garden.

The writing is descriptive and informative, and there is a special focus on festivals. The latest post, ‘Colours of Joy’ talks about the Holi festival coming up later in March, which celebrates the coming of spring.

Photo of Holi from Amreekandesi

Are you from India? Do you think Heaven’s Garden gives a good idea of life in India? What other blogs about India do you read? Please leave a comment and tell us what you think.

Anita is writing from India since 2002 and tells about life and travel in this beautiful country. Definitely worth a look!

http://www.anitabora.com/blog/