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New Media’s role in 2009 Indian Elections

New media is a term meant to encompass the emergence of digital, computerized, or networked information and communication technologies in the later part of the 20th century. This is the time for Online Yatra for Indian Political Leaders and Parties on the lines of Barack Obama’s www.barackobama.com . Old and new, all are on the new bandwagon, LK Advani, VK Malhotra, MK Stalin , Murli Deora, Narendra Modi, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Priya Dutt have started websites (with some of them even blogging ), youngsters like Milind Deora and Sachin Pilot have profiles on social networking sites like Facebook, Orkut and MySpace rallying supporters. On Facebook alone there are 100’s of Indian Political Groups with BJP and Congress both trying to get as many voters to their lists. Both the political parties also have a similar group JoinBJP and JoinCongress which has more then 100 friends on their lists. On Congress’s friends list the famous names are Congress politician Sanjay Nirupam, UK Political...

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What do you think of the Interim Budget? Tell us

Dear Friends, Today the Interim Budget was presented in the Parliament. The reactions are mixed, for Government they have focused on aam aadmi whereas for opposition it is a lollipop before the elections. Here are few top stories: • Highlights of the Interim Budget 2009-10 • India's GDP clocked 9% in 2008 • Tax rates must fall: Pranab • Congress, BJP, CPM join hands in Sikkim • Pranab Mukherjee's Interim Budget speech • Industry disappointed, says Budget a non-event • Budget stresses focus on aam aadmi: Govt • Interim Budget leaves India Inc disappointed • Interim Budget remarkable, says Congress Please do let us know what you think about the budget. Share your thoughts with www.IndiaDemocracy.org Jai Hind Editor www.IndiaDemocracy.org

IndiaDemocracy.org at a Glance

www.IndiaDemocracy.org provides a platform to the Indian citizens to interact with their elected representatives and work towards improving the dialogue between citizens and elected officials in India. It also provides information about Indian political system and at the same time discusses the burning political/social issues through interactive features like articles/forums/blogs. It provides ample opportunity to the citizens of India to contribute their opinion online to law makers. It’s the first of it’s kind Political networking site which allows users to: * Invite friends, manually or through grabber tools * Create groups * Share Videos & Photos * Scrap to friends * Communicate with elected officials * Add Blogs, News, Articles Statistics * Indiademocracy.org has a traffic rank of: 275,848 - World Ranking * Indiademocracy.org has a traffic rank of: 12,137 - India Ranking * 79 % visitors come to the site from India * 11% visitors come to...

What’s your New Year's Resolutions?

This is the time of the year when most of us at least think about a New Year Resolution. No matter how successful one has been in following the resolutions in previous year, one makes fresh resolutions for the coming year with full determination and will. read more | digg story

Search Engine Optimization Quiz

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Are you a Proud Indian?

Check about Indians who have made a mark read more | digg story