Bloggerz2020-JaySayta

Written by Blogjunta on 24 August 2011. Posted in Rendezvous - Bloggerz2020


	Name: Jay Sayta Profession: -- Blog(s): www.glaws.in Get in touch: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Q	Tell us about your first Blog post
	My first blog post "Gambling laws in India: An Introduction" was an introductory post on India's ambiguous gaming laws.
Q	Which is your favourite blog post?
	My favourite post was "KBC Ghar baithe lakhpati: Are the organisers committing a criminal offence?" (http://glaws.in/?p=51) on the issue of whether the Ghar baithe lakhpati contest is a game of chance.
Q	How do you decide what you write on your blog?
	I decide my blog's posts based on the needs of the audience and also weigh which issues are significant to deserve attention.
Q	Have you ever faced a writer’s block? How did you overcome it?
	I have never faced such a block.
Q	One blogger you think we all should follow?
	Swapan Dasgupta. (http://www.swapan55.com/)
Q	What are your achievements as a blogger?
	Various people have asked me for advice on issues concerning gaming in India and I regularly advice a number of clients who ask me for help after visiting my blog.
Q	Do you think blogs can help bring about a change?
	Yes definitely. In fact, I have started my blog, www.glaws.in with an intent of bringing reforms in India's archaic and contradictory gaming laws.
Q	Do you believe in Monetizing blogs?
	If the monetizing is relevant to the content on your website. I do not believe in putting spam/random advertisements and harassing my viewers.
Q	Which is your favorite widget ?
	the facebook 'like' widget.
Q	Describe your blog(s) in one line?
	All about gambling.
Q	Why should anyone follow your blog(s)?
	So that they know happenings in one of India's most promising industry, i.e. the gaming industry and rally to change the existing laws.
Q	How do you choose the blogs you follow?
	Depending on the content, literary standards and gravity of issues or my area of interest.
Q	How do you promote your blogs?
	Social media and people in the gaming industry.
Q	Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter or others?
	Facebook.
Q	Do you guest blog?
	Yes, I have written guest posts on various legal blogs.
Q	One celebrity you would want to guest blog at your blog?
	Mr. Shamnad Basheer on "Need for reforms in India's gaming laws."
Q	Where do you see yourself as a blogger after 5 years?
	I do not know how things will pan out in the next five years, but I hope that law--makers read my blogs and usher in the much-needed reforms.
Q	If you had to exchange your blog with one person who would that be?
	Mr. Swapan Dasgupta. Although the topic of that blog is totally unconnected with mine, I regularly follow Indian politics and would not mind writing something about the same.
Q	Blogjunta to you is?
	A platform to connect all bloggers in India.
Q	Your advice/message to all bloggers?
	Do not feel shy to write on any issue on which you strongly feel like writing.

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