Kiran Jonnalagadda’s Blog

Global Voices is having their annual summit in Delhi this December. Having been curious about GV for a while, I’m attending.

If I am, say, based in Bangalore and tasked with blogging to bridge my neighbourhood with the rest of the world, then I would find it far easier to comment on the world in a manner accessible to folks around me, than to comment on my immediate surroundings in a manner accessible to the world. The first reflects my curiosity. It comes naturally. The second, however, requires some engagement with the perceived audience. It requires me to imagine who the reader is and what level of explanation is needed to convey the message.

That GV not only manages this, but does it with such gusto, suggests then that GV isn’t merely an index of conversations, but also the perceived audience for everyone who contributes to GV. The folks on GV talk to each other, and the world benefits in the process. It is a machine that generates the energy to keep itself going.

I expect the annual summit will have the atmosphere of an old friends gathering. If some of that energy rubs off on me, that alone will make it worthwhile. I’m taking my camera along.