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Jai Arjun Singh writes about the Mumbai Tsunami Bloggers in his piece titled Riding a great wave<\/a>.
FYI Arjun, there were bloggers from other cities too that chipped in during the tragedy. You should have googled for it<\/a>; it appears that you did not.<\/p>\n

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Jai Arjun Singh writes about the Mumbai Tsunami Bloggers in his piece titled Riding a great wave. FYI Arjun, there were bloggers from other cities too that chipped in during the tragedy. 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