maa rewa

maarewa.com is a guide to the local food joints of India and a place to talk about them.

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If we care enough about our next generation and their right to enjoy their rich legacy of taste, we need to share our experiences and values we have derived from our favorite eateries in our own, little Indias. Maarewa is a platform that lets people exactly do that. By providing people a place to share and talk about eateries from every corner of India, Maarewa hopes to curate all kinds of eateries that are culturally linked to a specific region, locality, ethnicity or traditional production practice.

We thank Venkataraman a.k.a. Venky for featuring maarewa on his blog, Venkinesis.  Read the entire article here... 

http://www.venkinesis.in/2012/10/maarewa-celebration-of-indian-tastes.html?spref=fb

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Curation of all the eateries and curation around each eatery.

In the light of accomplishing this ambitious task, we have recently introduced a new feature on maarewa, Blog Posts. If you wrote about an eatery on your blog you can now add that blog post on the page of that eatery and let others know about what you told about the tastes in detail.

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New smileys on the block.

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What typeface should be used and of what size? What should be the zoom level of map on every stall page? Should we call it Search or Find? Design is always the hot topic @maarewa and more so in this hot weather of May. As we wrote earlier May has been exciting.

We had rolled out a completely new maarewa.com a few weeks back and we are pleased with your positive feedback about this total face-lift of the website. More honest feedback from all of you are required as they you know that has made the difference in past also. 

We also adopted a new tagline - Celebration of Indian tastes. Everyone in India is already doing that, maa rewa has just joined the fest.

As we are in the process of integrating some old features into this new design, 'Edit History' is still due on its new avatar. However, new features like Nearby Eateries are covering for it. Check it out and enjoy the all new maarewa.com

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The beginning of History

This May will be an exciting month for maarewa. We have been working on some great new features which we plan to roll out in the coming weeks. To begin with, today we are launching a major utility feature on maarewa. It’s called ‘Edit History’.  

Each edit made on an eatery page will be saved and displayed on the new History page along with details like when and by whom it was made.

In case you find any information on the eatery page incorrect, inappropriate, stale, unnecessary or discover an act of vandalism, the Revert button enables you to undo all that in one simple click.

We think it is a major feature because it ensures safety of data, which is primary on an open platform like maarewa. It also brings in more accountability to the system. We also hope that this feature will be key in helping users connect with each other in days to come. 

As always, we need your help in making this feature more useful. Explore and let us know what you think about it...

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Proudly opening to public, the all new (and awesome) maa rewa gallery... Of course a picture is worth a lot of words (some say 1000, but the exact number is debatable). And we at maa rewa also realised it's a lot better to show than tell.  Our new browse page is an attempt to showcase the eateries, making them more appealing visually.

We would like to thank all the maa rewa user for their invaluable feedback that made this page possible. We wouldn't have thought of launching this page hadn't it being suggested by all the avid maa rewa fans.   Cordially invite you to take a tour: Browse Page

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Happy Holi 2012!! 

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Satyam: Is there any way an entrepreneur could validate his idea before starting? Most are afraid they will fail so they never start. Avinash: Really good question, Satyam! I believe, the bigger the failure more is the learning. So, as soon as you have your own validation of the idea, the best way forward would be to give it shape. Execute it and do not wait for a perfect moment. While maa rewa was shaping up, I asked Jimmy Wales on twitter, how many articles did wikipedia have on its day one. He replied, “None. Wikipedia went live as soon as the software was ready.” That answers so many questions, doesn’t it?

Read the entire interview about maarewa on Marketinomics..

marketinomics.com/entrepreneurs/avinash-maurya-interview-with-marketinomics/

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"Benares is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together." - Mark Twain maa rewa focuses on Varanasi during Maha Shivratri. Expect an influx of new eateries from the region!

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We are different. Different in completely different ways.

How is maa rewa different?

- People share their favourite eateries with other people.

- People contribute in making other people’s experience even better by continuous edits on eateries.

- People make use of already existing tools to have conversations about each eatery.

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Can I see it?

Told selected friends from different parts of the India - Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore In Mumbai - website is working in Dadar, but not in Thane In Hyderabad - website is working in Infosys network, but not in Deloitte's In Bangalore - working fine.

Those who can visit the website have given positive feedback. They like the idea.

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Live yet?

www.maarewa.com and maarewa.com are both working, although only in some parts of the world, only for selected people, only for a selected time. 

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We are Live or not so?

After a month long struggle with the domain name bought on Rediff, there are some signs of hope. www.maarewa.com worked for me on all browsers except IE. So, WE ARE LIVE!!!

(But no one can hear me yet because it seems the domain is working only for me.)

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We still don’t know your name but Hello and welcome to this world.

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Each one counts

Went on a ride with a friend. I asked him to take me to the place he usually hangs out and eats with his friends. I thought I already knew the best eateries in Jaipur but I was pleasantly surprised when this friend of mine showed me new places to eat out. I felt that every community has its own famous Chaiwala and Paanwala. Each eatery supports a community of its own in India....like student community, stall of an IT company, the usual strollers in a Park, etc. So each Indian knows a eatery that is heaven for him/her. His life depends on that and he is proud of that place.

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Idea!

Have been thinking about this idea. I don't know what to call it though, but it looks quite interesting.

When you are visiting a strange town why do you have depend on your friends or strangers to tell you where to eat? It is most likely that the person whom you asked, even though he might have been born and brought up in that city,  doesn't have the slightest clue about a nice eatery just around the place you are staying. It's natural, after all, no one knows every nook and corner of the city he or she lives in. So, wouldn't it be nice if people living in that particular street could tell you about eateries in and around that street? Wouldn't you value the opinions and knowledge of the people who have been living in that locality for ages? Just like you have back in your hometown!

Every person in India is an expert about the eateries in and around his locality. Lets use that expertise. Let's create a website that brings together people with knowledge and people asking for knowledge. Why not create a website where anyone can add his or her favourite eateries? Whatever shape or size.

Let's see if it works...