Her name means pure and this Keralite beauty has indeed lived up to her name by wowing audiences with her grace, innocent looks and power-packed performances.

Already a household name in South, Asin debuted in Bollywood with ‘Ghajini' opposite Aamir Khan, which became the biggest money spinner of 2008. Her role in the film was received very well by audiences and film critics alike, winning her the Filmfare Best Hindi Debut Award.

She is the latest entrant into the blogosphere. Here are the excerpts from the blog:

I think my first entry in it should be something that is very close to my heart and what I feel very strongly about — our environment.

Now don't worry, am not going to get all preachy and do an imitation of your 5th Std Social Studies teacher. Nor am I going to start a "Green chaddi" movement or anything! Just putting forward a few thoughts on something that's such a huge part of our lives, something that rules and dominates our lives every second — yet, somehow, which seems to be the last thing we think about ( i.e if we think about it at all!).

No really, how many of us intelligent people give a thought to simple acts like wastage of water, food, pollution through burning of fuel from our cars, etc?

We take immense care of our homes, maintain them and try to make them more beautiful and comfortable for ourselves. Do we not consider our planet to be our home? Do we really want to live in a world where we have Tsunamis, earthquakes and uncharacteristic weather?

Okay, forget the planet for a moment, take our country India, for instance. For centuries we've been known to be tremendously gifted with our land.

India is one of the richest civilizations in the world, and we Indians are known for our love of our soil! But somewhere on our way to modernisation, we have been losing the very essence and spirit that we should be proud of — that is our culture that teaches us to love and respect nature and nurture it.

Now, lemme come to my pet peeve — plastic, especially plastic bags! They have so become a part of our daily lives. "They're convenient, light and we can just throw them away," is the argument I get when I ask people not to use plastic bags.

Not to mention the blank stares when I go up to counters in shopping malls and request them not to use plastic bags. Now let me ask you all one question. Do you know that plastic cannot be destroyed? So you just can't throw plastic bags away and forget about them — plastic is non-biodegradeable!

Another question: Recycling can fix this, right? Wrong! Recycling rates for plastic bags are extremely low. Only one to three per cent of plastic bags end up getting recycled. In addition, the economics of recycling plastic bags is not appealing. And if the economics don't work, recycling efforts won't work either. The only way is to stop using them!

We all have the opportunity to make a difference every day, everywhere. The future is here and we are it! So let's all start now. What say?