Indibloggies ~ The Indian Blog Awards

Indibloggies bids adieu

2010-04-04T16:53:00.000+05:30

They say, all good things come to an end. And the time has come for the Indibloggies to bid adieu. Yes dear readers, Indibloggies is pulling its shutters down. It amazes me that what started as a simple backyard fun clique in 2003 survived so long and hopefully brought some happiness in the Indiblogdom. Sadly, Indibloggies (and in fact my blogging and other online activities too) were not getting

My book tells everything that the blog didn’t: Fake IPL Player

2010-01-15T13:30:00.000+05:30

Click here for a Hindi version of this interview The Fake IPL Player (henceforth to be known as FIP) needs no introduction. Last year during the Indian Premier League, a blog suddenly appeared that was purportedly written by a fringe ‘anonymous’ player of one of the IPL’s most popular franchises. Giving a warts-and-all brutally irreverent fly’s eyes view of the inner workings of a doomed team

Indibloggies 2008 Winners Announced

2009-12-16T03:51:00.000+05:30

That moment has arrived. The Indiblogosphere has given its verdict and has chosen a new set of winners from over 150 worthy contenders across 16 varied categories. The final phase of Voting at the Indibloggies 2008 event had total 4876 votes cast over a span of two weeks. The figures may be small, but being recognized as a blogger extraordinaire by your own community is no small an achievement.

Blogging and mainstream media

2008-03-31T19:42:00.000+05:30

In his 2006 piece for Hum Blogistani, titled “Blogs will make MSM honest”, Peter Griffin had predicted that blogs would complement the big media, instead of competing with it. Continuing the 2007 Hum Blogistani essay series we present the second essay by Rohit Pradhan that dwells on Indian mainstream media’s perception of blogging. The mainstream media, he blames, remains unapologetically

On Jalebis, Jhangris and JPG files

2008-03-23T17:00:00.000+05:30

Dear Readers, we flag off the Hum Blogistani Essay series 2007 with an encouraging essay from an expressive Indian expat couple based in US who plead the case of Indian food blogs, equipped for specialized writing on the culinary delights. In their essay they dwell on the variety that Indi food blogs put on show, emphasize on making a distinction between food blogs and recipe sites and eloquently

Mutter with Megha: In conversation with Greatbong

2007-03-30T14:00:00.000+05:30

In light of the Greatbong's unprecedented landslide victory in the Indibloggies, the powers that be felt that winning an award (well actually, two) wasn't enough of an ego trip. So they decided that one should do an interview with him as well. Perhaps a more serious, 'getting to know the man behind the blog, his passions, his drive' type

The 2006 Winners are here

2007-02-23T01:17:00.000+05:30

Ladies and gentlemen! The moment of truth has arrived. The Indiblogosphere has chosen a new band of winners from 175 worthy contenders across 21 varied categories. The final phase of Voting at the Indibloggies 2006 event witnessed over 3500 registrations with around 2235 votes cast over a week. The figures may be small, but being recognized as a blogger extraordinaire by your own community is no

Precursor to the Polls, meet the IB 2006 nominees

2007-02-12T00:09:00.000+05:30

The first two phases of Indibloggies 2006 event, namely the open nominations and the Jury rating, are complete. Few raised eyebrows again on the process of nomination yet more than 700 nominations were made over the last 11 days. The Jury sure had a tough as well as enjoyable time browsing through the myriad flavors of writing and then rating them. I one again thank all the jurors for not only

Indibloggies Slogan competition results

2006-01-23T11:17:00.000+05:30

Yes, one more result was to be announced and that’s the winner of the Indibloggies T-Shirt Slogan competition. Thanks to all the participants for the interest shown. We received lot many entries, and Sakshi and me were unanimous in selecting the winning entry submitted by Nazim Ur Rahman, “I am a Blogger. Need I say more?” Congratulations Nazim! You won yourself a T-Shirt that you designed :)

Blogs will help keep MSM honest

2006-01-16T11:40:00.000+05:30

In the seventh article of the series "Hum Blogistani!" Peter Griffin talks about the life-changing experience with SEA-EAT and predicts that blogs will not replace big media but complement it instead.Mumbai based Media Consultant Peter is a freelance writer and prolific blogger (there is more to him than we can accommodate here). He blogs at Zigzackly. The online edition of his TOI column

The Word is out

2006-01-14T22:30:00.000+05:30

Ladies and Gentlemen, the wait is over. The hectic final voting spell spread over a week that also saw a repoll for the Best Designed Indiblog category -- an unprecedented event in the history of the Indibloggies -- is finally over and we are all set to declare the results. The public poll, thanks to the sophisticated poll script that we used this year, demanded that you unearthed all those email

Just Blog it!

2006-01-05T09:30:00.000+05:30

In the sixth article of the ongoing series "Hum Blogistani" Ravishankar Shrivastava talks about the scenario in blogging in Indian languages.Expressions. You find it everywhere. At a cool corner of a collage café, at the Bus adda, in a train compartment, at a Party, at your work place and, may be, even during those intimate moments with your beloved. Everybody out there is trying to forcefully

Closer to the Polls :: Meet the Indibloggies 2005 nominees

2006-01-04T11:06:00.000+05:30

With more than 300 nominations made over 10 days and close to 25 Jurors browsing through the myriad flavors of writing and rating them, Stage one of the Indibloggies 2005 edition has come to an end. I do not have enough words of appreciation for the members of the Jury; many of them went out of the way to help me during the process. For the first time in the Indibloggies, and perhaps in the

We Can Make a Difference

2005-11-30T18:49:00.000+05:30

In the fifth article of the ongoing series "Hum Blogistani" Saket Vaidya maps his own blog journey and ponders on the impact of blogging. Saket maintains that the phenomenon is still urban and predicts that blogging from Indian Corporate would be the next big thing.Saket is a recruiter-headhunter in the technology domain, working for the executive search division of a major Indian job portal. He

The power of the collective conscious

2005-11-26T14:05:00.000+05:30

Continuing the series “Hum Blogistani!" we present the fourth article of the series where Chandrachoodan dwells upon the power of blogging, its ability: to take-up causes and follow them up to the hilt. Chennai based copywriter Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan has been a well-known signature in the Indiblogging community. His posts almost always carry a tint of wit and humour. After blogging

The Great Indian blog bhelpuri

2005-11-23T10:17:00.000+05:30

In the third article of the series “Hum Blogistani!” where various bloggers are doing some self-contemplation we present Charu’s take on the theme. Charu suggests that the Indiblogdom, with its growing size, should start focusing on the content, do away with the “personal” journals and shed inhibitions of blogging about one’s profession. Charukesi Ramadurai is a Mumbai based independent

Possibilities boggle the mind

2005-11-21T11:39:00.000+05:30

In the second article for the series "Hum Blogistani!" we have Gautam Ghosh focusing on the subject of Business blogging and predicting that Blogging will evolve into something much more than blogging. Gautam, an alumni of XLRI-Jamshedpur is a HR and Training professional. He works in the areas of Management & Professional Development, Organizational Learning, and Knowledge Management.

A tool for social change

2005-11-16T19:11:00.000+05:30

Blogging is gradually becoming the talk of the town In India. The number of Indibloggers is steadily on the rise and talking about the numbers while we are still far off from the Chinese count of 6 Million plus bloggers, we are only better off than, Brunei perhaps. This worldwide phenomenon may still be in a nascent stage here and there might be an upper skew as well, since the average

Blogs cannot change India: Atanu Dey

2005-03-06T17:08:00.000+05:30

A Hindi version of this interview is also available at the World's first Hindi blogzine, Nirantar.Atanu Dey, winner of the Best Indiblog at the Indibloggies 2004 and author of Deeshaa did his bachelors in mechanical engineering, then moved to computer science and received a master's degree. Product marketing at HP in the Silicon Valley kept him occupied briefly for six years. He traveled in India

Indibloggies 2004 : And the winners are...

2005-01-24T15:48:00.000+05:30

Innumerable contestants, close to 100 nominated blogs and 16 winners emerging in the grand finale to the Indibloggies 2004. This year’s event has been spectacular for Indibloggies with an unprecedented nine sponsors offering prizes worth above Rs.25000 and a panel of 12 Jurors who had the momentous task of frisking the list. I do not have enough words to show my appreciation for all those who

And the nominees are ...

2005-01-09T17:19:00.000+05:30

Thanks to all the Jurors we now have the list of Nominees for Indibloggies 2004 ready. We reproduce it here with Juror comments. Voting starts soon :)Category : Best Indiblog Deesha [Author: Atanu Dey ] One of the most incisive thinkers on India and its developmental issues. Amazing insights and innovative solutions to India's problems can be found in almost every post World is

The Sponsors

2005-01-04T14:49:00.000+05:30

We are delighted to introduce the volunteer sponsors who are giving away prizes to the winners of Indibloggies 2004:Ravishankar Shrivastava will give away books worth Rs.500/- each to the "Best Indic Blog (Hindi)" and the "Best new Indiblog". Thanks Ravi!Jitendra Chaudhary will award goodies worth Rs.750/- each to the "Best Indic Blog (Hindi)" and Best Indic Blog in the language category that

Calling the sponsors

2004-12-04T19:40:00.000+05:30

Are you passionate about blogging? Do you love Indian blogs? Have you always thought about giving something back to the Indiblogger community? If yes, why not take a plunge in sponsoring awards for the 2004 Indibloggies? You may sponsor awards for one or more category and it can be anything (except cash awards)ranging from Pen to Painting to T-Shirts, Books, Gift Vouchers, Audio/Video CDs; it all

Nomination Form

2004-12-03T16:58:00.000+05:30

Do you think your blog deserves to be nominated to Indibloggies 2004? Click here to send your nomination to any of the Juror. They will have a look at your blog (may be they already know of it) and may nominate it, if they like it.

Ladies & Gentlemen, the Jury

2004-11-25T15:28:00.000+05:30

Here is the list of the bloggers (in no particular order) who have consented to be members of the Jury who would nominate blogs for Indibloggies 2004. Many Jury members have also indicated the categories they are interested in, but we thought it best not to limit them by publishing their choices here, lest they change their mind later on. Nitin Pai (painn at hotmail dot com)Shanti Mangala (