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Don't get excited, dude. Most of the winners will be women only. At mayx 1-2 men will be in 15 and that too will mostly be in consolation prizes section. And the strongest contender for the mens' consolation is Mr. Pramod.

You are right dude. I get the drift. Esp after the surf excel results.

The Fool, I am nowhere in the race dude. You are right, it's a domain of ladies, and they have written exceptionally outstanding posts. Among men we have Arvind Ji and many others alot more eloquent than mine. I wrote for sheer enjoyment of the thing. If something does comeup, it's an added bonus. I would always vouch for deserving posts to get the medal of honor.

Varun, keep the hopes ticking dude. Whatever be the drift.

Alas! I have to change my gender to get a prize? uhh! 

This time Pramod Ji one of the strongest contenders for real. 

Thanks Captain, for digging my buried hopes. But It's sole sponsors judgments criteria, and individual luck too. I have seen it closely as a stockbroker. I've seen money flow very closely.

Yes vasumathi Ji , the suspense , the thrill, and the life goes on

Thursday in

The reason isn't the loss of interest of the participants but the loss of interest of the captain in running the train  (Was the train a part of Dove or Surf ? )

Captain, please entertain us with some jokes...

I am really sorry captain, I was busy celebrating some medals. And I am really on a holiday spree now. I think, the zooookout dance mania, group, can be planned on train

My boarding call announced,

Here's one:

A disappointed lover lay on the railway tracks to die. A passer-by asked why he had a rice and curry lunchbox with him. He replies: “In this country, you can starve to death waiting for a train.” 

Lol dude,

Special "Gaai-bhains" express for transporting domestic animals, who have been neglected by the fundamentalist govt.

chalo yea bhi dekh lete hai, thabks 

Many Congrats once again Farida ji:)
You are truly the Sachin of Indicontests!!!!

Congratulations Farida!  The postman ( or the parcel boy) might have to pay a visit to your house more often in the coming days. 

@ DS I wonder if you ever leave cricket! 

Never Ranjith!!! My mom thinks I am mad!!

It's natural for everyone to have some form of madness. After joining IndiBlogger, the madness for prizes got added to the existing list of madnessés that I possess. 

Same here!!

@ Renie @ Judges Please do come and help me and DS get rid of our madness.... 

Sachin is the God of Cricket.. I will call it Blasphemy DS. I have been a die hard fan of his immediately after Kapil Dev and since I watched him play against Wasim Akrams's bowling as a young lad. Thanks everyone for the good wishes. 

As with other contests.. this is just another experience I had with life. Fortunately it is not a sad episode and I feel so proud of my daughter. 

Congrats Ma'am

Thanks Arti.. Love to you

Congrats Faridaji  I never got a chance to tell you but am from Byndoor too :)

Oh! Thats new to me Farida ji! So you too a cricket fan? Or only Sachin fan?

I was a great fan of cricket DS. Used to stand near the radio and listen to running commentary in the days of Gavaskar, Kirmani, Kapil Dev etc. Yeah yeah! I am ancient. LOL. But then came my daughter who needed attention. Cricket took a back seat after that. The game goes on for long time and I cannot afford so much of time for it. Bringing up a child needs dedication and a special needs child means super dedication. But I do not miss Sachin's batting anytime. Only sad part is, I feel a terrible sadness flowing over me whenever he gets out. We all are greedy for his runs, aren't we?

@ Pooja. That is surprising. Do you live in Byndoor? If yes, may be we can have a small blogger meet and then blog about it ;)

Nah Faridaji...My native is Byndoor. I stay in B'lore..I have relatives there :)

I hear that those were real days! My father tells me tales of radio commentary... And who isnt disappointed when Sachin gets out?
I even listen to radio commentary now sometimes, but the quality has come down a lot I think...

@Varun, really? You think my entry wasnt a deserving one? 

your twitter handle defines you well, RANTING Indian :)

its all a matter of perspective, I guess. The people who judged the contest believed my post was good enough to win something.

Oh well, should be justifying anything to you. 

This news turned my awful day around, must cherish the mood :)

Varun, as I see it you were the sixth person to promote her post and you have also commented "Wonderful Read" to her post...
So if you so much hated her post why did you promote it and wrote a comment???

Congos Defiant!!
Enjoy your double win in the New Year:)

I am sorry to see this response towards Defiant Princess. Congratulations sweetie. 

At times people start thinking there is something amiss when they do not get noticed. It happens to me as I am human too. Indiblogger is good platform and I feel so grateful for not the prices but for the opportunity to stand with professional people and compete. Other than here, I would not be able to compete with great people like you anywhere else. Not only that, they do give some attention to my posts also. If they do that to me, a simple person posting from a village, who has not even attended Indimeets, then they must be doing it to all other posts.  

Every judge has their own standard and measurement of judging a post. It is not like maths. So Please take back that offensive remark against Defiant Princess as you have yourself promoted her and praised her until she won it. 

Thank you so much DS and Farida ji for the kind words. :)

You're one blogger and person I look up to, its really inspiring to learn from people who've seen many decades and faces of life. 

Besides, I wonder why would Varun want to comment anything about anyone's place in the winners list.. it was a fair competetion after all. And not just Dove but every contest on Indi is a fair one as far as i've seen. And as you said Farida ji, the judges have their own benchmarks, so us contestants arent in a position to question their verdict :)

Congrats Defiant Princess!!! Don't think about any negativity and just enjoy your success and the prize. Life is too short to think about trivial issues like these. You gave your best and the judges think that your post was one of the best so how does it matter what anyone else thinks. Live like your name Be Defiant :) 

Thank you so much Swapna :)