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 the required attention in my current scheme of things. Even the 2008 edition stretched way too far. Being the procrastinator that I am, took me a while to decide, but here now, its decided.
Many still find it hard to believe that Indibloggies has been a one-man driven effort, but I think I wouldn’t have been able to pull it off without help from umpteen fellow bloggers, who extended help in running various phases of this online event. I would cherish their help, interest and encouragement. I also should thank you, dear reader, who kept a tab on this event, year after year. Your messages helped me keep the site going. Thanks you all! Cheers!
Woh ghadii aa he gayii! 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.
“Random Thoughts Of A Demented Mind” authored by Arnab Ray has won the top laurels of the “Indiblog of the Year 2008″. His blog has won in this and the “Most Humorous Blog” category for the second consecutive time at the Indibloggies. Please join me in congratulating him and all the other winners on their triumph. With this win Arnab also makes it to the coveted “Indibloggies Hall of Fame“. Congratulations!
I thank all the participants, the Jurors and the Sponsors for their help and encouragement. Hearty congratulations to all the winners.
Following is the complete list of Winners:
Interested in statistics? The final tally for each category is available here.
Winners, please send an email to indibloggies at gmail dot com with subject PRIZE CLAIM 2008, stating your Indian postal address and contact details so that prizes could be sent to you in due time.
You nominated your favourite blogs, the Jury carefully selected and lined up the deserving contenders for the final rally. Now the ball is back in your court. We invite you to be part of the final phase, Phase-III of the Indibloggies 2008 edition, the public polls. Vote for your choicest blog/website from amongst the nominees in 16 categories, and help us decide the worthy winner.
The Voting would continue from 25 Nov 2009 to 10 Dec 2009. Remember, you would be required to provide a valid email address to be able to register your votes. Note that you can vote for as many categories as you wish to.
After an unmentionable wait we are here with the final list of nominated blogs for the 2008 Indibloggies. Thanks again to all of you for suggesting all these wonderful blogs and to the Indibloggies Jury for carefully going through thousands of blogs and rating them. Watch out for the announcement of the final polls.
Notes: 1. The “Best IndiBlog directory/service/clique/network” category was dropped due to insufficient number of nominations received. 2. IB-2008 edition is running late, note that the nominations happened in Feb 2009 and the Jury rating process happened in March/April 2009, since then some Blogs have either moved or are now defunct. However, since they existed at the mentioned URLs at the time of nomination/Juror rating phase we have listed the URLs we have on our records. We urge you to vote for such blogs based on your best judgment.
Having woken up from my kumbhakarni sleep I realized that I didn’t tell you guys about a new room we added at the Indibloggies. Well, it’s a Hall really (the H of the HK, you know) and we named it the “Indibloggies Hall of Fame”. Its meant to accommodate the growing tribe of people who have caused a “naak mein dum” by winning again and again at the Indbloggies (pssst…if you want to know how to win multiple times at the Indibloggies write to me in confidence with your “quote”, not the byte walla quote you silly.). So we decided finally to lock them up in this decorated “Hall of fame” (and thus ensure that they never win again, hehehe).
On a serious note, the “Indibloggies Hall of Fame” is to recognize fellow bloggers and communities who won 3 or more times at the Indibloggies. It’s not a mean fete to pull this out. It’s sad that this also means that they have to stay away from the competition in future but hey Indibloggies is about showcasing new talent. Join me in saluting the present occupants of the HOF (Guru Subramanian, Desipundit.com and Amit Varma) for their talent and gusto. By participating at Indibloggies they added gaiety and glitz to the platform. We are proud to have them as part of the prestigious “Indibloggies Hall of Fame”.
Having woken up from my kumbhakarni sleep I realized that I didn’t tell you guys about a new room we added at the Indibloggies. Well, it’s a Hall really (the H of the HK, you know) and we named it the “Indibloggies Hall of Fame”. Its meant to accommodate the growing tribe of people who have caused a “naak mein dum” by winning again and again at the Indbloggies (pssst…if you want to know how to win multiple times at the Indibloggies write to me in confidence with your “quote”, not the byte walla quote you silly.). So we decided finally to lock them up in this decorated “Hall of fame” (and thus ensure that they never win again, hehehe).
