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Dear readers roll up your sleeves and prepare to participate in the 3rd and final phase of the Indibloggies 2006 event, the public polls, where your votes would decide the fate of the nominees across 21 categories including 6 Indic blog categories.

The Voting would continue from 13 Feb 2007 until 20th Feb 2007. You would be required to register with a valid email address to be able to cast your votes.

For the Nominees along with our best wishes here is a badge they can sport to solicit votes for their blogs/sites. ~~Just copy the code/paste the HTML given below to display the badge on your blog/site.~~

February 12th, 2007 | Announcements

ib-2006, poll

25 Comments (Add your own)

1. Please Vote For Me at Ran&hellip | February 13th, 2007 at 2:21 am

[…] For those who feel that “Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind” has touched you in some way (appropriately or inappropriately) in the course of your life, kindly consider voting for me at this year’s Indibloggies. […]
2. Ranjan Chakravarty | February 13th, 2007 at 5:43 am

Arnab (Greatbong)’s blog is one of the most significant attempts in Cyberspace. The blog is distinguished by three critical success factors: 1. Honest, straight from the heart, unembarrassed and unpretentious content. 2. Uncannily manages to articulate and elicit articulation of very complex, difficult to articulate and yet deeply held views by a large proportion of the population, cutting across barriers of age, nationality and generation. Yet he preserves the fact that it is obviously the opinion of a young, educated Indian who happens to be, and celebrates being, Bengali. 3. Most critical, he invites, participates in, and fosters an active comments section, that in turn creates subcommunities. hence, being on Arnab’s blog is indeed a very affirming experience. A champion, I say!
3. abhishek | February 13th, 2007 at 7:20 am

ArnabDA rocks!!
RTDM is probably and arguably the best indi-blog in cyber space!
4. constellation | February 13th, 2007 at 9:13 am

Arnab / GreatBong also seems to be pretty Bengal-centric. See how you are abused in the comments section, if you dare disagree with Greatbong, or if you are not a Ganguly or Mithun fan.
5. dEBOLiN | February 13th, 2007 at 10:10 am

Arnab Ray’s blog “Random Thoughts Of A Demented Mind” is one of the smartest, classiest and most intelligent works by an Indian in the cyberspace. His writings not only contain top-class wit and subtle humour but also conveys serious and thought-provoking messages (often disguised with wit and sarcasm).
Methinks, it (the blog in question) should win hands down this year.
I cast my vote for Arnab’s blog [http://greatbong.net]
6. Srijan Shilpi » Blo&hellip | February 13th, 2007 at 11:09 am

[…] संयोग यह है कि जिस अवधि में इंडीब्लॉगीज पर सर्वश्रेष्ठ चिट्ठे के चुनाव हेतु चिट्ठा जगत में प्रचार अभियान और मतदान की प्रक्रिया चलेगी, मैं ऑनलाइन गतिविधियों से विरत रहते हुए कुछ जरूरी अध्ययन के सिलसिले में व्यस्त रहूँगा और ठीक उस दिन नेताजी से संबंधित लेख-श्रृंखला की अगली कड़ी के साथ हाजिर होऊँगा, जिस दिन (22 फरवरी को) इस प्रतियोगिता के परिणामों की घोषणा होगी। मुझे हास्य-व्यंग्य की चटपटी चाशनी में लपेटकर शब्दों को परोसने और समर्थन माँगने की कला तो नहीं आती, सीधे-सरल शब्दों में मेरा विनम्र निवेदन है कि आप मेरी इस पोस्ट को ही मेरा चुनावी घोषणा पत्र और प्रचार अभियान समझ लीजिए और इंडीब्लॉगीज प्रतियोगिता में मेरे इस चिट्ठे को अपना समर्थन देने के लिए बढ़-चढ़कर आगे �…। […]
7. Vikram | February 13th, 2007 at 11:39 am

Aree Oh, Saambha.. Zaraa laga nishana iss kutte pur -> .pOINT_bLANK(http://pointblank2006.blogspot.com/)
8. Anand Ghare | February 13th, 2007 at 1:53 pm

‘२००६ सालचा सर्वोत्कृष्ट मराठी ब्लॉग’ या नामाभिधानाठी ‘आनंदघन’ या मी लिहीत असलेल्या ब्लॉगचे नामांकन केले गेले आहे असे मला आताच समजले. या अज्ञात नामांकनकर्त्याचा मी अत्यंत आभारी आहे. माझ्या कल्पनेप्रमाणे ही निवडणूक नाही किंवा शर्यतही नाही. हे एक लोकांच्या आवडीचे सर्वेक्षण आहे असे मला वाटते. मी करीत असलेले प्रयत्न आपल्या पसंतीला उतरत असल्याची पावती हा एक कृपा प्रसाद आहे असे मी मानीन. धन्यवाद
9. Vote for Nonoscience at N&hellip | February 13th, 2007 at 5:46 pm

[…] I don’t think the polls can be rigged but Debashish, the originator of these awards, makes me wonder when he writes […]
10. DesiPundit » Archiv&hellip | February 13th, 2007 at 8:03 pm

[…] The nominations include a whole lot of great bloggers. Do check all the blogs out and vote for your favorite ones. […]
11. Vishal | February 14th, 2007 at 7:51 am

All of us at The Great Indian Mutiny are delighted for being nominated in the Best Group/Community Blog Category. We would like to thank all of you who nominated us and the jury for shortlisting us. It has been a fantastic experience for the past year as we have been constantly trying to create a unique platform where bloggers from a diversified variety of backgrounds and experience come together to reflect on what India is really about.

The Great Indian Mutiny wishes good luck to all the nominees. We would also like to invite you to vote for us in the Best Group/Community Blog category.
Happy Voting!

The Great Indian Mutiny
12. Atanu Dey on India’&hellip | February 14th, 2007 at 8:43 am

[…] Vote early and vote often […]
13. KB Show Nominated for Ind&hellip | February 14th, 2007 at 9:46 am

[…] can vote for my show and other blogs by following this link from Indibloggies and notice that link on the top right which reads “Poll baby poll,” that is where you […]
14. Sreenivas | February 14th, 2007 at 4:20 pm

Great community
15. Have You Voted Yet? &laqu&hellip | February 15th, 2007 at 3:25 am

[…] 14th, 2007 · No Comments Polling for Indibloggies 2006 is on. Lots of great blogs on the list, please take some time to vote for your favorite ones. I voted […]
16. Rahul Khare | February 15th, 2007 at 4:18 am

Thought provoking, yet exhilerating. Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind never fails to bring a smile to my face and on occasions leaves me with a lump in my throat.

Best wishes to Arnab.
17. Goa Blog » Goa Blog&hellip | February 16th, 2007 at 5:18 pm

[…] […]
18. Vikram | February 19th, 2007 at 8:57 pm

Its with luck that I have had the oppurtunity to learn some of your recipes.

Best of Luck
19. Vaarta Vidooshaka | February 20th, 2007 at 4:41 am

Our thanks go to all those who nominated and the jury that shortlisted Majavani.

Yes, Mahatma Gandhi & Mother Teresa are our role models. If we win the award we will spend the entire next year traveling around the globe spreading awareness about global warming to common people and urging them not to heat the globe too much.

Life has not been the same since we got nominated for this award. It’s a bit embarrassing to learn now that there was no swimsuit round. Frankly, we blame the organizers for not making this very clear to all the nominees.

Finally, we have a message to the Pulitzer and Goenka awards committees: Year after year you have ignored us. Now eat this nomination!
20. vishal | February 20th, 2007 at 5:33 am

Hi all,
Its nice to be part of blogosphere. I am relatively new to this craft, and like with most endevours in life, trying to excel in the ‘amateur’ catergory of blog writers. It was nice to read from some really good writers before voting. I wish the readers of this comment to visit my blog as well, and give feedback. Though sans formatting, i feel the blog is improving by day.
21. ”आठ पोस�&hellip | February 20th, 2007 at 10:54 am

[…] पहले कुछ जगहों पर हिंसक वारदात हुई है. चुनाव आयोग ने चार ब्लॉगियों को अपशब्दों (बोले तो […]
22. Silent Eloquence&hellip | February 20th, 2007 at 12:39 pm

[…] that today is the last day of the Indibloggies polls. Some of my fav blogs are in the running - do vote if you can spare the […]
23. arZan | February 20th, 2007 at 7:52 pm

The banner at the top says prizes worth Rs 13 lacs. Isn’t that factually incorrect? I guess a typo is to blame.

Debashish replied: Why do you think it’s factually incorrect Arzan?
24. arZan | February 22nd, 2007 at 7:09 am

OK I take back my earlier comment. You write here

Nominations for 16 award categories would be open from 26th January until 5th February, 2007. At stake are prizes worth more than Rs 85000.

This is in the entry here. Thus from Rs 85K to 13 lacs is a big jump. Therefore the surprise. No intention to doubt your actions or intent.
25. Mridula | February 23rd, 2007 at 10:01 am

I didn’t notice Goablog in the best new blog category before but I have issues with it as I feel they take material from other sites without proper attribution. More here:

http://www.gonomad.com/traveltalesfromindia/2007/02/goa-blog-at-indibloggies.html