The Word is out
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 IDs that you created but never used, including those "2 minute" mailinator ones. And those who only had that lone yahoo ID since years were also delighted to get the additional Yahoo ID. It was, all in all, a peaceful poll with no untoward incidents. A record 1278 people registered for the poll but only 892 actually cast their vote, by virtue of those "a@b.com" email ID that were used to register and those cookies resting on your machine, I am happy that they could verify that the system was quite hard-wearing, the polls couldn’t be sturdier than this, IMHO.
And since I don’t want to irk you with anecdotes of innocent emails that ranged from "I just got the voting link. How do I nominate the sites?" to "Hey the link is not working" to "I never voted but got a mail saying thanks for voting" to "I won’t vote", here are the results:
IndiBlog of the year [Tally]
India Uncut is the Best Indiblog at the Indibloggies 2005. Amit Varma, author of India Uncut and a Mumbai based journalist is a maverick of quick posts and anything that starts with a "C", cows and cricket for instance. He not only bagged 25% of the votes cast for the category but also has the distinction to bag 225 votes, the highest number of votes bagged by any blog/site in this competition (yes, we know that voting for this category was mandatory but we are talking statistics here) and emerged a clear winner. Such fun! Amit wins
- One copy of BlogJet weblog client worth $39.95 from DiFolders Software
- Cory Doctorow’s book Someone Comes to Town, Someone leaves Town
- A copy of The Big Moo : Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable by Seth Godin and 32 other renowned authors.
- One Indibloggies T-shirt sponsored by Sakshi Juneja
Best Topical IndiBlog [Tally]
Mumbai based ace journalist, Sonia Faleiro (wow, the journos seem to have hijacked these awards 
) is the winner of this category and wins:
- A copy of the book “At Home in the World : Collected Writings from The Wall Street Journal” by Daniel Pearl and gifted by Dilip D’Souza.
- One Indibloggies T-Shirt sponsored by Sakshi Juneja.
- A copy of The Big Moo : Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable by Seth Godin and 32 other renowned authors.
Best Humanities IndiBlog [Tally]
Jabberwock, the witty, no-nonsensical (ya, forget whatever Lewis Carroll said) blog of Jai Arjun, a Delhi based journalist. Jai wins:
- Cory Doctorow’s book Someone Comes to Town, Someone leaves Town
- One Indibloggies T-Shirt sponsored by Sakshi Juneja.
Best Science/Technology IndiBlog [Tally]
- A Windows Mobile based smartphone worth Rs.19000/- sponsored by Microsoft India
- One Exam simulator of his choice presented by Whizlabs
- One Indibloggies T-Shirt sponsored by Sakshi Juneja.
The first runner up blog in this category Digital Inspiration wins a copy of Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition worth $299 sponsored by Microsoft India. This and the second runner up blog Michael Parekh on IT also win one Exam Simulator each, of their choice, sponsored by Whizlabs.
Best IndiBlog directory/service/clique [Tally]
Indiblog with the best Tagline [Tally]
- A 25 MB hosting package worth Rs.1000/- from Web1 Solutions
- One Indibloggies T-Shirt sponsored by Sakshi Juneja
The public opinion seemed quite divided on this category, with all the blogs in the fray finishing very close. This was one category that cheesed off a lot of people and this is probably the last time it appears at the Indibloggies.
Best Designed IndiBlog [Tally]
- An award Rs.500/- from Ganesh of Rupya.com.
- One Indibloggies T-Shirt sponsored by Sakshi Juneja.
Best New Indiblog [Tally]
The best new Indiblog is Meenakshi Agarwal’s spicy food blog Hooked on Heat. Meenakshi wins:
- An award of Rs 500/- from Amit Agarwal, author of Digital Inspiration
- One Indibloggies T-Shirt sponsored by Sakshi Juneja.
Best Photo Blog [Tally]
- A copy of BlogJet weblog client worth $39.95 from DiFolders Software
- One Indibloggies T-Shirt sponsored by Sakshi Juneja.
Best Sports IndiBlog [Tally]
Sight Screen a group blog with authors such as Arjun Swarup and Prem Panicker. The blog representative wins a 25MB hosting package worth Rs.1000/- from Web1 Solutions and one Indibloggies T-shirt sponsored by Sakshi Juneja.
IndiBloggies 2005 lifetime achiever [Tally]
- One copy of BlogJet weblog client worth $39.95 from DiFolders Software
- A copy of the book “Naked Conversations : How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers” by Robert Scoble & Shel Isreal gifted by Venky Krishnamoorthy (Indibloggies recommends you to remain dressed while reading the book, the following award may come handy)
- One Indibloggies T-Shirt sponsored by Sakshi Juneja.
Best Group Blog [Tally]
Best Indic blog [Hindi] [Tally]
Mumbai Blog won in this category with 44% votes. Shashi Singh, the author, wins:
- Copies of three books, Shakuntala: Smriti Jaal by Namita Gokhale, Jannat aur Anya Kahaniyan by Khushwant Singh and Hamara Hissa, a collection of stories edited by Arun Prakash presented by Shail.
- One year registration for a new .IN domain (worth Rs.750) from Amit Gupta.
- Navneet Bakshi’s book “Mein bhi bana Minister”
- Sushma Jagmohan’s Hindi novel “Zindagi Email”.
The runner up blog, Anup Shukla’s Fursatiya wins:
- Sushma Jagmohan’s Hindi novel “Zindagi Email”.
- Navneet Bakshi’s book “Mein bhi bana Minister”
Best Indic blog [Kannada] [Tally]
Kanndave Nitya
Best Indic blog [Malayalam] [Tally]
Kalesh’s World
Best Indic blog [Marathi] [Tally]
The winner blog is Marathi Sahitya and wins one copy each of P.L.Desphpande’s Marathi books Poorvarang and Apoorvaaii from Marathi Blog Vishwa.
The runner up blog is Disamaji Kahitari… wins P.L.Deshpande Marathi book Jaave Tyanchyaa Deshaa presented by Marathi Blog Vishwa.
Best Indic blog [Tamil] [Tally]
Mugamoodi
Best Indic blog [Telugu] [Tally]
Amazing Telugus wins an award of Rs.1000/- from Kiran Kumar Chava
Hearty congratulations to all the Winners! Thanks also to all the sponsors for being associated with and adding glory to Indiblogging. My heartfelt thanks to all the Jurors for your time and efforts. I also convey thanks to Jitendra Chaudhary to bear the postage costs for the gifts being sent by the Indibloggies. The money donated by Dr.Vivek Kochikar would be kept in buffer and utilized in paying the hosting costs next year on.
- Winner may collect their award-badges here.
- All prizes would be sent to Indian destinations only.
- All winners are requested to send an email at indibloggies at gmail dot com with subject “PRIZE CLAIM 2005″ with their complete postal address.
- Please allow 4-6 weeks for the gifts to reach you, no intermediate correspondence on this delivery status of the awards please.
- Some other pending awards would be added to this post later.
- We do not take responsibility for loss of gifts in transit. Gifts cannot be exchanged for cash. We reserve the right to alter or cancel any or all of the awards mentioned above. No objections would be entertained.
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32 Comments (Add your own)
1. DesiPundit » The In&hellip | January 14th, 2006 at 5:56 pm
[...] DesiPundit bags the top honours in the two categories in which it was nominated. Congratulations to the other winners. [...]
2. MVS | January 14th, 2006 at 9:10 pm
“History”…what history do you go got dude! Its hardly an year. Its hilarious to see the “Life time achievement award” unless the nominees are worker Bees which has lifespan of one year.
Quite funny ain’t we. Where was all this humor when you made those idiotic explanations regarding best designed blogs where you decided to be a complete idiot than a half one. That was the most dementing logic one has ever used. Everyone knows this is your way of making yourself popular. But please atleast try hide the obvious by being little more smarter than this.
Debashish replied:Indibloggies 2005 is into its third year, congrats on getting out of coma. [MVS' IP (chances are, is a fake): 66.135.183.77]
3. world from my eyes - द&hellip | January 14th, 2006 at 9:39 pm
[...] इंडिब्लॉगीज़ 2005 के परिणाम देबाशीश ने घोषित कर दिए हैं, और जैसी कि उम्मीद थी, अमित वर्मा सर्वश्रेष्ठ भारतीय ब्लॉग की बाज़ी मार ले गए!! पाकिस्तान में मज़े कर रहे अमित ने अवश्य बटर चिकन और तंदूरी बकरे के साथ इस जीत को मनाया होगा!! यह विचारणीय तथ्य है कि एक वर्ष पूर्व 2004 में अमित ने इसी ब्लॉग के लिए सर्वश्रेष्ठ नए भारतीय ब्लॉग का पुरस्कार जीता था(इंडिब्लॉगीज़ 2004)। [...]
4. Amit Gupta | January 14th, 2006 at 9:46 pm
Congrats to all winners!!
5. KarmaDude | January 14th, 2006 at 11:02 pm
Congratulations to all the winners! I would also like to thank the organizers for their fabulous efforts.
6. Balaji Subra | January 14th, 2006 at 11:41 pm
Great Execution of the polls. My sincere thanks.
7. रवि | January 15th, 2006 at 6:06 am
congrats to all winners!
Kudos to Debu - the one man ARMY for this to happen with GRAND success!!!
8. [Re-Entry: Week 2] Blog A&hellip | January 15th, 2006 at 12:16 pm
[...] Todays’ hottest news is that the Indibloggies 2005 results have been declared. I kinda feel proud about it right now,for I had a great deal of fun participating in the jury process and discovering a great many of interesting new blogs through it. I must congratulate Debashish for the splendid show this year, and the beautiful concept that the Indibloggies Awards have come around to be, over the years. Yet another glorious Indian blogosphere tradition, to be cherished by one and all. [...]
9. asiapundit&hellip | January 15th, 2006 at 2:20 pm
indibloggie awards 2005
The 2005 results for the indibloggies are out visit the results here. Congratulations to Amit Varma for taking the top spot, and to DesiPundit and all of the other winners. Technorati Tags: asia, blogs, india, south asia
10. The Indian Economy Blog &&hellip | January 15th, 2006 at 2:58 pm
[...] Uber-blogger Amit Varma’s India Uncut is Indiblog of the year. India Uncut came in numero uno by a wide margin, which doesn’t surprise anyone who knows a thing or two about the desi blogosphere (the Blogistan). If you haven’t read his blog yet, now’s a good time to start. And don’t just take our word for it. Vox populi… [...]
11. Sailaja | January 15th, 2006 at 4:02 pm
Congratulations to all the winners and the organisers sure have done a great job!
12. VK Narayanan | January 15th, 2006 at 6:42 pm
Congratulations to all winners out there. Also kudos to Indibloggies team for such a great event.
13. Aks Seth | January 16th, 2006 at 10:09 am
Hi!
Congratulations to all winners. I am sure the blogistan will join hands with me in appreciating the efforts of all those who instituted and have conducted these polls. Kudos to debashish (thats the only name I know of this team) & all those involved
14. Jitendra Chaudhary | January 16th, 2006 at 11:58 am
All is well,when end’s well. Congratulations to Debashish, for such an efforts. Great Job. Best wishes to all the Winners.
15. सत्यनिष्ठ शर्मा धुरंधर | January 16th, 2006 at 8:45 pm
लख लख बधाईयाँ होवे। इस साल के जीतने वाले सच्चे हकदार दिखे है , तभी तो चालिस पचास वोट हि पाके जीत गये हिंदी वाले भी। पिछले साल सतनारायण की परसादी की तरह फर्जी वोट जो नही डलवा पाये.
16. Gagan | January 16th, 2006 at 10:27 pm
Congratulations to all the winners. A very well organized competition and great jury too. Cheers to everyone.
Further, it felt nice to be in the foray for the best photoblog. I have seen excellent photos through this competition and am more aware of the fellow photoblog brethren. Must say, I had a great time and lots of fun. Keep up the great work.
17. मुम्बई ब्&hellip | January 17th, 2006 at 8:55 am
[...] कोई भी पुरस्कार या सम्मान प्राप्त होने के बाद धन्यवाद देने की पुरानी परंपरा है. इस परंपरा का निर्वाह करते हुए मुम्बई ब्लॉग को Best Indic blog [Hindi] चुनने के लिए मैं आप सबका हार्दिक धन्यवाद करता हूं [...]
18. ashish dikshit | January 17th, 2006 at 1:32 pm
congratulations to all the winners, participants as well as the organisers!
but i would lov to see more blogs in indian languages next time. i appeal all the indian english bloggers to write in their mother-tongues as well. also, y isnt there catagories of best gujarati and bengali blogs?
19. Boomboom | January 17th, 2006 at 1:34 pm
Congratulations to all the winners and thanks Debu for the repoll in the design category. Even though I didnt win but including all the blogs nominated was a relief
20. Priyank | January 19th, 2006 at 1:01 am
Congrats to all winners. Kudos to organizers, Debashish ofcourse.
21. Ajay Sanghani | January 19th, 2006 at 7:01 am
Congratulations to all winners, and well done to IndiBloggies for organizing this country wide hunt of best bloggers. We look forward to submit some entries next year from our list of new bloggers at itvidya.
Regards,
Ajay Sanghani
22. ilaxi | January 19th, 2006 at 11:05 am
Congratulations!!! Success is counted Sweetest and may all Winners strive for excellence o’er again n again! Keep it up!
- ilaxi
Official Blogger for MJ Akbar
http://www.mjakbar.org
23. DesiPundit » Auctio&hellip | January 19th, 2006 at 7:14 pm
[...] As you all know, DesiPundit won awards in two categories at the Indibloggies. We are not claiming our prizes and instead offering them to our readers. The catch is, we are auctioning them off and will be donating all proceeds to Anuradha Bakshi’s ProjectWhy. The gifts are as follows: [...]
24. Word Junkie » La Ma&hellip | January 27th, 2006 at 6:51 pm
[...] Talking about Indian bloggers, the Indibloggies are out — the Indian weblog awards “showcasing excellence in the Indian blogosphere”, as the organisers say. Winners include old familiars, but, boy, oh boy, this is the first time I came across Sonia Faleirio and Mall Road. Working in Singapore, I have obviously not been keeping up with all the home news. Some of these bloggers are pretty stylish and opinionated as bloggers ought to be, if they have that freedom, that is. So many constraints can get in the way — one’s job, one’s future, the family, the society one lives in. But there are free spirits. Hats off to them, from this Anonymous Coward. [...]
25. A Few Phone Calls at Rand&hellip | January 30th, 2006 at 2:10 am
[...] Saturday morning. I wake up to see that Shahid Afridi has blasted the Indian attack to smithereens. Younis Khan, another mediocre player whose career India has made, came as close to a double century as possible. As a result, we are now battling to save the Test. And I had lost the Indibloggies Indiblog of the year to Amit Varma (225 to 159 votes). [...]
26. फ़ुरसतिय&hellip | January 30th, 2006 at 6:11 am
[...] कल शनिवार को जब दोपहर आफिस से घर आया तो डाक से आया किताब का एक पैकेट मेरा इंतजार कर रहा था। सोचा शायद देबाशीष ने भेजा होगा। पैकेट खोलते हुये सोच भी रहा था यार,ये इतनी मोटी किताब कहां से होगी जिन्दगी ई-मेल। शाश्वत धिक्कारबोध भी मुंह बिराने लगा कि नेताओं की तरह घोषणा तो कर दिये अभी तक किताबें भेजी नहीं। लेकिन जब सिमसिम खुला तो मजा बढ़ गया। धिक्कारबोध भी भाग गया जैसे सिपाही को देखकर बिना हफ्ता दिये चोरी करने वाला भागता है। [...]
27. Sumir Sharma | January 31st, 2006 at 11:28 am
Congrats. to Shashi Singh for winning best Indin Blog (Hindi) for Mumbai Blog.
sumir
28. Hooked on Heat » Be&hellip | February 6th, 2006 at 12:37 am
[...] Noteworthy… [...]
29. Anil | January 13th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Congratulation to all winners, hope the next awards bring in more encouragement for the community.
30. செ.பு.க.கா&hellip | February 9th, 2007 at 8:24 am
[...] வாங்கிய புத்தகங்கள் indibloggies தேர்தலில் வெற்றி பெற்ற முகமூடிக்கு [...]
31. मुम्बई ब्&hellip | August 23rd, 2007 at 3:06 pm
[...] का निर्वाह करते हुए मुम्बई ब्लॉग को Best Indic blog [Hindi] चुनने के लिए मैं आप सबका हार्दिक [...]
32. मुम्बई ब्&hellip | January 22nd, 2008 at 1:30 pm
[...] का निर्वाह करते हुए मुम्बई ब्लॉग को Best Indic blog [Hindi] चुनने के लिए मैं आप सबका हार्दिक [...]
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