[image courtesy Nilesh]
All right babies and babas, ladies and ladaas, it is time for the first Bharateeya Blog Mela at Mode C. For those who do not know what Blog Mela is, gorge on the following links:
Blog Mela Schedule
July 14th Blog Mela at Patrix's
July 7th Blog Mela at Maanga's
June 30th Blog Mela at India Uncut
[Edited for the benefit of people who want to know more about BBM]
Some more links:
Old editions of Blog Mela
Blog Mela FAQ
Now that you know what BBM stands for, let me roll the red carpet for you and your nominations. The Mela will be hosted at Mode C on the weekend following July 28 and therefore, the nominations should reach me by midnight, July 28 Indian Standard Time (not stretchable, puhleaaaaaaaaze). As we wannabe managers often like to say, there are some ground rules:
- Nominations should be sent either as comments to this post or by email to nutkarsh[at]gmail[dot]com.
- Nominations should reach me latest by midnight, July 28 IST.
- The posts must either be written by Indians or be centered on India.
- The posts must be dated between July 22-28.
- Nominations should be sent as permalink(s) to the individual post(s) being nominated and not as link to the entire blog. In case the permalink feature is not available or not working, the title and date of the post should do.
- Nominations can be self nominations or if you are feeling extraordinarily generous, you can nominate my posts, too (or for that matter, anyone else's)
- While you are nominating, please do take care that the entry is not on the lines of "I woke up, I brushed my teeth, bathed and went to office, worked, came back and slept". Even if it has to be on those lines, there should ideally be something interesting, novel and insightful about the way the person bathes or brushes teeth or works...
12 comments:
Hmmm..... so u have finally decided to do somehting substantial....very nice! very nice!
Thanks :-)
Just what do you mean by finally...grr
Is this the latest fad in town after the taggin spree?? Just yesterday nite someone SPAMMED on my blog.. inviting for a similar contest... LOLz...
All the best.. shud make for an interesting read...
What I like the most are ur reviews.. Ur harry potter review has especially been appreciated.. :-)
Well Sumit, this is not a fad at all...something that has been going on for a long time amongst A-list bloggers and something that we have not really been exposed to yet.
If you look at the links I have given, you will realize the good that BBM has been doing.
yeh blogmela ka funda samajh mein nahin aya bhai...
The Bharateeya Blog Mela is hosted every week by a blogger who puts up the nomination calls at the beginning of the week. In reply to the call, bloggers from all over the country send in their nominations (including self nominations) through mail or as comments as to which blog posts did they find interesting enough to represent the Indian blogging community over the week.
The blogger hosting the blog mela then selects the blog posts from these nominations and/or from his/her own forays into the Indian blogosphere and puts up a weekend blog mela. This mela typically has a one line introduction each to the different posts and their links. The Blog Mela, like any other fair, thus tries to provide variety, quality, and masala, all at one place.
To get a real feel of the concept, look at the links I have given in the post, especially the ones pointing to earlier editions of the Mela.
thanx, nitai, thanx! that was a very informative reply to a comment!! :)
Can i nominate two posts?
1.http://lazydrive.blogspot.com/2005/07/splitting-hair-and-ruined-garments.html
Talks about clothes being literally "iron"ed.
2.http://swalpaadjustmaadi.blogspot.com/2005/07/yavaag-foreign-ge_26.html
Is about the "when are you going abroad" question repeatedly asked of a techie (a fwd though)
Sure you can...nominate as many posts as you want
I've written a post on brain enhancing drugs.
http://sillysod.blogspot.com/2005/07/good-news-folks.html
i nominate Nitai's take on Viruddha.
http://modec.blogdrive.com/archive/182.html
I nominate my Post "IT is not like that!" . http://jpath.blogspot.com/2005/07/it-is-not-like-that.html
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