Talking Talking

Yay! I won an award! An award for writing about what I like. For criticizing the TV version of Mahabharat, for writing about my good friend, for making you guys meet my nephew, or for telling you what I liked on the social web-o-sphere. Wow! How can it be better than this?

Thank you Ritu!
Ritu gave me this award yesterday, who writes at http://phoenixritu.wordpress.com (Weaving a Web). A terrific blog, I must say. If you have read “Discovering Social Web”, you must be knowing that her blog is on my must read list. Her tongue-in-cheek humour, along with her ability to laugh and satire at herself is what I like! After you have done reading this post, head over to her blog! 

The Next Steps
With an award, comes a responsibility! There are a few rules to this award, which are as follows:

1. When you recieve the prize you must write a post showing it, together with the name of who has given it to you, and link them back
2. Choose a minimum of 7 blogs (or even more) that you find brilliant in their content or design.
3. Show their names and links and leave them a comment informing they were prized with ‘Brilliant Weblog’
4. Show a picture of those who awarded you and those you give the prize (optional).
5. I pass the candy forward to :

• Freya, who writes at http://thedreamgirldiaries.blogspot.com/

A seventeen year old South Indian from Mumbai, who likes to write about herself, her mom, her gran, her sis, her college, the guys in her college, her guitar, her ailing PC, and a variety of other things. Her writing style is impeccable, and her blog template changes frequently.

• Meeta Ma’am, who writes at http://myheroes-mita.blogspot.com/

The person who used to teach me English in school, the person whose advice and whacky ideas have found much use in my life, the person who literally says, “Don’t thank me, take me for granted!”. A gem of a person!
On her blog, she writes about the real lives of real people. Their real dilemmas, and their real approaches towards life. I love the way she writes. In fact, I love each and every moment I spend with her. Her writing comes much later!

• James Mowery, who writes at http://onlyjames.com/

A 21 year old living in USA, who calls himself a “hacker”, takes writing very seriously, and spends most of his time researching about various technologies. He also writes at Performancing.com, and has achieved so much in the blogosphere in such a short span of time that it is commendable!

• Rahul Bansal, who writes at http://www.devilsworkshop.org/

He is a 22 year old full-time blogger, who sacrificed a six-figure job offer for the love of blogging. His is a popular tech blog in India, with posts about various Web Technologies and Services. His recent series about WordPress plugins was awesome.
What sets him apart is his personal touch to everything. He replies to each and every comment he gets, which easily runs into hundreds. He remembers each and every suggestion he gets, however insignificant, and takes steps to follow it. The way he connects with his readers is incredible!

• Lemonade, who writes at http://withnowheretogo.blogspot.com/

This one, for the awesome design! Whenever I visit her blog, I actually feel thirsty for a lemonade! Her writing style is personal, and her designing style is exceptional. I like her blog.

• Nita, who writes at http://nitawriter.wordpress.com/

Her blog, “A wide angle view of India”, can be termed as the authority when it comes to reporting about current events. She writes daily, and topics range from opinions about latest news stories to the reviews of the latest movies — and everything in between! Reading her blog is better than reading news from other news sites!

• Nimisha, who writes at http://nimishasspace.blogspot.com/

Her posts are funny. Her posts are nostalgic. Her posts look at the simple things in life. My idea of a great blog! You can easily identify with things she writes about. Things you might have noticed, or things you might have experienced. She has an eye for noticing smaller anecdotes of life, things that easily go unnoticed in this world obsessed with speed. 

Shall I say it once more? Yay! I won an award!