Friends 34: The Contest Page: Congratulations to the five winners

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Evaluation:

@ hatim Credited with 10 points

Question Set 4

Theme: Opinions about Blogging

Instructions: Each question carries a maximum of 20 points. Everyone who answer the questions  will be credited with points. The end date for these questions is the end date of teh contest itself.

@ Santosh Reality in the virtual life :-)

Ignore above reply

Question 1:

Comment on the following statement:

Blogging is just another virtual world that cannot be compared to real life.

Instructions:

Every one of you can answer this question before the end of the contest. You will be credited with upto 20 points depending on the answer given by you. Post your answer as a reply to this reply i.e as a subreply.

very true, it is uncomparable. It is growing with leaps and bounds but will be limited but  real world  infinite ideas abound ,with capacity of zillions  of such and better  virtual worlds to come up.

The world is in a transition from a real world to a  virtual world. Ideas are abundant and one such idea has given rise to the blogosphere that is today the cause for the creationof a zillion virtual worlds.

Blogging cannot be compared to real world because people express whatever they want people to know and can easily conceal whatever they don't want people to know about them. Whereas in reality though its possible to conceal facts, but its not so easy. 

Yes, blogging is another virtual world filled with real people and real life scenarios and experiences. So it does definitely have a relation to real life ( and this depends on the topics you choose...)!

True, there exists a thin line separating the two. And there are positive and negative points on either side of the line in favour of each of them. One good point of this virtual world called Blogging is that it helps us bridge distance gaps and reach out to people whom we may otherwise miss out in the real world.

@ DS Yes, the virtual medium offers a greater number of relations than what the real world offers!

@ CAT Mentor A very good point! Feelings are something which many have tried to conceal since ages but have also failed to do so. I have written a blog post about the same on my virtual space.

@ Santosh Reality in the virtual life :-)

@ Arti Yes, blogging helps us to connect with people from different parts of the world and at times it may also help us to connect even with those with whom in real life we maintain not a very good relation. 

Evaluation:

@ Pramod @DS @ Cat @santosh @ Arti All of you are credited with 20 points each

Question 2:

What did you learn through blogging and how has blogging impacted your life?

Instructions:

Every one of you can answer this question before the end of the contest. You will be credited with upto 20 points depending on the answer given by you. Post your answer as a reply to this reply i.e as a subreply.

Learned importance of being regular & to constantly strive for betterment. Have learnt values of sharing, learning from others and respecting others thoughts.

Seeing life through different views and perspectives, its amazing :)

Believe in yourself, respect others viewpoints, never be judgemental bcoz things can be quite different than what its appearing to you and keep yourself humble enough so that there is always room for taking things in and moving forward!

@ DS Patience is what one needs to succeed in the blogosphere. While at times, out destiny brings success faster than expected; at other times, it may take years together!

@ CAT Mentor All the things learnt by you are essential to become a successful blogger! Best of luck!

@ Santosh That is what we need to learn in our real life too: Being able to understand things from different perspectives and from others view points.

@ Arti Respecting others viewpoints is essential and one can learn it even on IndiBlogger 

Evaluation:

@ DS 20 points

Evaluation:

@ Santosh @ CAT @ Arti 10 points

10 points deducted for not answering the second part of the question

  (one from each of us @Myself,@Santosh and @CAT :P)

Question 3:

What made you walk along with millions of other bloggers in the world?

Instructions:

Every one of you can answer this question before the end of the contest. You will be credited with upto 20 points depending on the answer given by you. Post your answer as a reply to this reply i.e as a subreply.

inner zeal to express, and be heard. 

@ Pramod Almost a similar thing here but the only difference is that it is not the zeal but the depression arising from the afct that I might not have anybody to listen to me in the future.

To share, express, learn, grow and use my free time more effectively

to share, to see, to learn, all work with no play is dull! 

@ Pramod That is what I am into right now! 

@ Arti I envy those have lots and lots of free time. :-) I wonder if I am really busy or I think in that way!

@ DS A cricket fan is bound to give the answer given by you :-)

@ Santosh Ready for a game of cricket with DS? 

@ Ranjith, Oh sure!, but I would prefer being a commentator or a spectator 

Hey, me too! But I would love to bat only :D

I am also in the game but as a spectator since that is the only thing I an capable of doing. 

@ Arti Do you play cricket? 

@DS, thats great :) So would you york her or bounce her off? 

Evaluation:

@ Pramod 20 points The second part of your answer was wonderful, the way we show our happiness to others in this modern world.

Evaluation:

@ Arti @ DS @ Santosh 17 points each

Points given by comparing your answers to that of Pramod's

If you are comparing, then I think our marks are very high :) well said Pramodji, thereis always so much to learn from you :)

Question 4:

How can we strengthen our relationships with other bloggers? Were you successful in doing so?

Instructions:

Every one of you can answer this question before the end of the contest. You will be credited with upto 20 points depending on the answer given by you. Post your answer as a reply to this reply i.e as a subreply.

One can strengthen and start new acquaintances by finding their positive traits and acknowledging them without shyness. visiting, reading their write-ups and pointing, friendly if anything objectionable ,you consider should be changed & patting on the back, on commendable works.

@ Pramod That was a very good way stated to eastablish new relations. After all, it is the accquaintances that we make that really measures our success in teh blogosphere.

By sharing ideas and suggesting new things to each other, with a motto as if you grow, I grow.

Whenever I have helped or suggested something good to other bloggers, I have seen them helping me as well in return with amazing suggestions.

Nobody wants salt, all of them want sugar! Its up to you how you add that pinch of salt in a teaspoon of sugar and give it to them. My success rate has been good so far with positive vibes from all!

Honesty! True to your blogger frienz and to yourself as well! Though I cant say it has been the case always but I stick to it as much as I can.

@ CAT That is how the world moves on.... the world of blogging...

@ Santosh Too much creativity :-)

@ Arti Honesty is the best policy... I remember those lines. I wish the entire world was really honest in all their dealings. To be honest, I am not really honest 

@ DS That is way to improve oneself. We need to imbibe those good qualities that others possess and leave the bad ones behind.

@Ranjith Now thats one honest answer I say! Anyways, Really nice to see those cute smileys back on the forum

@ Arti Fell so happy when people around me like me because of my smile. I have received such compliments in my real life too.

@ Arti Feel so happy when people around me like me because of my smile. I have received such compliments in my real life too. 

Evaluation:

@ Pramod @ Santosh @ Arti @ DS @ CAT Each of you credited with 20 points for those wonderful answers given

Question Set 5

Theme: Confessions

Instructions: Each of the questions in this set carry a maximum of ten points and can be answered by all before the end of the contest

Question 1:

Who is your most favourite blogger who is a member of the IndiBlogger community? (other than yourself)

Instructions:

Answer this question and be credited with  ten points. Everyone who answers before the end date of the contest will be credited with points

I do not discriminate, all are equally fav.

One half of the world ina  apn would balance teh other half in another weighing pan for everyone is equal... :-)

Zephyr

You're making us discriminate b/w people in contradiction to the previous question 

So far in the infancy of my Indiblogging its been Arti and few others are right next on the list.

Anu, Dhiraj...

^ ^ Thanks so much ^ ^  

There is not one blogger... There are many many many, the list is just tooooooo long!!!

...And admiration is mutual

@ Santosh I never though about it :-)

@ Arti Congrats! You seem to be very popular and also loved by all on indiBlogger! 

I love everyone here too and all this love here is what keeps me going.. Seeing all this, I am more than flattered actually... Such wonderful people all of you, Thank you friends

Evaluation:

@ Pramod @ Rumbaho @ CAT @ Santosh @ Arti @ DS Credited with 10 points each as stated in the instruction

Question 2:

Are you faithful to your blog? Explain.

Instructions:

Answer this question and be credited with  ten points. Everyone who answers before the end date of the contest will be credited with points

I may not be that faithful, but my blog faithfully obliges me by welcoming all to the blog, and taking care of tem in my absence.

@ pramod Your answer makes me smile :-)

I am very much faithful & passionate about my blog. Even in my busiest schedule when I don't have much time to post on my blog, I still manage to think some improvement, new idea or a post topic about my blog.

Yes definitely. I don't believe faithfulness depends on the no of posts you have. At the back of my mind, thoughts keep running about my blog on how to optimize it better and better.

Of course! How do you think it's running?!! Else I would have left it long back 

@ DS I think that you need a world cup every month to be faithful to your blog 

@ CAT Mentor that's great!

@ Santosh That's true. Even our blog likes quality over quantity. One small post dedicated to the purpose of our blog is sufficient rather than a hundred posts that really make no sense and written for the sake of search engines and IndiRank's frequency rank :-)

@ Arti It's not just running, it's taking huge leaps 

So sweet, Thanks @Ranjith

Evaluation:

@ Pramod 20 points for that welcome your blog has given to me a few times

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@ DS 20 points for that truthful confession

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@ CAT @ Santosh 20 points each for being faithful and with a hope that you will continue to remain so

Evaluation:

Correction: It is 10 points being credited to each one and not 20.

You forgot me Ranjith, where are my points

Question 3:

How would you rate your blog on a scale of one to ten? (ten = best) Also give the reasons for the same.

Instructions:

Answer this question and be credited with  ten points. Everyone who answers before the end date of the contest will be credited with points

10, because i never underrate my blog. 

@ Pramod Good Confidence in oneself helps one move forward, be it in life or in blogging.

9, I love my blog but I also know where its flaws lie.

I would rate it as 7.

Reasons:

My blog has helped many MBA aspirants in realizing their dreams, which gives me lot of satisfaction. Through this blog I have guided & mentored more than 600 MBA aspirants with their queries.

In last 2 months my blog has managed to jump from alexa rank of 6,500,000 to 571,982 which again gives me lot of satisfaction.

Still there are lot of ideas/optimizations in my mind which I am yet to implement hence rating as 7.

I would be happy with 7 as I have seen better managed blogs than mine... A couple of niggles need to sorted out that would propel it to probably 8 or 9 shortly.

@ abhi Almost close to Pramod :-)

@ DS I wish that you give yourself a ten out of ten as soon as possible. All the best 

@ CAT Your blog has a very good purpose and the jump in alexa rankings does justify the score you ahve given to your blog and yourself too :-)

@ Santosh You will definitely achieve it in teh coming few months. All the best! :-)

@ Arti That's true! Every day brings with it a new lesson to be learnt. But still, I would ay that you deserve a much higher score. Though I am not interested in travel blogs, the reviews by others made me say it. :-)

Evaluation:

@ Pramod 7 points

Though confidence is good, I need a realistic answer would be better. 

Evaluation:

@ abhi @ DS @ CAT @ Santosh @ Arti 9 points each

Questions Set 6

Theme: You, your inner self and spirituality

All the questions falling under this set are opinion based and each question can fetch you a maximum of 30 points depending on the answer given by you. These questions can be answered till the end of the contest.

Question 1:

What do you think is the purpose of your birth?

Instructions:

Answering this question will fetch you a maximum of 30 points depending on the answer given by you. This question can be answered by everyone before the end of the contest.

I think the purpose of my birth was to attain and unite inner spiritual force , with the outer spiritual force, one can call it by any name,

Hope you achieve the purpose of your entry into this world (real)

thanks Ranjith ji, for the nice wishes, 

I think purpose of my birth is to help, support & encourage other needy people keeping my selfishness aside. At times I feel I am not doing 100% justice to the same. 

@ CAT That is how the world is moving on. No one can fulfill the purpose of their birth completely. But still, we have to try as much as we can.

@ Arti For some reason can't accept To see God in everyone I feel that some people are controlled by the evil forces :-)

Evaluation:

@ Pramod 30 points

For including something abouit spirituality. That is what these set of questions are meant to revolve around

Evaluation:

@ CAT 23 points

 I think that it is our duty and cannot be traeted as a purpose. Purpose, I feel, is distinct for every individual.

Evaluation:

@ Arti 29 points

Question 2:

Why does life try to teach lessons to us even though we reject to learn them? (Idea for this question drawn from a discussion thread on this forum)

Instructions:

Answering this question will fetch you a maximum of 30 points depending on the answer given by you. This question can be answered by everyone before the end of the contest.

Life showers everything equally on everyone. one may think of it as lesson serving, but it goes on doing endlessly all it's tasks without fail. The breath we take in and out, that too, we should thank  nature, otherwise many would forget to take the in breath or confuse themselves with in and out and pass away. 

Life is like a great teacher which tries to impart knowledge to all its disciple's without being unjust. Life wants us to be stronger to face all challenges, thats why it keeps giving us lessons, Even though we reject to learn from them still experience of such lessons makes us stronger and enabling us to cope up with difficult situations.

@ Pramod I did not understand what you meant but the last sentence made me smile.

@ CAT Mentor Yes. life tries to teach us in a hope that we would learn those lessons one day or teh other.

@ Arti That's true. We need to correct our mistakes and try to lead a better life. Life gives us chances for us to utilise.

Life is all about learning lessons either you wish it or not  (you have no choices)

...just like attending lectures in college for attendance (you have no escape routes) 

@ Santosh That was a good analogy 

Evaluation:

@ Pramod @ CAT @ Arti 30 points each

Your answers have an indepth meaning which if one can understand be successful in crossing all the hurdles in life by learning those lessons that are repeatedly taught

Evaluation:

@ Santosh 30 points

That answer bought a smile on my afce (and hope on the other's faces too... )

Question 3:

What is God, the creator of the universe so unskilled that he could not craft even one perfect human being till now?

Instructions:

Answering this question will fetch you a maximum of 30 points depending on the answer given by you. This question can be answered by everyone before the end of the contest.

" God" term in hindi is called "bhagawan"  which literally means a person with a bhaga, (halo). 

when one see's from the deep eyes, one can see, nothing is imperfect, or obsolete. everything originates and reverts back to the godly supreme force.

God is almighty, he is the creator of feelings & emotions which are so amazing & so perfect !

I believe God has left perfection at the will of human being. Its not easy to attain amidst so much of distractions, greed & ego, it's also not impossible to achieve. It could achieved by constantly striving for it and by controlling one's greed, selfishness, anger, ego etc.

@ Pramod Yes, looking through the eyes of the creator, everything might seem perfect. The way things are seen depends on the person seeing them.

@ CAT Mentor That was an excellent explanation God has created the basic form which we need to nurture to evolve into a complete human being.

@ Arti That was an other good explanation. As a child, we were perfect and had no ill feelings in our heart. But the society changes us as we grow up. And if we refuse to change, we may become the odd one and feel lonely but still we get a satisfaction that cannot be understood by those who are walking with teh rest of the society.

the day a man proclaims he is 'perfect' in all sense, he has nothing else to live for and that's the reason god wantingly left the out of us and has given us the freedom to be as perfect as possible :)

@ Santosh That's graet! We enjoy something only when we have something left to eb done and so we all do enjoy life 

Evaluation:

@ Santosh @ Arti @ CAT @ Pramod 30 points each

Question 4:

If we, towards the end of our life, get reduced to ashes and take nothing with us except our soul, then what is the need to establish healthy relationships with the people around us?

Instructions:

Answering this question will fetch you a maximum of 30 points depending on the answer given by you. This question can be answered by everyone before the end of the contest.

In this short span of stay in the body, maintaining healthy relations makes life more peaceful and blissful. spat of anger upon others, harms more to the person carrying it within his mind. Like acid eats away it's container.

Relationship which we build is more or less between our souls and  the soul of other people. In the begining when we meet someone we may feel inclined towards someone based on their appearence but later it's the two souls which decides whether a lasting relationship is formed or not. Healthy Relationship makes our soul happy and keeps it at peace.

@ Pramod That might be what life is all about: living happily until we have the right to live.

@ CAt mentor Well said! The relationships are between the sould and every holy scripture be it teh Bhagwad Gita or the Bible speaks of teh permanenet existence of the soul.

@ Arti That was a wonderful quote! Life is all about establishing relationships that wil continue to live even after our death.

I'm not sure if this question is framed in the right way?

when we are reduced to ashes and only the soul remains, the identity of 'you' is lost (its in the ashes) and its gets a new identity after its reborn right?

I would second Arti's quote here and your life would be meaningful if you were to have 10 good people around you craving for you when you die and that's possible only if your relationship with them and the world is 'healthy'.

Evaluation:

@ Pramod @ CAT @ Santosh @ Arti 30 points each

Had to accept with all your answers

Question Set 7

Theme: All about IndiBlogger

Instruction are given along with the questions

Question 1:

How much are you willing to pay if IndiBlogger is on sale? :-)

Instructions:

Everyone who answers this question will be credited with 10 points.

All the money in my personal savings bank account as on today.

'Nothing' as its only a platform for like minded people!

You pay zillion and tomorrow people leave, you are ruined :)

I wish that day never arrives! I would pay nothing ... the community better die off than go on sale ever coz I think the love that these people (read IndiTeam) put in can be replicated by none! Hence,...

@ Rumbaho That's great! I wish that you will not face any problems then.

@ Santosh Even that's true!

@ DS It looks as if you will be the first one to stand in the queue to take posession of IndiBlogger. 

@ Arti Even I hope for the same. IndiBlogger being on sale would mean that the community is dying.

Evaluation:

@ Rumbaho 5 points

Couldn't give more after reading the answers given by others

Evaluation:

@ Arti @ Santosh 10 points each

Evaluation:

@ DS 7 points

I wonder if you have answered the question! :-)

Question 2:

With how many IndiBloggers were you able to establish helathy relations? Satte a few of those names.

Instructions 

Everyone who answers this question will be credited with 10 points.

3 of them I will say:

Ranjith through this contest

Pankaj & Akaash through blog review page.

Arti, Anu, Dhiraj, Ambika, Gautam to name a few...

With everyone

@ CAT Mentor 

@ Arti You are very intelligent 

bingo Ranjith, Smart answer from a smart lady 

Evaluation:

@ CAT @ Santosh @ DS @ Arti 10 points each

Evaluation:

@ CAT @ Santosh @ DS @ Arti 10 points each

Question 3:

What is the 34th blog that was registered on Indiirectory?

Instructions 

The first person to answer this question will be credited with 10 points.

cloverr, of madras,

neelakantan

Pramodji is right!

@ Pramod That's right!

@ Rumbaho From where did you get that name?

Evaluation:

@ Pramod 10 points

Question 4:

Name an IndiBlogger whose name starts with 's' or 'g' and has exactly seven letters.

Instructions

  Everyone who answer this question will be credited with 20 points. Do not repeat the answer given by others. 

Sandeep

Santanu

I, me, myself - Santosh

Shireen

Evaluation:

@ Rumbaho @ CAT @ Santosh @ Arti @ DS Credited with 10 points each