Ladies & Gentlemen, welcome to the First Mouthshut Awards-2002.
The Venue (My Office) is Packed with stars & celebrities today, The weird looking guy right opposite the stage is to-nights chief guest (My Boss). I had no other choice in selecting a chief guest. This was the only way I could keep him off my back so I can complete this write-up.
The Rules of these Awards, people from all sections & walks of life were asked to participate in a POLL. For which we received an overwhelming response.Then an impartial committee of my canteen boys faced an uphill task of segregating the Reponses in the various categories. But Alas! My Admin Manager saw the bulk of papers & blasted, ''What the hell are these heaps of Papers & put it in the shredder'. So Left with no choice, I had to judge the awards myself.
These is absolutely no rigging involved, these awards are as clean as the FilmFare.
Your Host to-night, The Dashing, Ever-green,cute ME!(Did I hear you say Aghhh! Yuck!)
So without further Ado. Ladies & Gentlemen I present..
The Popular awards
Undoubtedly, the judges favorite writer on MS . Read any of his reviews & you will know what I mean. He shares more than he tells. Vivid Personal Experiences & the extra bit of trivia that is such an integral part of his reviews. & the comments that he leaves sometimes conveys more than the author could convey in his/her reviews. He always an extra bit to convey!
The one & only The 'Straight From The Heart Award'- Madlalya
Presenting, one of the most analytical writers on the site.Maybe it be on Movies, Music, books or General Topics they don't come any better than what just-did-it delivers. You just cant read his reviews & move on, they will make you think, Ponder. & come back & read again...Read his reviews on Fire, Road,Wine,Peace & you'll know what I mean !
I present the, 'Straight From The Brain Award' - Just-did-it
If it weren't for the Kind & encouraging comments this guys leaves so consistently for newcomers to the site. Many of the writers would not care to come back & give a second shot here. The guy who so easily manages to keep the humor level of the site at the peak, & when it comes to writing, He is second to none!!!
Ladies & Gentlemen presenting The Encourager Award - Spookay
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Sudden loud hooting in the audience as Spooks walks to receive the award !!
A Newbie compared to the names of the other stalwarts here, nonetheless equally in the race for the top slot. The One who manages to consistently churn out on an average a review a day, but still does not compromise quality over quantity. Focusing mainly on books & Movies.. Let me now call on stage to receive The Most Consistent Writer Award - Rekh
To Read & forget is me, To read & write is the next person whom I would be inviting on stage. Having read & written about so many books that the judge hasn't even heard of. With language so simple, the flow so lucid, & the vocabulary straight from the Oxford Dic.I now present
The Awesome Book Reviews Award - Cpearl
A Lady who apparently has traveled all over the world but sadly not to India. & who is kind enough to write painfully detailed reviews about the places she visited & stayed. A Printout of her travel reviews would be very handy in case you plan a visit to those places. The coveted The Most Travel Reviews Award - cousin2
Clap Clap Clap !!!
For making the most mundane of topics an interesting read. A Sense of humor that should put Kader Khan to shame(sic).From Pickles to Shaving products this man has said it all.This years The ' I can Make Simple Things Seem Wonderful' Award - Fatcat -(Prasad)>
A god loving lady , who probably has reviewed each & every product she has used at her home & for work, from detergents to websites , beauty products to electronics. The one who ends all her reviews with the trademark ...
I hope that this has helped in some kind of way.
God Bless!
This years The Most Helpful Reviews ' Award goes to meleahk1 (Leah)
The thought of horror movies should remind you of her. One who has undoubtedly seen/read more Horror books & Scary movies. An Ardent fan of none other than Stephan King , It's Anybody's guess who the winner would be .
May I call upon Spooky to give away the award please !
The Most Horror Movie Reviews Award'-missy32
Now for the most awaited Best Writer award The toughest to choose , The panel of Judges had a tough time choosing this one. But then they could not dare to face the wrath of my wife.So an Unanimous decision was reached....
The Best Writer on Mouthshut for 2002 - goes to 'Santoz'
What!!! I said the awards are not rigged in any way! Shut Up & Read on !
Special awards Section :
To all the people who make this site such a wonderful wonderful place, who work on the screen, i.e. US & the people who work behind the screen, i.e. the staff at Mouthshut. Can name a lot of people on the screen
Here goes A big round of applause Ladies & gentlemen
( PrashD , Relsr , Pavitrashinde , DhavalHridhav, suyog , achougoo , arunroy , soniya , ranjran , premjit , pixie ,pooj, pankhuri , teena_sri , dazzlingpiscean , milinddesai , chawlaaarti , sweediv , & all of you who I have not named:- you may kick me by meeting me back stage later.)
Cant name many who do a splendid job of the screen ( Aarti , Faisal ) support@mouthshut-inc.com ) Thanks for giving us such a wonderful platform.
Moving on to the next category of awards.
Technical Awards :
If it weren't for this , Mouthshut would be so bland. The first Point of contact between Members . A pleasure to present The 'Best Feature' Award - 'The Comments Section'. But slight change in this feature would be highly appreciated . If we are able to send a M2M directly to the member from this screen it would be a nice added advantage , instead of going again to the Profile Screen to send.
Nothing can be perfect in the world , & the same applies here to . Improvements are called upon in certain sections of Mouthshut. So a sad faced host now announces the 'This Needs Improvement' Award - M2M
Supposedly Pathetically slow & Its high time that we have a Multiple M2M Facility.
This is what Mouthshut is all about. Sharing news about its members, informing the members about upcoming & ongoing events & news about the site. Announcements of Contest Result. A One Point Information Center , 'The Best Section' Award: The community section
All this & more makes Mouthshut a fantastic site & I again repeat the most often used word to describe the site 'ADDICTIVE'. Plus the people you meet & interact with makes the feel the world is so small after all.
Japan se leke Russia , Australia se like America. People from across the globe access & use this site & still manages to keep their interest alive. Cos
This site is 'MADE IN INDIA'
And with that we come to the end of the gliterring awards ceremony Ladies & Gentleman , Thank you all for coming & making this a grand success.
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