I saw Maggie’s (her blog! ) comment on one of my blog posts and bam below it her words that I won Leibster award. Who in the blogging world doesn’t know about it? It is one of the most interesting awards because in here you are supposed to make a speech( talk a lot about yourself!) I find that damn difficult, lets talk about politics, religion books movies cricket, tennis… anything under the sun that doesn’t share my fingerprints or DNA and I am cool. I have the gift of the gab, I have been hearing this all my life. And then you turn around an ask me, “What is troubling you?” I am one Manmohan Singh (without the economics of course!)
Well to cut a long story short here it is my first Liebster award!!
Leibster award is used to highlight lesser known blogs, blogs that have less than 200 followers Leibster is a German word and it means kindest, dearest, beloved, cute and endearing. Thus one accepts it with the intention of paying it forward 🙂
And in accepting it you have to:
a. Post eleven things about yourself.
b.Answer eleven questions set by the nominator
c.Choose eleven deserving bloggers meeting the criteria
d. Set eleven questions for them
e. Inform the nominee by commenting on of their posts
You are not obliged to accept the award to send it forward. This is just a way to get a word out about new blogs that your followers may not know.
a. Post eleven things about you
1. I am a control freak (or so they say)
2. I got married when I was 25 only and I always tell my husband it was not my ideal age
3. I hate when people tell me what to do. I do exactly opposite
4. I chose mechanical branch and I am an automobile engineer (all by choice)
5. As much as I love John Mayer I love Jagjit Singh
6. I judge people who don’t read
7. I am too honest for people’s comfort (again so they say)
8. I am a self proclaimed narcissist
9. I am feminist who gets up at 6.30 in the morning (to cook breakfast and lunch and what not) and sleeps by 12 in the night (as she is busy writing then)
10. I believe there is nothing as rules in anything
11. I am an out and out Scorpio. And strangely enough this is the one thing that makes me happy 🙂
b. Answer questions.
1. What would your first book be called?
Ans: The Sakhi Chronicle. (manuscript in process)
2.Have you entered into a heated argument because someone disagrees with your post online/offline?
And: Lost count literally.
3.On scale of ten how would you rate your writing?
And: Ten (please refer to section (a) point 8)
4.What is your greatest addiction?
And: Honestly writing. I have done too many weird things only to extract time to write (perhaps a post to justify that)
5.What is the best thing that your blog has done for you?
Ans: Got me a kindle in a competition! Kidding 😀 given me space to write of course away from everything.
6.What is your process of writing?
Ans: Very very random. Sometimes when I write the first few lines I have no idea what is the story going to be about. But I always have a yardstick, to write something I can myself read atleast ten times and still want to go back to.
7.Have you won leibster previously? If you have how did it feel or how does it feel now?
And: No this is my first so particularly special 🙂 and yes it feels great. Its like someone placed me on the blogosphere map 😀 😀
8. Who was the first person who told you that you should write?
And: My mother. I was in class six and one of her friend’s daughter wrote a poem. Mum felt it was a great creation and asked me to try. My first poem was called “television” I wrote it that very night while everyone was sleeping. It got published in times of India. Still have the newspaper at home 🙂
9.What is your idea of a perfect day?
And: No office but of course! A day that begins with reading ends with writing and is mixed with some great music and movies. If there is a tennis or a cricket match I am up for it!
10.What is the inspiration for your blog’s name?
And: A big big harry potter fan and of course the word “philosopher” stuck in head. That’s it no rocket science involved.
11.Complete the sentence, “There is always something that makes me________”
Ans: There is always something that makes me want to pick up a pen and write. Story of my life.
c. Crowing the winners!!
1. https://mysay.in/ for his out of the world cartoons which made me try my hand too at this new side of blogging!
2.https://namrota.blogspot.in/ for her quirky posts and also her support in my own writing 🙂
3.https://kookydom.blogspot.in/ for his deep poetry and deep insights into emotions etched
4.https://matheikal.blogspot.in/ for always writing articles which resonate my own thinking 🙂
5.https://sakshinanda.blogspot.in/ for some of the most fresh and straight forward writing I have seen in recent times 🙂
6.https://thirstydesires.blogspot.in/ for his amazing 55ers (and of course his compliments on my stories- narcissist me :D)
7.https://jambudweepam.blogspot.in/ thought he is popular but I love his posts 🙂
8.https://evergreenleaf.blogspot.in/ and of course my friend Kislaya who has introduced me to her beautiful poetry and her superb understanding of my posts
9.https://www.miraarvind.blogspot.in/ because his optimism in posts is infectious but his sadder writings too give you a lot to think 🙂
10. https://parvkaushik.blogspot.in/ and though Maggie has also nominated him I will not let go of him on my post. Known him for almost seven years now (phew) this guy is the reason I am here 🙂 he is also the reason I am sane I believe 😀
d.Set eleven questions !
1. If given a chance what would you let go off your behavior and why?
2. An incident that changed your mind or life in some way
3. If not what you are today then who?
4. Would you say you can earn money without your degree and how?
5. Your favourite book and why?
6. What is the one thing you judge people on?
7. A quality that defines who you are
8. A person who means the most
9. Why blog?
10. Is this your first leibster? If yes then how do you feel if not who did you the first time?
11. What is it that you think about my writing (narcissism strikes!!)
e. Of course will inform all ten (need the answer to the eleventh question!)
Congrats Richa! And thanks for considering me worthy of the Liebster.
My apologies for not putting up a post. I have already received 2 this year (2 last year too) and posted for that. Two more were awarded and I was embarrassed to be putting up post after post about being awarded the Liebster. So, you will understand why I will not be posting on this either.
That is not to say that I am indifferent to being awarded the Liebster. It is a source of great happiness and pride to have impressed you enough for you to award me one. It is just that if I keep posting Liebster posts on my blog, my own readers – assuming that i do have a few – will probably start thinking me a crank 🙂
I totally get it and I know quite a few would return with these apologies.. as along as my appreciation is accepted 🙂
Wow! Congrats for Ur Leibster award!
Thank you Jahid 🙂
Congs . . . 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Dearest Richa, who better than you and Vikas are eligible for the award? When I say this I mean it ! I am not returning favours 🙂 Since I know you via Indi.. I never miss a day when I have not read you.Long way to go ! Big Congratulations !!
And I thank you a ton and more .. for considering a small time doodler important enough for the award.. I am too small in front of writers and poets .. in the list hence my happiness is also 10 folds … 😀 .. It feels good real good.. to be appreciated.
I love answering about myself and my thoughts hence any such award makes me blushing all the more 😀 .. I hope you wont mind if I take a little time to accept this honour as I have a Leib pending ! I want to accept both !
In fact yesterday i was thinking I should accept the pending leib and include your blog in my nomination list .. I was late 🙂
Thank you again !! and all my wishes to your wonderful blog .. full of life .. 🙂
Awwwiee thanks for telling me that you were going to award me too 🙂 so the appreciation is mutual 🙂
Congratulations, Richa! And than you for passing it on to me. You come across as exactly what the award stands for – endearing and cute.
If you had the slightest idea how happy you made me by thinking me deserving of this, you would treat yourself to a weekend in your favourite spa,a very huge mug of hot chocolate fudge, an unlimited supply of books delivered at your doorstep for free and a publisher knocking on your door for – May we print you, please? I can make some of these happen, if not all. Let’s bump into each other some time in life! Love. 🙂
Thank you sooo much Sakhshi.. I am imagining that publisher at doorstep by the way! And yes let’s of course bump into each other in life, I am sure it would be great fun!
I feel greatly honoured by this nomination, Richa. I must tell you how lazy I feel when think of having to write anything on being asked by somebody.
Part of your conditions may be met here:
https://matheikal.blogspot.in/2013/02/awards-and-their-joy.html
Thanks a lot.
I guess in future I might do the same 😀 😀
Hi, m havng bf n typng wid my left hand on my ipad (my priced scalp that i extracted from blogosphere, as they cal it know). So, i wud cum back later to ink down answers to those 11 questions, rather 10 questions, since u already hv a fair inkling of my answer to the 11th one.
Oh, and congrats for ur leibster. U deserve many more awards. And i wud surely be buying ur book (and make u buy mine. :P).
Oh, and thanks for awarding me. But i wud appreciate if ppl recognize my short stories too, instead of looking at me as jst a guy who writes 55ers. 🙁
By the way, wen i came across ur blog that day, i knew u mst hv had some association with potter. But u certainly cant be a bigger fan than i am. Check my page ‘harry potter flows in my blood’ on fb. U can get the link on my blog (top , right hand corner) .
PS- when i said bf, i meant breakfast. And not what ur diabolical mind may hv conceived. So, dnt run away with any ideas. :p
I love the whole bf thing I swear I got stumped 😛 and I would definitely now make your stories popular 🙂
Hello, as promised, I am back (unlucky for you, you are going to see a lot of me these days)
Here are my answers: (I am too lazy to make a blogpost of this, so posting them here):
1. If given a chance what would you let go off your behavior and why?
Ans: Na, I think I am perfect ^_^
(Ya me too, a narcissist.)
2. An incident that changed your mind or life in some way
Ans- Ya, Harry Potter did. It gave me a reason to live when I was going through a phase of depression.
3. If not what you are today then who?
Ans- Umm….thats a difficult question….I am quite unaware of that myself
4. Would you say you can earn money without your degree and how?
Ans- Of course, my degree is pretty redundant you see. I graduated in commerce and tried doing CA, but left it for i wasn’t enjoying it. I earn my bread, butter and roti through writing.
5. Your favourite book and why?
Ans- As a single novel, it would be ‘War and Peace’. You see, I am a sucker for classics, and this is the best classic I have run through.
In terms of series, HP gets my vote. I have read it multiple times. I keep going back to it every few months. Like Luna had said, things which we lose have a way of coming back to us 🙂
However, my fav author is Agatha Christie. Her Hercule Poirot series is too good. Sherlock Holmes series is also close to my heart and gets into the top 5 easily. And I love Edgar Allan Poe.
6. What is the one thing you judge people on?
Ans- The kind of books they read
7. A quality that defines who you are
Ans- Open to changes
8. A person who means the most
Ans- My mom, dad, masi
9. Why blog?
Ans- Oh, just like that. To socialize, to vent my thoughts, to learn, to experiment, to get creative satisfaction
10. Is this your first leibster? If yes then how do you feel if not who did you the first time?
Ans- No, it will be number 7 (the magical number. Told you, I am a sucker for Potter)
11. What is it that you think about my writing (narcissism strikes!!)
Ans- I haven’t read much. I intend to. You had me with ‘Maya’ ^_^
Okay I like it! I wud have preferred a blogpost but then yes this is also pretty good. I also judge people on books they read and so far you havent said chetan bhagat and so you passed with flying colours 😀 the harry potter stuff of course is damn good. I keep ebooks in kindle of all seven so that can go back to them while travelling (craziness yes!) and well welcome to the narcissist gang then 🙂
thanks for taking out time to write all me touched 🙂
Argh, kindle!!
I hate the concept of e-reading. I will buy your hard copy, and make sure that you buy my hard copies only. In fact, i dnt intend to release an e-book .
No probs, that was fun. See you in some other post…either here, or at my place :))
Hey Richa.. Congratulations girl.. you surely deserve it and many more. Gosh you are Potter fan.. so am I. I am so into Potter-ism 😉
And Thank you for awarding me the Lieb.
Though, you will have to give me a few day’s time to answer the Qs… I have another Lieb pending. :/
so, will do it together if you don’t mind.
P.S. I am eagerly waiting for “The Sakhi Chronicle” 😉
xoxo
hehe so the pottermania connects many 😀 and yes even I m waiting for sakhi chronicle patiently ….
Hi Richa.. finally I am done with the Q&A .. it was fun 😀
Here are my answers and more: https://namrota.blogspot.in/2013/05/liebster-love.html
it was more fun reading them 🙂
Hey dear, a big and hearty congratulations to you, you surely deserve it..and more would come your way surely, see when you write ‘THE SAKHI CHRONICLE’, im sure its gonna be hit one, coz you write so well and with such in-depth analysis.
It was really good to know about you, and im glad that when I told you to turn off the captcha code you complied, I am so thankful, you didnt do the opposite…he he.:p 🙂
And thanx for considering me for the award… I ve already written a blog post about liebster and in that I ll add up the questions you have asked, and reply to it soon.
Keep writing and keep flourishing! 🙂
And please sometime do post your first poem- television, would love to read it 🙂
thank you sooo much Kislaya and that poem is very kiddish in front of your out of the world creations 😀 😀 but well I will do it someday only for you 🙂
Hearty congratulations!! 😀
thanks a lot anil 🙂
Congrats on your award Richa. Even though I have seen the words “Leibster Award” before, but seriously telling, I had no idea about what this was for. 😛
well well now you know 🙂
Awesome Blog post. (As usual). Your post is making me realise the 400 million things I could have written about, and the ridiculous things I went with.(Thoda complex feel ho raha hai) LOL Your post has “heart”. Love it. And thanks for accepting.
Awww such kind words maggie its damn good. Now all I expect of you is to not stop writing you get it?
Thanks Richa for nominating me for the ‘L’ award. Thanks also for your nice words about my blog. But then, since I’m hopelessly an indolent creature, I don’t have any flair for getting any award. I apologize for being so frigid. Please accept my hearty congratulations for your getting the ward. Honestly, you deserve it and much more.
thanks a lot easwar and I totally get it 🙂
Hopped over from Maggie’s… enjoyed reading your answers.
Really surprised that we didn’t meet before! Anyway, better late than never 🙂
Have a great weekend!
hey hello!! thank you soo much for dropping by 🙂 and now we know so thats how it is. Thanks to leibster we get to meet right? anyway as you say “better late than never” 😀
Congrats Richa 🙂 Long way to go