Blog-a-Ton

B-A-T 24 - Blog-a-Ton is Back ! Let us discuss the topic..

2012-01-28T17:30:00.000+05:30

DATE FOR BLOG-A-TON 24 : FEBRUARY 11, 2012
TOPIC DECLARATION : FEBRUARY 4, 2012

Dear Friends… Blog-a-Ton is Back! Welcome to the 24th edition of Blog-a-Ton. Officially, Forty Two Blog-a-tonics participated in the last Edition, thank you so much :-). Now we are looking forward for a great support from your end to make this edition a successful one as it is a comeback edition. I, Someone is Special (Co-Marshal of BAT) will be hosting this edition. Without much delay I once again welcome you to decide the topic to write!...

TOPIC SUGGESTION CLOSES BY 03-FEB-2012 23:59 IST

Please go through the following rules before suggesting or voting

Each member can suggest only one topic.
The topic should be general in scope, so that more and more Blog-a-Tonics can participate.
If you like any suggestion, VOTE for it (by giving the name of the person who has suggested it) rather than giving a new suggestion.
In case you have already suggested an topic but find some subsequent suggestion better than yours, you are allowed to vote for it. But this can be done only once.
Rather than criticizing the suggestions made by others, kindly give better suggestions.
Give your suggestions and votes in the comments section of this post.
PS: I retain the right to discard any suggestion in case if it is found inappropriate.
Do not embolden your comment using HTML bold tag.
Please keep these points in mind to make my job easier.

A Thought: Why to write for a single theme? Why not opposites? Ex: Fire & Freeze, Tear & Joy or any, think and suggest an inspiring topic to write PS: Feb 14th - Valentines Day :-)

Encourage your fellow bloggers to participate in this edition. You can share this post on your various social networking profiles through the ShareThis widget present at the bottom of this post.

Hoping to receive many inspiring suggestions...
Poetically,
Blog-a-Ton Co-Marshal - Someone is Special

‘BAT’ing For …..

2011-09-10T22:00:00.002+05:30

It was in September 2009, that I came across Blog a Ton (BAT). I am a member of IndiBlogger and I came across the information of BAT through IndiVine. The first BAT was conducted in August and the second one was announced. I decided to participate in BAT.

For me participating in BAT was indeed a challenge in many ways.

First, I was very new to blog-world. I was blogging about a year. None of my friends or people around me read any other blog; leave writing one. But my friends and colleagues at workplace read whatever I wrote and encouraged me to write more about my experiences. So, my blog was a sort of ‘family affair’. I was not sure whether my blog would appeal to ‘outsiders’ – meaning those who do not know me personally.

Secondly, those of who read my blog beyond BAT entries (I hope some at least read it) know that my blog is mostly narrations of my experiences. I don’t write scholarly articles; neither do I write movie or book reviews; nor poetry. My writing range is indeed limited. So, whether I would be able to write on different topics and satisfy the unknown readers was a question to me.

Third, I have always believed in freedom of writers. My blog should be a place where I have complete freedom about what to write, when to write, how to write, and whether to write it or not. Accepting BAT terms was little contradictory to these values. I mean I was still free to ‘not to write’ and I could still choose the form of expression. But the topic of BAT though decided in democratic manner – was not always of my choice. It was like writing according to someone else’s command.

Fourth – my travel schedule did not allow me the luxury of 24X7 connectivity. It was not necessary that on every first Saturday (that was the initial regular schedule of BAT) I could post for BAT. But here the Marshal came with support. On many occasions I have scheduled my post and requested Vipul, the Marshal to publish the link on the BAT date – and he always did it.

Fifth: I am actually not a competitive person. If you are reading my blog regularly, you know that I do not participate in any kind of competitions – that does not mean I doubt intention of those who participate in various blogging competitions. I am not cut for it – that is all.

In spite of all these obstacles, I have till date participated in as many as 18 BATs. My blog has ‘Blog a Ton’ as one of the labels and it shows 19 posts – but the post RETURN, though written for BAT, could not be published due to technical reasons.

Honestly speaking, I have never felt competition in BAT – though it has clear voting (now cheers) guidelines and deadlines and clear winners. I have almost always read all the BAT entries and I am sure most of the ‘BAT’ers do it. For me the most creative aspect of human thinking is brought to the forefront through BAT. It amazes me every time I BAT to see how a single word creates so many different ideas, so many different perspectives, so many different forms, so many different expressions, and so many different feelings. The whole canvas of writing opens to you, you get to know a range of experiences. That is the reason I love BAT.

BAT balances discipline and freedom – you need to post during a timeline on a particular topic but you are free to choose the form, the tone, the presentation etc. As my blog is mostly about sharing experiences, after couple of BATs I started to feel the bondage. Then I came up with an idea. I had always wanted to write short story but had never explored it. BAT gave me an opportunity to work in this direction. Though my short stories are always long enough, I have enjoyed writing those stories. The whole gamut of experiences could be woven together through story. And then for me BAT became a Story Writing Challenge. Except for four posts - Teachers Aaja Kal, The Indian Dream, If I were a Baby Again and Pencil Pull, - I have always written stories. It is because of BAT, that I started writing a story. Good or Bad – does not matter!

Through BAT I came across many new blogs and of course good ones and many virtual friends. I follow some of these blogs regularly. I interact with some of the bloggers whom I have never met. It is another matter that the old batch of ‘BAT’ers is disappearing – they must have valid reasons to make such a conscious choice. But nevertheless, the whole new batch of fellow bloggers comes in. I enjoy the flow, I like the movement, I love reading new styles and new expressions. This flow of ‘BAT’ers does not allow me to take anyone for granted. That is great. It mirrors real life.

Like most of the writers I do enjoy appreciation and feel happy when readers take notice of my post. But somehow, I have never bothered about votes and cheers. Initially I thought of writing “Please do not vote” as a footnote to my BAT posts – but that would have sounded like a very egoist declaration. And anyways, I realized that very few people were actually voting for my post- so dropped that ridiculous idea.

I do not bother about votes for three reasons. One: I am grown up enough to have crossed these boundaries of success and failure. Two: somewhere within I know that I am not a great writer as yet. I have a long way to go. Three: I trust ‘BAT’ers for their fairness. I am sure if they like my post the best, they will cheer for me, if they don’t they won’t. If I don’t get cheers means I still need to excel my performance. The credit goes to all ‘BAT’ers who have maintained this ‘fair play’ rule intact – voluntarily.

For me, BAT is more of ‘support group’ rather than a competition. We all strive together to excel. We all work hard to express. We all long to reach out, but more than that we all long to search within. The beauty of BAT is: it is more like a long distance running and not sprint. Here we run together, draw energy and inspiration from each other, encourage each other. In the end, only one or two are going to be winners, but there is always a joy that “I tried my best once again.”

So, even after 18 innings, I am not tired. I would love to keep ‘BAT’ing – for the joy it gives, for the horizons it widens, for the challenge it brings, for the variety it presents and for the fun it assures.

Aativas

Fooled by Randomness

2011-09-01T08:00:00.003+05:30

Blog-a-ton has played a pivotal role in the chaotic evolution of my blog. I started my blog in 2008 as a social/political/philosophical blog. But after a couple of posts, I got stuck and realized that was not the way to go. So moved on to humor and that was an instant hit with Desi Pundit showcasing my Bride Hunt series. But then there is a limit to the number of humorous incidents in one’s life. So slowly the number of posts started dwindling and posts totally stopped after I was kicked out of my job. You can’t sit at home and write funny posts when you are unemployed, eh? I returned to blogging a few months later but by then all my regular readers had left me. I found myself unable to recreate the magic of the Bride Hunt series. I then tried reviews of books and movies. But my reviews found hardly any takers and I was not motivated to write any more of them. So my blog was suffering an existential crisis when I came across a post from our Marshal on Indiblogger about Blog-a-ton.

In hope of reviving my Blogging fortunes, I threw my hat into the ring in Feb 2010. The topic of my first Blog-a-Ton was ‘What-if’. I got so many ideas but I was tongue tied or should I say finger tied? I had never written for a prompt before. So I ended up not participating and decided that Blog-a-ton would not work for me. Then a month later, one Sunday I was feeling bored. Generally surfing randomly I meandered into the Blog-a-ton page. And it was the Blog-a-ton day. The topic was ‘Time Travel’. Somehow this topic lit some lamp inside my head. Within the next couple of hours; my first Blog-a-ton post was up.

That evening when I logged on to my computer, I was pleasantly surprised to see 6 comments on my Blog post. I was so excited I replied to the comments and then read their posts and then went on to read all the other posts. Overall the post got 38 comments, just 2 short of the Bride Hunt series and also 2 people – Mahesh Kallal and Vivek Nanda had voted mine as the best post. In those days participants were allowed only one vote per head. So getting 2 votes was a real big thing.

By reading the entries, I realized lot of Bloggers write short stories on their blog. I particularly liked 3 bloggers – Karthik, Vibuthi and Harsha. I started visiting their blogs regularly and came across an online story writing contest conducted by a website called IndiMag from their blogs. That’s when I wrote my first two proper stories – ‘The Lonely Bus Stand’ and ‘Mohiniattam’. My stories were well appreciated and I made lot of good friends on IndiMag. I had now entered the fascinating world of short stories.

Soon it was time for the next Blog-a-ton. I started thinking about my post even before the topic was announced going by the topic trends. And interestingly the topic turned out to be my own blog name ‘Fool’. I came up with one of my best works, a poem called ‘The Fool’ written in Victorian style. But to my disappointment there were very few comments. Those that were, were lackluster and I got 0 votes. So I decided to keep away from poems and this postponed my entry into the world of poetry by one year. I still wonder why it bombed so badly, though even now looking back I find it to be one of my best works.

By the time of next Blog-a-Ton, things were going bad in my personal life and I wrote a dark story for the topic ’Escape’ keeping with my mood. This was one of the best Blog-a-tons with lot of participation. I was happy to get 3 votes but I was not sure if many understood my story. It was a bit complex and blog readers generally have too low attention span. During this period, a few of the participants in the Indi Mag story writing contest came up with the idea of jointly publishing a book of short stories and invited me to join. I was very excited by the prospect. But sadly after a few days, the idea died a natural death.

But it was again Blog-a-ton time soon. This time the topic was ‘Hidden’. I managed a para normal thriller that was well appreciated. I wanted to build up the story into a novella. So I followed up with sequels the next two Blog-a-ton for topics ‘Wish’ and 'Return’. During this time I also came across another Forum called Ginger Café. Here I got to participate in an innovative team blogging contest called BPL (‘Bloggers premier league’). Though my team stood first in the first round, we got eliminated in the second round.

At this time I had to change jobs and my mother’s health began to deteriorate seriously. So my blogging began to dwindle again. I just participated in one more Blog-a-ton, where a picture was a prompt instead of a word for the first time. I wrote my first 55 Fiction. Around November 2010, my blogging came to a grinding halt. IndiMag had shut shop. Nothing much was going on in Ginger Café. And that was when Marshal announced that Blog-a-ton was also shutting down. I was so disappointed. I had missed my chance to become a veteran and to win Blog-a-ton. That was it. I decided to throw down the towel and wind up my blog.

By March 2011, the itch to write was catching up with me again. I had been through tumultuous times in personal life and was looking for some means to de-stress. Something told me that Blog-a-ton maybe up again and I decided to check it out. And guess what! Season 2 of Blog-a-ton was indeed starting. I was back to Blog-a-ton and blogging with ‘Change’. Seeing the quality of other posts that Blog-a-ton, I felt I might win at least a bronze that time. But instead I landed up with 0 votes again. But this time I started writing for other prompts as well and one of my stories ‘Space in her heart’ was selected as a Tangy Tuesday pick by Blog Adda. From there, there was no looking back.

I continued my Blog-a-ton participation as well. Soon I was on the way to become a veteran. Only regret was I was becoming a veteran without getting even a bronze. But somehow my mail to Vipul mentioning I had finished 10 posts got missed out and I was not declared as a veteran on my 10^th post, where yet again I got 0 votes. But now seems like it happened for good. Now in my 12^th attempt, I have at last conquered the Blog-a-ton Gold. So I become a veteran with a BATON gold in my kitty. Thanks to all those who voted for me to make this possible. I also thank aativas and SIS who served as an inspiration to me by winning their gold in their 18^th and 11^th posts respectively, showing that it is possible to go 10 posts without a win and still come back and win. And of course a big thanks to Vipul for creating this wonderful platform and Sid, Leo and SIS for reviving it. Thanks also to all those who have voted for my past posts and commented on my posts for helping keep my passion for writing alive. Last but not the least; I would like to thank all those people who have posted wonderful posts that have inspired my writing.

I wonder if anyone has got till here. If you have, thanks to you as well for reading patiently. My journey as a Blogger has been so intertwined with Blog-a-ton that I could not resist putting up a lengthy Oliver Twist kind of post, starting with how my blog was born and all that.

B-A-T 23 ~ Winners at the cost of 'FREE'

2011-08-22T06:32:00.001+05:30

Forty Two entered the contest, forty was eligible for voting, twenty voted, and two winners emerged (Gold & Silver). Almost everyone registered a single vote under their name. Keep rocking Blog-a-Tonics.

The results of Blog-a-Ton 23, here is the list of participants and the cheers they garnered;

Click on image to view larger and clearer

As evident, here are the two Blog-a-Tonics of the Month. Just Click on their names to read their respective entries. PS: Since CRD & Vipul have garnered four votes each, I have decided to ignore the bronze medal.

(It's Vipul here - Being the Marshal, I don't mind forgoing the award as CRD really deserves it. So Bronze BATOM goes to him)

28 participants have garnered at least one cheer under their name. :-) Rock on Blog-a-Tonics :-)

GOLD BATOM	SILVER BATOM	BRONZE BATOM

The Fool	Sunjoo Krishna	CRD

Congratulations to the winners, and also to CRD & Vipul. PS: I was in a dilemma whether to consider The Fool's vote (Voted under Rules and Reminder) but still I consider to decide the winners.

You all can also read the voting comments now. Just click here to find who all voted for you or liked your entry and what they had to say about it!

Stay tuned for BAT 24 which is set to begin soon. If any of the Veterans are interested to host this edition then please drop a mail to marshal@blogaton.in, cc pendownmythought@gmail.com & leonnyes@gmail.com. Please let us know before 25th of this month.

A Reminder - Have your number of participations reached 10??? Then you are eligible to be included into the List of Veteran Blog-a-Tonics. Just drop a mail to "marhsal@blogaton.in" with the links to all your posts (or simply label all your BAT entries and send Marshal that single link).

Yours, Blog-a-Ton Co-Marshal, Someone is Special

Feel 'Free' to vote for your B-A-T 23 favorites !

2011-08-16T09:00:00.000+05:30

Voting ends at 23:59 hrs (IST) on August 21, 2011. Remember, that means time stamp of your comment can be at most 23:59 and not 00:00. Voting extended till midnight. Results will be published before 08:00 IST August 22, 2011.

We had forty-one blog-a-tonics enter this time's Blog-a-Ton. Out of which 40 are eligible for voting. So feel free to vote for your B-A-T 23 Favorites. PS: VOTING ENDS ON Sunday, 21.08.2011 at 23:59 IST.

Click here to check the fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this Blog-a-Ton along with the direct links to their posts.

Three-Cheers for all the 41 Blog-a-Tonics. This is the first time we have more than 40 pariticipation entries in Blog-a-Ton Season 2.

Please follow the following rules while voting.

1. ONLY THOSE BLOG-A-TONICS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VOTING (i.e., Contesting for votes and voting for others) WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT WITHIN THE STIPULATED TIME.

2. You can cast upto 3 votes or cheers as we call them, and of course you can not vote for yourself. In short, you are allowed to vote for one, two or three entries. All your votes will carry the same weightage. 3. Your Voting Comment should start as follows:

Eg: I participated - Someone is Special - Free.. Are We?

I vote for - 1. XYZ; his/her post = XYZ-TITLE 2. DEF; his/her post = DEF-TITLE 3. PQR; his/her post = PQR-TITLE

Code:

I participated - <a href="YOUR POST LINK">YOUR POST LINK</a>

I vote for - 1. NAME OF THE FIRST BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a> 2. NAME OF THE SECOND BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a> 3. NAME OF THE THIRD BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>

There is some specific logic behind the above code. So please fill the parameters highlighted in red as mentioned in the code only.

Remove the extra code in case you are voting for less than three entries.

3. While voting for a Blog-a-Tonic, use his/her name as provided by him/her in his/her participation entry and not his/her profile name.

4. Post your vote in the comments section of this post.

5. All your votes should be posted in a single comment. So, take your time - go through all posts - only then decide your one or two or three winning entries. In case you vote separately, only the first comment will be taken into consideration.

Now coming to the other rules:

Voting ends at 08:00PM (IST) on SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 2011.
I have started moderating the comments and won’t display the voting comments till the end of this process to keep the result secret till its conclusion.
After the voting code mentioned above, you may also add the reason, why you voted for a particular post to help others know what you expect as a reader. Moreover, you may also mention the other posts that you liked though you can vote for just one of them.

The Votes will be discarded without any prior warning in case they are not sufficiently compatible with the rules. A Reminder - Have your number of participations reached 10??? Then you are eligible to be included into the List of Veteran Blog-a-Tonics. Just drop a mail to "marhsal@blogaton.in" with the links to all your posts (or simply label all your BAT entries and send Marshal that single link).Remember, the time stamp of your comment can be at most 23:59 on August 21 and not 00:00 on August 22.

Yours, Blog-a-Ton Co-Marshal, Someone is Special

Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-Ton 23

2011-08-14T14:11:00.010+05:30

Publish the post on 15th August, 2011 anytime between 0000 hrs and 2359 hrs (IST)!

Date for Blog-a-Ton : 15th August, 2011

As you already know, the topic for Blog-a-Ton 23 has been finalised as:

FREE

Please follow these rules while publishing your post and thereafter:

As this is a special edition, you are FREE to give any title to your entry but the theme should be FREE.

The post should start with this code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:

<div style="text-align: justify;">
<blockquote>
This post has been published by me as a part of the <b>Blog-a-Ton 23</b>; the twenty-third edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <a href="http://blogaton.in/"><b>Blog-a-Ton</b></a>. The theme for this month is FREE.
</blockquote>
</div>

The post should end with the following code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:

<div style="text-align: justify;">
<blockquote>
The <b>fellow Blog-a-Tonics</b> who took part in this Blog-a-Ton and links to their respective <b>posts</b> can be checked <a href="http://blogaton.in/2011/08/rules-and-reminder-for-blog-ton-23.html#comments"><b>here</b></a>. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <b><a href="http://blogaton.in/">Blog-a-Ton</a>. Happy Independence Day!</b></blockquote>
</div>

Publish the post on 15th August, 2011 anytime between 0000 hrs and 2359 hrs (Indian Standard Time)

After publishing it, do not forget to leave the link in the comments section of this post.

Use the following code to provide direct link to your post.

<a href="ADDRESS OF YOUR POST">YOUR NAME - YOUR TITLE</a>

It will look like this: Someone is Special - TITLE and will link to your post.

Please follow this rule to ensure easy navigability to your post.

Use your complete name to prevent any confusion and mix up with other bloggers.
Remember, you can not post more than ONE entry.

In case you post your link after the stipulated time, then your submission will not be considered for voting.

Return between 16th August and 21st August to vote for your favourite post. A separate notification for the same will be posted upon the conclusion of the event. So do not vote till then. Till then just enjoy reading the various entries, keeping in mind your favourite ones.

DO NOT USE THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. If there are any queries, ask them in the comments section of previous post.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

Looking forward to some great posts

Blog-a-Tonically Yours
Someone is Special

Let us go 'FREE'

2011-08-06T23:26:00.000+05:30

Date for Blog-a-Ton 23 : AUGUST 15, 2011

On the basis of the voting over last week, we have narrowed down the topic for BAT 23.

Topic for Blog-a-Ton 23 : FREE

Thanks a lot to Vinay of I Rhyme Without Reason for making this inspiring suggestion.

SOME RULES

You can submit ONLY ONE POST for this event irrespective of the number of blogs you maintain.
As this is a special edition, you are FREE to give any title to your entry but the theme should be FREE.
You must justify this theme with a complementary post. To make things easier, you have the freedom to treat it the way you want. Its upto you; which genre of writing you choose, i.e. simple essay-type, article, dialogue, short story (even 55 Fiction for that matter), poem or whatever you feel like.
Moreover, its upto you; which mood or tone you choose to set it in, i.e. serious, witty, humor, optimistic or whatever that comes to you naturally.
If you are having a cartoon blog, photo blog, painting blog etc, even you can participate with your piece of art complementing this theme.
You have the freedom to choose the language of communication. However, we'll suggest you to write in English to put across your views to the maximum members which will also help you when its the time to vote for the BATOM.
Other rules regarding the posting will be conveyed to you later. So kindly wait for that notification on next Sunday rather than putting up queries right now. If the queries are regarding general pattern of the event, please go through the posts about previous events.

So, you all have ample time to write it, but you'll have to wait till AUGUST 15th to post it finally on your blog along with everyone else.

Please write your posts on time ( AUGUST 15th ~ 00:00:00 – 23:59:59 IST ) as the late entries will not be allowed to participate in the voting round (though the links will be added to the participants list).

Encourage your fellow bloggers to participate in this edition. You can share this post on your various social networking profiles through the ShareThis widget present at the bottom of this post.

...HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY...

B-A-T 23 Let us discuss the topic..

2011-07-30T22:10:00.010+05:30

DATE FOR BLOG-A-TON 23 : AUGUST 15, 2011
TOPIC DECLARATION : AUGUST 7, 2011

Hi friends… Welcome to the 23rd edition of Blog-a-Ton. Officially, Twenty-four Blog-a-tonics participated in the last Edition, thank you so much :-). Now we are looking forward for a great support from your end to make this edition a memorable one as it is a special edtion (August 15th ~ Independence Day & August 7th ~ Friendship Day). I, Someone is Special (Co-Marshal of BAT) will be hosting this edition. Without much delay I once again welcome you to decide the topic to write!...

FREE	LEO, PRIYANKA, HAMZA, SUNJOO, VIKRAM, AASHISH, DEBOSMITA, MENACHERY, VIV_ANDYA, SUNIL DEEPAK, SRIKANTH, RAKSHA RAMAN
SACRIFICE	SUNIL,MAHESH, KETAN, AATIVAS
VIRTUAL FRIEND	ANIMESH, SUKANYA, SHARIKA, RANI, BRAJMOHAN KUMAR
THE MORNING THAT WAS	SHILPA

TOPIC SUGGESTION CLOSES BY 06-08-2011 22:00 IST

Please go through the following rules before suggesting or voting

Each member can suggest only one topic.
The topic should be general in scope, so that more and more Blog-a-Tonics can participate.
If you like any suggestion, VOTE for it (by giving the name of the person who has suggested it) rather than giving a new suggestion.
In case you have already suggested an topic but find some subsequent suggestion better than yours, you are allowed to vote for it. But this can be done only once.
Rather than criticizing the suggestions made by others, kindly give better suggestions.
Give your suggestions and votes in the comments section of this post.
PS: I retain the right to discard any suggestion in case if it is found inappropriate.
Do not embolden your comment using HTML bold tag.
Please keep these points in mind to make my job easier.

Encourage your fellow bloggers to participate in this edition. You can share this post on your various social networking profiles through the ShareThis widget present at the bottom of this post.

Hoping to receive many inspiring suggestions...
Yours Friendly,
Someone is Special

Blog-a-Ton 22nd Edition - The Winners Revealed...

2011-07-29T20:26:00.000+05:30

Twenty four entered, seventeen voted, and three clear winners emerged. I mean, we have a gold, a silver and a bronze winner this time. It was the closest voting we probably have had till now.

The results of Blog-a-Ton 22, here is the list of participants and the cheers they garnered;

Click on image to view larger and clearer

As evident, here are the three Blog-a-Tonics of the Month. Just Click on their names to read their respective entries.

GOLD BATOM	SILVER BATOM	BRONZE BATOM

Aativas	Vikram Pyati	Sadiya

Congratulations to the three winners, and also to Shilpa Nair, who was tying for Bronze till Pavil's last vote which made the decision clearer. Pavil also got all three top posts right in his voting.

You all can also read the voting comments now. Just click here to find who all voted for you or liked your entry and what they had to say about it!

Stay tuned for BAT 23 which is set to begin real soon.

Signing off from here,
Leo

Time to vote for your BAT22 favorites..

2011-07-24T00:29:00.003+05:30

Voting ends at 20:00 hrs (IST) on July 29, 2011. Remember, that means time stamp of your comment can be at most 19:59 and not 20:00.

We had twenty four blog-a-tonics enter this time's Blog-a-Ton. The number has dwindled this time around. But still glad so many participated. All 24 are eligible for voting. Blog-a-tonics please note that the deadline for voting has been pushed forward this time. VOTING ENDS ON FRIDAY, 29.07.2011 at 08:00PM IST.

Click here to check the fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this Blog-a-Ton along with the direct links to their posts.

In this edition, 24 blog-a-tonics participated.

Please follow the following rules while voting.

1. ONLY THOSE BLOG-A-TONICS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VOTING (i.e., Contesting for votes and voting for others) WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT WITHIN THE STIPULATED TIME.

2. You can cast upto 3 votes or cheers as we call them, and of course you can not vote for yourself.
In short, you are allowed to vote for one, two or three entries. All your votes will carry the same weightage.

3. Your Voting Comment should start as follows:

Eg:

I participated - http://aashishsood.blogspot.com/2011/07/revenge.html

I vote for -
1. XYZ; his/her post = http://ABC/xyz.html
2. DEF; his/her post = http://LMN/def.html
3. PQR; his/her post = http://RST/pqr.html

Code:

I participated - <a href="YOUR POST LINK">YOUR POST LINK</a>

I vote for -
1. NAME OF THE FIRST BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>
2. NAME OF THE SECOND BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>
3. NAME OF THE THIRD BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>

There is some specific logic behind the above code. So please fill the parameters highlighted in red as mentioned in the code only.

Remove the extra code in case you are voting for less than three entries.

3. While voting for a Blog-a-Tonic, use his/her name as provided by him/her in his/her participation entry and not his/her profile name.

4. Post your vote in the comments section of this post.

5. All your votes should be posted in a single comment. So, take your time - go through all posts - only then decide your one or two or three favourites.
In case you vote separately, only the first comment will be taken into consideration.

Now coming to the other rules:

Voting ends at 08:00PM (IST) on FRIDAY, July 29, 2011.
I have started moderating the comments and won’t display the voting comments till the end of this process to keep the result secret till its conclusion.
After the voting code mentioned above, you may also add the reason, why you voted for a particular post to help others know what you expect as a reader. Moreover, you may also mention the other posts that you liked though you can vote for just one of them.

The Votes will be discarded without any prior warning in case they are not sufficiently compatible with the rules.

Remember, the time stamp of your comment can be at most 19:59 and not 20:00 on July 29.

Yours, the Marshal of July,
Leo

Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-Ton 22

2011-07-22T12:00:00.003+05:30

Publish the post on 23rd July, 2011 anytime between 0000 hrs and 2359 hrs (IST)!

Date for Blog-a-Ton : 23rd July, 2011

As you already know, the topic for Blog-a-Ton 22 has been finalised as:

REVENGE

Please follow these rules while publishing your post and thereafter:

The title of your post should be the topic itself; i.e. Revenge.
Please do not use any alternative title or your post link will be removed.

The post should start with this code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:

<div style="text-align: justify;">
<blockquote>
This post has been published by me as a part of the <b>Blog-a-Ton 22</b>; the twenty-second edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <a href="http://blogaton.in/"><b>Blog-a-Ton</b></a>.
</blockquote>
</div>

The post should end with the following code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:

<div style="text-align: justify;">
<blockquote>
The <b>fellow Blog-a-Tonics</b> who took part in this Blog-a-Ton and links to their respective <b>posts</b> can be checked <a href="http://blogaton.in/2011/07/rules-and-reminder-for-blog-ton-22.html#comments"><b>here</b></a>. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <b><a href="http://blogaton.in/">Blog-a-Ton</a></b>.</blockquote>
</div>

Publish the post on 23rd July, 2011 anytime between 0000 hrs and 2359 hrs (Indian Standard Time)

After publishing it, do not forget to leave the link in the comments section of this post.

Use the following code to provide direct link to your post.

<a href="ADDRESS OF YOUR POST">YOUR NAME - Revenge</a>

It will look like this: Vinay - Revenge and will link to your post.

Please follow this rule to ensure easy navigability to your post.

Use your complete name to prevent any confusion and mix up with other bloggers.
Remember, you can not post more than ONE entry.

In case you post your link after the stipulated time, then your submission will not be considered for voting.
From now on, I won't be entertaining any personal requests for the same whatever be the reason.

Return between 24th July and 31st July to vote for your favourite post. A separate notification for the same will be posted upon the conclusion of the event. So do not vote till then. Till then just enjoy reading the various entries, keeping in mind your favourite ones.

DO NOT USE THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. If there are any queries, ask them in the comments section of previous post.

Looking forward to some great posts

Blog-a-Tonically Yours
Leo
http://leonnyes.wordpress.com/

Time for some REVENGE?

2011-07-16T21:28:00.000+05:30

Date for Blog-a-Ton 22 : JULY 23, 2011

To the topic declaration; on the basis of the voting over last week, we have narrowed down to the topic for BAT 22.

Topic for Blog-a-Ton 22 : REVENGE

Aashish Sood gives us this time's Blog-a-ton theme! Other suggested themes didn't get as much backing as this one.

SOME RULES

You can submit ONLY ONE POST for this event irrespective of the number of blogs you maintain.
The title of your post should be Revenge.
You must justify this title with a complementary post. To make things easier, you have the freedom to treat it the way you want. Its upto you; which genre of writing you choose, i.e. simple essay-type, article, dialogue, short story (even 55 Fiction for that matter), poem or whatever you feel like.
Moreover, its upto you; which mood or tone you choose to set it in, i.e. serious, witty, humor, optimistic or whatever that comes to you naturally.
If you are having a cartoon blog, photo blog, painting blog etc, even you can participate with your piece of art complementing this title.
You have the freedom to choose the language of communication. However, we'll suggest you to write in English to put across your views to the maximum members which will also help you when its the time to vote for the BATOM.
Other rules regarding the posting will be conveyed to you later. So kindly wait for that notification on next Saturday rather than putting up queries right now. If the queries are regarding general pattern of the event, please go through the posts about previous events.

So, you all have ample time to write it, but you'll have to wait till July 23rd to post it finally along with everyone else.

Please write your posts on time as the late entries will not be allowed to participate in the voting round (though the links will be added to the participants list).

1 YEAR ON: MY HITS AND THE MISSES.

2011-07-07T17:52:00.002+05:30

TO TAKE PART IN THE TOPIC DISCUSSION FOR BAT 22 KINDLY CLICK HERE!!!

Continue reading our newly inducted Veteran Blogatonic's BAT XPeriences!!!

From “Hidden” to “The Other Day”, it been a journey of 10 participation's. Started with less than 50 followers and average of 3 responses per post, things were different in the Pre-Blog a Ton period.

1 Year On: and here are my Hits and Misses at BAT:

The Hits:

Fiction 55/ Acrostics: These are 2 forms of writing, i was unaware of, until BAT happened. Not only did i get to know about them, i but even managed to attempt them, on a few occasions.

Comments/ Followers: It will be too modest on my part, if i say, i write for self actualization only. From the time i started blogging, till date, Comments and Followers have been the greatest motivating factors. And must admit, BAT' allows you feast more generously on them.

Consistency: In last 1 year, that my blog has at-least 1 post a month, courtesy BATOMs. Whether i made other posts or not, BATOM ensured the discipline is not lost. Its been 4 years into blogging, and i would say, the last 1 year has been best on the consistency front.

The Misses:

Batom Medals: Well, its like the “Grapes are Sour” story. Ask me, and i have a dozen reasons for not making it, to Batom medals. Busy Schedule, Adhoc Posting, Time Constraints...and the list goes on. But the fact remains, this platform is laden with Ace Writers. Each time i read the winning posts, i realize, the gap that needs to be filled, to reach up there. Kudos to all seasoned writers, indeed a lot to learn from you all. Blessed to be a part of this forum.

The Meet: I was very new to this section, when your meet took place. If i recall it right, parallel meets were held in different cities. I really missed it, wish i could have been a part of the same. Hoping to make it next time :)

Signing off on that note. Wishing this concept of Marathon for Bloggers a great success.

Viyoma

Blog @ Vyo's World

Tweet @Archi_palego

B-a-T 22 - So, what's the topic? Let's discuss.

2011-07-07T07:34:00.000+05:30

DATE FOR BLOG-A-TON 22 : JULY 23 , 2011

TOPIC DECLARATION : JULY 16, 2011

Please go through the following rules before suggesting or voting

Each member can suggest only one topic.
The topic should be general in scope, so that more and more Blog-a-Tonics can participate.
If you like any suggestion, VOTE for it rather than giving a new suggestion.
If you like a suggested topic but don't like the wordings, still VOTE for it and alongside suggest a new title for it.
In case you have already suggested a topic but find some subsequent suggestion better than yours, you are allowed to vote for it. But this can be done only once.
Rather than criticising the suggestions made by others, kindly give better suggestions.
Give your suggestions and votes in the comments section of this post.
Do not embolden your comment using HTML bold tag.
Please keep these points in mind to make my job easier.

P.S. I retain the right to discard any suggestion in case I find it similar to some previous Topic of the Month or too narrow in scope.

Encourage your fellow bloggers to participate in this edition. You can share this post on your various social networking profiles through the ShareThis widget present at the bottom of this post.

So... Who won BAT 21?

2011-06-19T22:30:00.001+05:30

14 of the Blog-a-Tonics who entered this time came by to vote and help decide who would win the badge. The voting was very close, too close to call, and we've ended up having two winners this time.

So now coming straightaway to the results of BAT21, here is the list of participants and the cheers they garnered;

As evident, here are the two Blog-a-Tonics of the Month. Just Click on their names to read their respective entries.

GOLD BATOM	GOLD BATOM

Sureindran	D2

With as many as five Blog-a-Tonics coming on the silver place, it was not possible to select one for the badge, hence the decision not to award a silver badge. Congratulations to the five as well, for giving a fight till the last vote to the winning duo..

You all can also read the voting comments now. Just click here to find who all voted for you or liked your entry and what they had to say about it!

I Hope You All Had A Great BAT 21 XPerience!!!

Blog-a-Ton 21 - Vote for your favorites...

2011-06-12T12:26:00.001+05:30

Voting has been extended to 22:00 hrs (IST) on June 19, 2011. Remember, that means time stamp of your comment can be at most 21:59 and not 22:00.

Thirty three blog-a-tonics participated with us this time. Rachana, who linked at exactly midnight, and Enchanta, who had to correct her broken link and did it half an hour later, both are eligible to be voted for. If you have missed out the blockquotes at the start and end of your posts, or your timestamps are wrong, please correct the same before the week ends.

Click here to check the fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this Blog-a-Ton along with the direct links to their posts.

In this edition, 33 blog-a-tonics participated.

Please follow the following rules while voting.

1. ONLY THOSE BLOG-A-TONICS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VOTING (i.e., Contesting for votes and voting for others) WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT WITHIN THE STIPULATED TIME.

2. You can cast upto 3 votes or cheers as we call them, and of course you can not vote for yourself.
In short, you are allowed to vote for one, two or three entries. All your votes will carry the same weightage.

3. Your Voting Comment should start as follows:

I participated - http://leonnyes.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/the-other day/

I vote for -
1. XYZ; his/her post = http://ABC/xyz.html
2. DEF; his/her post = http://LMN/def.html
3. PQR; his/her post = http://RST/pqr.html

Code:

I participated - <a href="YOUR POST LINK">YOUR POST LINK</a>

I vote for -
1. NAME OF THE FIRST BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>
2. NAME OF THE SECOND BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>
3. NAME OF THE THIRD BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>

There is some specific logic behind the above code. So please fill the parameters highlighted in red as mentioned in the code only.

Remove the extra code in case you are voting for less than three entries.

3. While voting for a Blog-a-Tonic, use his/her name as provided by him/her in his/her participation entry and not his/her profile name.

4. Post your vote in the comments section of this post.

Now coming to the other rules:

Voting ends at 09:00PM (IST) on June 19, 2011.
I have started moderating the comments and won’t display the voting comments till the end of this process to keep the result secret till its conclusion.
After the voting code mentioned above, you may also add the reason, why you voted for a particular post to help others know what you expect as a reader. Moreover, you may also mention the other posts that you liked though you can vote for just one of them.

The Votes will be discarded without any prior warning in case they are not sufficiently compatible with the rules.

Remember, the time stamp of your comment can be at most 20:59 and not 21:00 on June 19. Voting has been extended to 22:00 on June 19th.

Yours, the Marshal of June,
Leo

Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-Ton 21

2011-06-10T07:18:00.000+05:30

Publish the post on 11th June, 2011 anytime between 0000 hrs and 2359 hrs (IST)!

Date for Blog-a-Ton : 11th June, 2011

As you already know, the topic for Blog-a-Ton 21 has been finalised as:

THE OTHER DAY

Please follow these rules while publishing your post and thereafter:

The title of your post should be the topic itself; i.e. The Other Day.
Please do not use any alternative title or your post link will be removed.

The post should start with this code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:

<div style="text-align: justify;">
<blockquote>
This post has been published by me as a part of the <b>Blog-a-Ton 21</b>; the twenty-first edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <a href="http://blogaton.in/"><b>Blog-a-Ton</b></a>.
</blockquote>
</div>

The post should end with the following code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:

<div style="text-align: justify;">
<blockquote>
The <b>fellow Blog-a-Tonics</b> who took part in this Blog-a-Ton and links to their respective <b>posts</b> can be checked <a href="http://blogaton.in/2011/06/rules-and-reminder-for-blog-ton-21.html#comments"><b>here</b></a>. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <b><a href="http://blogaton.in/">Blog-a-Ton</a></b>.</blockquote>
</div>

Publish the post on 11th June, 2011 anytime between 0000 hrs and 2359 hrs (Indian Standard Time)

After publishing it, do not forget to leave the link in the comments section of this post.

Use the following code to provide direct link to your post.

<a href="ADDRESS OF YOUR POST">YOUR NAME - The Other Day</a>

It will look like this: Vinay - The Other Day and will link to your post.

Please follow this rule to ensure easy navigability to your post.

Use your complete name to prevent any confusion and mix up with other bloggers.
Remember, you can not post more than ONE entry.

In case you post your link after the stipulated time, then your submission will not be considered for voting.
From now on, I won't be entertaining any personal requests for the same whatever be the reason.

Return between 12th June and 19th June to vote for your favourite post. A separate notification for the same will be posted upon the conclusion of the event. So do not vote till then. Till then just enjoy reading the various entries, keeping in mind your favourite ones.

DO NOT USE THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. If there are any queries, ask them in the comments section of previous post.

Looking forward to some great posts

Blog-a-Tonically Yours
Leo
http://leonnyes.wordpress.com/

What happened THE OTHER DAY?

2011-06-04T22:34:00.000+05:30

Date for Blog-a-Ton 21 : JUNE 11, 2011

To the topic declaration; on the basis of the voting over last week, we have narrowed down to the topic for BAT 21.

Topic for Blog-a-Ton 21 : THE OTHER DAY

Nethra gives us this time's Blog-a-ton theme! The Break Up, suggested by Rainmaker was the runner-up amongst the other topics that the Blog-a-Tonics suggested.

SOME RULES

You can submit ONLY ONE POST for this event irrespective of the number of blogs you maintain.
The title of your post should be The Other Day.
You must justify this title with a complementary post. To make things easier, you have the freedom to treat it the way you want. Its upto you; which genre of writing you choose, i.e. simple essay-type, article, dialogue, short story (even 55 Fiction for that matter), poem or whatever you feel like.
Moreover, its upto you; which mood or tone you choose to set it in, i.e. serious, witty, humor, optimistic or whatever that comes to you naturally.
If you are having a cartoon blog, photo blog, painting blog etc, even you can participate with your piece of art complementing this title.
You have the freedom to choose the language of communication. However, we'll suggest you to write in English to put across your views to the maximum members which will also help you when its the time to vote for the BATOM.
Other rules regarding the posting will be conveyed to you later. So kindly wait for that notification on next Saturday rather than putting up queries right now. If the queries are regarding general pattern of the event, please go through the posts about previous events.

So, you all have ample time to write it, but you'll have to wait till June 11th to post it finally along with everyone else.

Please write your posts on time as the late entries will not be allowed to participate in the voting round (though the links will be added to the participants list).

Blog-a-Ton 21 - Topic Discussion/Voting

2011-05-27T14:06:00.002+05:30

DATE FOR BLOG-A-TON 21 : JUNE 11, 2011

TOPIC DECLARATION : JUNE 4, 2011

Hello friends, I'm back as interim Marshal of this event again. Blog-a-Ton 21 will be on the second Saturday of June i.e. 11th June. So without further adieu, let us get to the discussion/voting for the topic...

Please go through the following rules before suggesting or voting

Each member can suggest only one topic.
The topic should be general in scope, so that more and more Blog-a-Tonics can participate.
If you like any suggestion, VOTE for it rather than giving a new suggestion.
If you like a suggested topic but don't like the wordings, still VOTE for it and alongside suggest a new title for it.
In case you have already suggested a topic but find some subsequent suggestion better than yours, you are allowed to vote for it. But this can be done only once.
Rather than criticising the suggestions made by others, kindly give better suggestions.
Give your suggestions and votes in the comments section of this post.
Do not embolden your comment using HTML bold tag.
Please keep these points in mind to make my job easier.

P.S. I retain the right to discard any suggestion in case I find it similar to some previous Topic of the Month or too narrow in scope.

Encourage your fellow bloggers to participate in this edition. You can share this post on your various social networking profiles through the ShareThis widget present at the bottom of this post.

And the winners of BAT 20 are....

2011-05-15T21:30:00.009+05:30

From 32 Entries this time, 15 of you came to vote for your favorite entries. The participation was the fewer than the last two season of Blog-a-Ton (Season 2), and I wish that in the next edition to be hosted by another Blog-a-Ton veteran, the number of entrants goes up.

Heartily Thanks to all those who did participate in Blog-a-Ton 20 and made this Veteran a Happy Man and to Vipul for providing me an opportunity to Marshal this month

The results of Blog-a-Ton 20, here is the list of participants and the cheers they garnered;

As evident, here are the three Blog-a-Tonics of the Month. Just Click on their names to read their respective entries.

GOLD BATOM	SILVER BATOM	BRONZE BATOM

Someone is Special	Leo (Vinay)	Shilpa Nair

Heartily Congratulations to the WINNERS, and also to Rachana, Ankit and Sadiya for giving Shilpa a run for the bronze badge. Special Thanks for Rachana and the critics for making my job easier. Also Special thanks to Uthra, The_Fool, Jamie Dedes, the critics for getting 2 out of 3 right

You all can also read the voting comments now. Just click here to find who all voted for you or liked your entry and what they had to say about it!

I Hope You All Had A Great BAT 20 XPerience!!!

Signing off from here...
Someone is Special
Blog-a-Ton Marshal -May

Its time to Vote for the entry worth winning

2011-05-08T10:25:00.000+05:30

Voting gets over at 20:00 hrs (IST) on May 15, 2011. Remember, that means time stamp of your comment can be at most 19:59 and not 20:00.

Thirty two blog-a-tonics sketched their imagination with us this time and will be considered for the voting as per the rules here at Blog-a-Ton. PS: As requested by Mahesh Kalaal his second post (Framed 55 Fiction - posted within the stipulated time) will be considered for the voting.

Click here to check the fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this Blog-a-Ton along with the direct links to their posts.

In this edition, 32 blog-a-tonics participated; and 32 entries are eligible-for-voting posts.

Please follow the following rules while voting.

1. ONLY THOSE BLOG-A-TONICS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VOTING (i.e., Contesting for votes and voting for others) WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT WITHIN THE STIPULATED TIME.

2. You can cast upto 3 votes or cheers as we call them, and of course you can not vote for yourself.
In short, you are allowed to vote for one, two or three entries. All your votes will carry the same weightage.

3. Your Voting Comment should start as follows:

I participated - Someone is Special ~ the pic became our... the home became our ... ~

I vote for -
1. XYZ; his/her post = http://ABC/xyz.html
2. DEF; his/her post = http://LMN/def.html
3. PQR; his/her post = http://RST/pqr.html

Code:

I participated - <a href="YOUR POST LINK">YOUR POST LINK</a>

I vote for -
1. NAME OF THE FIRST BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>
2. NAME OF THE SECOND BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>
3. NAME OF THE THIRD BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>

There is some specific logic behind the above code. So please fill the parameters highlighted in red as mentioned in the code only.

Remove the extra code in case you are voting for less than three entries.

3. While voting for a Blog-a-Tonic, use his/her name as provided by him/her in his/her participation entry and not his/her profile name.

4. Post your vote in the comments section of this post.

5. All your votes should be posted in a single comment. So, take your time - go through all posts - only then decide your one or two or three entries worth winning.

In case you vote separately, only the first comment will be taken into consideration.

Now coming to the other rules:

Voting ends at 08:00PM (IST) on May 15, 2011.
I have started moderating the comments and won’t display the voting comments till the end of this process to keep the result secret till its conclusion.
After the voting code mentioned above, you may also add the reason, why you voted for a particular post to help others know what you expect as a reader. Moreover, you may also mention the other posts that you liked though you can vote for just one of them.

The Votes will be discarded without any prior warning in case they are not sufficiently compatible with the rules

Request: Do consider the work of your fellow participants by encouraging them with your comments and vote for the post worth winning..

Remember, the time stamp of your comment can be at most 19:59 and not 20:00 on May 15.

Vote for the entries worth winning...
Someone is Special

Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-Ton 20

2011-05-06T18:50:00.003+05:30

Publish the post on May 7, 2011 anytime between 0000 hrs and 2359 hrs (IST)!

Date for Blog-a-Ton : May 7, 2011

The image for Blog-a-Ton 20 has been finalised as:

Window Rain Drops by Eric Alder
Courtesy - http://deviantart.com/

Please follow these rules while publishing your post and thereafter:

You can choose the title for your post as you wish.
This image should be an integral part of your post.

The post should start with this code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:

<div style="text-align: justify;">
<blockquote>
This post has been published by me as a part of the <b>Blog-a-Ton 20</b>; the twentieth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <a href="http://blogaton.in/"><b>Blog-a-Ton</b></a>.
</blockquote>
</div>

The post should end with the following code. It also contains the credits to creator of this image and hence, is very important to be displayed to prevent any copyright infringement. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:

<div style="text-align: justify;">
<blockquote>
The <b>fellow Blog-a-Tonics</b> who took part in this Blog-a-Ton and links to their respective <b>posts</b> can be checked <a href="http://www.blogaton.in/2011/05/rules-and-reminder-for-blog-ton-20.html"><b>here</b></a>. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <b><a href="http://blogaton.in/">Blog-a-Ton</a></b>.</blockquote>
</div>

<b>Credits </b>

Image - <i><a href="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/097/e/5/window_rain_drops_by_buddharocks-d3dewt3.jpg">Window Rain Drops</a></i> by <i><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689">Eric Alder</a></i>
Courtesy - <i><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/">www.deviantart.com</a></i> via <i><a href="http://www.blogaton.in/">www.blogaton.in</a></i></div>

Publish the post on May 7, 2011 anytime between 0000 hrs and 2359 hrs (Indian Standard Time)

After publishing it, do not forget to leave the link in the comments section of this post.

Use the following code to provide direct link to your post.

<a href="ADDRESS OF YOUR POST">YOUR NAME - Title of Your Post</a>

It will look like this: Someone is Special - XYZ and will link to your post.

Please follow this rule to ensure easy navigability to your post.

Use your complete name to prevent any confusion and mix up with other bloggers.
Remember, you can not post more than ONE entry.

In case you post your link after the stipulated time, then your submission will not be considered for voting.

Return between May 8th and May 14th to vote for your favourite post. A separate notification for the same will be posted upon the conclusion of the event. So do not vote till then. Till then just enjoy reading the various entries, keeping in mind your favourite ones.

DO NOT USE THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. If there are any queries, ask them in the comments section of previous post.

TIP
Spend considerable time in mulling over the title for your post. Remember, a catchy title might lead to more traffic to your blog. So do not waste this opportunity.

Encourage your fellow bloggers to participate in this edition. You can share this post on your various social networking profiles through the ShareThis widget present at the bottom of this post.

Looking forward to some great posts...
Someone is Special

The Image for BAT 20 is...

2011-04-30T12:00:00.001+05:30

DATE FOR BLOG-A-TON 20 : MAY 7, 2011

Hi friends… Based on the voting over last one week, we have narrowed down to this image for BAT 20....

IMAGE FOR BLOG-A-TON 20

Window Rain Drops by Eric Alder
Courtesy - http://deviantart.com/

Thanks a lot to Vinay of I Rhyme Without Reason for making this inspiring suggestion.

RULES

You can submit ONLY ONE POST for this event irrespective of the number of blogs you maintain.
You have to use this image in your post , get inspired by the image and justify its presence there with your words. You have the freedom to pen down a prose or poem. If it is a prose then it can be simple essay-type, article, dialogue, short story (even 55 Fiction for that matter), or if it is a poem then it can be a Free Style, Sonnet, Villanelle, Shadorma, or any form of poem (PS: The poem should be minimum of 5 lines) or whatever you feel like.
Moreover, its upto you; which mood or tone you choose to set it in, i.e. serious, witty, humour, optimistic or whatever that comes to you naturally.
Again, you have the freedom to choose the language of communication. However, we'll suggest you to write in English to put across your views to the maximum members which will also help you when its the time to vote for the BATOM.
You are free to give any title to your entry.
Other rules regarding the posting will be conveyed to you later. So kindly wait for that notification on next Friday rather than putting up queries right now. If the queries are regarding general pattern of the event, please go through the posts about previous events.

So, you all have ample time to write it but you'll have to wait till May 7, 2011 to post it on your blog finally along with everyone else.

Please write your posts on time (May 7 00:00:00 – 23:59:59 IST) as the late entries will not be allowed to participate in the voting round (though the links will be added to the participants list).

Encourage your fellow bloggers to participate in this edition. You can share this post on your various social networking profiles through the ShareThis widget present at the bottom of this post.

Someone is Special

Welcome Two New Veteran Blog-a-Tonics

2011-04-26T19:07:00.003+05:30

When I declared that Blog-a-Ton is going on a break, many hearts were broken as they felt they were too close to be inducted into the List of Veteran Blog-a-Tonics. Though the recent participations do not indicate the same enthusiasm as existed a year ago, for some bloggers Blog-a-Ton remains the favourite blogging event as communicated to me on innumerable times.

Hence, it gives me immense pleasure to induct two new Veteran Blog-a-Tonics to this coveted list who could reach the 10 BAT participation mark thanks to the existing Veterans who came forward to marshal this event in the last two months.

Moreover, one of this new inductee has already taken up the burden and initiated th BAT 20 just a few days back.

Click on their respective names to read all their BAT entries

	Someone is Special Debut = BAT 7 11/19 BATs MARSHAL OF THE MONTH, BAT 20
Amity Debut = BAT 10 10/19 BATs GOLD BATOM 15 GOLD BATOM 16

'Someone is Special' has already shared his Blog-a-Ton Experiences with all of us. Looking forward to Amity's experiences, our first non-Indian Veteran Blog-a-Tonic.

And now friends, head to the topic discussion for BAT 20.

Looking forward to a little more enthusiasm this BAT
Blog-a-Tonically Yours

Vipul Grover

! ~ Blog-A-Ton 20.. It's time to sketch our imagination ~ !

2011-04-22T19:00:00.007+05:30

DATE FOR BLOG-A-TON 20 : MAY 7, 2011
IMAGE DECLARATION : APRIL 30, 2011

Hi friends… Welcome to the 20th edition of Blog-a-Ton. Officially, Thirty-three Blog-a-tonics participated in the second edition of the Blog-a-Ton (Journey). Now we are looking forward for a great support from your end to make this journey a memorable one. Well this month, I, Someone is Special a.k.a SiS substituting as Marshal, Blog-a-Ton. This time we will have a small change in the format, yes we need an image to sketch our imagination, and as always, you are the ones who decide it! It's time for the image suggestion...

Suggestions:

RACHANA SHAKYAWAR VOTE - 1

VINAY RAVINDRANATH VOTE - 4

Gireesh VOTE - 1

Mohini Puranik

Alcina

Vysh

Please vote for existing suggestions..

Please go through the following rules before suggesting or voting

We have changed the format ONLY for this BAT.
In place of a topic, we will have a common image to write upon.
The participants will have to take inspiration from this image and write their posts.
Each member can suggest only one image.
The image should be inspiring enough so that more and more Blog-a-Tonics can participate.
While suggesting provide a direct link to the image.

Use <a href="IMAGE LINK">YOUR NAME</a> for providing the direct link.

Moreover, ensure that there are no copyright issues related to the image. You may also provide the source of the image below your suggestion.
If you like any suggestion, VOTE for it (by giving the name of the person who has suggested it) rather than giving a new suggestion.
In case you have already suggested an image but find some subsequent suggestion better than yours, you are allowed to vote for it. But this can be done only once.
Rather than criticizing the suggestions made by others, kindly give better suggestions.
Give your suggestions and votes in the comments section of this post.
PS: I retain the right to discard any suggestion in case if it is found inappropriate.
Do not embolden your comment using HTML bold tag.
Please keep these points in mind to make my job easier.

Encourage your fellow bloggers to participate in this edition. You can share this post on your various social networking profiles through the ShareThis widget present at the bottom of this post.

Hoping to receive many inspiring suggestions...
Blog-a-Tonically Yours,
Someone is Special

!~ Here is a Veteran Blog-a-Tonic ~!

2011-04-12T22:33:00.002+05:30

"Am I a Veteran now?", I can't believe it.. but I am... “How good is this Blogger Label feature?” I am sure it is more than 100% because it always reminds me of my Blog-a-Ton counts and it all started when I met this girl in my office, ‘Nethra’, of Otiose Opinions and I landed on Blog-a-Ton after reading her post, ‘Call it luck’.

I felt the platform was unique, and a place where talent would be highlighted, so I decide to pen down from the next edition. My first take for Blog-a-Ton was a story on “What if I was provided with a topic – What If?”, and Debosmita suggested the theme and I penned the same. The journey then experienced a mission on “Is there an End to the World?” By ‘Time Travelling’, and found a friend ‘Vinay a.ka Leo of I Rhyme Without Reason’.

I didn’t stop instead went in search of a ‘Hidden’ word for ‘FRIENDSHIP + LOVE + CARE’, though I couldn’t find the word I found two more wonderful friends, ‘Scribbling Girl of My Personal Journal’ and ‘adreamygal of Prompted to write’, I should say two gems.

After trying to find the ‘Hidden’ word, I wished to fulfil the wish of a girl and as well as wished to find new friends. In wishing so I found my first critic, 'Vibhuthi of Klishmaklaver', ‘bloggerdost' and my blogging Mom, 'Amity of Dreams Are My Reality', a wonderful wish I should say.

Wishes are sweet when they come true but 'Goodbye' was horrible as I dedicated this post to Neha (my friend Ajay’s Lover), though she is not alive today but she still lives in our heart. Not everyone can be Neha and Ajay, “True Love Never Dies” and Goodbye were never a full stop in case of Ajay and Neha. Also, found a gem, 'Rachana of Humming Today'.

When Goodbye was horrible, she awaited for his ‘Return’ in her womb because her love died in an accident. The return was just a hope but I am sure he did return. My garden of friendship was populated with many new friends with this ‘Return’.

When everything went like ‘sad, sad’, I wished to express my love for Country happily and kept my promise with my love as ‘My Country - My Love - My Promise’. Many reciprocated the Love as friendship and resulted in pearls adding to my treasure.

‘It’s time to celebrate the victory of love as ‘Celebrations’ as the couple celebrated their first diwali in a unique and special way, say a wonderful way as it was appreciated by my readers and I am sure I will do the same in my real life too.

Sweet celebrations mixed with 'mysteries', the coupled experienced a mystery as they met a mystery writer, and it remained as a mystery as none of my readers found it but I unleashed the mysteries of my readers as I got close to them and looked for a 'change', ‘how the world was twenty years before’.

More than the posts I wrote, I found many gems in this 'journey' and it has seen tears after the results of Celebrations, Mystery and Journey, after those moments, the journey of Blog-a-Ton now comes to an end with the journey of Sachin. Happy to be a Veteran...Love you guys a lot, thanks for the support you blessed me these days. Happy Man... Signing off from here...

And the winners of BAT19 are....

2011-04-10T21:37:00.000+05:30

From 34 Entries this time, 16 of you came to vote for your favorite entries. The participation was the same as the first edition of the second season, and I hope that in the next edition to be hosted by another Blog-a-Ton veteran, the number of entrants goes up.

Thanks to all those who did participate in Blog-a-Ton 19 and made my first time hosting this event very enjoyable with quality posts!

So now coming straightaway to the results of BAT19, here is the list of participants and the cheers they garnered;

As evident, here are the three Blog-a-Tonics of the Month. Just Click on their names to read their respective entries.

GOLD BATOM	SILVER BATOM	BRONZE BATOM

Vinay	D2	Shilpa Nair

Congratulations to the trio, and also to Enchanta and Muddassir for giving Shilpa a run for the bronze badge. Aativas had voted at the wrong post by mistake, I've considered this voting as well, since we've had fewer than half of the participants returning to cast votes.

You all can also read the voting comments now. Just click here to find who all voted for you or liked your entry and what they had to say about it!

I Hope You All Had A Great BAT 19 XPerience!!!

Till the next BAT,
Vinay (Leo)
Blog-a-Ton Marshal for April

Its Voting Time - Who had your favorite Journey?

2011-04-04T00:26:00.002+05:30

Voting gets over at 21:00 hrs (IST) on April 10, 2011. Remember, that means time stamp of your comment can be at most 20:59 and not 21:00.

Thirty four blog-a-tonics journeyed with us this time, one earlier than the stipulated date, and hence unable to be considered for the voting as per the stipulations here at Blog-a-Ton.

Click here to check the fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this Blog-a-Ton along with the direct links to their posts.

In this edition, 34 blog-a-tonics participated; 1 of them ahead of the stipulated time, 33 eligible-for-voting posts.

Please follow the following rules while voting.

1. ONLY THOSE BLOG-A-TONICS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VOTING (i.e., Contesting for votes and voting for others) WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT WITHIN THE STIPULATED TIME.

2. You can cast upto 3 votes or cheers as we call them, and of course you can not vote for yourself.
In short, you are allowed to vote for one, two or three entries. All your votes will carry the same weightage.

3. Your Voting Comment should start as follows:

I participated - http://leonnyes.wordpress.com/2011/04/03/the-journey/

I vote for -
1. XYZ; his/her post = http://ABC/xyz.html
2. DEF; his/her post = http://LMN/def.html
3. PQR; his/her post = http://RST/pqr.html

Code:

I participated - <a href="YOUR POST LINK">YOUR POST LINK</a>

I vote for -
1. NAME OF THE FIRST BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>
2. NAME OF THE SECOND BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>
3. NAME OF THE THIRD BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>

There is some specific logic behind the above code. So please fill the parameters highlighted in red as mentioned in the code only.

Remove the extra code in case you are voting for less than three entries.

3. While voting for a Blog-a-Tonic, use his/her name as provided by him/her in his/her participation entry and not his/her profile name.

4. Post your vote in the comments section of this post.

Now coming to the other rules:

Voting ends at 09:00PM (IST) on April 10, 2011.
I have started moderating the comments and won’t display the voting comments till the end of this process to keep the result secret till its conclusion.
After the voting code mentioned above, you may also add the reason, why you voted for a particular post to help others know what you expect as a reader. Moreover, you may also mention the other posts that you liked though you can vote for just one of them.

Yours, the Marshal of April,
Vinay.

Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-Ton 19

2011-04-02T12:12:00.000+05:30

Publish the post on April 3, 2011 anytime between 0000 hrs and 2359 hrs (IST)!

Date for Blog-a-Ton : April 3, 2011

As you already know, the topic for Blog-a-Ton 17 has been finalised as:

JOURNEY

Please follow these rules while publishing your post and thereafter:

The title of your post should be the topic itself; i.e. Journey. (The Journey or A Journey is acceptable)
Please do not use any alternative title or your post link will be removed.

The post should start with this code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:

<div style="text-align: justify;">
<blockquote>
This post has been published by me as a part of the <b>Blog-a-Ton 19</b>; the nineteenth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <a href="http://blogaton.in/"><b>Blog-a-Ton</b></a>.
</blockquote>
</div>

The post should end with the following code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:

<div style="text-align: justify;">
<blockquote>
The <b>fellow Blog-a-Tonics</b> who took part in this Blog-a-Ton and links to their respective <b>posts</b> can be checked <a href="http://blogaton.in/2011/04/rules-and-reminder-for-blog-ton-19.html#comments"><b>here</b></a>. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <b><a href="http://blogaton.in/">Blog-a-Ton</a></b>.</blockquote>
</div>

Publish the post on April 3, 2010 anytime between 0000 hrs and 2359 hrs (Indian Standard Time)

After publishing it, do not forget to leave the link in the comments section of this post.

Use the following code to provide direct link to your post.

<a href="ADDRESS OF YOUR POST">YOUR NAME - Journey</a>

It will look like this: Vinay - Journey and will link to your post.

Please follow this rule to ensure easy navigability to your post.

Use your complete name to prevent any confusion and mix up with other bloggers.
Remember, you can not post more than ONE entry.

In case you post your link after the stipulated time, then your submission will not be considered for voting.
From now on, I won't be entertaining any personal requests for the same whatever be the reason.

Return between April 4th and April 10th to vote for your favourite post. A separate notification for the same will be posted upon the conclusion of the event. So do not vote till then. Till then just enjoy reading the various entries, keeping in mind your favourite ones.

DO NOT USE THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. If there are any queries, ask them in the comments section of previous post.

Looking forward to some great posts

Blog-a-Tonically Yours

The Blog-a-Ton JOURNEY continues...

2011-03-25T23:10:00.001+05:30

Date for Blog-a-Ton 19 : APRIL 3, 2011

With another journey, the ICC Cricket World Cup slated to reach the finale on April 2nd, 2011 and a possible clash with that for our Blog-a-Ton, the nineteenth edition of the Blog-a-Ton has been postponed by one day..

To the topic declaration; on the basis of the voting over last five days, we have narrowed down to the topic for BAT 19.

Topic for Blog-a-Ton 19 : JOURNEY

Sureindran gives us this time's Blog-a-ton theme! Disaster, suggested by Aativas and Emptiness suggested by Meher were amongst the other topics that found favor from the Blog-a-Tonics.

SOME RULES

You can submit ONLY ONE POST for this event irrespective of the number of blogs you maintain.
The title of your post should be Journey. (You can use it as A Journey or The Journey if you wish.)
You must justify this title with a complementary post. To make things easier, you have the freedom to treat it the way you want. Its upto you; which genre of writing you choose, i.e. simple essay-type, article, dialogue, short story (even 55 Fiction for that matter), poem or whatever you feel like.
Moreover, its upto you; which mood or tone you choose to set it in, i.e. serious, witty, humor, optimistic or whatever that comes to you naturally.
If you are having a cartoon blog, photo blog, painting blog etc, even you can participate with your piece of art complementing this title.
You have the freedom to choose the language of communication. However, we'll suggest you to write in English to put across your views to the maximum members which will also help you when its the time to vote for the BATOM.
Other rules regarding the posting will be conveyed to you later. So kindly wait for that notification on next Saturday rather than putting up queries right now. If the queries are regarding general pattern of the event, please go through the posts about previous events.

So, you all have ample time to write it, but you'll have to wait till April 3rd to post it finally along with everyone else.

Please write your posts on time as the late entries will not be allowed to participate in the voting round (though the links will be added to the participants list).

Blog-A-Ton 19... What's The Topic Now?! Let's Decide!

2011-03-21T16:21:00.001+05:30

DATE FOR BLOG-A-TON 19 : APRIL 2, 2011

TOPIC DECLARATION : MARCH 26, 2011

Hello friends, welcome to the 19th edition of Blog-a-Ton. Thirty four Blog-a-tonics participated in the first edition of the Blog-a-Ton change. Now we've to continue the upward trend with more participation. While Marshal Grover takes a rest from the running, this month its me, Vinay (probably known to you more as Leo) who is substituting (trying to) for him. So without much loss of time, let's get right down to business.. We need a topic, and as always, you the runners of this Blogathon are the ones who decide it! Time for the topic discussion..

Please go through the following rules before suggesting or voting

Each member can suggest only one topic.
The topic should be general in scope, so that more and more Blog-a-Tonics can participate.
If you like any suggestion, VOTE for it rather than giving a new suggestion.
If you like a suggested topic but don't like the wordings, still VOTE for it and alongside suggest a new title for it.
In case you have already suggested a topic but find some subsequent suggestion better than yours, you are allowed to vote for it. But this can be done only once.
Rather than criticising the suggestions made by others, kindly give better suggestions.
Give your suggestions and votes in the comments section of this post.
Do not embolden your comment using HTML bold tag.
Please keep these points in mind to make my job easier.

P.S. I retain the right to discard any suggestion in case I find it similar to some previous Topic of the Month or too narrow in scope.

Encourage your fellow bloggers to participate in this edition. You can share this post on your various social networking profiles through the ShareThis widget present at the bottom of this post.

Time to crown the FIRST and the first BATOM for the SECOND season of BLOGATON

2011-03-15T22:03:00.000+05:30

Its that time of the month when we choose the Blogatonic of the Month or the BATOM, this will be the first of many Blogatons coming ahead. This time we got a good response from some new blogatonics plus obviously the old runners were there.

Thank you for participating in the run and again thank you for voting honestly about the blog you write. Lets get started with the votes. The votes and comments on them can be seen on previous post,

The Blogaton Junta has spoken. The Blogaton of the month are...

GOLD BATOM	SILVER BATOM

Saket Dabi	Megha

The link to the respective post can be found next to the trophies. Both of you can drop a mail hi5[at]sidoscope.co.in to collect the high-resolution pictures.

This was the most changed Blogaton and thanks to all the 34 participants for entering the contest in short notice.

This was the first and the last Blogaton marshalled by me hope you enjoyed it, next time there will be another awesome veteran Blogaton conducting the event.

Don't forget to run and yeah, keep Blogging.

I will be found '@sidoscope' on twitter or 'http://sidoscope.co.in' ;)

So long folks... as always.

Are we ready to crown the FIRST BATOM of the SECOND Blogaton?

2011-03-07T16:39:00.000+05:30

Hey folks,
Howdy. Hope you got enough time to read blogaton entires. If you didn't why don't you start again? remember every blog post is different and thats the beauty of Blogosphere.

Click here to check the fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this Blog-a-Ton along with the direct links to their posts.

In this edition, 34 blog-a-tonics participated;

Please follow the following rules while voting.

1.ONLY THOSE BLOG-A-TONICS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VOTING (i.e., Contesting for votes and voting for others) WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT WITHIN THE STIPULATED TIME.

2. You can cast upto 3 votes or cheers as we call them, and of course youcan not vote for yourself.
In short, you are allowed to vote for one, two or three entries. All your votes will carry the same weightage.

3. Your Voting Comment should start as follows:

I participated - http://vipulgrover.blogspot.com/2010/08/abc.html

I vote for -
1. XYZ; his/her post = http://ABC/xyz.html
2. DEF; his/her post = http://LMN/def.html
3. PQR; his/her post = http://RST/pqr.html

Code:

I participated - <a href="YOUR POST LINK">YOUR POST LINK</a>

I vote for -
1. NAME OF THE FIRST BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>
2. NAME OF THE SECOND BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>
3. NAME OF THE THIRD BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>

There is some specific logic behind the above code. So please fill the parameters highlighted in red as mentioned in the code only.

Remove the extra code in case you are voting for less than three entries.

3. While voting for a Blog-a-Tonic, use his/her name as provided by him/her in his/her participation entry and not his/her profile name.

4. Post your vote in the comments section of this post.

5. Voting for your friend will not help your chances, so vote for the most eligible BATOM only.

6. All your votes should be posted in a single comment. So, take your time - go through all posts - only then decide your one or two or three favourites.
In case you vote separately, only the first comment will be taken into consideration.

Now coming to the other rules:

Voting ends at 2200 hrs (IST) on Mar 13, 2011.
I have started moderating the comments and won’t display the voting comments till the end of this process to keep the result secret till its conclusion.
After the voting code mentioned above, add the reason, why you think the post deserves your voted for a particular post to help others know. Moreover, you may also mention the other posts that you liked though you can vote for just one of them.

The Votes will be discarded without any prior warning in case they are not sufficiently compatible with the rules.

So lets get set and we will see who deserves to become the FIRST BATOM of the SECOND blogaton.

I am expecting 34 comments this blogaton.

All the best, may the outstanding blogger win.

Cheers

Ravan

Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-Ton 18, the Season 2 is here

2011-03-04T15:34:00.001+05:30

Date for Blog-a-Ton : Mar 5, 2010 IST

Other time zones, please convert the time accordingly and publish at the same time, no post will be published before 00:00 am IST today or after 11:59 pm IST tomorrow.

Topic for Blog-a-Ton 18 : Change

Newbies, first time runners of Blogaton and those who have no clue what to do. You do the same thing that you do best, you blog on the topic chosen by majority in the previous post. This time being 'Change'. You post it on your home ground, i.e., you blog and it should be published on the date of Blogaton, i.e., Mar 5, 2010. Are there any rules? yes there are,

Please follow these rules while publishing your post and thereafter:

The title of your post should be the topic itself; i.e. 'Change'.
Please do not use any alternative title or your post link will be removed.

The post should start with this code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:

<div style="text-align: justify;">
<blockquote>
This post has been published by me as a part of the <b>Blog-a-Ton Season 2 edition 18</b>; the eighteenth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <a href="http://blogaton.in/"><b>Blog-a-Ton</b></a>.
</blockquote>
</div>

The post should end with the following code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:

<div style="text-align: justify;">
<blockquote>
The <b>fellow Blog-a-Tonics</b> who took part in this Blog-a-Ton and links to their respective <b>posts</b> can be checked <a href="http://www.blogaton.in/2011/03/rules-and-reminder-for-blog-ton-18.html#comments"><b>here</b></a>. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <b><a href="http://blogaton.in/">Blog-a-Ton</a></b>.</blockquote>
</div>

Publish the post on Mar 5, 2011 anytime between 0000 hrs and 2359 hrs (Indian Standard Time)

After publishing it, do not forget to leave the link in the comments section of this post.

Use the following code to provide direct link to your post.

<a href="ADDRESS OF YOUR POST">YOUR NAME - Change</a>

It will look like this: Siddhesh Kabe - Change and will link to your post.

Please follow this rule to ensure easy navigability to your post.

Use your complete name to prevent any confusion and mix up with other bloggers.
Remember, you can not post more than ONE entry.

In case you post your link after the stipulated time, then your submission will not be considered for voting.
From now on, I won't be entertaining any personal requests for the same whatever be the reason.

Then after you post your post, head to the other blogs to read and enjoy their posts. Remember the simple rule, as you want people to read your post, so do they too. Lets help each other out here.
Return next week to vote for your favorite post. A separate notification for the same will be posted upon the conclusion of the event. So do not vote till then. Till then just enjoy reading the various entries, keeping in mind your favourite ones.
Also do not forget to tweet your post on twitter with #Blogaton for others bloggers to read too.
Do not use the comment section of this post for any other queries, for this blogaton, queries can be addressed on twitter @sidoscope or with #Blogaton or use the previous post comment for your queries.

So guys, all the best... may the best blogger win.

And so we run... for a change!!!

2011-03-01T21:10:00.002+05:30

You don't want me to give you the age-old lecture on how change is the universal truth right? We have been listening to it since a while...

So is blogaton season 2 ever going to start? Obviously it is,

Date for Blog-a-Ton 18 Season 2 : Mar 5, 2011 IST (Coming Saturday)

Yikes, isn't it? This time you get a less head-start. ;) If you are into another time zone, please convert it into your respective Time Zone, you can mention your time zone in the comment to this post.

Topic for Blog-a-Ton 17 : Change

The topic clearly won the majority of votes and was suggested by no other Neha, the awesome lawyer of blogistan. Change is quite a broad topic and the universal fact, so get your head racing to run for a change. ONLY POST ON MARCH 05, 2011 BETWEEN 00:00 TO 11:59 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR BLOGATON. No reposts allowed.

Since, change is a versatile topic, if you have already written on change, its time to change the line of thought and think something else to change.

SOME RULES

You can submit ONLY ONE POST for this event irrespective of the number of blogs you maintain.

The title of your post should be Change.

You must justify this title with a complementary post. To make things easier, you have the freedom to treat it the way you want. Its upto you; which genre of writing you choose, i.e. simple essay-type, article, dialogue, short story (even 55 Fiction for that matter), poem or whatever you feel like.

Moreover, its upto you; which mood or tone you choose to set it in, i.e. serious, witty, humour, optimistic or whatever that comes to you naturally.

If you are having a cartoon blog, photo blog, painting blog etc, even you can participate with your piece of art complementing this title.

You have the freedom to choose the language of communication. However, we'll suggest you to write in English to put across your views to the maximum members which will also help you when its the time to vote for the BATOM.

Other rules regarding the posting will be conveyed to you later. So kindly wait for that notification on Friday rather than putting up queries right now. If the queries are regarding general pattern of the event, please go through the posts about previous events.

So, you all have ample time to write it but you'll have to wait till Mar 5 to post it finally along with everyone else.

Please write your posts on time as the late entries will not be allowed to participate in the voting round (though the links will be added to the participants list).

So here it is then, the wait is over.
We run again, this time for a change.

Am off to get my brains racing for the topic, see you on 5th...
May the best blogatonic win.

P.s. Don't forget to give a loud shout out to #Blogaton on twitter

The Blogaton Season 2 begins: Blogaton 18

2011-02-18T14:29:00.001+05:30

Change is imperative for a well-functioning of the system. Change happens and it happens faster than an eye can blink. If you are not part of the road-roller of change, you are part of the road. And so we have began the road-roller of Blogaton Season 2. After 17 successful blogaton, The Marshal Vipul has taken the run as being Marshal and have handed over the charge of Blogaton to veteran bloggers (Did you participate in more than 10 Blogaton? Drop a mail to Marshal fast before the bar increases) with me beginning for the Month of March.

Obviously as the tradition goes, we need a topic for Blogaton and by jolly we need a big topic, a great topic to start the run. So, turn those brainy wheels of yours and come up with a great topic to write about coming March. Not so fast, there are rules to be followed...

Please go through the following rules before suggesting or voting

Each member can suggest only one topic.
The topic should be general in scope, so that more and more Blog-a-Tonics can participate.
If you like any suggestion, VOTE for it rather than giving a new suggestion.
If you like a suggested topic but don't like the wordings, still VOTE for it and alongside suggest a new title for it.
In case you have already suggested a topic but find some subsequent suggestion better than yours, you are allowed to vote for it. But this can be done only once.
Rather than criticising the suggestions made by others, kindly give better suggestions.
Give your suggestions and votes in the comments section of this post.
Do not embolden your comment using HTML bold tag.
Please keep these points in mind to make my job easier.

P.S. I retain the right to discard any suggestion in case I find it similar to some previous Topic of the Month or too narrow in scope.

Blogaton is an event for the bloggers, by the bloggers. The more bloggers run, the more fun it gets to race, so make sure you share this post, your thoughts on Social Networks, please use #Blogaton on twitter and it will be picked up by the auto-stream on the sidebar.

So bring on those thinking caps and lets find a topic for Blogaton 18, lets roll....

Blog-a-Ton Season 2 - The Veterans' Cut

2011-02-08T13:16:00.000+05:30

Here I am - this is me

There's no where else on earth I'd rather be

Here I am - it's just me and you

And tonight we make our dreams come true

It's a new world - it's a new start
It's alive with the beating of young hearts
It's a new day - it's a new plan
I've been waiting for you
Here I am

Here we are - we've just begun

And after all this time - our time has come

Ya here we are - still goin' strong

Right here in the place where we belong

Here I am - next to you
And suddenly the world is all brand new
Here I am - where I'm gonna stay
Now there's nothin standin in our way

With those beautiful lines from Bryan Adams, I welcome you all back to Blog-a-Ton. I hope you all missed this event. However, more importantly, I hope you all got an opportunity to recharge your blogging batteries. For all those who have joined us during this hiatus, a very warm-hearted welcome to this community.

Well as you must have noticed in the title of this post, there is something new that is waiting for you in the Season 2 of Blog-a-Ton. Yes, its a time for change of guard and style. So, in order to give Blog-a-Ton a makeover, I have invited all the veterans to marshal this event.

Each month, a new veteran will conduct Blog-a-Ton and will have the freedom to tweak the format and rules within permissible limits. We are aiming to have the first in the series in March itself with Siddhesh Kabe at the lead.

However, before we initiate it, please give your suggestions to help the Veterans frame the new format.

The Marshal and the Veterans are eagerly waiting for your suggestions.

Blog-a-Tonically Yours

Vipul Grover

I – A Veteran Blog-a-tonic!

2010-12-18T16:49:00.002+05:30

“Dude, you gotta let me know that you have participated in 10 blog-a-tons! How am I supposed to know!” was the ever so busy Marshal’s reply when I pointed out to him, that my entry for BAT 17 would be my 11^th BAT entry. So here I am, officially inducted into the elite group of bloggers known as veteran blog-a-tonics. By the way, I must confess, the term ‘veteran’ makes me feel kinda old hehe. I entered the blog world in January 2008 with my first post. But it wasn’t until November 2009, that I became serious about blogging. Till then, my blog was just another blog existing on the web with stuff just a few friends knew about. A month later on December 5^th 2009, my journey with this awesome event started, with my first entry All in a Day’s work.

This was the first time I actually saw people commenting on my blog and for the first time, I didn’t have to go pester someone to come and do so hehe. With the appreciations and the constructive criticism, my ambitions had grown. I now wanted to win the contest and be called a blog-a-tonic of the month and three months later, I was there. My entry for Time Travel won by a whisker and made me the blog-a-tonic of the month for March. With a win now in my kitty, the next month I was only looking to participate but as luck would have it, my entry for Fool won again. I was on a high, in fact I was ecstatic. Two in a row now, the expectations of a hat-trick had grown. Sadly though, I was unable to participate in the next one.

After that there have been six more blog-a-tons I have participated in. Some of the entries were appreciated while some were not. Today as look back and read through my entries over the past 1 year, I know how I have grown as a writer and this wouldn’t have happened without blog-a-ton and the amazing writers that have participated in it with me. Coming to my fellow participants – through Blog-a-ton, I have made some amazing friends, some of whom I have even met in the real world. The meeting I had with the Marshal –Vipul Grover, will always remain a memorable one. This one was followed by my meeting with other blog-a-tonics – Rachana, Leo (Vinay), Nethra, Harsha Cittar and Avada (Ashwini) in Bangalore. I would love to meet the rest of you guys in person too one day. Thanks for making this such an enriching experience guys.

It’s ironic and heart breaking though, that blog-a-ton would now be taking a break, but I hope it’s back again soon.

Signing off Marshal style,

Blog-a-tonically yours,

Tavish

Welcome 3 more VETERANS and an IMPORTANT NEWS!!!

2010-12-17T19:38:00.003+05:30

Hello friends, the List of Veteran Blog-a-Tonics has been growing since the first induction that took place on the first anniversary of this event some months back. Today, in this fourth induction ceremony, I'll be welcoming three new Blog-a-tonics to this coveted (or is it just me who thinks its coveted?) list.

Click on their respective names to read all their BAT entries

	Tavish Chadha Debut = BAT 5 11/17 BATs BATOM 8 BATOM 9
Guria Debut = BAT 2 10/17 BATs BATOM 3
	Leo Debut = BAT 8 10/17 BATs GOLD BATOM 13 GOLD BATOM 16 'tied' Maximum Topics of the Month

Guria aka Sreya wants to share her award with Neha Thakkar who has anonymously contributed to her posts in Blog-a-Ton. I leave that decision to her.

I’ll like to share my gratitude to all these Blog-a-Tonics by inducting them in The List of Veteran Blog-a-Tonics' which takes the total number to 10. You will receive your badges soon.

And now the All Important News...

Friends, conducting this event month after month has been exhilarating but has also been tiring at times. I know this is a paradox but then this life itself is a big paradox.

Declaring the event open, conducting the topic discussion, holding the actual marathon and then proceeding to the voting and final declaration of BATOM was done by me playfully ALL IN A DAY’S WORK. But then, sometimes there develops a thin line between work and play and certainly I don’t feel that playful anymore.

Before I start philosophizing further and make a FOOL out of myself, I must RETURN to the news I wanted to share.

Without adding any further MYSTERY, I believe it’s time for me to take a break after conducting 17 successful BAT's which saw their own ups and downs.

Seeing the falling number of participations, I believe even you need a break; so that all of you can come back with a new vigour whenever I make a call for a new Marathon in future.

Believe me, this is not an ESCAPE and I really doubt if I’ll be able to remain HIDDEN for long. For that matter, the Marshal will always be present on Facebook to keep interacting with you.

I know some of you must be wondering WHAT IF we could TIME TRAVEL and jump to Blog-a-Ton 18 as soon as possible but believe me, the time for CELEBRATIONS will be back soon.

However, right now it is the time to say a momentary GOODBYE to all of you and I hope you all will miss Blog-a-Ton as much as it will miss you.

Leaving with a promise to be back

Blog-a-Tonically Yours

Vipul Grover

Finally the Mystery Unfolds... BATOM 17 are...

2010-12-13T13:34:00.002+05:30

Once again, I am back with the results of yet another Blog-a-Ton. Before the real scoop, lets welcome our new friends;

Sakshi Kukreja
Vidya Sury
Sneha
Alejandro Mahogany
Ritika Patel
Komal R.
Akanksha
Manasa Maduva
Shreeraman S.
KR
Shruthi Srinidhi

Please provide your blog links to stay in touch.

Participation was once again disheartening but I must thank all those who did participate and made this event yet again a pleasure to conduct.

So now coming straightaway to the results of final BAT of 2010, here is the list of participants and the cheers they garnered;

BATOM 17

As evident, here are the three Blog-a-Tonics of the Month. Just Click on their names to read their respective entries.

GOLD BATOM	SILVER BATOM	SILVER BATOM

Rumya Bhatt	Cherry Blossom	Raksha Raman

Its the GIRL POWER all the way. Congratulations to all of you. Please send me an e-mail so that I can revert back with your Badge Awards.

You all can also read the voting comments now. Just click here to find who all voted for you or liked your entry and what they had to say about it!

I Hope You All Had A Great BAT 17 XPerience!!!

A goodbye with a promise to be back soon

Blog-a-Tonically Yours

Vipul Grover

The Amateur Veteran

2010-12-06T00:27:00.005+05:30

Have you come to vote for the BATOM 17? Click HERE to go to the Voting post, else continue on to read the Blog-A-Ton Xperience of a soon-to-be-inducted Blog-a-Tonic veteran.

Yikes. I’m a veteran Blog-a-Tonic now? :-o

Good heavens!! Now that makes me seem like an experienced blogger. I’m in the wrong class. Who made me graduate before I joined the college? No no. I’m still the amateur poet, maybe just an old hand in Blog-a-Ton.

Why am I here again? Oh yeah… yeah… I’m supposed to be writing on my Blog-a-Ton experience. Well, I started ten months back. Missed the first seven editions, frankly I had no idea what it was even though I’d read about it on a few blogs. It took Rashi’s winning entry for me to realize the platform of Blog-A-Ton was one through which I can get new friends and readers. My journey started there, with the topic suggestion post, where I commented supporting Time Travel.

One of my best friends says I’m a stats guru, because I keep track of some stats of my blog. So like that, the first friend I got from BAT was Vibhuti. I think she was the first to follow my blog, coming from BAT too. She’s a very close friend now, having got to know her after that through BAT, FB, and BPL etc etc. First cheer from Debosmita… we ended up getting just the one cheer each, coz I had cheered for her post on Time Travel too. First approved topic suggestion was Escape. It got majority backing on the second try, and I got a hat-trick of suggestions approved by the BAT crowd after that, Hidden and Wish following that. Two more of my suggested topics have got a majority backing after that, so 5/10 is a decent strike rate I guess.

With every BAT post, I’ve got better I think, and it has been delightful to write too. It is an inspiring place that can give an escape even when the mind seems captured by a writer’s block. It has got me friends like Vibhuti, Rumya, Tikuli, Pawan, Nethra, Avada, Debosmita, Vipul and many more. A lot of readers I’ve got too, and in the journey, I’ve got 2 BATOM badges so far as well. Twice I’ve ended runner-up as well. To see so many bloggers writing variety of posts on a similar topic is a nice thing to see. I hope it gets to its initial goal of 100 writers for an edition soon. A suggestion for Marshal and Blog-a-Tons for the future: the similar theme blog-a-ton is good, but let us be creative on the titles as well… like we did for that image based BAT. It’d be nice.

I think I’m dragging on, so this is Leo signing off. It’s been a pleasure to be part of BAT till now, and looking forward to further BATS as well.

The Amateur Poet, over and out.

I blog at: I Rhyme Without Reason

Help me in unfolding THE MYTERY by VOTING for your favourite post!!!

2010-12-05T00:20:00.002+05:30

Voting gets over at 22:00 hrs (IST) on Dec 12, 2010. Remember, that means time stamp of your comment can be at most 21:59 and not 22:00.

Here is your chance to vote for the last BATOM of the year 2010. Lets start off, like always by welcoming the new Blog-a-Tonics;

Ujjwal Raj
Abhishek Modgil
Ananth
Prasanna Babli (Please provide your bloglink to stay in touch)

Hoping to see all of you actively participating in the coming year.

Click here to check the fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this Blog-a-Ton along with the direct links to their posts.

In this edition, 41 blog-a-tonics participated; 39 of them within the stipulated time.

Please follow the following rules while voting.

1.ONLY THOSE BLOG-A-TONICS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VOTING (i.e., Contesting for votes and voting for others) WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT WITHIN THE STIPULATED TIME.

2. You can cast upto 3 votes or cheers as we call them, and of course you can not vote for yourself.
In short, you are allowed to vote for one, two or three entries. All your votes will carry the same weightage.

3. Your Voting Comment should start as follows:

I participated - http://vipulgrover.blogspot.com/2010/08/abc.html

I vote for -
1. XYZ; his/her post = http://ABC/xyz.html
2. DEF; his/her post = http://LMN/def.html
3. PQR; his/her post = http://RST/pqr.html

Code:

I participated - <a href="YOUR POST LINK">YOUR POST LINK</a>

I vote for -
1. NAME OF THE FIRST BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>
2. NAME OF THE SECOND BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>
3. NAME OF THE THIRD BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>

There is some specific logic behind the above code. So please fill the parameters highlighted in red as mentioned in the code only.

Remove the extra code in case you are voting for less than three entries.

3. While voting for a Blog-a-Tonic, use his/her name as provided by him/her in his/her participation entry and not his/her profile name.

4. Post your vote in the comments section of this post.

Now coming to the other rules:

Voting ends at 2200 hrs (IST) on Dec 12, 2010.
I have started moderating the comments and won’t display the voting comments till the end of this process to keep the result secret till its conclusion.
After the voting code mentioned above, you may also add the reason, why you voted for a particular post to help others know what you expect as a reader. Moreover, you may also mention the other posts that you liked though you can vote for just one of them.

The Votes will be discarded without any prior warning in case they are not sufficiently compatible with the rules.

So, if there is any query about voting, feel free to drop in a mail (marshal[at]blogaton.in). I'll try to get back to you asap. I am off to a trip, so won't be available till Wednesday.

P.S. Over the next week, you might find the blog temporarily blocked. It might be done for counting of votes. So just be patient and revisit in few minutes.

A Reminder - Have your number of participations reached 10???

Then you are eligible to be included into the List of Veteran Blog-a-Tonics. Just drop me a mail with the links to all your posts (or simply label all your BAT entries and send me that single link).

Remember, the time stamp of your comment can be at most 21:59 and not 23:00 on Nov 15.

Hoping to see as many voters as participants

Blog-a-Tonically Yours

Vipul Grover

Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-Ton 17

2010-12-03T16:14:00.001+05:30

Publish the post on Dec 4, 2010 anytime between 0000 hrs and 2359 hrs (IST)!

Date for Blog-a-Ton : Dec 4, 2010

Before I give you the details about posting, lets welcome Abhishek. I hope to see you participating this time. Please provide your bloglink to stay in touch.

As you already know, the topic for Blog-a-Ton 17 has been finalised as:

THE MYSTERY

Please follow these rules while publishing your post and thereafter:

The title of your post should be the topic itself; i.e. The Mystery.
Please do not use any alternative title or your post link will be removed.

The post should start with this code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:

<div style="text-align: justify;">
<blockquote>
This post has been published by me as a part of the <b>Blog-a-Ton 17</b>; the seventeenth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <a href="http://blogaton.in/"><b>Blog-a-Ton</b></a>.
</blockquote>
</div>

The post should end with the following code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:

<div style="text-align: justify;">
<blockquote>
The <b>fellow Blog-a-Tonics</b> who took part in this Blog-a-Ton and links to their respective <b>posts</b> can be checked <a href="http://blogaton.in/2010/12/rules-and-reminder-for-blog-ton-17.html#comments"><b>here</b></a>. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <b><a href="http://blogaton.in/">Blog-a-Ton</a></b>.</blockquote>
</div>

Publish the post on Dec 4, 2010 anytime between 0000 hrs and 2359 hrs (Indian Standard Time)

After publishing it, do not forget to leave the link in the comments section of this post.

Use the following code to provide direct link to your post.

<a href="ADDRESS OF YOUR POST">YOUR NAME - The Mystery</a>

It will look like this: Vipul Grover - The Mystery and will link to your post.

Please follow this rule to ensure easy navigability to your post.

Use your complete name to prevent any confusion and mix up with other bloggers.
Remember, you can not post more than ONE entry.

In case you post your link after the stipulated time, then your submission will not be considered for voting.
From now on, I won't be entertaining any personal requests for the same whatever be the reason.

Return on Dec 5 to vote for your favourite post. A separate notification for the same will be posted upon the conclusion of the event. So do not vote till then. Till then just enjoy reading the various entries, keeping in mind your favourite ones.

DO NOT USE THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. If there are any queries, ask them in the comments section of previous post.

Looking forward to some great posts

Blog-a-Tonically Yours

Vipul Grover

Time to Unfold THE MYSTERY of the Topic and Present to you another VETERAN BATONIC

2010-11-27T19:07:00.001+05:30

Date for Blog-a-Ton 17 : December 4, 2010

With a week to go for the seventeenth marathon of bloggers, here is the time to reveal the topic for the month.

But before that lets welcome the new Blog-a-Tonics who will be running in this marathon with us;

Ravinder Gulati
Beyond Horizon
Megha Jethmalani
Hopelessly Flawed
Rugrocks
Sreelekha Laxman
Sayujya Sankar
Blue Lotus
Megha Arora
Dr. Sharmila

Hoping to see you all participating in BAT 17. Please provide your bloglinks to stay in touch!!!

Well, well there is another small break, before I reveal the topic (which obviously you already know thanks to the title of this post), lets welcome a new Inductee to the Veteran Blog-a-Tonics List.

Shruti Damodar - 10/16 BAT's

Shruti, who blogs at Hits and Misses participated in BAT for the first time during the second marathon. She is also the GOLD BATOM 14 (tied) and a very dear friend. It gives me a great joy to induct her into the Veteran Blog-a-Tonics List.

Click here to read all her Blog-a-Ton posts.

Hoping to see many more of you in this list soon.

Now coming back to the topic declaration; on the basis of the voting over last one week, we have narrowed down to the topic for BAT 17.

Topic for Blog-a-Ton 17 : THE MYSTERY

Leo once again makes a comeback with the most favoured topic, though it has been tweaked a little upon Brijender's suggestion.

SOME RULES

You can submit ONLY ONE POST for this event irrespective of the number of blogs you maintain.
The title of your post should be The Mystery.
You must justify this title with a complementary post. To make things easier, you have the freedom to treat it the way you want. Its upto you; which genre of writing you choose, i.e. simple essay-type, article, dialogue, short story (even 55 Fiction for that matter), poem or whatever you feel like.
Moreover, its upto you; which mood or tone you choose to set it in, i.e. serious, witty, humour, optimistic or whatever that comes to you naturally.
If you are having a cartoon blog, photo blog, painting blog etc, even you can participate with your piece of art complementing this title.
You have the freedom to choose the language of communication. However, we'll suggest you to write in English to put across your views to the maximum members which will also help you when its the time to vote for the BATOM.
Other rules regarding the posting will be conveyed to you later. So kindly wait for that notification on next Friday rather than putting up queries right now. If the queries are regarding general pattern of the event, please go through the posts about previous events.

So, you all have ample time to write it but you'll have to wait till Dec 4 to post it finally along with everyone else.

Please write your posts on time as the late entries will not be allowed to participate in the voting round (though the links will be added to the participants list).

Wishing you all, a free flow of thoughts

Blog-a-Tonically yours

Vipul Grover

Suggest a Topic for Blog-a-Ton 17

2010-11-20T16:42:00.001+05:30

DATE FOR BLOG-A-TON 17 : DECEMBER 4, 2010

TOPIC DECLARATION : NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Hello friends, welcome to the Seventeenth edition of Blog-a-Ton. Lets start this new edition with a hope that the downward trend in the recent editions will be reversed this time.

This month too we have some new friends who will help us in fulfilling this hope. Lets welcome them before proceeding further

Anoop Remesan (Please provide a bloglink to stay in touch)
Harikrishna (Please provide a bloglink to stay in touch)

Looking forward to your participation in this new edition of Blog-a-Ton!!!

Please go through the following rules before suggesting or voting

Each member can suggest only one topic.
The topic should be general in scope, so that more and more Blog-a-Tonics can participate.
If you like any suggestion, VOTE for it rather than giving a new suggestion.
If you like a suggested topic but don't like the wordings, still VOTE for it and alongside suggest a new title for it.
In case you have already suggested a topic but find some subsequent suggestion better than yours, you are allowed to vote for it. But this can be done only once.
Rather than criticising the suggestions made by others, kindly give better suggestions.
Give your suggestions and votes in the comments section of this post.
Do not embolden your comment using HTML bold tag.
Please keep these points in mind to make my job easier.

P.S. I retain the right to discard any suggestion in case I find it similar to some previous Topic of the Month or too narrow in scope.

Encourage your fellow bloggers to participate in this edition. You can share this post on your various social networking profiles through the ShareThis widget present at the bottom of this post.

Hoping to receive many inspiring suggestions

Blog-a-Tonically Yours

Vipul Grover
marshal[at]blogaton.in

Finally someone gets the reason to CELEBRATE! The BATOM 16 are...

2010-11-15T23:20:00.004+05:30

In past one month, you celebrated Dussehra, Durga Puja, Karva Chauth, Halloween, Diwali, Bhai Dooj and Children's Day. Now is the time to Celebrate the Blog-a-Ton 16 Results with the BATOMS!!!

Lets see who all have joined us in this celebration;

Loulou
Amropali
Rachit
Sriharsha
Sheeba Nair (Please provide a bloglink for us to stay in touch)
Faith Carter
Varun Jain (Please provide a bloglink for us to stay in touch)
Alcina
Deepika Vasudeva
Princy (Please provide a bloglink for us to stay in touch)

Hoping to see all of you participating with full vigour in the coming weeks!

Participation might have been low this time but when it came to voting, this Blog-a-Ton had one of the highest polling. I must commend all of you for that.

So now coming straightaway to the results, here is the list of participants and the cheers they garnered;

BATOM 16

As evident, here are the three Blog-a-Tonics of the Month. Just Click on their names to read their respective entries.

GOLD BATOM	GOLD BATOM	GOLD BATOM

Brijender	Amity	Leo

So its three times in a row for Brijender, two times in a row for Amity and a return for Leo to the top spot. I must also congratulate Kshitij, Md. Muddassir Shah, Cherry Blossom and Pawan for giving a tough competition.

The BATOMs will soon be mailed their Badge Awards.

You all can also read the voting comments now. Just click here to find who all voted for you or liked your entry and what they had to say about it!

I Hope You All Had A Great BAT 16 XPerience!!!

I'll be back soon with Blog-a-Ton 17

Blog-a-Tonically Yours

Vipul Grover

Vote for the BATOM 16

2010-11-08T15:36:00.002+05:30

Voting gets over at 23:00 hrs (IST) on Nov 15, 2010. Remember, that means time stamp of your comment can be at most 22:59 and not 23:00.

Well friends, I hope you all had a great Diwali weekend. There weren't just crackers bursting in the lanes outside but also in the virtual lanes of Indian Blogosphere as Facebook was bombarded with first of its kind controversy in the blogosphere. But as they say, show must go on and Blog-a-Ton was once again conducted and bloggers turned up for the event with full vigor though with much lower numbers. Now its the time to vote for the winner of them all.

But first, as always, lets welcome the new Blog-a-Tonics;

Harish
Mingled
Priya Sreeram (Please provide a bloglink to stay in touch)

Hoping to see all of you actively participating in the coming months.

Click here to check the fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this Blog-a-Ton along with the direct links to their posts.

In this edition, 43 blog-a-tonics participated.

Please follow the following rules while voting.

1.ONLY THOSE BLOG-A-TONICS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VOTING (i.e., Contesting for votes and voting for others) WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT.

2. You can cast upto 3 votes or cheers as we call them, and of course you can not vote for yourself.
In short, you are allowed to vote for one, two or three entries. All your votes will carry the same weightage.

3. Your Voting Comment should start as follows:

I participated - http://vipulgrover.blogspot.com/2010/08/abc.html

I vote for -
1. XYZ; his/her post = http://ABC/xyz.html
2. DEF; his/her post = http://LMN/def.html
3. PQR; his/her post = http://RST/pqr.html

Code:

I participated - <a href="YOUR POST LINK">YOUR POST LINK</a>

I vote for -
1. NAME OF THE FIRST BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>
2. NAME OF THE SECOND BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>
3. NAME OF THE THIRD BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>

There is some specific logic behind the above code. So please fill the parameters highlighted in red as mentioned in the code only.

Remove the extra code in case you are voting for less than three entries.

3. While voting for a Blog-a-Tonic, use his/her name as provided by him/her in his/her participation entry and not his/her profile name.

4. Post your vote in the comments section of this post.

Now coming to the other rules:

Voting ends at 2300 hrs (IST) on Nov 15, 2010.
I have started moderating the comments and won’t display the voting comments till the end of this process to keep the result secret till its conclusion.
After the voting code mentioned above, you may also add the reason, why you voted for a particular post to help others know what you expect as a reader. Moreover, you may also mention the other posts that you liked though you can vote for just one of them.

The Votes will be discarded without any prior warning in case they are not sufficiently compatible with the rules.

So, if there is any query about voting, feel free to drop in a mail (marshal[at]blogaton.in). I'll try to get back to you asap.

P.S. Over the next week, you might find the blog temporarily blocked. It might be done for counting of votes. So just be patient and revisit in few minutes.

A Reminder - Have your number of participations reached 10???

Hoping to see as many voters as participants

Blog-a-Tonically Yours

Vipul Grover

Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-Ton 16

2010-11-06T12:12:00.002+05:30

Publish the post on Nov 7, 2010 anytime between 0000 hrs and 2359 hrs (IST)!

Date for Blog-a-Ton : Nov 7, 2010

Before I give you the details about posting, lets welcome the new Blog-a-Tonics

Lady Lavender Says
Dimitri Das
Chinmay Kumar (Please provide a bloglink to stay in touch)

I hope to see all of you participating this time.

As you already know, the topic for Blog-a-Ton 16 has been finalised as:

CELEBRATIONS

Please follow these rules while publishing your post and thereafter:

The title of your post should be the topic itself; i.e. Celebrations.
Please do not use any alternative title or your post link will be removed.

The post should start with this code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:

<div style="text-align: justify;">
<blockquote>
This post has been published by me as a part of the <b>Blog-a-Ton 16</b>; the sixteenth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <a href="http://blogaton.in/"><b>Blog-a-Ton</b></a>.
</blockquote>
</div>

The post should end with the following code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:

<div style="text-align: justify;">
<blockquote>
The <b>fellow Blog-a-Tonics</b> who took part in this Blog-a-Ton and links to their respective <b>posts</b> can be checked <a href="http://blogaton.in/2010/11/rules-and-reminder-for-blog-ton-16.html#comments"><b>here</b></a>. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <b><a href="http://blogaton.in/">Blog-a-Ton</a></b>.</blockquote>
</div>

Publish the post on Nov 7, 2010 anytime between 0000 hrs and 2359 hrs (Indian Standard Time)

After publishing it, do not forget to leave the link in the comments section of this post.

Use the following code to provide direct link to your post.

<a href="ADDRESS OF YOUR POST">YOUR NAME - Celebrations</a>

It will look like this: Vipul Grover - XYZ and will link to your post.

Please follow this rule to ensure easy navigability to your post.

Use your complete name to prevent any confusion and mix up with other bloggers.
Remember, you can not post more than ONE entry.

In case you post your link after the stipulated time, then your submission will not be considered for voting.

Return on Nov 8 to vote for your favourite post. A separate notification for the same will be posted upon the conclusion of the event. So do not vote till then. Till then just enjoy reading the various entries, keeping in mind your favourite ones.

DO NOT USE THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. If there are any queries, ask them in the comments section of previous post.

Looking forward to some great posts

Blog-a-Tonically Yours

Vipul Grover

With Diwali around the corner - Its CELEBRATIONS time!!!

2010-10-30T19:39:00.001+05:30

Date for Blog-a-Ton 16 : Sunday, November 7, 2010

With a week to go for the sixteenth marathon of bloggers, here is the time to reveal the topic for the month.

But before that lets welcome the new Blog-a-Tonics who will be running in this marathon with us;

Kumail
Saahil Dama
Raju
Satya
Sarah Mailk
Shubhadeep Paul
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar
Sayantan Goswami
Saya
Gowri Om
Manisha Nair

Hoping to see you all participating in BAT 16. Please provide your bloglinks to stay in touch!!!

On the basis of the voting over last one week, we have narrowed down to the topic for BAT 16.

Topic for Blog-a-Ton 16 : CELEBRATIONS

A late but great suggestion from Uma found a lot of supporters, though Lights was another favourite.

SOME RULES

You can submit ONLY ONE POST for this event irrespective of the number of blogs you maintain.
The title of your post should be Celebrations.
You must justify this title with a complementary post. To make things easier, you have the freedom to treat it the way you want. Its upto you; which genre of writing you choose, i.e. simple essay-type, article, dialogue, short story (even 55 Fiction for that matter), poem or whatever you feel like.
Moreover, its upto you; which mood or tone you choose to set it in, i.e. serious, witty, humour, optimistic or whatever that comes to you naturally.
If you are having a cartoon blog, photo blog, painting blog etc, even you can participate with your piece of art complementing this title.
You have the freedom to choose the language of communication. However, we'll suggest you to write in English to put across your views to the maximum members which will also help you when its the time to vote for the BATOM.
Other rules regarding the posting will be conveyed to you later. So kindly wait for that notification on next Friday rather than putting up queries right now. If the queries are regarding general pattern of the event, please go through the posts about previous events.

So, you all have ample time to write it but you'll have to wait till Nov 7 to post it finally along with everyone else.

Please write your posts on time as the late entries will not be allowed to participate in the voting round (though the links will be added to the participants list).

Wishing you all, a free flow of thoughts

Blog-a-Tonically yours

Vipul Grover

Time to Move On........ to Blog-a-Ton 16!!!

2010-10-22T22:56:00.002+05:30

DATE FOR BLOG-A-TON 16 : NOVEMBER 7, 2010 (Sunday)

TOPIC DECLARATION : OCTOBER 30, 2010

Hello friends, welcome to the Sixteenth edition of Blog-a-Ton. Its great to see new bloggers getting associated with this event month after month.

This month too we have some new friends. Lets welcome them before proceeding further

Jidhu Jose
Aashish Sood
Rahul Dhiman
Bipul Islam
Wanda Rawlins (Please provide a bloglink to stay in touch)
Umamaheswari Anandane
Idiot Mind Working
Nasia Ullas
Prateek Bagri
Badshah (Please provide a bloglink to stay in touch)
Shwetha Bangera
Mee

Looking forward to your participation in this new edition of Blog-a-Ton!!!

This month, Blog-a-Ton is being held on Sunday to accommodate Diwali Celebrations on the Friday night (Nov 5).

Please go through the following rules before suggesting or voting

Each member can suggest only one topic.
The topic should be general in scope, so that more and more Blog-a-Tonics can participate.
If you like any suggestion, VOTE for it rather than giving a new suggestion.
If you like a suggested topic but don't like the wordings, still VOTE for it and alongside suggest a new title for it.
In case you have already suggested a topic but find some subsequent suggestion better than yours, you are allowed to vote for it. But this can be done only once.
Rather than criticising the suggestions made by others, kindly give better suggestions.
Give your suggestions and votes in the comments section of this post.
Do not embolden your comment using HTML bold tag.
Please keep these points in mind to make my job easier.

P.S. I retain the right to discard any suggestion in case I find it similar to some previous Topic of the Month or too narrow in scope.

Encourage your fellow bloggers to participate in this edition. You can share this post on your various social networking profiles through the ShareThis widget present at the bottom of this post.

Hoping to receive many inspiring suggestions

Blog-a-Tonically Yours

Vipul Grover

Freaky Station On the Wall, Who is the BATOM of Us All???

2010-10-10T22:19:00.001+05:30

Finally, its that time of the month, when we bid adieu to one edition of Blog-a-Ton to make way for another in the coming week. Without loosing out any time, lets welcome the new Blog-a-Tonics who will be joining us in this journey;

Aryaa (Please provide a bloglink for us to stay in touch)
Gourab
Randomness
Nads (Please provide a bloglink for us to stay in touch)
Annu (Please provide a bloglink for us to stay in touch)
Sankhya
Shikha Kaushik (Please provide a bloglink for us to stay in touch)

Hoping to see all of you participating with full vigour in the coming weeks!

So now keeping it short and sweet, here are the final results

BATOM 15

As evident, here are the three Blog-a-Tonics of the Month. Just Click on their names to read their respective entries.

GOLD BATOM	GOLD BATOM	BRONZE BATOM

Amity	Brijender Singh	Vipul Grover

The BATOMs will soon be mailed their Badge Awards.

The GOLD BATOM 15 who gets his/her own personalised SuperAvatar will be decided by the SuperAvatar Team. He/She gets

Full body cartoon with any expression / pose (like the new Mascot) Or
Couple's cartoon (chest height) Or
Your Superbooth cartoon (depicting 4 different standard expressions).

The Winner will be declared on Facebook.

You all can also read the voting comments now. Just click here to find who all voted for you or liked your entry and what they had to say about it!

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I Hope You All Had A Great BAT 15 XPerience and will return for BAT 16 too!!!

I'll be back soon with Blog-a-Ton 16

Blog-a-Tonically Yours

Vipul Grover

Vote for the BATOM 15

2010-10-03T21:36:00.004+05:30

Voting gets over at 22:00 hrs (IST) on Oct 10, 2010. Remember, that means time stamp of your comment can be at most 21:59 and not 22:00.

While some of you are busy watching the CWG opening ceremony and others are welcoming the new guests to the Bigg Boss House, I welcome you all to vote for your favourite posts.

But first of all, lets welcome the new Blog-a-Tonics

Sagar V
Sneha Rane
Anu
Ram Lakmi (Please provide a bloglink)
Sharika (Please provide a bloglink)
Obsessivemom

Hoping to see all of you actively participating in the coming months.

Click here to check the fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this Blog-a-Ton along with the direct links to their posts.

In this edition, 55 blog-a-tonics participated, 53 of them within the stipulated time.

Please follow the following rules while voting.

1.ONLY THOSE BLOG-A-TONICS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VOTING (i.e., Contesting for votes and voting for others) WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT WITHIN THE STIPULATED TIME.

(The two blog-a-tonics who missed the stipulated time are D2 and Vitthal Patil)

2. You can cast upto 3 votes or cheers as we call them, and of course you can not vote for yourself.
In short, you are allowed to vote for one, two or three entries. All your votes will carry the same weightage.

3. Your Voting Comment should start as follows:

I participated - http://vipulgrover.blogspot.com/2010/08/abc.html

I vote for -
1. XYZ; his/her post = http://ABC/xyz.html
2. DEF; his/her post = http://LMN/def.html
3. PQR; his/her post = http://RST/pqr.html

Code:

I participated - <a href="YOUR POST LINK">YOUR POST LINK</a>

I vote for -
1. NAME OF THE FIRST BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>
2. NAME OF THE SECOND BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>
3. NAME OF THE THIRD BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>

There is some specific logic behind the above code. So please fill the parameters highlighted in red as mentioned in the code only.

Remove the extra code in case you are voting for less than three entries.

3. While voting for a Blog-a-Tonic, use his/her name as provided by him/her in his/her participation entry and not his/her profile name.

4. Post your vote in the comments section of this post.

Now coming to the other rules:

Voting ends at 2200 hrs (IST) on Oct 10, 2010.
I have started moderating the comments and won’t display the voting comments till the end of this process to keep the result secret till its conclusion.
After the voting code mentioned above, you may also add the reason, why you voted for a particular post to help others know what you expect as a reader. Moreover, you may also mention the other posts that you liked though you can vote for just one of them.

The Votes will be discarded without any prior warning in case they are not sufficiently compatible with the rules.

So, if there is any query about voting, feel free to drop in a mail (marshal[at]blogaton.in). I'll try to get back to you asap.

P.S. Over the next week, you might find the blog temporarily blocked. It might be done for counting of votes. So just be patient and revisit in few minutes.

A Reminder - Have your number of participations reached 10???

Hoping to see as many voters as participants

Blog-a-Tonically Yours

Vipul Grover

Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-Ton 15

2010-10-01T00:00:00.004+05:30

Publish the post on Oct 2, 2010 anytime between 0000 hrs and 2359 hrs (IST)!

Date for Blog-a-Ton : Oct 2, 2010

Before I give you the details about posting, lets welcome the new Blog-a-Tonics

George Susan (Please provide a bloglink)
Geetika Gupta
Sharon Padmanabhan
Reetam Majumder
Srinidhi
Madhu Padmanabhan (Please provide a bloglink)

I hope to see all of you participating this time.

As you already know, the image for Blog-a-Ton 15 has been finalised as:

Please follow these rules while publishing your post and thereafter:

You can choose whatever title for your post.
This image should be an integral part of your post.

The post should start with this code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:

<div style="text-align: justify;">
<blockquote>
This post has been published by me as a part of the <b>Blog-a-Ton 15</b>; the fifteenth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <a href="http://blogaton.in/"><b>Blog-a-Ton</b></a>.
</blockquote>
</div>

The post should end with the following code. It also contains the credits to creator of this image and hence, is very important to be displayed to prevent any copyright infringement. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:

<div style="text-align: justify;">
<blockquote>
The <b>fellow Blog-a-Tonics</b> who took part in this Blog-a-Ton and links to their respective <b>posts</b> can be checked <a href="http://blogaton.in/2010/10/rules-and-reminder-for-blog-ton-15.html#comments"><b>here</b></a>. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <b><a href="http://blogaton.in/">Blog-a-Ton</a></b>.</blockquote>
</div>

<div align="justify">
<b>Credits </b>
Image - <i><a href="http://wandereringsoul.deviantart.com/art/Alston-Station-113965977">Alston Station</a></i> by <i><a href="http://wandereringsoul.deviantart.com/">Wandering Soul</a></i>
Courtesy - <i><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/">www.deviantart.com</a></i> via <i><a href="http://www.blogaton.in/">www.blogaton.in</a></i></div>

Publish the post on Oct 2, 2010 anytime between 0000 hrs and 2359 hrs (Indian Standard Time)

After publishing it, do not forget to leave the link in the comments section of this post.

Use the following code to provide direct link to your post.

<a href="ADDRESS OF YOUR POST">YOUR NAME - Title of Your Post</a>

It will look like this: Vipul Grover - XYZ and will link to your post.

Please follow this rule to ensure easy navigability to your post.

Use your complete name to prevent any confusion and mix up with other bloggers.
Remember, you can not post more than ONE entry.

In case you post your link after the stipulated time, then your submission will not be considered for voting.

Return on Oct 3 to vote for your favourite post. A separate notification for the same will be posted upon the conclusion of the event. So do not vote till then. Till then just enjoy reading the various entries, keeping in mind your favourite ones.

DO NOT USE THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. If there are any queries, ask them in the comments section of previous post.

MARSHAL'S TIP
Spend considerable time in mulling over the title for your post. Remember, a catchy title might lead to more traffic to your blog. So do not waste this one-time opportunity.

DO NOT FORGET -

The GOLD BATOM 15 gets his/her own personalised SuperAvatar with options to go for -

Full body cartoon with any expression / pose (like the new Mascot) Or
Couple's cartoon (chest height) Or
Your Superbooth cartoon (depicting 4 different standard expressions).

In case of a tie at the top spot, the lucky winner will be chosen by SuperAvatar.

So just go for it.

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Looking forward to some great posts

Blog-a-Tonically Yours

Vipul Grover

Blog-a-Ton

B-A-T 24 - Blog-a-Ton is Back ! Let us discuss the topic..

‘BAT’ing For …..

Fooled by Randomness

B-A-T 23 ~ Winners at the cost of 'FREE'

GOLD BATOM

SILVER BATOM

BRONZE BATOM

Feel 'Free' to vote for your B-A-T 23 favorites !

Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-Ton 23

Let us go 'FREE'

B-A-T 23 Let us discuss the topic..

Blog-a-Ton 22nd Edition - The Winners Revealed...

GOLD BATOM

SILVER BATOM

BRONZE BATOM

Time to vote for your BAT22 favorites..

Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-Ton 22

Time for some REVENGE?

1 YEAR ON: MY HITS AND THE MISSES.

B-a-T 22 - So, what's the topic? Let's discuss.

So... Who won BAT 21?

GOLD BATOM

GOLD BATOM

Blog-a-Ton 21 - Vote for your favorites...

Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-Ton 21

What happened THE OTHER DAY?

Blog-a-Ton 21 - Topic Discussion/Voting

And the winners of BAT 20 are....

GOLD BATOM

SILVER BATOM

BRONZE BATOM

Its time to Vote for the entry worth winning

Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-Ton 20

The Image for BAT 20 is...

Welcome Two New Veteran Blog-a-Tonics

! ~ Blog-A-Ton 20.. It's time to sketch our imagination ~ !

!~ Here is a Veteran Blog-a-Tonic ~!

And the winners of BAT19 are....

GOLD BATOM

SILVER BATOM

BRONZE BATOM

Its Voting Time - Who had your favorite Journey?

Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-Ton 19

The Blog-a-Ton JOURNEY continues...

Blog-A-Ton 19... What's The Topic Now?! Let's Decide!

Time to crown the FIRST and the first BATOM for the SECOND season of BLOGATON

GOLD BATOM

SILVER BATOM

Are we ready to crown the FIRST BATOM of the SECOND Blogaton?

Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-Ton 18, the Season 2 is here

And so we run... for a change!!!

The Blogaton Season 2 begins: Blogaton 18

Blog-a-Ton Season 2 - The Veterans' Cut

I – A Veteran Blog-a-tonic!

Welcome 3 more VETERANS and an IMPORTANT NEWS!!!

Finally the Mystery Unfolds... BATOM 17 are...

GOLD BATOM

SILVER BATOM

SILVER BATOM

The Amateur Veteran

Help me in unfolding THE MYTERY by VOTING for your favourite post!!!

Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-Ton 17

Time to Unfold THE MYSTERY of the Topic and Present to you another VETERAN BATONIC

Suggest a Topic for Blog-a-Ton 17

Finally someone gets the reason to CELEBRATE! The BATOM 16 are...

GOLD BATOM

GOLD BATOM

GOLD BATOM

Vote for the BATOM 16

Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-Ton 16

With Diwali around the corner - Its CELEBRATIONS time!!!

Time to Move On........ to Blog-a-Ton 16!!!

Freaky Station On the Wall, Who is the BATOM of Us All???

GOLD BATOM

GOLD BATOM

BRONZE BATOM

Vote for the BATOM 15

Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-Ton 15