THIS CONTEST IS STRICTLY FOR MEMBERS WHO JOIN IN THE MONTH OF JULY 2004!!
~INDIA~
For this contest you must write about India. Any aspect that you choose. Maybe you 'd like to write about the country's landscape? Maybe the different way of life and culture, perhaps the colourful Bollywood movies? Whatever you like for some extra inspiration go to: www.tourindia.com/htm/homepage.htm or read the most informative comment by "Peacelink' below.
This contest is jointly judged by all of the Greeting Team
RULES
1. No Pre-writes
2. No erotica or profanity
3. Piece MUST be directly linked to the topic of India
4. No limit to number of entries
5. Enjoy!
6. Stay within the criteria for your entry to be considered.
7. Any collaboration must be with another July new member.
Prizes
1st Place - 400 points
2nd Place - 150 points
3rd place - 75 points
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 3, 2004
- Rewards: Gold: 400
- Final notes: My word this was so close!!!
As you may know the greeters vote for each of their favourites and I had 2 people tied for the first place and then 5 others with equal votes so I really am sorry it has taken so longEntries [18]
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India, I say
Who be you talking to?• Commented on by judge. -
People cry
as loved ones die• Commented on by judge. -
I wish I was a royal prince,
living in the Taj mahal,• Commented on by judge. -
She wakes up to the spice filled air of India Mornings,
Her black twinkling hair woven clumsily,• Commented on by judge. -
The waves crash against the shore,
the water is high this time of year.by xPlaidxAshesx 28 lines, 12 comments, on Jul 20 7:39 AM 2004. In Nature• Commented on by judge. -
The gentleness is stunning, the people gentle too.........• Commented on by judge.
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Today a baby girl is born,
News which pricks the family like a thorn,• Commented on by judge. -
My dream took me to India
a place i have never been• Commented on by judge. -
I traveled far across the land
To distant, foreign places• Commented on by judge. -
had to write about india-so I wrote about how traditional india is homophobic, anti-womens rights, etc• Commented on by judge.
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shattering the inherent violence
imprinted into Western Reason• Commented on by judge. -
Thump. Thump, thump, thump.by DarkangelMHB 104 lines, 10 comments, on Jul 30 2:05 AM 2004. In Other• Commented on by judge.
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He built it for her.
But she never got to see.• Commented on by judge. -
so many people
not clever, classless nor freeby LarryATilander 2 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 30 8:54 PM 2004. In Spiritual• Commented on by judge. -
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Cool contest idea! It will be interesting to see how various people from various countries view India....the country, the land, the people, everything.
Good luck to all those who enter
I look forward to reading your entries. (Small piece of acvice...read the contest rules and criteria, then follow it....I know it sounds strange to say, but you would be surprised at how many actually don't)
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Ooh, I want to join this one! I'll restrain myself, don't worry. Hope you get a lot of hits, I'll spread the word if I can.
Elle -
Well done on this great contest idea. India is a mystical and historical country. Let's see what the new poets come up with. And yes please read the rules, and it is only for those that joined in July. Lot's of points up for grabs here. Can't wait to read all about India. Dave.
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What an interesting subject to write about This should be a great contest.
Dee
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Yay, great topic I can't wait to see the entries start piling in. This will be fun to read about
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Wow thats a great topic esp coz its about my home country. Hope you get loadws of entries , I am surely gonna read all of them. Good luck judging
Love
Effie
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looking forward to seeing the entries for this one Hales...great idea...hugs...leanne xxx
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India always fascinated me, ever since I first studied it waaaay back in primary school. It will be interesting to see what people come up with.
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Wonderful idea for a contest Hayley - A country of many contrasts. This is going to be very interesting.
Von -
This idea could stretch us! Great idea. We will be traveling with the writers! Thank you!
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i dont think this contest is for me ..... you should let some late june ppl in it...it sounds really funn....though
good luck all
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Funky
I think this is a cool idea for a contest. I cant enter though... middle/last june. Ah well,, its a reall awesome idea!
Im Loving It
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good idea!!! Gosh I don't think that I could write on India,but I'm out of the mix anyway!!! LOL Jacki
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I think this is a cool idea for a new contest hope a lot more enter I have enjoyed the poems so far
lots of love Robin...aka SH
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Looking forward to reading all the poems.
Good luck to all.
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Why India, of all places?
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Why not?
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India is a remarkable and colourful country with many topics to write about - I have a few I could list but as that perhaps would lead other people in to writing about them without thinking I shall not.
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I thought it was hard to right about india but i was looking it up and found what was goin on in there live and it was tellin me about how many peopl died of dieses. and thats what i thought of. i wish the best to those that have entered or are entering
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Because not to many people have heard of Caddibarrawirracanna or wooloomooloo. So, India it is
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India, home to over a billion people has a 5000 year old culture, It has one of the oldest civilisations, on the banks of the river Indus rose the Indus Valley civilisations one of the three great river civilisations in the world, Mohenjo daro is now in Pakistan but Harrappa is in India,
For thousand of years travellers and invaders both have come to india through the Khyber pass. all of them brought with them some of their culture language cuisine religion philosophy etc. India adopted all this and in return coloured and changed them with its own distinct colour and flavour. India is the birthplace of at least four religions, Hinduism, Budhhism, Jainism and Sikhism, but here other great religions of the world have fourished like Islam Christianity, Judaism, Zorastrianism, etc. A proof of the extreme tolerance of the indian people who take to heart and accept all that comes within its border. Churches, Mosques, Synagogues, Fire Temples, abound besides millenium old temples each of which is an architectural wonder. The Lotus Temple in Delhi is a modern architectural delight belonging to the Bahai community and one of the bahai's biggest places of worship. A place of peace to be visited and meditated in.
India has many languages and cultures in its 29 states and two people from two states speak a completely different langauge and have totally different culture. Every state also has its own dress, even if it is just the saree, it is worn differently say in bengal then is Gujurat.
Every state has its own cuisine too. Though people think that all india has is curry and the Taj Mahal it is a country rich in variety
Variety in flora and fauna Variety in seasons, variety in topography, On the North it is bounded by the world's highest mountain range the Himalayas, from the glaciers up on the icfy hamalayan peaks flows the Ganga and the Yamuna on to the Norther plains, The Ganga flows into the Bay of Bengal and Sunderbans the home of the Royal Bengal Tiger lies in its delta. In Bengal the Ganga is also joined by the Brahmaputra which flows from lake Mansarover in Tibet.
Also in the North, is Kashmir a state of great beauty though unfortunately in the past few years it is torn by insurgency. The North eastern States have their own beauty and diversity, the Indian Rhino comes from Assam, also there is the place with the highest rainfall in the world. The land of five rivers the Punjab has its tales of Romance, Heer Ranjha forever immortalised by Waris Shah in his poem Heer, Sohni Mahiwal, Sassi Punno to name a few. The deserts and fortresses of Rajasthan beckon thousands of visitors everty year to India, tales of valour and courage, of such Rajput as Prithviraj Chauhan. Also the true love story of Prithviraj Chaihan and Sanyukta is no less interesting than that of Lochinvar and his fair Ellen. Honour and Courage, were the qualities that seperated the valiant Rajputs from all others and tales of their bravery abound. Like do the tales of the first freedom fighters against the British, Tipu Sultan of Mysore and his father Hyder Ali, The Rani of Jhansi, etc.
From India came saint poets like Kabir Namdev, Surdas, etc. It is the place where the longest epic ever composed ; The Mahabharata originated. Yes and it is also the birth place of the zero and the numbers which we now use.
Most people think it is a pooor starving country, most people do not realise that an Australia is born in india every year and soemhow india does sustain this humongous population.
Todays India has the highest emerging middle class, its doctors engineers and IT professionals are respected for theri dedication and hard work all over the world, Microsoft corporation chose 400 year old historic Hyderabad with its domes and palaces in india for its first base outside the US.
a hundred poems could be written just on Hyderabad and its tales. Hyderabad itself is named after the name given to a village girl who married the prince of the Qutb Shahi dynasty and whose name was changed to the more royal one Hyder mahal, In Madhy pradesh the tales of love of Baz Bahadur and roopmati still echo among the ruins of Mandu.
Well if anyone needs help then drop by
www.tourindia.com/htm/homepage.htm
Good Luck in the contest.
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That, is one fantastic piece of work. I read it twice, now i wan't to go there. I wish the world could come to me, but after reading that India beckons, along with USA, Canada, Lebanon....etc
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Pari - that is a very informative 'lesson' about your home Country - thank you for your time in writing and posting this.
Von -
it was my pleasure, after writing it I realised that I had not even touched .000001% on the subject. hope the website proves useful.
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Very great... and unique idea for a contest. Good luck to all the new members. Keep dreaming in ink.
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I agree, this is interesting. You should be getting a lot of entries because of bunch of people join this site daily, though I don't know what their views are on India, and if they'd want to write about it, but I mean- who wouldn't. It sounds cool
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This is great... thank you NurseHayley for such a lovely contest on my birth country... and thank you Pari for brief writeup on India... It will be interesting to read the entries... I wish good luck to all the fresh members who may enter this contest...
mina -
I just wrote one before logging in. Hope you like it.
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I'm from India....... and so manyyy people have said in their comments that it's rich in diversity...........like culture, traditions, flora, fauna, dress, buildings, etc etc...... I wish the participants would write about all that; other than people sufferring from diseases and poverty .......there's more to India than just the Taj Mahal and it's 1 billion strong!!
Zain
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Not that this is remotely important or has anything to do with this at all, but I just wanted to throw out a random comment regarding India: Indian chicks are hot. Damn, for some reason I have a thing for Indian babes. There was this hot chick in my class last semester named Kavita. Definately an Indian chick, but they're hard to find here in Florida. Anyway, I just felt like saying that. Good luck with this contest, and uh, heya ladies!!!
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PeaceLink-creatively written! I thought I was taking a tour, with you as the confidante and tour guide.
It appears that you have a true understanding of this land and its people. Very impressive.
Thank you for taking out your time to give us a run-through. Warmly, CookieZeal/DB -
Congratulations to everyone who entered this contest. It began rather slowly but ended with a bang. The entries were varied and interesting - thanks to everyone for helping to make our Monthy contest a success.
~Von~
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