It is with the deepest regret that I have to announce that Aniruddha Mahajan’s post on how long his fingernails have grown is the victor in the September Blog Mela. I would like to extend my halfhearted congratulations to Mr. Mahajan for his impressive display of rigging skills.
That only ray of hope that we can discern in the dark picture is that he failed to win an absolute majority of posts; so we can take heart in the fact that only thirty percent of the readership of the Indian Blogosphere finds itself utterly fascinated by the length of Mr. Mahajan’s …fingernails.

Anya is requested to contact Shanti Aunty for his Amazon gift certificate. I also have a recommendation for him as to what he should buy with it.

In other news, the motion to expel Ravages from the Cartel has fallen through as it did not get sufficient votes from the councillers. It was pointed out that expelling people for not winning will have to perverse effect of discouraging people from participating. Besides, a certain Cartel member’s conscience inconveniently reminded him that he too had lost at the Blog Mela once, that too to a Mallu.