{"id":4388,"date":"2009-01-06T10:55:01","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T05:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3188"},"modified":"2009-01-06T10:55:01","modified_gmt":"2009-01-06T05:25:01","slug":"india-uncut-is-nominated-in-the-2008-weblog-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/india-uncut-is-nominated-in-the-2008-weblog-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"India Uncut Is Nominated In The 2008 Weblog Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m pleased to inform you that India Uncut has been nominated in two categories at the 2008 Weblog Awards: <\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/2008.weblogawards.org\/polls\/best-asian-blog\/\" title=\"Best Asian Blog\">Best Asian Blog<\/a><\/b>.<br \/>\n<b><a href=\"http:\/\/2008.weblogawards.org\/polls\/best-political-coverage\/\" title=\"Best Political Coverage\">Best Political Coverage<\/a><\/b>. <\/p>\n<p>As far as I can tell, it is the only blog written out of India to be nominated in any category. It is also one of a handful of blogs nominated in more than one category. And will it win a prize? That&#8217;s in your hands, kind reader.<\/p>\n<p>Wins are decided by voting, and readers are allowed to vote once every 24 hours, so if you enjoy reading India Uncut, go forth and vote. The category I have great hopes of is Best Asian Blog, so <a href=\"http:\/\/2008.weblogawards.org\/polls\/best-asian-blog\/\" title=\"Best Asian Blog -- Vote for me!\">do vote there wholeheartedly<\/a>. I&#8217;m most unlikely to win Best Political Coverage, where giants like Daily Kos, Townhall and Politico have also been nominated, but hell, we&#8217;re the world&#8217;s largest democracy, we know how to vote, so <a href=\"http:\/\/2008.weblogawards.org\/polls\/best-political-coverage\/\" title=\"Best Political Coverage -- Vote for me!\">do vote there as well<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, I seem to be the only nominee in that category writing about non-American politics, so I guess that&#8217;s an honour in itself. My posts on politics are <a href=\"\/category\/Politics\/\" title=\"Politics on India Uncut\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2008.weblogawards.org\/polls\/best-asian-blog\/\"><span class=\"wrap-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img87.imageshack.us\/img87\/326\/wafinalist2008320x64yn3.png\" rel=\"lightbox\" title=\"India Uncut Is Nominated In The 2008 Weblog Awards\" border=\"0\"  alt=\"The 2008 Weblog Awards\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m pleased to inform you that India Uncut has been nominated in two categories at the 2008 Weblog Awards: <b><a href=\"http:\/\/2008.weblogawards.org\/polls\/best-asian-blog\/\" title=\"Best Asian Blog\">Best Asian Blog<\/a><\/b> and <b><a href=\"http:\/\/2008.weblogawards.org\/polls\/best-political-coverage\/\" title=\"Best Political Coverage\">Best Political Coverage<\/a><\/b>. As far as I can tell, it is the only blog written out of India to be nominated in any category. It is also one of a handful of blogs nominated in more than one category. And will it win a prize? That&#8217;s in your hands, kind reader.<\/p>\n<p>Wins are decided by voting, and readers are allowed to vote once every 24 hours, so if you enjoy reading India Uncut, go forth and vote. The category I have great hopes of is Best Asian Blog, so <a href=\"http:\/\/2008.weblogawards.org\/polls\/best-asian-blog\/\" title=\"Best Asian Blog -- Vote for me!\">do vote there wholeheartedly<\/a>. I&#8217;m most unlikely to win Best Political Coverage, where giants like Daily Kos, Townhall and Politico have also been nominated, but hell, we&#8217;re the world&#8217;s largest democracy, we know how to vote, so <a href=\"http:\/\/2008.weblogawards.org\/polls\/best-political-coverage\/\" title=\"Best Political Coverage -- Vote for me!\">do vote there as well<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, I seem to be the only nominee in that category writing about non-American politics, so I guess that&#8217;s an honour in itself. My posts on politics are <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/categories\/category\/Politics\/\" title=\"Politics on India Uncut\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>India Uncut Is Nominated In The 2008 Weblog Awards - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/india-uncut-is-nominated-in-the-2008-weblog-awards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"India Uncut Is Nominated In The 2008 Weblog Awards - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I&#8217;m pleased to inform you that India Uncut has been nominated in two categories at the 2008 Weblog Awards: Best Asian Blog and Best Political Coverage. 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