Vote for the winner
What a fantastic response! Thank you everyone for participating in and for publicising the Projectwhy short story competition.
Here are all the entries I received. I would really appreciate if you could go through all the stories and vote for your top three. It'd be nice if you could also mention why you like them. Please post your comment on this post. Could you leave your name if you are not a blogger? Thank you.
Each participant gets awarded points for the votes he/she gets. For each no.1, the writer gets three points, for no.2, two points and for each no.3, one point.
At the end of the week, the writer who gets the most points is declared winner and gets a £10 voucher to spend on amazon.com.
Those who come second and third receive a mention. Sponsors for second and third prizes welcome.
A note to the participants - I've tried to link your name to your blog where I know of one. If you'd like it changed, then please do let me know. Thank you.
Here are all the entries I received. I would really appreciate if you could go through all the stories and vote for your top three. It'd be nice if you could also mention why you like them. Please post your comment on this post. Could you leave your name if you are not a blogger? Thank you.
Each participant gets awarded points for the votes he/she gets. For each no.1, the writer gets three points, for no.2, two points and for each no.3, one point.
At the end of the week, the writer who gets the most points is declared winner and gets a £10 voucher to spend on amazon.com.
Those who come second and third receive a mention. Sponsors for second and third prizes welcome.
A note to the participants - I've tried to link your name to your blog where I know of one. If you'd like it changed, then please do let me know. Thank you.
posted by ammani at 2:56 AM
60 Comments:
1. Aparna
2. Kay
3. Varun
1 & 2 - Different Ending. Not being sentimental!
3 - Sentimental but effective!
1. Tangent
2. Ram
Chenthil
1. Tangent (#6,#7,#2,#1) in order
2. Tulsi (Just a Man,A responsible child,Cycle waala)
3. Ram (Bargain, Hide and seek,Bicycle Rider)
4. Chenthil
Though the competition demands only three, just that loved these four pieces very much than the rest that thought to mention the fourth one..!!
Loved reading them...!!!
1. Ram
2. Tulsi
3. Mahesh
1. Ram
2. Tulsi
3. Varun
top 3:
1. tulsi (a responsible child, bicycle waala--can't decide which is better!)
2. chentil
3. ram (personal decisions)
Liked
1. Tangent #7 & #3
2. Ram - Hide and Seek
1.Kasturi
2.Tulsi
3.Aparna
For all those whose names don't appear doesn't mean stories were not good. I have no choice but to enter only 3 names.:)
1. Tangent
1. Tulsi Keshkamat: Cycle waala - The characterisation is good. A very simple yet strong ending. The story just resonated within me.
2. Chenthil - It was subtle but packed a strong punch all the same. I liked the restraint in it.
3. Aparna: A simple state of being - The story made me smile throughout. That's what being a kid is all about.
Honourable mentions: Varun (different. "russet eyes" was quite something!) and Kay (lovely narration)
1. Ram (The bargain)
2. Tangent (#2)
3. Chenthil
1. Good observation
2. Very cute
3. Touching but true.
1. Chenthil
- brings out the truth that most people are not ready to admit!
2. Tulsi (Responsible child)
- very touching. Maintained the suspense till the end!
3. Kasturi (Nana)
- struck a chord within me.
All the stories were superb!
And my vote goes to..
1. Tulsi, for Responsible child
1. Natarajan Raman, for Childhood hero
2. Chenthil, for Chenthil's entry
1. Tulsi - Cycle waala
2. Katuri- sGod
3. Ram- Bargain
1. Tulsi: Cycle waala
2. Ram: Hide and seek
3. Kasturi: Nana
1.Ram-Hide and seek,The bargain,Personal decisions
2.Chenthil
3.Tulsi-Cycle wala,Just a man
Just loved their entries...too good....
Saranya
My rating:
1. Tulsi
2. Ram
3. Varun
I've been in two minds whether or not to vote. In the end, I decided I would. We'll count mine in only if there's a tie, okay?
No.3 - Tulsi's Cycle waala. Though similar to Ram's Bicycle Rider, I liked the metaphor of a black statue and how it serves to rekindle memories of childhood. Very subtle.
No.2 - Chenthil's story. Such feelings of relief are often unacknowledged and frowned upon. While we love our kids, we'd never want to see them suffer or be left to raise a disabled child. Difficult subject, well handled.
No.1 - Tangent's #7. Who hasn't been there, been compared? Such a wonderful statement of the obvious. Loved it.
Chenthil
Ram
Tulsi
1. Tangent - #7 & #6. I agree with Ammani. Short and sweet tales.
2. Kasturi - God.
What I liked were, these were crisp, powerful and well written.
No 3:
Chenthil
No 2:
Tangents #7
No 1:
Tulsi - Cycle Waala
I had posted earlier at the bottom of the page, but to help ammani collect the votes easily... I will repost it here:
Chenthil 2.5 points
Kasturi (God) 2.5 points
Tulsi (Cyclewaala) 1 point.
Great idea, Great participation, Truly great stories.
Sorry to say but the story "Hide and Seek" was copied. I think it was written either by Khushwant Singh or Anita Desai (Dont remember who). The idea is the very same, the author could have at least mentioned that he was inspired by the story.
My choices
1. Varun
2. Bicycle Rider
3. Tangent #1
I will be rating the stories on scale of 3
Kasturi(Nana)= 2.9
Tulsi(Cycle wala)=2.5
Ram (Bargain, Hide and seek,Bicycle Rider)= 2
All Stories are good!!
Hi Anonymous,
I have been told that Anita Desai has written something very close to Hide and Seek...
Infact it was a great surprise that myself and Tulsi (dont know the person at all) came up with similar stories...That was fascinating...I mean Cyclewalla and Bicycle Rider)
I did not intend to copy anything but I have read a lot of books over my life and it is possible that the idea certainly was not original...Must have stayed at the back of my mind...and popped up as if it was something entirely new and original to my mind...
I can withdraw the entry if people so wish.
Ram
First timer here. Ammani..good job on your stories.
These are my ratings
1. Tangent - a few stories made me smile,think and reminisce.
2. Tulsi & Ram - cycle stories - simple. Could vibe with it.
If I may comment, a few stories were very dramatic/cinematic, trying to artifically induce emotions.
Hey Ram (no pun intended! :)),
I agree on the bicycle rider story. Overall, most of us with similar backgrounds function with the same frame of reference and can identify or reminisce about these experiences in similar ways. In the same way, we can come up with intersecting ideas, and they need not be un-original. To be honest, when I read the Hide and Seek story, I could predict it before reading the end... so perhaps we have similar tracks of thinking. There may be others too. It would be unfair to assume that you 'copied' it from somewhere. :) It wouldnt be worth it on a forum like this! -Tulsi
1. tangent #7
2. tulsi-cyclewala
3. kasturi-nana
1. Tangent # 2,5,7
2. Ram
3. Kay
I think it's a little unfair to call Ram's story as plagiarised. Most of us have life experiences from which we draw our stories. And it's very likely that we've all had similar experiences.
This is a case of coincidence. No more.
Tangent
Tulsi
Chenthil
Ammani,
Its great to see you have inspired a whole bunch of quick tale writers!! Way to go!
Almost all the stories were really good..:)
My vote goes to...
1. Tulsi - responsible child
2. Ram - Bicycle rider
3. Ram - bargain.
These were very good in terms of content and originality of style... Some others were good too, but were extremely "Ammani"ish in narration... I'd have mistaken it for u if there was no author name!!:D
Here is my vote
1. A simple state of being -Aparna
2. Hide & Seek - Ram
3. Just a man - Tulsi
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Wow..people sure can write well.
Pretty nice stories..and narratives.
here are my likings
1. Tangent - quite a few. # 3 and #6 #7. Short.And packs a punch. Made me think. Especially. Growing up - from short drawers to full-pants. Excellent!
2. Varun's. Loved the way the tenses past/present have been handled.And the tweak at the end.
3. Ram - Bicycle rider - the one eye touch was nice..
1. Kay
2. Varun
3. Tangent # 7
venkat
1. Varun
very well expressed and unexpected ending
2. Kay
Somewhat realistic though we would luv to have our childhood back, we will not want to go through all the thresholds till the state we are now. if given only teh childhood its fine
3. Rams
The bargain was good showing the softer side of a mother
Kay, Kasturi & Mahesh (1, 2 & 3).
My vote goes to
1)Varun - excellent as always.
2)Ram - Hide and Seek.
3) Kay - none will dare to answer 'Yes' to his question :-)
And finally thanks to the 'what is in name', for even my entry worth mentioning.
Thank you all.
1. Tulsi "A Responsible Child"
2. Ram "Bicycle Rider"
3. Natarajan "Childhood Hero"
Most of the entries were excellent. They were simple, with an underlying beautiful message. Some stories reminded me of the style of R K Narayan.
Loved reading all the stories.
My vote goes to
1.chenthil - a moving story
2.Kasturi
3.Kay - Realistic
varun's story - very touching !!
My votes for V the G - Varun as always - u manage to give any topic such a fresh feel..a gripping story !!!
1.Varun - u hv got my Vote !!!
Could visualize the entire narration..
2.Natarajan Raman
1. Chenthil - Very touching.
2. Tulsi (Cycle waala) - Very nice flow. The imagery of the narration was good. And the ending is what set it apart from Ram's "Bicycle Rider".
3. Kay (Manhood) - Nicely written. Was thought-provoking without being overly sentimental.
Tulsi's cycle wala comes first for me.
Her responsible child comes a close second
And Kasturi's God comes third
1. Tangent #2 (smile)
2. Chenthil
3. Kay
1. Tangent - short and smart.
2. Tulsi
1. Chenthil
2. Aparna
3. Tulsi - Cycle Wala
anonymous:
Since I dont have a blog of my own have to use the term "anonymous"! It makes me feel I'm one of those people who send anonymous vicious mails.My name is suja..
My vote goes for
1)Tulsi - Cyclewalla
2)Mahesh - Childhood
3)Kasturi - Nana
Anonymous said...
I will be rating the stories on scale of 3
Kasturi(Nana)= 2.9
Tulsi(Cycle wala)=2.5
Ram (Bargain, Hide and seek,Bicycle Rider)= 2
All Stories are good!!
11:13 AM
What is wrong with you? Is it THAT difficult to understand a simple voting process? unbelievable!!!!
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1 Poornima
2. Kay - Manhood (I thought i was entering this, and entered a wrong one before)
3. Tangent - #7
my votes
1. varun
2. tangent
3. ram
1. Tangent
2. Mahesh
3. Ram
1. Tulsi- i really enjoyed 'Just a man' and 'cyclewala'. keep writing tulsi!
1. Tangent
1. Tulsi
2. Mahesh
3. Ram
1. Cycle wala - Tulsi
2. Comparisons - Tangent (7)
3. Kiran - Tangent (2)
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