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I Give Good Blog' Award

Thank you, Baba, for showing me love and bringing such light into my life as always.

A heartfelt thanks to Prerna for giving me this meaningful award. It feels so good to have it from such a wonderful writer like her. It means so much to me. Thank you, Prerna.



Let's roll the red carpet out for these four awesome bloggers to whom I pass on the 'I Give Good Blog' award.
Harsha




Ramesh

Winners, keep working very hard with what you love doing through your blogs.  Winners, go ahead and display the award logos proudly on your blogs. Feel the pride and joy of having it and hey, don't forget to link me on it:)

And yes, before I forget, you've got to nominate four other blogs for this Award and pass the baton to them. So, what are you waiting for?

CELEBRATE!




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R. Ramesh said…
OMG, i was wondering..kahan se aaya this award...hey...how to thank u yaar for your kind motivation..lemme jus say god bless u, yr family and near dear ones..stay connected...cheers
November 5, 2009 at 2:21 AM
Swati said…
congrats Swapana
November 5, 2009 at 2:11 PM
grace said…
Oh my!its amazingly wonderful of you to have chosen me for this award. This is my first one as well.
Thanks a real lot Swapna.
Its kind of stupid to be asking this but could you please tell me how to accept this award.

Thanks again!
November 5, 2009 at 11:01 PM
grace said…
Here again - Just loved the title of your blog!
November 5, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Abhilash said…
congrats for your awards.
November 6, 2009 at 3:55 AM
Swapna Raghu Sanand said…
Thanks, all of you! Keep visiting!
November 7, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Iceman said…
WOW...congrats and thanks!!

I dunno how much I deserve it, but it definitely made my day.

Yipee..thnx again :)
November 8, 2009 at 12:02 AM
Harsha Chittar said…
hi swapna,
Thank you very much for the award, you made my day with the comments you left at my posts. You have a beautiful blog, i have taken quite a liking to it. Really like your writing style.
November 8, 2009 at 3:13 AM
workhard said…
Hey.. COngrats... u do have a pretty neat blog...

Work from home India
November 13, 2009 at 1:15 AM
Anonymous said…
Congratulations Swapna...Your blog deserves it...
December 4, 2009 at 3:56 AM
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