As we did last year, DesiPundit is again auctioning off its prizes won at the Indibloggies. the proceeds will be donated in entirety to Magic Bus, a nonprofit charitable organization that conducts developmental activities for children and young adults through the outdoors and sports [hat tip: Confused.] The prizes are as follows:
- A copy of Reader 06 worth Rs 350 from Sarai – CSDS (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies), Delhi.
- A copy each of “Best of Tehelka 2″ worth Rs 350 and “Vox: Critical Conversations” worth Rs 250, both published by Buffalo Books, from Tehelka.
- One Gym Kit worth Rs 1500 from Black Panther.
- Gift voucher worth Rs 3000 for any art or craft item by Creativegarh Art and Craft Gallery, New Delhi.
- Amazon gift certificate worth $25 from online magazine Tamiloviam.
- Amazon gift certificate worth $50 from Digital Bhoomi.
Enter your bid amount either for one or more or all items in the comments below [no email bids, please.] In case, you are bidding for one or more item, please ensure that you quote equal or more than the value of the item. The auction ends on Thursday, April 5th 2007 at 11:59pm CST. The sponsors prefer if you are in India but we’ll see what we can do to ship items to the U.S. or elsewhere. So bid away!
Not-so-fine Print: DesiPundit will neither receive any money nor deliver the prizes. The person making the winning bid will donate the amount to Magic Bus either to its Indian or the international address [you can pay online] and email us the receipt. We’ll then put you in touch with Debashish, the organizer of Indibloggies who will ship the prize or forward your address to the sponsor.
Comments
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Shripriya
Apr 2nd, 2007 at 7:00 pm | #
Great idea. Magic Bus is a fabulous organization that is doing great work!
Debashish
Apr 3rd, 2007 at 1:12 am | #
This has been a fabulous ritual for Desipundit, and I mean both: Winning at Indibloggies
and giving back to the society. Kudos to your efforts people! (Just to clarify that the prizes would only be shipped to Indian destinations by the sponsors.)
MadMan
Apr 3rd, 2007 at 2:08 am | #
Um, just to clarify: my bid for a $25 gift voucher should be $25 or more?
Patrix
Apr 3rd, 2007 at 10:40 am | #
Madman, yes. If no one bids up your initial $25 then you wouldn’t lose anything and Magic Bus gets $25 in cash instead of a gift coupon.
Prashant
Apr 5th, 2007 at 1:30 pm | #
Why not ebay this?
Patrix
Apr 5th, 2007 at 2:13 pm | #
Prashant, I had hoped I should offer DesiPundit readers the first opportunity for getting these prizes. If no one bids then, I might open it up on eBay (prefer not to coz of shipping limitations)
PS. resize your MyBlogLog profile picture.