Faking News Innovative Banner Award

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Dear Readers, I am happy to announce that I won Faking News Innovative Banner Award. It was a fair and transparent contest. I did not ask anyone to vote for me, nor did I try to influence any of the judges after submitting my entry, because there weren't any.

I had eliminated all the possibilities of wrongdoing at the inception (not the movie, silly.) The Grist Mill had conducted this contest in keeping with the highest standards of the blogging community. No one knew about the contest because I didn’t tell anyone. Mine was the only entry in the competition and it won hands down.

The pictures that were used to make the banner.

The Winning Entry
Fake reactions from around the world:

Rahul Roushan: This is the most awesome banner I have ever seen. I couldn't have thought outside the box like that myself.
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala: East or West, Jiribala Goshi is the best!
Purba Ray: I love you more than your husband.
Barack Obama: I want GJ to design all my banners for 2012 election campaign.
S.M. Krishna: Giribala Joshi should be absorbed in Tri-Valley, I mean, Harvard University.
George Clooney: I read Faking News to keep my Indian fans happy. (Inki to sui hi atak gayi...)
Ashish: This is not fair. You left out reactions from so many important people.
Suputri: Mummy, bhook lagi hai….
Pati Parameshwar: Aaj khana milega ya nahin?

For more reactions please proceed to the comments section.

Posted by Giribala at 9:38 PM Labels: , ,

27 comments:

  1. UnknownFebruary 13, 2011 at 12:33 AM

    Explain the tattoo to your fans, please.

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  2. GiribalaFebruary 13, 2011 at 8:55 AM

    That is Reaper who works for the Devil by retrieving souls that have escaped from Hell :-)

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  3. AshishFebruary 13, 2011 at 9:46 AM

    This is not fair. Sirf meri taang kyu kheenchi gayi(other than celebrities of course)? :P

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  4. Blasphemous AestheteFebruary 13, 2011 at 11:26 AM

    That banner is so fakingly fake that I so fakingly like it.

    :P
    That was a fake comment, or maybe not.

    Cheers.

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  5. SamadritaFebruary 13, 2011 at 11:52 AM

    Woo hoo you the man...err woman GB!
    Awesome banner and congratulations! :D

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  6. Neeraj BhushanFebruary 13, 2011 at 11:52 AM

    creativity at its fake :)

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  7. GiribalaFebruary 13, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    @Ashish: You are a celebrity too....
    @Anshul: A huge fake thanks to you!
    @Sammy: thanks :-)
    @Neeraj: :-))

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2011 at 1:07 PM

    Ha ha, congrats!!!! Loved the reactions from suputri and pati. So typical!!!!!!!

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  9. zephyrFebruary 13, 2011 at 7:00 PM

    You look fab with your hairdo and tattoo :D What wonderful imagination! You deserve the award handsdown or up :)

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  10. BK Chowla,February 13, 2011 at 10:27 PM

    good luck to you

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  11. PurbaFebruary 14, 2011 at 4:55 AM

    Love your hair G and you look hotter than Clooney and his khandaan!!

    And did you have to announce my undying love for you to the whole world?

    Btw what are we doing for Valentine's?

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  12. GiribalaFebruary 14, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    @Pallavi: Thanks...:-)
    @Zephyr: So... I get your vote!
    @Chowla ji: I suppose, you mean more such luck of winning awards.Thanks.
    @Purba: he he ... We are so tired of loving and caring for each other the whole year, that we plan to take a break on Valentine's Day.

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  13. Harsha K NFebruary 14, 2011 at 10:39 AM

    Haha , did bring a smile on my face :) good one !

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  14. Indian Home MakerFebruary 15, 2011 at 2:55 AM

    Very creative, very funny. Jiribala Goshi is the fest and the bunniest.

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  15. A Restless Mind With A Sensitive Heart!February 15, 2011 at 6:47 AM

    You rock!!!

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  16. umashankarFebruary 15, 2011 at 11:02 AM

    Banners feel real while Giribala is in them... It's only when we fake them that we realize something was actually strange!

    p.s. Not an inception, stupid!

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  17. AlkaFebruary 16, 2011 at 6:11 AM

    Well deserved award...and the comment is not fake.

    How come u look both hot and cool at the same time?

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  18. Harsh NemaFebruary 16, 2011 at 10:51 AM

    Now I know how perfectly Indian PM faked today on TV. He read this page before that.

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  19. GiribalaFebruary 16, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    @Harsha K N: Thanks :-)
    @IHM: I like the fest and bunniest compliment!!
    @Restless: :-))
    @USP: Good observation!
    @Alka: Thanks! I sip cool drink sitting in a hot tub :-)
    @Harsh: Yes, PM is a great fan of The Grist Mill. Usually, he brings corn to grind as he likes makke di roti.

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  20. KaalicharanFebruary 17, 2011 at 3:04 AM

    Wow! Giribala di' :)

    That makes for an awesome banner! No wonder Obama wants a similar job:)

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  21. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2011 at 9:23 PM

    Does your daughter know you're morphing her pics? Sad behavior for a 58 year old.

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  22. GiribalaFebruary 17, 2011 at 10:37 PM

    @Abhishek: thanks!
    @rahul b: *sob sob* How did you find out? *sob sob*

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  23. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2011 at 11:04 PM

    @Giribala
    I counted the number of wrinkles on your forehead and multiplied by 2.

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  24. GiribalaFebruary 17, 2011 at 11:16 PM

    @rahul: You are a smart and intelligent boy, but you should not make old ladies sad by disclosing their age.

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  25. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2011 at 10:21 AM

    Wow Indian women faking it, even with Clooney!

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  26. RindoAugust 11, 2011 at 11:18 PM

    Ah. This explains the sudden interest in grizzly hairdos among the starlets...

    You have done India proud, Mme. Joshi! :D

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  27. GiribalaAugust 11, 2011 at 11:51 PM

    Thanks Rindo! Rahul Roushan also congratulated me on Facebook :-)

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