Namaste! Greetings!
We conclude the seventeenth edition of the Indian Kukai today.
81 participants took part in 17th Indian Kukai, and they came from 25 different countries.
The theme of this edition was SELFIE.
This time the winner is Archana Kapoor Nagpal from Bangalore, India with 47 points.
Billy Antonio from Laoac, Pangasinan, Philippines takes the runner-up slot with 27 points, and Adjei Agyei-Baah from Ghana takes the third place with 22 points.
Sondra J Byrnes from Santa Fe, USA is fourth with 20 points.
The fifth place has been shared by Mihail Buraga from Bucharest,Romania and Laura Csilla from Brasov,Romania with 19 points each.
The fifth place has been shared by Mihail Buraga from Bucharest,Romania and Laura Csilla from Brasov,Romania with 19 points each.
Congratulations to all of them, and to each of you who participated as well.
Complete results as below.
Points are indicated as (5,3,1) = 5*1pt + 3*2pt + 1*3pt = 5+6+3 = 14pts.
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WINNER
4
selfie -
i tell myself
to smile
- Archana Kapoor Nagpal
Bangalore,India
(4,8,9)=47 points
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RUNNER UP
42
family selfie
the dog fights
for a spot
- Billy Antonio
Laoac, Pangasinan, Philippines
(5,5,4)= 27 points
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THIRD PLACE
36
nature's selfie
the sky watches itself
from a still lake
-Adjei Agyei-Baah
Ghana
(2,4,4)= 22 points
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FOURTH PLACE
22
the selfie she takes full of herself
-Sondra J. Byrnes
Santa Fe, USA
(4,5,2)= 20 points
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FIFTH PLACE (X2)
72
mountain lake -
our faces moved
by a leaf
-Mihail Buraga
Bucharest, Romania
(1,3,4) = 19 points
81
harvest moon
another selfie with
my pregnant wife
-Laura Csilla
Brasov,Romania
(7,0,4) = 19 points
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SIXTH PLACE
71
birthday pic
I post my latest wrinkles
to facebook
-Barbara Kaufmann
USA
(6,1,3) = 17 points
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SEVENTH PLACE
32
tourists
with stretched arms
smiling buddha
-Mohammad Azim Khan
Peshawar, Pakistan
(2,3,2) =14 points
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EIGHTH PLACE (x3)
26
selfie —
the smile of the Mona Lisa
in my back
-Christiane Ranieri
WITTENHEIM, FRANCE
(1,3,2)= 13 points
35
family selfie
our heads connect
cheek to cheek
-Kwaku Feni Adow
Akosombo, Ghana
(2,1,3) = 13 points
44
selfie —
if only introspection
was as easy
-Vinay Leo R
Bangalore, India
(1,0,4) = 13 points
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NINTH PLACE (x2)
10
grandma's birthday
after several attempts –
her first selfie
-Nijole Kerušauskiene
Kaunas, Lithuania
(7,1,1) = 12 points
13
little boy
sends selfies
to his dead father
-Jurate Norvaisiene
Mazeikiai, Lithuania
(0,3,2) = 12 points
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TENTH PLACE
27
his last act-
a selfie on the crest
of a giant wave
-Sandra Martyres
Mumbai,India
(2,3,1) = 11 points
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10 points (x4)
48
Mother's Day —
taking a selfie
in front of her grave
-Minh-Triêt PHAM
Paris, France
(2,4,0)= 10 points
55
selfie
capturing your smile
over my shoulder
-Karen Harvey
Pwllheli, Wales
(3,2,1) = 10 points
59
by the mirror
revealing her other side
bathroom selfie
-Mark Gilfillan
North London
(3,2,1) = 10 points
60
selfie brothers --
the harvest moon
on my shoulder
-James Dobson
Prudhoe, UK.
(1,3,1) = 10 points
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9 points (x3)
6
spring break the need to put herself in the picture
-Ignatius Fay
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
(4,1,1) = 9 points
18
on his selfies another girl's face several times
-Marie Derley
Ath, Belgium
(3,3,0) = 9 points
74
stormy harmattan we finally take a selfie together
-Blessmond Alebna Ayinbire
Bolgatanga - Ghana
West Africa.
(0,0,3)= 9 points
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8 points
17
vacation photo my face half the scenery
-Anthony Q. Rabang
Philippines
(3,1,1)=8 points
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7 points (x2)
31
alpine lake I edit myself from the selfie
-Andy Burkhart
Cincinnati, USA
(3,2,0) =7 points
80
Selfie
Only I can read the story
behind each wrinkle
-Shalini Sunkuru
Norwich, UK
(2,1,1) =7 points
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6 points (x6)
5
Winter noon
cherry blossom blizzard
entered my selfie
-Aziza Hena
Dhaka, Bangladesh
(2,2,0) = 6 points
7
selfie –
these faces of mine never
become boring
-Tomislav Maretić
Zagreb,Croatia
(3,0,1) = 6 points
9
shining daffodil field!
I focus on a bloom in grey hair —
the only selfie
-Goda V. Bendoraitiene
Klaipeda, Lithuania
(1,1,1) = 6 points
19
old new year selfie
dead mother smiling
in background
-Dainius Dirgela
Vilnius, Lithuania
(1,1,1) = 6 points
33
brave selfie
with a buffalo
chasing him
-Munia Khan
Dhaka, Bangladesh
(1,1,1) = 6 points
76
Thanksgiving Day
I take a selfie with
the blood donor
-Florin Florian
Botosani,Romania
(1,1,1) = 6 points
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5 points (x4)
1
all day climb
our selfie at the start
and on the summit
-Barbara A, Taylor
Mountain Top, NSW
Australia
(3,1,0) = 5 points
2
every day
at the same stream
magpie poses
-John McDonald
Edinburgh, Scotland
(1,2,0) = 5 points
77
my first selfie-
a spotted butterfly
on my nose
-Vani Sathyanarayan
Bangalore, India
(0,1,1) = 5 points
79
unfocused...
in my selfie
the bluest sky
-sanjuktaa
Karnataka,India
(3,1,0) = 5 points
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4 points (x5)
12
harmattan evening
the ghetto boy's cigar red hot
in a selfie
-Emmanuel Jes Kalusian
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
(2,1,0) = 4
34
dating site
a bathroom light glares
in a selfie
-Anna Cates
Wilmington, Ohio, USA
(1,0,1) = 4 points
40
impossible selfie -
in non glass covered coffin
my banished queen
-Nicu Stopel
Bucharest, Romania
(0,2,0) = 4 points
51
a cold snap-
my blurred selfie shows
multiple selves
-Ashish Narain
Delhi, India
(0,2,0) = 4 points
54
randomly walking
through the Fori Imperiali* -
selfie with Julius?
*The Fori Imperiali in Rome form the most
extended archeological site of Roman Empire
-francesco de sabata
Pescantina,Italy
(2,1,0) = 4 points
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3 points (x8)
11
I give myself
a great hug -
graduation selfie
-Ana Drobot
Bucharest, Romania
(1,1,0) = 3 points
37
by the pond
Narcissus gazing at his own reflection-
the first selfie
-Andrius Luneckas
Vilnius, Lithuania
(1,1,0) = 3 points
49
accidental selfie...
is it an onion bhaji
or just me
-Iliyana Stoyanova
St Albans, UK
(0,0,1) = 3 points
53
not as I would wish
this selfie shows too clearly
the passage of years
-Mavis Gulliver
Scotland
(0,0,1) = 3 points
61
torn wildflower
through the screen's shards
her last selfie
-Marina Bellini
Bagnolo San Vito (MN) Italy
(0,0,1) = 3 points
62
winter selfie
my long-dead cat
in the background
-Christina Sng
Singapore
(1,1,0) = 3 points
63
dark days...
we pose to capture
mother's first laugh
-Barnabas I. Adeleke
Okuku, Osun State, Nigeria
(0,0,1) =3 points
73
hot peperoni pizza smiling selfie evening
-Freddy Ben-Arroyo
Haifa, Israel
(0,0,1) = 3 points
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2 points(x7 )
20
No food, no money, no job
Selfie?
What is selfie?
-Ruzica Soldo
Siroki Brijeg,Bosnia and Herzegovina
(0,1,0) = 2 points
23
lakeside selfie
perfect pouts both
the girl and the goose
-Yesha Shah
Surat, India
(0,1,0) = 2 points
30
selfie -
the world
speaks tech
-Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
Fairlawn, USA
(0,1,0) = 2 points
38
selfie with carps
covering the whole frame
spattered lake
-Aparna Pathak
India
(0,1,0 ) =2 points
39
selfie
the shrinking mirror
I look into
-Devin Harrison
Vancouver Island - Canada
(0,1,0) = 2 points
45
four sisters -
we stand for a selfie
after the mother's funeral
-AJAYA MAHALA
Pune, India
(2,0,0) = 2 points
65
cappuccino--
I photo bomb the German
couple's selfie
-Barbara Hay
Ponca City, OK,USA
(0,1,0)= 2 points
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1 point (x5)
8
a selfie or a Pokémon mother forget the children alone at the park
-Pepa Odjakova
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
(1,0,0) =1 point
16
At the belvedere stretching out one arm the view filled up
-Richard Jodoin
Montréal, Canada
(1,0,0) = 1 point
21
on the beach-- I and my selfie as everyone else
-Srinivasa Sambangi
Hyderabad,India
(1,0,0) = 1 point
43
dead-heading - she picks her selfie with the freshest bloom
3
dog day in the town- passer-by smiles back at girl taking selfie
-Djurdja Vukelic Rozic
Ivani-Grad, Croatia
14
Lonely memories think not selfish I take selfies
-Vibha Rani Shrivastava
Patna , India
15
My selfie with a celebrity The trickster is Photo shop technique..
-Purush
nolensville Tn,USA
24
A sparrow sits on my bike And Lo! I see her......
-shabbir shaikh
Partur, India
25
school trip the twentieth Eiffel Tower selfie is just perfect
-Lyudmila Hristova
Sofia, Bulgaria
28
mirror reflects daughter now taller than her mom posted selfie
-Nancy Brady
Huron, USA
29
bright summer morning… selfie in a Montgolfier over the forest
-Keith A. Simmonds
41
New selfie ladder to the star 21st century
-Dragica Ohashi
Kiyosu City, Japan
46
selfie in zoo... first advances towards her has real teeth
-Seshu Chamarty
Hyderabad,India
47
me, myself and I looking at life through a lens refracted likeness
50
selfie editor app if only hiding our flaws was that easy
-Vandana Parashar
India
52
shot in the cemetery still life with crows
-Marion Clarke
Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland
56
my snapshot- such a bristled hair to be ashamed of
-Božidar Škobić
Višegrad,Bosnia and Herzegovina
57
my reflection of a hopeful vision... this self taken
-Pat Geyer
East Brunswick, NJ USA
58
fish lips in her selfie beach holiday
-Terri L. French
US
64
holiday photo our faces divided long narrow shadow
-Wiesław Karliński
Namysłów, Poland
66
fullmoon so modern - every month some new selfies in roof solar panels
-Tomasz Szymczak
Chojnice, Poland
69
Poor smartphone - the photo of the two of us It is blurred
-Pasquale Asprea
Genova - Italia
70
the smile, the time-pie - flown to the virtual abode
-Byju V
Thiruvananthapuram India
75
you on background somebody's biceps
-Alexander Shytkovskiy
Energodar,Ukraine
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Result Not Displayed as the Poets Didn't Cast Their Vote
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1 point (x5)
8
a selfie or a Pokémon mother forget the children alone at the park
-Pepa Odjakova
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
(1,0,0) =1 point
16
At the belvedere stretching out one arm the view filled up
-Richard Jodoin
Montréal, Canada
(1,0,0) = 1 point
21
on the beach-- I and my selfie as everyone else
-Srinivasa Sambangi
Hyderabad,India
(1,0,0) = 1 point
43
dead-heading - she picks her selfie with the freshest bloom
-Sara Winteridge New Forest,England
(1,0,0) = 1 point
67
art museum -
a girl taking selfies
blinded by flashes
-Miruna Covor
Bucharest, Romania
(1,0,0) = 1 point
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NO POINTS THIS TIME, SORRY
dog day in the town- passer-by smiles back at girl taking selfie
-Djurdja Vukelic Rozic
Ivani-Grad, Croatia
14
Lonely memories think not selfish I take selfies
-Vibha Rani Shrivastava
Patna , India
15
My selfie with a celebrity The trickster is Photo shop technique..
-Purush
nolensville Tn,USA
24
A sparrow sits on my bike And Lo! I see her......
-shabbir shaikh
Partur, India
25
school trip the twentieth Eiffel Tower selfie is just perfect
-Lyudmila Hristova
Sofia, Bulgaria
28
mirror reflects daughter now taller than her mom posted selfie
-Nancy Brady
Huron, USA
29
bright summer morning… selfie in a Montgolfier over the forest
-Keith A. Simmonds
41
New selfie ladder to the star 21st century
-Dragica Ohashi
Kiyosu City, Japan
46
selfie in zoo... first advances towards her has real teeth
-Seshu Chamarty
Hyderabad,India
47
me, myself and I looking at life through a lens refracted likeness
-Tanja Cilia
Malta, Europe
50
selfie editor app if only hiding our flaws was that easy
-Vandana Parashar
India
52
shot in the cemetery still life with crows
-Marion Clarke
Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland
56
my snapshot- such a bristled hair to be ashamed of
-Božidar Škobić
Višegrad,Bosnia and Herzegovina
57
my reflection of a hopeful vision... this self taken
-Pat Geyer
East Brunswick, NJ USA
58
fish lips in her selfie beach holiday
-Terri L. French
US
64
holiday photo our faces divided long narrow shadow
-Wiesław Karliński
Namysłów, Poland
66
fullmoon so modern - every month some new selfies in roof solar panels
-Tomasz Szymczak
Chojnice, Poland
69
Poor smartphone - the photo of the two of us It is blurred
-Pasquale Asprea
Genova - Italia
70
the smile, the time-pie - flown to the virtual abode
-Byju V
Thiruvananthapuram India
75
you on background somebody's biceps
-Alexander Shytkovskiy
Energodar,Ukraine
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Result Not Displayed as the Poets Didn't Cast Their Vote
78
sun shower...
a flash of rainbow
in the water puddle
-Akila G
Hyderabad, India
68
False smile on shocked face
questions the camera lens
as blue eyes turn red
-Brenda Gunning
South Yorkshire, England
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Thank you for your participation!
Kash Poet
Organizer, Indian Kukai
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