Thank You Readers!!!

If not for all your support and encouragement and enthusiastic response this American Express Diwali Gift Card Campaign would not have been such a grand success with over 25 people writing in response to the quizzes. I would like to thank each and every one of you for visiting my blog and leaving comments or sending me e-mails in response to the contest. Hopefully American Express and their publicists will be so happy with y'all that they will decide to run a campaign on this blog whenever they launch a new gift card, be it for Diwali or for Christmas or for Valentine's day. At that time I will be back eliciting your response to the contests.

An Exclusive Diwali 2010 gift for you!!!

Like I said in my earlier post Dasara/ Dushera, and Diwali are two of the major festivals celebrated by over a fifth of the world's population. Diwali is especially relevant to all Hindus/ Indians across the world. The festival has gained immense popularity and official recognition in several countries with a significant Indian population. In 2003 White House celebrated the Festival of Lights and the US congress accorded official in 2007. Now with over 2.5 million Indians living in America Diwali is one of the major celebrations in most major cities in the country.

Philosophically Diwali is a celebration of the victory of good over evil, light over darkness, and love over hatred. The best way to celebrate this is by getting together with family, and friends. In America families get together for Thanks giving, in India Diwali is one of the major festivals when extended families get together.

Diwali is celebration of life, family, community, and relationships. This is the season of giving, to loved ones, family, friends, business associates, etc. In India large corporations wait for this season to launch new products so people will be motivated to buy. This trend has now extended into America with American Express pioneering the effort. The global services company has launched a new gift card designed for Diwali celebrations. I would say this is a great way to express your love to family, friends and associates who are celebrating this festival.

The American Express Diwali gift cards are available in numerous denominations of $25, $50, $100 and $200 and are available for a limited time. Now here is the chance of giving this card instead of cash along with the sweets. Cash is old fashioned, the American Express Diwali themed gift cards are the trend of 2011, but available in 2010.

Now here is your chance of winning a $100 Diwali Gift Card, right here in my blog. American Express has graciously agreed to let five readers of this blog receive $100 Diwali gift cards. There is a little catch though, you need to give the right answer to the question below: You could either post it as a comment in response to this blog or email me directly with your answer. If you are the winner you will receive an exclusively designed $100 Diwali Gift Card from American Express. That will add another $100 to your shopping budget this festival season.... Hurry, the last date to respond to this contest is October 14, 2010.

Diwali Quiz Question
The third day of Diwali is specially sacred because....
a. Lakshmi the goddess of wealth is worshipped
b. Lord Vishnu rid the world of Evil by killing Narakasura
c. Lord Ram returned to Ayodhya from 14 years of exile

Choose the right answer and like I said either email me the answer or post it as a comment here.

This offer is exclusive for residents of United States. If there are more than one correct answers, winner will be chosen by draw of lots.

Canadians: $20,000 Kitchen Makeover can be yours!!!

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Dr. Oetker. All opinions are 100% mine.

How would you like to win a $20,000 Kitchen Makeover??? Imagine what all you could add to jazz up your kitchen with $20,000. It is easy to enter this contest, there is not entry fees or forms to fill in. All you have to do is to pick up a PIN from specially marked packages of Cass Di Mama Pizza and enter it in the website. Lo you will be automatically entered into the Dr. Oetker Kitchen Makeover Contest, the best thing about the contest is that there is no limit to the number of PINs you could enter. The more you enter the higher your chances of winning are.

Don't worry if you don't win the $20,000 grand prize you could walk away with one of the eight second prizes which include Whirlpool appliances: a fridge/ freezer, freestanding electric range, dishwasher and microwave. Then there are 2,000 consolation prizes which is a Cass di Mama Pizza or a pizza cutter. Like all other good things this contest too has some limitations. The first is that it ends on January 4, 2010. Secondly it is open only to Canadians.

While entering the contest it would be a great idea to become a member of Savoury Moments. The membership will entitle you a periodical newsletter full of fun information, more contests, tips and great savings.

Personally speaking the first thing I'd do with the $20,000 kitchen makeover would be to install fancy new counter tops, appliances and of course a large new refrigerator. This would give my kitchen a new look and also help me cook faster and better.

Canadians, Get ready for New Sweepstakes and Contests

How would you like to have an additional $10,000 spending money? I am pretty certain 99 percent of us would answer this question with a big, resounding YES, I'd love it. You know what if you are a resident of Canada, you could be eligible to win this $10,000. In this economy $10,000 would be of great help to most of us.

Let me tell you about the contest which will enable to win fantastic prizes. I am pretty sure you have heard about Stouffers-panini, the ultimately tasteful snack/ meal from Nestle. Well as part of their promotion campaign to launch new globally-inspired tastes they are conducting this online contest. The grand prize is $10,000 and three winners are going to walk with this money. There are other prizes which include cash, prizes and Panini products. All you need to do to be eligible to win is to register here and wait for the prize intimation.

The four new flavors being launched include the Bistro Meatballs & Peppers, Bistro Chicken Souvlaki, Lean Cuisine Grilled Vegetable & Goat Cheese, and Lean Cuisine Mango Chiken Tikka. If you are already a Stouffer's Panini fan then I'd say just go ahead and try the new flavors. If you are new to this product I would say there has been no better time than now to try the product. Enjoy the delectable taste of Stouffer's Panini and participate in the contest that will enable you to win one of three $10,000 cash prizes, Sony Digital Camcorders and loads of other prizes.

New Contest from Charter Cable

Charter cable, the leading entertainment technology corporation in the country is totally adored by its customers and envied by competition. Charter cable constantly rolls our new and innovative competitions for the benefit of its customers. Each contest has several fantastic prizes so that participants are truly benefited. Last year Charter gave away laptop computers, Xbox 360 game consoles and a 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid. This year the prizes are equally attractive, read on...

The latest contest launched by Charter relates to how we use technology in our lives. It is a fact that technology tools, especially in the entertainment, television and internet media are changing at a rapid rate and many people find it difficult to keep in touch. Now all you need to do to win a cool 15” laptop or a 52” HDTV is to tell your story of how you cope up with the technology changes. Thousands are expected to participate in this contest, and one lucky customer who submits their story will win the prize.

The stories can be around everyday life things such as whether you follow Charter on Facebook and use the same tool to keep in touch with friends. Whether you rent movies from Blockbuster or order movies online, if you play video games with friends and how do you enjoy life with an extended family spread out across the country. Has Charter Communications' services helped you in these endeavors? How have these amazing tools on telephone, internet or cable helped you keep in touch with family and friends?

All you have to do is to write a story and you will be entered into the drawings to win the prize package of one 52” HFTV, one 15” Laptop, and a free year of the Charter Bundle which includes Digital Cable with HD and a DVR, Charter High-Speed Internet and Charter Telephone.

Now that is what I call a real prize and boy I am sure there are several of you out there who would love to get their hands on these prizes. Don't delay log on today and submit your story.

Visit the Blu World and Win Fantastic Prizes

Online contests are fun, they offer opportunities to win really cool prizes. The best part of the online contests is the fact that some of them are absolutely free and don't even involve purchases. Now the latest such contest to open its doors for entries is "It's a Blu World Contest" by BluFrog.

Participants can walk away with cool prizes including a BluGamer - the ultimate gaming package, Happy Blu-Year - a trip on New Year's eve to NY, Blullapalooza: a trip to Lolapalloza in Chicago, BluStreak: a Richard Petty Racing Experience and of course XtremeBLU: A trip to the Winter X Games in Aspen. Now how would you like to be one of the winners to walk away with any one of these cool prizes? I bet every one of us would love to be in fray for the rich pickings.

You the funny thing is that entering this contest and winning is very easy. It is as easy as sending a Tweet. Yes! You could win this contest by Tweeting, commenting on their blog or by posting a note on your blog about the contest.

Speaking for myself I'd love to win the Happy Blu-Year prize, because this will help me accomplish two things. One of course being in the most happening place on New Year's eve and two visiting my dear brother who lives in NY. It would be a grant surprise for him and a very happy one at that. Me and my brother could get together and head to the Time square and have a blast with the Blu World.

So now if you want to win some cool stuff, just sign in and enter. The contest ends soon and you will be disappointed if you don't take action right now.