Manya Blogger Awards is an initiative by Putera MIC to recognize and honour the bests of all Malaysian Indian Bloggers. Manya, derived from Sanskrit, means honourable or respectable and here, we take the pride of bestowing first-of-its-kind awards to extraordinary Malaysian Indian Bloggers voted by the readers of Malaysian Indian blogging world.

Blogging is not only about freedom of speech, but it is also a tool to educate and create awareness amongst ourselves about the happenings, which in turn makes us knowledgeable. The pool of bloggers of Indian origin in Malaysia may be only 1% of the total Malaysian bloggers, but the role that they play in disseminating information, sharing ideas and voicing lay people’s grievance, could not be denied. They have shown that they are not only capable of expressing themselves in words, but also have the capability to pull in foreign blog readers as well.

There are 9 award categories according to blogs’ theme/genre and two special awards for most popular blogger. The nominations for the awards are listed below. This site not only allows you to browse the short-listed blogs, but also to rate them in the each category.

1. Malaysiakini - Indian bloggers to be awarded by Putera MIC
2. The Star - Putera MIC awards for blogging excellence
3. New Straits Times - MIC wants to honour the best Indian bloggers

Please take a note that you can nominate your favourite blog(s) for Readers’ Choice Award. The submission has to be made via the form provided HERE. Thank you.