*OPENING FANFARE*
*TRUMPETS*
*THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE*

GOOD EVENING and welcome to the 2025 Boing Hall Of Fame Awards!

Saal ke aakhri din hum reward karenge unn bizarre, boing-worthy aur Tedhi Medhi stories ko which have tickled your fancy and reminded us ki yaar life mein thoda hasi mazaak toh zaroori hai. Aur inn tedhi medhi news ko dhoondne ke liye zyada door jaane ki zarurat nahi. Humaare anokhe desh mein hi more than enough tedhe medhe instances mil jaayenge, dost.

After all, fact is stranger than fiction.

So without further ado let's give out our first set of awards

Jaan Se Pyaara Jaanwar Award

These are some of our most loved stories where our 4 legged, and sometimes 6 legged or no legged friends ne machaayi aisi dhoom ke humaare pet se (hehe) hansi aur dil se 'awww' ki awaaz nikal hi aayi. 

And the nominees are...

1. Monkey ka Money Shower:

2. Bhains ki Free Will

3. Shark ka "achoo" moment

4. Snake ne Diya Rearview Surprise

5. Aadmi ne pilaaya AI Tiger ko Peg

AND THE AWARD GOES TO.....

'Bhain ki Free WIll'

Accepting the award is the said Bhains ji from the story.

In her accptance award she would like to say "MOOOOOOOOO"

Wonderful. Let's move on to the next award:

The Wedding WOW's Award

These were the stories that once again proved that weddings ultimately are the great indian tamasha. 

And the nominees are:

1. Shaadi Mein Hui Chori, Dullha Bana Action Hero

2. No Roti? Kya Naan-insaafi hai

3. Match Made in Pollution

4. Rasgulla Rumble

5. Jab Shaadi Mein Cricket Lock-in Hua

And the winner is...

Rasgulla Rumble!!

To accept the award we had invited the baraati's of said shaadi lekin woh backstage buffet mein rasgulle ke upar ek baar phir ladne lage hain and for safety reasons we should move on. 

The 'To Wear or Not to Wear' Helmet Award

For some strange reason Indian bikers and traffic police share a unique relationship. Sometimes they get caught and fined, sometimes the riders get rewarded and sometimes in place of hlemets what we see is plain old Indian jugaad at play. 

Here are 4 stories that share this honorary Golden Helmet award..

1. Helmet On, or Car Gone

2. Fine ka Full Circle

3. Frying Pan Helmet ne Diya Chakma

4. Fine Nahi, Mithaai Milegi

The Go-Getter (But in All the Wrong Ways) Award

And finally in keeping witht he spirit of taking littile statuettes that hold a lot of prestige we have decided to give 2025's final award to a story where a college professor in a not very good example for his students decided to make an ancient artefact his own but perhaps shouldn't have.

Professor Takes History In His Own Hands (Quite Literally)

And with that we come t the end of the Boing Hall of Fame Awards for 2025.

Good night, Happy new year and here's to more Tedhe Medhe madness in 2026!

*Curtains*

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About Author

Abbas Momin is a stand up comedian, writer, and podcaster. He has written columns for The Indian Express, Rolling Stone India and GQ India. Abbas has also hosted a film podcast called 'Has It Aged Well?' and does regular appearances on Cyrus Broacha's show 'Cyrus Says'. He has acted in the film 'Ghoomer' and the web series 'Very Parivarik'.