Orkut beats Abhishek to Pepsi-MTV youth icon title

SUPERSTAR SITE: Orkut was launched in early 2004 and since then has been immensly popular among youngsters.

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New Delhi: Make way for the Pepsi and MTV Youth Icon of the Year and guess who the winner is? It’s none other than the social networking website that has had the youth in a frenzy for some time: Orkut!

The site has won the title hands down though the Aamir-Khan-starrer Rang De Basanti came in a close second.

But that’s not all. The Google-run website has two other reasons to celebrate.

Not only did it beat other nominees this year including actor Abhishek Bachchan, Multimedia Cell Phones and YOU, the website has succeeded icons like cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni, superstar Shahrukh Khan, cricketer Rahul Dravid and industrialist Anil Ambani.

Google Product Manager Manu Rekhi, while accepting the award, said the win was a testimony to the spirit of Indian youth and their eagerness to connect and express themselves with freedom and enthusiasm. Google, he added, was delighted to offer the platform to the youth of India and play a part in helping their creative, constructive energy grow, fizz and bubble over.

And to celebrate the big win, the party is on at http://www.orkut.com/mtvyouthicon where you can leave a message and congratulate Orkut.