Took A Chance & Quickly Launched My Art on Social Media ( Part One )
SETTING THE CONTEXT “Once I’ve announced the exact date and location for my first-ever solo show of my art, that is when I will open the floodgates of photographs on…
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How to Boost & Focus Your Social Media Marketing & Scheduling with CoSchedule
This is not the first time I’m advocating for CoSchedule as my marketing solution mainstay. My earlier piece introducing CoSchedule was published last year. CoSchedule has made some interesting changes…
Not Your Typical Travelers, Gangtok, May 2019 #EyesForDestinations
Lost count of the number of times our hosts asked us where we wanted to go “tomorrow”. And then when we said that we would probably end up going to…
Entrepreneur or Female Entrepreneur : Why Does It Matter? #NAINAxDotCo #IWD2019
Having been interviewed for various articles more than a few time throughout my 15 year career, there have been a couple of times when the article was titled “Women Entrepreneurs”…
The Gift & Curse of Creating In The Age of Instagram
When you are online, you can see more of what you’ll never be able to do or have. What started out as “I want to share my world with the…
Professional Etiquette : A Primer on How to Make Phone Calls
At first, I was going to write about my discomfort with phone calls. How I don’t want to take calls at all and prefer texting. In the last couple of…
How Often Should I Post On Instagram
The short answer : doesn’t matter, as long as you are consistent. Which means that if you post once a week, you should always post once a week. If you…
Ugly Teeth and Other Flaws in My Appearance
Just yesterday, someone who follows me on Instagram, mentioned that they missed my “text” updates on my Instagram stories. Where I “talk” with my “followers”. Both talk and followers are…
The Great Smog of India by Siddharth Singh #BookReview
Considering I live in Gurgaon, not far from the worst of it in India, this was a book I had been looking forward to since I read the author’s tweets…
All My Clients are The Best Clients
A Head of Digital Marketing recently asked me to share some examples of good pitch emails others brands had sent to me ( influencer marketing ). I was unable to…
Are You An Artist? 16/09/2018 Sibang
Sniffing gluten but not tasting. Painting with oils. Yellow. Green. Sienna. Words for colors. Words from a bygone romance-infused era. Spending time with Dad. Not exactly providing care to him…
Case Study : Pitch for Lifestyle Architecture / Interiors Photography Assignment
Brief Background A client of mine that has previously purchased / licensed images from my portfolio to use in their publication, got in touch with me recently for another assignment.…
Selecting Images & The Limitations of Seeing
For the longest time, i.e. till today, I have selected images from whatever I’ve photographed, based on the following criteria : 01. The image must be “nice” It should look…
How I Use CoSchedule #EditorialCalendar #SocialMediaScheduling
The nightmare of sharing your work on social media! As a creator, I find it tedious to have to post updates on so many social networks. And as a prolific…
My Top Five #EyesForDestinations Experiences #EyesForLuxury in DNA After Hours
In today’s print and online edition of DNA After Hours. Article is titled, “Epically Epicurean“. So far, what I consider to be my top five luxury experiences. What I wrote…
Pursuing an Anti-Acne Skincare Routine #EyesForBeauty
I went from n00b to “I’ll try everything”, within 60 days and now, here I am. Read on. It’s going to be a long one. I made a list first,…
“Career in Blogging” article on TimesJobs #InTheNews #Press
The article is called, “Career in tech and fashion blogging can pay up to Rs 1 lakh monthly” and I was interviewed for inputs by the author / writer…
Smartphone Photography and How I Shoot, Edit and Share
One simple and basic rule to follow, if you want to make nice photographs : pretend it is a client assignment. If you’ve never photographed for a client, I understand…
Gratitude 2017 : The Year in Retrospect
1,040 blog posts by the end of 2017. Across various categories, primarily focused on : EyesForLuxury, EyesForDestinations, EyesForTechnology, EyesForLifestyle, 12 personal style features, etc. 40 episodes of my podcast :…
The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A Fuck, by Mark Manson #Book
I’m listening to the audio version of this book. Laughing my guts out. I haven’t read too many books with the word “fuck” in the title. And out of the…
Lipstick Under My Burkha was disgusting #Movie
Even though it showed rather tame representations of reality. Reality can be a whole lot more disgusting. I know this. Yet, I found it hard to get through the film.…
Alok V. Menon Made Me Think About Gender
The first time I saw Alok was at the India Art Fair in Delhi in 2017. I was there as a commissioned photographer, I was photographing street style for WWD.…
Help From An Army Officer, Part Three
(Continuing from Part Two.) After a dull few days, there is a buzz in town. A large Army Conference is coming up and everything is being repainted and repaired. A…