Self-worth and Productivity
“Why did you start blogging? That too in 2003/4, when no one even knew what a blog was?” “I can no longer be absolutely certain why I started blogging but…
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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…
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…
About The Boy
It’s his job. Taking out the garbage. He does it well. It’s his job. Taking out the garbage. He does it well. If not each night, then at least 3-4 times…
Fucking Up and Moving On
What kind of person believes that they’ve never fucked up? We’ve all fucked up at one point or another during our lives. What matters is how one deals with it…
What to blog about when there is nothing to blog about?
Because I have nothing to blog about right now. Literally. I’ve been asked this too many times and I’ve given advice verbally a ton of times. Since I’m in this…
Sensitive Parts. Unmentionables. Body-Shaming.
( Photo from the 77th edition of #CoverUp ) A concerned stranger ( Facebook Friend ) recently sent me a private message about the above photograph. I’m not sharing…
Ginger : About a Dog
He wasn't mad happy tail-wagging. More like he was probably thinking, "Ok, you've been staring at me and smiling at me long enough. Just pet me and get it over with. Here."
You do not have to work for free
Someone in a well-read advice column recently recommended to a youngster, “Since you are young, you can choose to work for free…”. Reading that made me purple in my face. Who…
Social Media Measurement Tools & The Role of The Agency
An agency I’m discussing a social media / blogging project with, asked me if I will be providing them with detailed reports of the numbers generated by the project being discussed.…
Reactive vs. Proactive : My Problem with Social Media
Don’t get me wrong, I love the Internet and I love most of the social media platforms. I love spending time on them sharing what I do professionally and personally.…
Need advice for my own blog
Dear Naina, I am writing to you as Newbie Blogger, the blogger behind [redacted]. Started in July 2014, my blog covers Fashion and Beauty regularly, along with a few…
Opinion : Nude Selfies
[metaslider id=11940] ( Recent incidents about nude photographs of female celebrities being “leaked” have prompted me to write this piece but it isn’t necessarily restricted to just this incident. )…
Friends, Memories, Reminiscing : Pari
[metaslider id=11896] When it comes to matters of the kitchen or anything related to cooking, I prefer experimenting with the oven or the Convection function on the microwave. So…
Adieu August #2014
I’m happy to see you go, August. There were many power-cuts where I live. Without power back-up, i.e. the Generator pictured above, I would have not been able to do…
Being a Sellout & Making Money
After some ( about a decade plus ) years of being part of the “workforce” as an independent / entrepreneurial / freelancing photographer / graphic designer ( yes, I’ve done…
Agency Emails & How They Tried To Arm Twist Me
Here is an email exchange I recently had with a Digital Agency / PR firm that wanted me to tweet about their client’s brand. First email from them on Day…
Some business tips #photography
When there’s something I care deeply about, I talk a lot about it. On Twitter for example, I talk a lot about professionalism and photography. I am curt with questions…
Forge of Darkness: Book Excerpt
[ This is an excerpt of two pages re-produced from Steven Erikson’s Forge of Darkness, book one from the Kharkanas Trilogy. No spoilers. The genre is epic Fantasy. ] ‘I…
paperblanks : Writing Journals
First time I laid my eyes on paperblanks was at the Amsterdam airport on my way back to India after a hectic one month long tour of Europe. My first…