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11-June-2023, 7:31 am, Chandigarh
Creating a daily schedule can be a great way to manage your time effectively. Here are some tips:
Remember, the goal is to create a balanced schedule that meets your work commitments, household responsibilities, and personal needs. It may take some tweaking to find the right balance, but that's completely normal.
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05-June-2023, 11:13 am, Chandigarh
Located in the heart of Jaipur, Meraaki Kitchen is a culinary gem that offers a unique and unforgettable dining experience. With its innovative menu, stylish ambiance, and exceptional service, Meraaki Kitchen has gained a reputation as a must-visit restaurant in the city. In this review, we explored the highlights of Meraaki Kitchen and it is a vegetarian restaurant. Meraaki Kitchen prides itself on its innovative approach to cuisine. The menu features a creative fusion of flavors, blending traditional Indian ingredients with global culinary techniques. Each dish is a work of art, beautifully presented with attention to detail. From appetizers to desserts, the chefs at Meraaki Kitchen showcase their culinary expertise, creating a symphony of flavors that delight the palate and leave a lasting impression. We liked their ‘dual kofta’ and cheese cake alot. Meraaki Kitchen is known for its unique culinary offerings that push the boundaries of traditional cuisine. The ambiance at Meraaki Kitchen is stylish, contemporary, and inviting. The restaurant boasts modern decor with tasteful lighting, creating a relaxed and sophisticated atmosphere. The comfortable seating arrangements and well-designed interiors make it an ideal setting for a memorable dining experience. Whether you’re visiting for a romantic dinner or a gathering with friends, Meraaki Kitchen offers a chic and welcoming environment. @meraakikitchen #jaipur #vardish #vacation #familytime #kofta #jaipurdiaries... Read moreView this post on Instagram
08-May-2023, 3:31 pm, Chandigarh
Our favourite dine out for Italian pizza at "Caffe Sicily" in Chandigarh. We have been coming here since 2019, have tried authentic pizza all around Tricity and even Gurgaon and Delhi, however, they are the best due to their taste and hand-on experience of SHREVAY and RAESHIB. They bring the real taste from Italy to India. Go and try! You will believe...... Read moreView this post on Instagram
02-May-2023, 10:35 am, Chandigarh
Victoria cafe in sector 8, Chandigarh is an amazing choice if you are a coffee lover. Their authentic coffee beans will surely make your day. Do try their cottage cheese steak with quinoa, are favourite choice, which is cooked by the chef, OUR WAY! #thisweekend @victoriascafe_chd protein rich meal and our Iced coffee with tonic water and #cortado ❤️... Read moreView this post on Instagram
26-April-2023, 11:36 am, Chandigarh
#coffeetasting @cbtlindia Cold Brew is under process and we were mentioned many times and now were able to taste it. Day 1’s feedback led to smooth Cold Brew next time. (picture-missing) Today we tasted the next batch of #coldbrew We tasted #Americano and #coldbrewcoffee simultaneously… what a smooth, fruity, flavor! It’s going to be a replacement for #americano And yeh! tasting in disposable cups was not a good idea as even paper’s aroma was counted.✍️... Read moreView this post on Instagram
25-April-2023, 10:50 am, Chandigarh
If you are in Chandigarh, do try out authentic South Indian at Karthik, Sector 47, Chandigarh. Amazing filter coffee with butter paneer dosa, butter paneer uttapam brought smiles everywhere, on a Saturday breakfast morning! The sad thing is that, people has used his name and opened many sub outlets in Panchkula and Mohali. BEWARE! The one and the only is in Sector 47, Chandigarh.... Read moreView this post on Instagram
21-April-2023, 10:48 am, Chandigarh
In November, it'll be over 15 years since we started a venture - @kvrwebtech_official www.kvrwebtech.com 3 minds @kunals8 Varun (@vardish_official) Romit @malhotra_harpreetkaur ) got together and I still remember after our marriage in Shimla we got an update that we won our first project. Since then there is no looking back. We've lived many sleepless nights and many challenges of running a business. But it never stopped us. We kept going on every time we came out learning a new lesson of life. Today, we stand here to look back and cherish those hard worked days. MY SUGGESTION TO EVERYONE IS THAT "Life is not easy" SO BE READY TO BE A WARRIOR. Everyday there is going to be a new fight, just focus on how to conquer it. Be humble and Kind. And keep learning... We read alot and seek knowledge from our #kvrians We are greedy to learn! #proudkvrian #vardish #coffeetime #digitalmarketer #businessowner... Read moreView this post on Instagram
19-April-2023, 9:14 am, Chandigarh
We can enjoy butter croissant with #coffee It was my official try and now it will be my favorite. A good change from sweet tea cake. Enjoy it to by dipping croissant into the coffee like we did in childhood. #vardish #coffeelover #digitalmarketer #buttercroissant... Read moreView this post on Instagram
19-July-2022, 10:09 pm, Chandigarh
Even I do not know why I have lost the sync between my mind, heart and hands. It has always been easy therapeutic to write something especially poetry or a even a blog. But since pandemic hit us I not able to get my this co-ordination back.
This blog is the restart of my blogger, writer and poetess side. Due to lack of time I am not going to extend this blog too much. It’s just that I came back to say hello to you and hope you have been doing good during this pandemic.
We all lost something for good or bad and I think I lost my mind. 🙃🙃
Hope to get back soon.
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13-August-2021, 11:49 am, Chandigarh
For all the coffee lovers, that first cup of coffee in the morning is a special one. when we don’t have coffee machines for homes that we can rely on, often buying a cup becomes the first expenditure of the day which then can become an unnecessary and expensive regime. One of the best decisions that you can make is of investing in coffee machines for homes so that all your love for coffee, whether it is an espresso, cappuccino, mocha, or a latte can be fulfilled while you are sitting at home. Choosing perfect coffee machines for homes depends largely on the coffee you like, the amount of time you want to spend on brewing a cup, the money you want to spend, and the time you are willing to invest in the process of brewing. To help you make a decision, below are a few best coffee machines that you can look into when you plan to add a new member to your home, your coffee machine.
31-July-2021, 11:12 am, Chandigarh
A freshly brewed cup of coffee is the perfect way to recharge yourself that instantly refreshes you and gears you up for the day. A café is the best place to unwind, catch up with friends, have informal meetings, or relish a good cup of cappuccino, Latte, a Macchiato, or any other coffee of your choice. Finding such a refreshing coffee shop especially on the go is a challenge in itself. Do we go for the coffee flavors or the uniqueness of the cafés? There are innumerable cafés around the world and to help you narrow down a go-to café when you travel, below is a list of 10 unique café across the world. These cafés are a must-visit when you are in the country or the town. These will surely find a place in your travelogue for their quirkiness and uniqueness and be a part of your memories.
Credit: Somethingdifferent.london[/caption] Another must-visit café in London is by two friends in England who redesigned, renovated and transformed a public washroom which was underground into a café called the Attendant coffee shop. They transformed the urinals and converted them into countertops. Quite a start, worth the visit!
Credit: Facebook the laundromat cafe[/caption] Visiting Denmark on your next holiday? Well! Established in 2004, this unique café in Copenhagen called the Laundromat Café is a must-visit. It is a combination of a coffee shop and a laundry. You can eat, socialize, read, surf and well, do your laundry. 
26-July-2021, 5:44 pm, Chandigarh
In the times that we live today, our life is full of commitments, responsibilities and to do multiple roles. And, with life moving at a very fast pace there are so many deadlines to meet that maintaining a work-life balance becomes a task. This is when a cup of hot coffee benefits comes to the rescue where you can take a moment to relish and rejuvenate in your busy day. Coffee is considered to be a great stress buster that can instantly fight sleepiness, alerts the mind and energizes the body. A good cup of freshly brewed coffee is the perfect way to start your day and energize yourself. The biggest dilemma which most coffee drinkers face is, how many cups of coffee should one drink that is healthy and beneficial. Several studies and researches have been conducted on the amount of coffee to be consumed and its effects. There are many coffee benefits such as-
16-July-2021, 4:43 pm, Chandigarh
The finest cup of coffee can only be prepared if the coffee beans are the best and of fresh quality. Selecting the best quality coffee beans can be compared to buying a bottle of good wine. Buying coffee beans requires careful selection. It is important to have some basic knowledge about the world of coffee. It is important to sample the taste and aroma of different types of coffee before you finally decide on which coffee - Availability to take home. There are some more features which you should keep in mind when you go out to buy coffee beans. One of them is the acid content in the coffee. All coffees require a certain amount of acidity to prevent them from being flat or dull. The coffee having less amount of acidity is also called “mellow”. The second factor to consider is the aroma as the aroma of coffee can be flowery, earthy, fruit-like, earthy, smoky or it can even have the aroma of certain nuts or berries. TASTE: the regions where the coffee beans grow have a lot of impact on their taste. This depends upon the elevation and farming methods, the soil, and whether the coffee beans are organic or have been grown in the shade. Now let’s dive into understanding the different types of coffee beans
25-June-2021, 5:44 pm, Chandigarh
[caption id="attachment_1301" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Monkey Coffee Beans[/caption] Monkey coffee beans are obtained after the coffee fruit is thrown away by monkeys after savouring their nectar. The acidity of the coffee is reduced by the saliva of the monkeys. It is produced by the rhesus monkeys and Formosan rock macaques after they chew the coffee beans and spit them in the ground instead of consuming them. This coffee is a very rare type of coffee bean found in India and Taiwan. As this coffee is rarely found, it is an expensive affair to get a taste of it and enjoy it. Let us discuss in a little detail about this rare monkey coffee.
18-June-2021, 5:14 pm, Chandigarh
It’s an Ice breaker, it’s a Heart mender, it is a Cup of Coffee!
The aroma of freshly brewed coffee is almost therapeutic. Regardless of whether you like it with a hint of hazelnut syrup or a dollop(s) of ice cream; it is remedial for everyone. The very mention of the word coffee reminds us of a café or a coffee shop and on visiting these places it generally becomes difficult on what to order as the variety of milk coffee is mind-boggling. There is a variety of coffee available to suit different tastes that go beyond just normal coffee. With different kinds of beans available at the best coffee farms, many forms of coffee can be brewed using a little bit of innovation and imagination. Let us dive into some of the best milk coffee drinks that will want you to get in your kitchen and experiment. Cappuccino Is a favorite among many people. It is inspired by the distinct hoods on the robes of Italian monks called capuchins. It is served with a foam cup of thick milk. A good cup of cappuccino can instantly energize you to begin your day with a full swing. Recipe for a good cup of cappuccino Take 1 shot of espresso and add it to half a cup of steamed milk and one-third cup of milk foam. Combine all three of them and enjoy. Latte Latte is another variant of the cappuccino family but in a mildly flavored version. A latte has less froth and more steamed milk as compared to a cup of cappuccino. You can also enjoy it by flavoring it with a dessert syrup of your choice. Another way of relishing the latte is by adding ice and some whipped cream. Recipe to an energizing cup of latte Take one shot of espresso and add it to ten ounces of steamed milk. Now top it up with half an inch of foam. You can also add some dessert syrup or ice or whipped cream to add flavor. Affogato Italians have inspired many versions of coffee and one of them is affogato which is more of a dessert than coffee. It includes ice cream or gelato along with a shot of espresso. You can always create variations by adding a dash of liqueurs along with espresso. Recipe to a delightful affogato Take one scoop of any ice cream preferably vanilla and add one shot of espresso on top of it. Enjoy the bold and creamy iced drink with a distinct flavor of espresso. Cortado This interesting drink has its origin in Spain and owes its name to the Spanish verb cortar which means to cut. The name is so as the strong espresso has a lot of acidity and the dairy cuts out the acidity so produced. It is a common ratio of 1:1 of espresso and milk where milk cuts the bitterness of the espresso. Cortado is generally served in a glass or a metal cup. Recipe to this delicious drink take two ounces of espresso and an equal amount of foamed milk. The milk should be just slightly foamed. Serve a cup of love to be savored. Mocha/Mochaccino Mocha has its origin from the city of Mocha in Yemen, an early coffee trade center. Most people are of the opinion that mocha and mochaccino are the same, but there is no clarity on why. Both these drinks are made out of espresso and chocolate. Mocha is a latte with some added chocolate which is used as a sweetener. A mochaccino is considered to be closer to a cappuccino where the espresso and milk ratio is concerned. These two drinks are often served with whipped cream. Recipe to this lip-smacking drink Take one tablespoon of chocolate syrup and add a shot of espresso to it. Now add one-third of steamed milk and top it up with one-third of whipped cream. You can also add marsh mellows and cinnamon for some variation. Flat white This delicious drink has its origin in Australia and is one of people's favorite. It is important to have the right proportion of steamed milk and espresso for preparing a perfect cup of flat white. The microfoam topping is the most challenging part and requires a skillful and careful steaming of milk to get the dense froth which is the highlight of this drink. Recipe to a frothy flat white Take one shot of espresso and add four ounces of milk steamed to get a dense froth. Frappuccino Frappuccino is widely called a frappe. This is a mixture of many ingredients to get the required consistency. It is also known as a coffee milkshake that requires to be frozen, creamy, and strong coffee. Recipe to a strong coffee milkshake
Our last article on list of black coffee drinks and above list of milk coffee drinks and recipes will give you a fair idea about the best types of palatable milk and black coffees which can be customized to your taste using a little creativity and experimenting with ingredients. milk-based coffee also helps you avoid acidic reactions. So go ahead, brew a perfect cup of coffee, and savor it.... Read more 
11-June-2021, 11:29 am, Chandigarh
[caption id="attachment_1291" align="aligncenter" width="840"] Vardish Coffee Bloggers[/caption] When we hear or read the word coffee, the first thing that comes to mind is a coffee shop or a cafe and when we do visit these coffee shops, small/big or buy coffee from a renowned coffee farms the first thing is that we get confused looking at the menu. There are so many variants of coffee that it becomes difficult to decide what to drink and impossible to try all (yes, even for a coffee lover). With so many variants of beans, brews, and types of coffee that it will be impossible to taste all of them in a lifetime. This makes trying them all the more important. While people love experimenting with coffee, it's more about different brewing methods, beans, grinding methods, water temperature and more just to get that perfect cup of coffee. Here we are going to discuss the best black coffee drinks and help you decide what all to try. You probably have had the aroma settled in your senses already so here we go!
Iced Americano Vardish[/caption] Americano is one of the much-debated coffee on the menu. It is made by pouring some water into the espresso shot after it is brewed by diluting it. Many people who love coffee take americano to be diluted, but on the contrary, sometimes an espresso shot tastes much better with a combination of some water. It helps in making it more aromatic keeping the elements in place.03-June-2021, 8:51 pm, Chandigarh
Many of us like to begin our day with a freshly brewed cup of coffee. It is a perfect energy booster to keep you going the entire day. Purchasing coffee from retailers and departmental stores is the closest on a busy day, but it depends on the availability and often creates a hole in our pockets. 
It is thus more beneficial to connect with the local coffee farmers and stock yourself with less expensive and fresh beans directly cutting out on all middlemen from the supply chain and having the best source at hand. Let’s now dive into coffee farms and direct procurement to understand the benefits of directly buying coffee from coffee farmers.
Coffee farms are farms where coffee cherry seeds are planted and coffee trees are grown. There are many different types of coffee farms that can help you in understanding how coffee is produced.
Coffee is a product that can vary in properties based on various factors. In order to procure the best coffee, there are a few things to look out for: 29-May-2021, 8:49 am, Chandigarh
Are you looking for the best Vedic astrologer in Chandigarh, Panchkula or Mohali? You must be busy searching for them through Google. Or you might have asked your friends for references. True, it is not a big deal to find them. Just type “best astrologers near me” and you will get hundreds of search results for the same. How to tell if you have chosen the right Vedic astrologer? How to make sure that you have chosen someone who can give you the best prediction and solution? This is because many people claim to be an astrologer. Well, anyone can be an astrologer. There are many tutorials or astrology books one can learn from to become an astrologer. But that doesn’t make anyone a good astrologer. It takes years of experience, analytical skills and expertise to become an efficient astrologer. Therefore, your hunt for the right astrologer in Chandigarh or Tri-city can be quite stressful. Don’t worry! Here I have rounded up some best Vedic astrologers in Chandigarh based on their performances, reputation and results. Whether you are stuck with relationship issues, financial concerns, career, health or other life problems, these astrologers will help you overcome all problems with their precise prediction and result-oriented solutions.
04-March-2021, 2:03 pm, Chandigarh
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Source Wikipedia[/caption] As a marketer, the power of Google Analytics cannot be ignored today. The Universal Google Analytics model took the market by a storm unprecedented and has made its roots stay here. Today, it is next to impossible to be an online marketer without an in-depth understanding and use of Google Analytics. This is what makes the improvement and changes this important along with being needed to be understood well. The bottom line of the tools at Google Analytics is to give you a complete and comprehensive picture of consumer behavior and activity patterns. This core need and idea is what has led to Google Analytics 4 being rolled out. Before we can get into how you can transition from the old system to the new one, let us understand what all the new one entails.
12-February-2021, 12:33 pm, Chandigarh
Do you use Facebook business Page to sell your products? Well, most businesses do. Facebook Shops is a new feature to make your selling easier through Facebook and Instagram. Launched on 19th May 2020, Facebook Shops let businesses of all sizes to create a single online store for customers. This store can be accessed on both Facebook and Instagram. It lets sell directly through their Facebook page or take the visitors to their website. Facebook Shops is powered by third party eCommerce services such as Woo, BigCommerce, and Shopify. Setting up a Facebook Shop is easy and free. Businesses can list the products they want to feature and then personalize their store's appearance with a cover image and colors that represent their brand. Facebook Shops is available for all vendors, irrespective of their size or budget. They can have an online store and connect with customers anytime. Customers can access Facebook Shops on a vendor's Facebook Page or Instagram profile, or through stories or ads. From there, they can explore the products, save items they liked, and place an order—either on the vendor’s website or without checking out the app. With Facebook Shops, businesses can also provide customer support through messaging on WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram Direct. These apps let the customer track deliveries, get help, and ask queries. Facebook is also looking to facilitate the purchasing directly from a WhatsApp chat, Messenger, or Instagram Direct.
28-October-2020, 10:52 am, Chandigarh
Warren Buffet once said— “When people tell me they have learned from experience, I tell the trick is to learn from other people’s experience.” The same thing can be said about case studies. Case studies, as I personally think, are the best ways to learn from other's experiences. Experience is the best teacher (even when it's not our own.) Case studies are as old as human civilization, although they were not documented as we see them today. For example, a hunter somewhere in 500 B.C. might be telling others how he hunted down the lion using specific tools and techniques. The other hunters then adapted the same tools in their campaign. Case studies are a way to share expertise and solution. On the other hand, they are a great way to learn more practically. They include actual examples and results. A medical case study shows how the researchers identified the problem and created solutions accordingly. It would help the physicians in the future while tackling the same problem. Similarly, a hotel case study would help a new restaurant looking for a business in that area. But case studies are not something you saw on teleshopping ads where (fake) audience claims to reduce 10 kg weight by taking a magic pill. Instead, they include the hard and cold data being used in problem-solving and decision making to achieve the goals. The studies logically show "they-did-this-and-got-this." Case studies have been used for years by various organizations, medical and law schools, and artists. And our SEO industry is not an exception. In fact, case studies are as important as our analytic tools as online marketing is a trial and error process. The SEO case studies of others can help you identify the best practices for the same concern, especially in the same industry. SEO case studies can also be useful if you do not get results instead of doing the right things. Many brands have shared their case studies on how they boost their traffic using specific SEO techniques. Here I have outlined some top SEO case studies you can learn from. (Note: Names of the organizations hasn’t been given due to privacy issues)
19-October-2020, 11:05 am, Chandigarh
Amazon – it is the world's largest e-commerce marketplace. And it has reached its current stature after decades of updates and enhancements, which provide immense value to both buyers and sellers on the platform. Most online vendors have a product page on Amazon as well. It becomes important for customers to be able to search these product pages, similar to how users search for websites on search engines. Amazon, like other search engines, has its own search algorithm – A9. Thus, it is vital for you to know how A9 works so that they can get their product pages ranked higher to increase discovery and sales. The difference in how Amazon A9 works as compared to the search algorithms of Google and Bing lies in the fact that Amazon is first and foremost a buying platform, which means that the website-SEO concepts alone won’t be of much use. Again, similar to other search engines, Amazon also offers sellers to use the Sponsored Ads feature, which helps attract more customers, improve sales figures, and allows the sellers to meet their goals.
13-October-2020, 7:53 am, Chandigarh
A good percentage of Google search queries are in the form of a question. Whether it's dating advice, learning magic, making girlfriend happy, or finding the best shoes in the town, everyone prefers to type it in a question form over Google Search. And Google doesn’t disappoint as it tries to provide the best answer that can go with search intent. But Google doesn’t answer on its own. Instead, it collects the data from websites, reviews, and trusted entities to match the answer. It means that if you have the close answer to the user queries, you can show up in its People Also Ask box.
Here is another one (obviously, searched by a curious or jealous female fan of Brad Pitt). 
Like featured snippets, the PAA box shows answers in different formats ranging from text, tables to videos (sometimes).| EXPERT OPINION Given their typically high position in search results, the PAA box provides brands and SEOs with an opportunity for visibility in a crucial section of the results page. - George Nguyen, Editor at Search Engine Land |
Source: Moz.com[/caption] The percent of search results with PAA is higher on mobile devices. In Singapore, they pop up 3 times more often in mobile results. In the USA, they occur four times as often on mobile devices. [caption id="attachment_1255" align="aligncenter" width="468"]
Source: advancedwebranking.com[/caption]While featured snippets usually appear either first or second in the SERPs, PAA boxes can appear in almost any position. For example, it can be on number two position for the query "how to do SEO" and number five for "how to do digital marketing".
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Source: Semrush.com[/caption]PAA shouldn’t be ignored if you are looking to improve your ranking.
Make it the part of your SEO or online marketing campaign. Here is how to optimize your online website or other entity to appear in the PAA box.
(Snapshot of Usetopics.com tool for finding the answer)[/caption]
| EXPERT OPINION When writing about a topic, research it thoroughly and ensure you’re answering all the key questions people have. Thorough keyword research and tools like AlsoAsked will help here. - Sam Underwood, Digital Search Marketer |
PAA SEO[/caption]| EXPERT OPINION Careful planning in advance and active listening in the moment to what consumers want means you’ll learn how to develop your answers. It is an ongoing process of active listening. - Jeannie Hill |
03-October-2020, 7:31 am, Chandigarh
How and Why to Understand Your Client or Customer’s Mindset Creating products and services for your target audience is just the tip of the iceberg. For example, your workout protein supplement is bought by the gym freaks or athletes. The supplement has everything they need to build muscles. Right? This way, you are meeting their needs with your supplement. But have you tried to read their mindsets? For example, some of them might question if the supplement is approved. Some want to know if the supplement is suitable for the elderly. Some want to know if women can use it. For some, the prices can be too higher. Some might not be assured about the quality of the supplement. Some married people want to know if this can affect their reproductive health. If these questions are not answered, your potential buyers might be doubtful over your protein supplement. A customer is likely to consider many points before buying your products and services. Therefore, selling a product to their need is just half done. Getting inside your client’s mindset can help you retain them forever.
Not all customers or clients are made equal. Within the same store or website, one might be looking for a particular product to meet an immediate requirement, while others might simply be exploring or browsing. Just as they can have various goals when they visit a website or store, the individual buyer might be driven by the decision made by a different mindset. In other words, the mood or psychology of a customer often impacts his or her purchase decision. Getting to know your clients or customers helps you build a better product or services and user experience. It also helps you stay competitive as well as earn the trust of clients. After all, you are familiar with the ins and outs of their concerns. Coming out with the products that match their psyche or mindset means you have hit the bull’s eye.10-September-2020, 11:33 pm, Chandigarh
Disha: Lukas you are as explained by BMEzine Encyclopedia; body modification artist, nomadic performer, documentor of the contemporary fringes and one of the major figures of the contemporary underground. Do you agree? And what more can be added to introduce you to the audiences in India? Lukas: It’s quite a flattering introduction! Yes, I have always been involved in many kinds of subculture. I am what we can call a transdisciplinary artist, meaning I work on a lot of different mediums. I started doing different artistic experimentation back in the 90s before starting to work on the body. I also do photography as well as documentary and spoken word. I think what can describe the link between all my works is the idea of working with the limits, the boundaries, and the social impact of a work. I thank you for the opportunity to present my work in India which is a country I was always interested to visit and never had the chance to see so far. 
Portrait by Maria Issa - Bali 2019
Disha: As I mentioned BME, the fallen king’s death was one of the saddest news for me after he lost BME. I think many do not know/remember him, would you like to say few words about Shannon Larratt. Lukas: I had a complex relationship with Shannon, he was the first one over sea to support & showcase my work. At the time everyone was on BME. It was good but also had it’s downside. It was the place to meet talk exchange but at the same time, it was a microcosm through which many were living without having a grasp on reality. Many people tried really hard to exist on bme, to be recognised & recognisable. Even the system of IAM (the social network within BME) was pushing this dynamic to get 15 minutes of fame. We always disagreed on that and on the consequences among Bod Mod enthusiasts, but we always had a mutual respect. Without BME the scene wouldn’t be what it is nowadays. I felt really sad when I heard Shannon got ripped off of BME by his -at the time- wife and staff. A lot of questions were still pending, that I never had the opportunity to talk about with Shannon, so when he lost the website I decide to take the opportunity to have a fiar talk with “the fallen king”. I did an interview with him, during which I could point out our disagreements and we could share our POV. Shannon was a father figure for many, who ended up a little bit lost when he lost the website & passed away a few months after. The scene changed and slowly became an industry. It is hard to say so little about a man who did so much, so if you are interested to read more about him, here is the full interview with Shannon. Disha: Your performances have evolved a lot over a decade. Can you highlight some advancements that can give the depth of the latest happenings and share your experiences from some of your memorable performances? Lukas: Though my performance exploration took many ways, I mostly explore body suspensions since the past 15 years. It started as an exploration and slowly became more and more an “in depth experience”. Though the performances were well received and my work respected, it always felt a bit frustrating for me, often feeling the public was often missing the point as no matter what I tried to express most of the people focused on the hooks, the blood, the pain. In 2009 I started to conceptualise a new approach, trying to find a way to share the experience with the public. In 2011 I found a team of hackers from Italie Spectre who developed for me the programme for a bio feedback performance. That was the first version of Danse NeurAle .
With started to monitor different body responses to the experience (heart beat, breath, brain waves) and used it to create an immersive sound and images installation. The idea was to have the public see the changes inside me during the performance. It worked pretty well, but not as I expected. When we did this first representation I was already on stage as people entered the space, I was equipped with a microphone inside the mask to amplify my breath and a stethoscope for mthe heart beat. I noticed the people arriving, speaking, laughing, but very quickly started to hear my breath, then whispered. Then they could heard my heartbeat and so they became quiet. I was without realising it at first creating a natural organic connection with the public. I had a fantastic feedback of this performance and for the first time they spoke of the “experience” they had, not about the pain and hooks or blood. But still, I noticed that I was losing something as the public was sitting in front of me watching images projected on screen that put them through an intellectual process. So I redesigned this performance in order to emphasize this organic and intimate connection I had with the public. It took me many years to find a programmer who could understand what I was trying to achieve and willing to work on my performance. In 2018 I met David Chanel from Theoriz (www.theoriz.com) in NYC and again few months after in Tokyo with whom I started to develop Danse NeurAle 2.0. In 2019 I found a venue to present the Beta version. Since a month we are working on a new emulation and have added to the team Remi Cambuzat who is developing a robotic part through which a piece will be created live using also the datas generated during the performance. 
In this new version I am in the center of the room and we created a complete immersive environment designed with my body responses through which the public can go through. The lights are changing, sound is evolving & there are abstract representations of my datas all around me. The space become an extension of my inner self, through which the public can wander. An organic experience rather than an intellectual one, at last. From the beginning to the end the public is intimately connected on an emotional level with me. Disha: I want to talk about the music in your performances. Is it truly being derived from brain? Can you throw some light on this for music enthusiasts. [Please, Share some video as example] Lukas: Everything is generated by the data we collect during the performance. The algorithm my team created interprets the information collected (brain waves, blood pressure, body temperature etc) and transforms them into different sounds that change depending on how all those information evolves. We created a basic pattern and the algorithm does the rest. Here is the link to the first version of Danse NeurAle, as well as the beta version of DNA 2.0 we presented last year here 
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Disha: It’s very rare we’ll be able to find, can I know who and how does Lukas spend his work break at home? You wear bracelet in your hands can you tell what is it made of and it’s significance in your life. Lukas: Well ! when work and passion entangle, there is never “off of work” time. I have been living a nomadic lifestyle since +20 years, traveling months at time with my daughter Mayliss, it is a constant reflection of life and thoughts. Traveling is part of my work rhythm, going to new places, encountering people, creating content. Rather it be photography, performance, workshops. China, Canada, New Zealand, USA, Mexico, all those places have the same value to me, they are home away from home, traveling means also to get out of the comfort zone, a concept that influenced & attracted me. It is not an easy path, it’s just the only one I know. I am my own walking manifesto and the bracelet among other artefacts are statements of that. It’s often in Avignon I come back too. Enjoy the amazing culinary culture of South of France. I read a lot -on the phone- about many subjects & books, as well as a lot of cinema. Sports daily, photography often, also I am a great cook! (laught) Always on the move, but never stressed. I like to keep busy with creative stuffs ! Disha: Please can you enlist your tattoos and body modification with any symbolism or any event attached to them. Lukas: My first tattoo was my arm and chest biomechanical tattoo. I guess it was some kind of representation of something i had in mind, this hybridization was the first thing that came to me when I did my first piercing. Inspired by comic books & some darker superheroes. Then I started to do bod-mod so it was kind of a logic to do these tattoos, it was really like giving some kind of shape & aspect of this hybridation. After it evolved slowly, I don't even remember in which order I did the rest of my tattoos (laught). I know I did my face and hand pretty “late” because it had a lot of impact on the social level. It's something different. As long as you have a tattoo that you can hide, like under suit -I used to wear a lot of suits- of course I had some piercing and so on, but nothing so visible, there you can still disappear somehow, but when you do the face or the hand, then you go toward something else.
I was in the state for a few months, far from old europe - was then, still isIn the US it was a bit more common to see hand and face tattoos and I knew from my experience it was completely different in europe. I started there to do my implant on the forehand with Steve Hayworth, then tattooed my chin, then slowly my hands - well not slowly actually, pretty fast (laught) Xhead did the work on my hands. He’s one of the pillars of the full Black Tattoo style- When I came back to Europe with really visible modifications, I thought it was going to be something difficult to live with on the regular bases & somehow I discovered it was kind of the opposite. You know … when you don't have anything and you start to get tattooed, people try to take you back somehow ”what are you doing?!” “Are you sure?” they always ask. Everybody has opinions about what you should do & how you should do it. Problems & regret you will have because of it, they try to pull you back from it. Somehow, as soon as I arrived with my face & hands I was “on the other side” already, so suddenly I had less problems. For me these tattoos are important. I use symbolic for everything, all my tattoos have a meaning, something metaphorique i couldn’t say “this tattoo is this, this tattoo is that” but to me they all mean something. They are all a part of a story I want to tell to myself and also to the spectator, the witness.The people will see my tattoo & Bod-mod, it communicates ideas about oneself Our body communicates: the way we use our body, the way we walk, the way we dress, everything. It’s like a dialogue through body language, so somehow the tattoo is a part of this, i guess. Or maybe something else, something more. Yes, my tattoos are meant to create something inside or outside me, something I want to keep forever in my memories, or some coat I want to use to create interaction with others. Often people say “yeah the problem with tattoos, it closes a lot of doors & opportunities” when actually the only doors that are closed are ones I anyway didn’t want to open. To be honest it opened me much more doors than I could have imagined. I Am lukas Zpira because of my tattoos & because of body modification, I am answering this interview because I have these tattoos and body modification, I do a lot of things because of that. It opened a lot of doors, the dialogue with many people I would never have had the chance to speak with. Disha: Bødy hacktivism or body hacking is coined by you (who else could have done that) can you write few words for someone who knows nothing about the world of body modifications or suspensions? Lukas: That’s a pretty interesting and complex question! Body modification and body hacktivism are pretty much two sides of the spectrum. The history of Body Modification starts with the beginning of humanity, humans always transformed themself one way or the other: scarification, tattoos, from every culture, every part of the world, people used to transform the body. Using the body as a tool to other means, the purpose wasn’t to modify the body in itself but to mark something, a rite of passage, done often as a ritual or to heal. To create a print in the mind through the work on the body as a means to get to the soul. All these cultures have been lost, pretty much with the religions of the books arrived, they whipped out those practices to put new rituals and took the sacred we had in us. Decentralising the body. Putting the sacred it in churches, temples, or whatever. We have been ripped off from our spirituality somewhere in the process. Let’s move forward to back in the 1970’s with Fakir Mustar. A Californian guy, who starts to take all sorts of traditional practices, gathering all the information he could see in magazines such as Nat Geo and books. He recreated practices such as Suspension-For those who don’t know about suspension, to break it down it is about putting hooks in your body and getting suspended by those hooks. The ritual is not about the pain involved but overcoming it to access higher spiritual grounds, this particular form refers to Native American. From there he reproduces it, kind of instinctively. Out of necessity. Others were also attracted by that kind of practice, and slowly it created a movement : the modern primitive, which was the first movement to bring back this culture to us. It was interesting, that was pretty much the birth of modern body modification. I don’t feel connected to the modern primitive though I acknowledge and appreciate the movement because it put in light all those possibilities of practices. For me the problem with the mod primitive is the cultural appropriation, of course it wasn’t met with bad intention, Fakir was bringing back this practice out of a need, a will to express himself, challenge himself but by doing so he was using rituals that belonged to other cultures. Taking the shape but leaving the meaning somewhere lost, still. Meaning has always been important to me, I was looking for my own meaning, that's how I came to create the Body Hacktivism movement. When I started to do body modification I never looked thorward the past Though I had been inspired by fakir musafar and by Leni Riefenstahl pictures in Africa, and lot of different thing we could discover through the magazines and book, it was the only hint we had to go by, there was no internet, none of this kind of practices around. So slowly bod mod came to be kind of popular as a white culture. Cause if you look at the it’s mostly white / hispanic. The bod mod as we apprehend it now is different, is something that came to us not really as looking back to the past and trying to reproduce it, but a way to find something that has been stolen from us, this spirituality we had in ourselves. All these rituals that the tribes and primitive culture were practicing had a purpose. When we lose all these practices & those rituals we lose the purpose, and we all look for a purpose. From there people all around the world started to do/get body modifications. Of course at the beginning olny few around Fakir, a new wave started from there, back in the beginning of the 90s were all these practices started to become very popular. Piercing, tattoo, scarification, suspension. Around then Steve Hayworth created the implants, Sanon Laratt started BME, I started to practice and few around the world. Slowly but surely it became a big movement. I was searching for meaning; questioning myself, my future and what i was going to become. Understanding my past self and what I am made of, canalyse all these energy in me, get read of what I need to, and go toward what i wanted to become. It wasn't just the transformation of a body but the change of a self. To be modified was changing a lot of things on a social level. I came across different texte that influenced me a lot, like Stelark. He was more inspired by hybridization, those practices being for him a way to bind with the machine and challenge the body, to become one with the machine. Testing the body in its strength or weaknesses. I invited him in early 2000 for a conference at my private atelier in Avignon - where I live in the south of France. The town was one of the cities to represent the European culture that year, the theme of the city was the Body. I was approached by the city as I started to be a little bit known, somewhat “popular”. I proposed to start questioning the body -or maybe to answer- all the questions I had about these challenges in regard to being modified in the modern world. I invited various sociologists, psychologists, anthropologists at round table over the course of 6 month, to try to question a little bit everything about the body. That was Art-Kør 00. Even before that, there was a texte from Arthur and Marilouise Kroker she wrote that caught my mind, something about the Data Flesh. As I mentioned before I was always admirative of human hybridization and the data flesh stuck with me. I started to realise somehow we are hacking the body, like on a computer. Going inside the system and changing what we want to. The ideas of hacking became evident, from there I started to use the word Bødyhacking to explain what we were doing. I went to japan for the first time, and met Rihyochi Maeda who was -and still is- the chief editor of Burst Magazine, he was documenting through it all kinds of subculture and of course body modifications. I met Maeda at the first Mod Con that was organised by Shannon in Toronto in 99. In japan we started to talk about the singularity of my work and about ways to give definition to what we were doing & wanted to achieve with it. In 2004 I wrote the Bødy Hacktivist manifesto to define body modification as a form of hacktivism. In the early days it wasn’t like I was craving to do a suspension. It came quite later for me. I went to the state and met Steve, who with him did my first suspension, on a rooftop in Arizona. When I was suspended up in the air, someone asked me “How do you feel?” I said: Like a butterfly.
That was the feeling that moment left on me. Afterward I took the process for granted and forgot to take the time & put spirit into my suspension & modification. Then it’s when Iost a bit myself on the way. Doing too much suspension, in not so great places, with terrible vibs. It took a toll on me, I was washed out. Again in the USA I met an older woman, she was descending from local Native tribes and proposed to help find what I had lost. She was my shaman and it’s her who introduced me to rituals. From there I really embraced the ritualistic approach in my performances, tacking on various forms throughout the years. My latest experimental work DNA is still an evolving piece. D.Q. The world is going through unimagined scenario of COVID-19 pandemic. Your thoughts about it and how is your world of body modification going through it? Ans. It is difficult to have an opinion. I am looking at the world falling apart, as I saw it coming and many of us did. Cyberapokalips nightmare That we saw the same books of science fiction that helped us to become cyborg or go toward that, we already knew the world as we know it is going to an end. Can be a pandemic but it can be anything, there is war everywhere around the world, and inside every country. People fight each other, religions fight each other, whatever is different from the other people are fighting for it. We can just acknowledge what is going on and try to do our best to go through all the storm but it is going to be a long storm, but as everything bad it inspires something good so it opens the eyes of some people to other alternatives, giving the will to others to try something new. Anyway that is something that's going to happen, there is no one truth. The new ways of thinking, of living this world, and with each other that's what's going to make the change. Because anyway it's something that is going to happen, but the change is going to be long and difficult. The bod mod scene has also evolved with that idea that the human as we know it is not going to be the same, and thinking of this new human identity. It was a lot about that, and still is. The scene is going through this. The bod mod scene is born from that. This re-appropriation of ourselves, of the world, and try to make something new in it. It was through an individualisation, a specification: Become Yourself. Not against others or without each other, but be good & feel good with yourself then you can resonate in the world in a better way. It is always easier to express yourself in a healthy world when you don't need to worry about everyday life and you can start to think. Think for yourself, about yourself & the world and so on. At the moment people don’t think about how they survive, they think of going through what they have to, it's a difficult time for everyone. It is not really a time of self expression, though everyone as an individual is looking for a solution. Disha: Explain the process of your performance? How much hard work is involved? Lukas: It all evolved from a concept, the first version of DNA (see question 3&4) was created in 2009 and presented for the first time 2 years later. It wasn't as difficult at the time I had a sponsor to back up the idea & a venue to present it. Changes needed to be made, I searched for ways to evolve in a more organic connection and that involved creating a new setting, re-programming all the sofware, aquire the hardware, that was where the problems started. Spectre - the digital tech behind the performance- were too busy to be fully invested in the project & will all those changes time was needed. I had to find a new team, new funds, and a new venue. It took me 8 years to be finaly to present the newest version. Then i met David who was willing to work on the performance, and for a few months we chatted about it. After long and difficult searches I found the venue where we could finally test run the DNA 2.0. I self found the whole process and still on my own regarding many aspect of this work. We are in constant evolution of the concept, have hadded members to our team, and though having now few emulation of the performance, havent been able to present yet the concept as a whole. The constant search for finances to devellop such work or simply to find a venu where to work and present it is a real problem and constant struggle. The data collected during this performance has immense value for reaserchers from many feild... thats an option we are now exploring. As of now, there are not many places worldwide that have the will to support, finance & showcase the kinds of cutting edge performance I wish to create. We have yet to find an Artistic residency in a place somewhere in the world where we could work few month on the performance development and present it as I imagine it. I got the opportunity to present Danse NeurAle 2.0 beta version last year at L’Ardenome in Avignon, a place dedicated to digital art, but it was a one shot and had only two days in the venue to make it happen. Discover more in depth infos about the performance Danse NeurAle Disha: Have you achieved what you wanted to or there are still something pending? Lukas: I wrote one day : “Which caterpillar would think of flying before becoming a butterfly”. When i started i was still a caterpillar so imagine what becoming a butterfly would be. I couldn’t plan anything, I just wanted to change, to evolve. I didn’t know what was after nore what to expect. Where it would take me. It’s an ongoing process. I change a lot, evolve a lot, but I still have a lot of time for more evolution. (laught) More transformation & Experiences. 
The following texte is one of my many writings you can find across my social media, ideas scribbled alongside photos of my avatar floating around in the matrix. “Everyone who witnesses it, from close or through the image they create of us has an opinion about our life. What we should do and have done or not, how we should do it or have done it or not and so on. But at the end, we are the one living it, the one facing the consequences or getting the benefits of our choices. Though we should pay attention to those opinions as they give us the big picture of our social appearance, they shouldn't be more than a parameter, an echo reflecting the vibration of our existence, but they should not guide us on the path we follow. Yes I made a life of radical choices that made me see the best and the worst in myself, in others and of the world I'm living in. I have been as often admired for what they see as my success than blamed for what they imagine to be my failures. I have had friends or often people I never had the chance to meet supporting me when needed the most and expecting it the less - I have had supposed to be friends, people I thought were on my side - sometimes "forever", some I wish i would have never met, some I hope I won't ever, praying hard or at least expecting me to break.
Here I stand. Whatever path we follow eventually takes us to the same point. Maybe when we cash out, life presents us the bill. Then what ?
The answer may lie in the ability we have to keep our integrity and live as close as possible from our dreams even if we never managed to achieve them. Because at least we tried, no matter what, and managed to transform the good and the bad, everything that could have felt as regrets into unforgettable life experiences from which we shape ourselves and the world around us. “Thank you for your time - Lukas Zpira
Some links to know more about the Lukas Zpira:
Instagram - Twitter - Facebook Website: http://www.lukaszpira.com/ Body Hacktivism manifesto & more Danse NeurAle portfolio BløwYøurMind Photography Nomadic Transmedia Project
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Social networking has rapidly become one of the most critical facets of digital marketing, offering unparalleled rewards that can attract potential customers globally. And if you don't use this lucrative tool, you're losing a fantastic publicity tool, since it makes it easier to spread awareness about your brand and purpose. Other than brand awareness your goals could be-
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A few days back, I had a severe rash on my hand. I searched Google for the causes and treatment of rash. And the site that topped my search results was none other than WebMD. We all know that WebMD is an authentic medical domain educating on various health conditions. But why Google trust it? Why it places WebMD on the top of SERPs related to health and medical advice? As a webmaster, I can give you several reasons why Google shows WebMD on top. But one driving factor behind all those reasons is its E.A.T. E.A.T stands for Expertise, Authority, and Trust. It means that WebMD has got the expertise, authority, and trust. The content is created and verified by medical experts, making it authentic for users. The users come here, trust it, and share it, making it reliable for Google. This is just a rough overview of E.A.T to show its role in the search engine results. LET’S UNDERSTAND E.A.T IN DETAILS
| "Proven trustworthiness is really important. While expertise and authority are factors that boost your rankings, trustworthiness, or rather a lack thereof is what can easily tank your rankings on Google." - Ian Booth, SEO Executive |
But it can't be denied that it plays a vital role in getting your website recognized by Google.| “ Quality Raters are spread out all over the world and are highly trained using our extensive guidelines. Their feedback helps us understand which changes make Search more useful. Raters also help us categorize information to improve our systems. For example, we might ask what language a page is written in or what’s important on a page. We use responses from Raters to evaluate changes, but they don’t directly impact how our search results are ranked.” - Google |
| “They don’t tell you how the algorithm is ranking, but they fundamentally show what the algorithm should do.” - Ben Gomes, Google’s VP of Search, in an interview with CNBC over Google’s QRG |
| “These ratings do not directly impact ranking, but they do help us benchmark the quality of our results and make sure these meet a high bar all around the world.” - Google |
| TRIVIA: E.A.T has been used 135 times in the 168-page Google Rater’s guideline |
(image source: AHREFS) Many of these websites lack E.A.T; traffic went below when the core update is released, and Google's ability to detect E.A.T enhanced.
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There may be a name in notoriety too. Still, today more and more consumers are making brands and companies accountable for their marketing tactics and policies, especially in the digital marketing world. The exposure of the marketing choice on digital media is many folds more than in offline marketing. This makes controversial tactics exposed and means that sooner rather than later, they will be called out for it. Let us look at five of the most prominent recent examples of controversial marketing tactics in the digital marketing world.
However, a recent campaign, which was likely made with great intention, backfired royally. The digital marketing campaign led to a lot of controversies as soon as it hit the social media channels.
Credit: https://www.theguardian.com/ The campaign read: “Look like a girl Act like a lady Think like a man Work like a boss." This was launched on Women's Day to honor working women. The internet was full of memes and commentaries on this. This led to the company withdrawing the campaign hours into releasing it.
Credit: Cnet.con The controversy isn't always caused in a negative sense as hard as it may be to be believed. If precedence is to be seen through, a controversy even if it begins well for the company doesn't necessarily end well. Positive publicity can lead to disappointment and broken promises for the company later. A recent example of this is McDonald's when they wanted to publicize their one day return of their 1990s fame Szechuan Sauce in limited outlets. To publicize this, they worked with the peak popular Rick and Morty show to advertise this online. It became clear soon that the company underestimated the response they would get to this ad and the sauce return. It isn’t that their ad was not clear enough on the details of the return of the sauce or its availability. What just happened is that they did not see the return being this successful. What followed the ad was unending lines on all McDonald outlets for the sauce. This threw the outlets that did not have it completely off. Even the ones where it did make a return ran out of it within the first hour or so of the day opening. This meant that almost all customers who visited the outlet left disappointed. This backfired as many were very upset with the company for such a short return or limited outlet return compared to the scale and popularity of the ad partners.
Credit: entrepreneur.com Often controversy is not what a company or brand sets out for, but their obvious oversight on one aspect or another leads to disastrous results. The beer in question recently came out with a series of ads in the digital and traditional marketing formats that completely missed the point and were swamped with negative responses. The ad portrayed the idea of “up for whatever” in terms of willingness and spirit by ads showcasing a man taking on daring tasks. Their tagline of “the perfect beer for removing no from your vocabulary for the night," however, sent the worst possible message across. People saw this as a link to how often alcohol is used or abused for rape, and the campaign faced the social media heat at a peak. The company apologized and pulled their campaign based on the reaction.
Many a time the controversy of an ad isn't misperception or a second meaning seem into the ad. While there is no denying that such things should be overlooked or avoided by the brands, there is a much bigger category they need to care for. The last example, for now, is one where the brand marketing team put across a blatantly disturbing thought process, and this was approved or overlooked by the giant that is the company until it blew up. The case in point being discussed is a digital platform released ad by Dove (a brand by Unilever) in which the advertisement shows a black woman remove her dark top and turn into a white woman by using Dove. This was a clearly racist ad but was somehow approved and launched. The backlash was immediate and unrelenting until the company apologized and pulled the campaign, but not before they had received a lot of hate over this.18-August-2020, 2:36 pm, Chandigarh
His story is a paradigm of entrepreneurial visionary creation: Steve Jobs co-founded the company- Apple in his parents' garage in the year 1976, was sacked in 1985, resurrected to save it from severe bankruptcy in 1997, and until the day he died, in October 2011, he had established it into becoming the world's most profitable business. He managed to help transform several sectors along the way: animated movies, music, personal computing, retail stores, digital publishing, tablet computing, and phones. With a successful venture into Pixar's computer animation, Toy Story was produced as such a high-quality film that industry powerhouse Disney decided to pick the company. Steve Jobs' last invention was the iPad, a portable device to replace the Desktop. Jobs needed a device to increase cognitive computing capacity for all the information in the world accessible on a smaller screen.
When Steve Jobs decided to purchase Pixar in 1986, a talented animator named John Lasseter had to rope in Jobs for an animated short film. This was Lasseter's first formal encounter with his new boss. Jobs only had a suggestion—"make it great. "The short film, Tin Toy, ended up winning the very first Academy Award ever granted to computer animation and laid the standard as to what eventually became Toy Story. Lasseter, who has become the chief creative director at Walt Disney Animation Studios (and Frozen's exec producer), claimed it was the most in-depth guidance he's ever got. The company's biggest achievement began in 1991 after Disney announced an investment in producing and releasing Pixar's first motion picture. Initially more interested in NeXT's prospects, Jobs immediately entered into negotiations and helped work out a three-movie contract for 12.5 percent of box office revenue. While Lasseter and the design team progressed on what would become Toy Story, Jobs recruited CFO Lawrence Levy to hammer through the mechanics of preparing the firm for a public offering. In an interview with Steve Jobs in 1996, Lasseter said- "What Pixar does it so extraordinary that we have taken a look at this new technology- computer animation and we don't look at it as a way to replace any of the creativity or any of the art of filmmaking we still we look at it as these are just not great new expensive pencils you know that's what it says is this artist using these computers as a young artist at Disney use a piece of paper and a pencil and because the focus of what we do is still where it's most important and that's with the story and the characters I think toy story is a success not because it’s computer-generated, it is a success because it has characters of Buzz Light year and Woody and in the storyline that really has captivated audience.” Jobs scheduled an IPO date following the release of Toy Story during Thanksgiving in 1995, linking the company's future to the global box office performance of its first sizable endeavor. It turned to be a profitable game, as the convergence of Pixar 's technological wonders, a heart-warming movie, and Tom Hanks and Tim Allen's voices steered Toy Story to an incredible $30 million opening weekend (on the way to a $365 million international revenue). Days later, following its first trade day, Pixar closed at $39 a share, the once-struggling business soon priced at $1.5 billion. John Alan Lasseter has three golden rules to make a great film. Tell a compelling story, unpredictable components that keep the audience on the edge of their seat. Populate the story with really appealing and memorable characters and put that story in those characters in a believable world, believable for the story. Do not go realistic; one should not be interested in reproducing reality. Jobs acknowledged creativity, originality, and inventiveness was the result of unexpected gatherings. He believed, "You run into someone and ask what they're doing. Then you realize the connections, and soon you're cooking up all sorts of ideas." The atrium of the Pixar building laid the groundwork for unplanned encounters. Official structures need to establish connections with sparks to fly and facilitate wondrous spontaneity.
“What I love about the creative process, and this may sound naive, but it is this idea that one day there is no idea, and no solution, but the next day there is an idea. I find that incredibly exciting and conceptually actually remarkable.” - Jony Ive Jobs had only just decided to return to Apple in 1997 and intended to reignite the company's groundbreaking and inventive soul. He needed the design to be at the center of this regeneration. Because Apple was a tech corporation at that point, anyone might have anticipated Jobs to have been searching for an experienced machine designer — someone among the industry's most regarded. Well, he did not. Ive had been an independent design consultant in London before he joined Apple. His business, Tangerine, became engaged in the planning and designing of household products (for instance, Tangerine had been an advisor for Ideal Standard, then a dominant figure in the plumbing and bathroom industry). The young designer relocated to Apple in the year 1992, but his projects prior to 1997 just weren't particularly successful. Hence, choosing him as senior vice president of industrial design at that point seemed like an arbitrary decision. Steve believed in looking into the future and not the past while collaborating with innovators. In hindsight, this turned out to be a brilliant decision. Jobs did not hire someone to create and design another beige box. The very first product designed under Ive's supervision was the iMac G3, which was launched in 1998. It was hailed as among the most innovative desktop computers ever launched, with a design layout that was completely unique to the sector: a pleasant shell in translucent reflective plastic and an ovoid design that defied the prevailing model of unpopular beige frames. The gadgets designed by Apple under the guidance of Ive, with all their simplicity and elegance, have reiterated that design is all about fantastic people creating incredible stuff. By launching these smartphones or tablets and computers on a scale of splendor, they are enshrining the elitism of intricate design. Steve Jobs excelled in the production of compact systems that smashed computing performance hurdles. Jobs' interest was extended to both big and minor problems. Several other CEOs are fantastic creative geniuses, while some believe that God is in the detail. Jobs contribute to the legion of the true pioneers, inventors, and visionaries of America (and the world), alongside Nikola Tesla, Walt Disney, and Thomas Edison. Neither of these people was a paragon of virtue, but even after their identities are lost, history will recall how they implemented their ingenuity to technology, business, and engineering.... Read more 
17-August-2020, 3:58 pm, Chandigarh
[video width="400" height="384" style="margin:0 auto;" mp4="https://vardish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Louis-Vuitton-Keepall-Light-Up-VarDish-com.mp4"][/video] “Louis Vuitton is known for two things - quality craftsmanship and a symbol of luxury that never goes out of style.” The Market Herald
Atmosphere during the Louis Vuitton Menswear Fall/Winter 2019-2020 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 17, 2019 in Paris, France.[/caption] Anyways, those who admire LV as a brand has seen its evolution and experimentations that have been equally appreciated and discouraged by the people and critics. In recent years, the monogram has undergone several manifestations as artistic directors have bid to put their own stamp on the house. First came Marc Jacobs, who enlisted the help of Stephen Sprouse and applied roses to the beloved Keepall bag in 2001. Jacobs followed that up with a Takashi Murakami collaboration, yielding the Multicolore handbag that soon became an “it” item among the Hollywood elite. It might have been nearly two decades ago, but Jacobs laid a street foundation that would change the course of the house’s modern history. 
The House of Louis Vuitton has been driven by its desire to explore new horizons and give new definitions to the luxury. Luxury that is everlasting. Last year, at Louis Vuitton’s Paris Fashion Week menswear show 2019, Virgil Abloh put his own unmissable light on the monogram and introduced us to their fiber-optic wonder - the Louis Vuitton Keepall Light Up.
... Read more10-August-2020, 5:34 pm, Chandigarh
“Hypnotized people are marching towards the central hall where they are being addressed by a televised Big Brother. A blond girl in athletic shorts and a white tank top enters with a hammer. She runs towards the screen and hurls the hammer towards it. There is a huge explosion as the hammer hits the screen. It is followed by scrolling black text—“On January 24th, Apple Computer will introduce Macintosh. And you'll see why 1984 won't be like 1984." [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtvjbmoDx-I[/embed] That’s how the script of 1984 ad for Apple Macintosh goes on the screen. Aired in 1984 during Super Bowl American football tournament, the ad aimed to create buzz for Apple Macintosh to be launched shortly. The TV commercial is also appeared to be a spoof on the monopoly of its arch-rival, IBM. The 60-second ad was directed by Ridley Scott who has already shot into the fame for Blade Runner and later made Alien and Gladiator. 1984 was inspired from George Orwell’s 1949 novel of the same name which depicted a dystopian future “ruled by a televised Big Brother”. George Orwell in his novel opined how computers would control the world like Big Brother. But the ad showed the end of that “control”. Interestingly, the ad wasn’t well-received by experts who declared it a great flop. Thanks to its futuristic approach and strange plot with keeping the product in suspense. John Sculley, then CEO of Apple, recalled the moment after the ad was showed to the board— "The others just looked at each other, dazed expressions on their faces ... Most of them felt it was the worst commercial they had ever seen. Not a single outside board member liked it." Even the marketing firm that was testing the ad declared it the “least effective” ad they’ve ever worked on. The average score for a commercial was 29, but the 1984 ad managed to score only 5 in their testing. And this was the same advertisement that stunned the entire nation when released. The impact was so huge that people used to rush to electronic stores across the nation to buy Macintosh. The next three months after the Super Bowl witnessed the sale of Macintoshes worth $155 million. While the ad made Mac one of the best-selling computers of its time, it helped Apple turn into a computing giant. It also made into the list of the greatest ads ever made. In fact, 1984 is credited to start the current era of Super Bowl ad, in which ads are as popular as the game itself. Why Apple 1984 was a dream success? How it influenced people to buy Macintosh? The success ingredients of the ad go beyond those cinematic experience and futuristic approach. It hit the bull’s eye because of these factors...
Steve Jobs was a great visionary. He not only made his company grabbing market share from rivals but also revolutionized the way people work and communicate with Apple’s offerings. No wonder that such “out of the box” ad was envisioned by Steve Jobs. Talking about the work methodology of Steve Jobs, Brent Thomas, then art director of the Chiat/Day on the 1984 project, said— “If the people that you had to first present to hated it, Jobs was going to like it. And conversely, if it went the other way, you knew Steve would kill it." Steve was a risk-taker and didn’t afraid of making a mistake. Lee Clow, creative director of 1984, quoted Steve Jobs’ challenge,” “I gotta introduce Macintosh. It’s gotta be dramatic; it gotta be famous, it gotta be different. I want something that nobody else would do.” His creative risks can be seen in his approach to design, marketing and leadership. And 1984 ad was no exception. 
04-August-2020, 10:53 pm, Chandigarh
How to optimize your content for improved traffic and visibility? Generally, you insert keywords, create a meta-description, use heading tags and share it on other platforms. Apart from ticking all these SEO boxes, you should do one more thing. That’s optimizing the user reviews or feedback received on content. User reviews speaks about the experience of visitors with your content. Some reviews can be good. Some can be negative. Whatever reviews you get, make sure to optimize them to improve your content. For example, some readers ask you to update certain parts of your content. Or some are looking for video or some more tips. Once you make all these required changes suggested by your visitors, your content sounds better and efficient. Here you will learn why and how to optimize user reviews to improve the performance of your content in SERPs. Let’s get started!
The suggestions by your audience are useful in making your content relevant and potent. When your content sounds relevant and better, it can improve its ranking and visibility on the SERPs. That’s not the only benefit associated with optimizing your customer reviews. Have you ever thought that the reviews, whether they are good or bad, include certain keywords? For example, a review that contains the phrase “the best SEO advice” can make your blog rank for the same keyword. This also helps Google identify your blog or business, letting it to improve position in the SERPs. As an added bonus, user reviews contain semantic keywords that are also useful. Secondly, responding to the comments signifies to Google and users that your business cares for feedback and opinions.
28-July-2020, 8:37 am, Chandigarh
Before diving into content strategies for 2020, let’s have a look at these two blogs published on our websites. One is “How to Put Your Business into Top Gear" which was published in 2014. The other is “Coronavirus: Understanding Its Impact on Life and Business” that was uploaded in 2020. You will find a stark difference in their creation. A 2014 blog is an absolute textual blog and lacks references, visuals or sources. Talking about 2020 blogs, it includes all details, stats, and visuals to look appealing and engaging. But they have one thing in common—both are created according to the content trends of their respective years. The point is here that content creation has changed a lot in the course of these six years. Content strategies that worked in 2014 will not work in 2020. This is because the search engines have become more user-oriented while people like you and me look for a quick solution that appears as soon as we key in the query. In 2020, content needs to be engaging, authentic, and "problem-solving" to ace the ranking game. 
When you do not get solution in a 2500 word blog[/caption] Here we got our content strategy no. 2—the content should find and solve the customer's problem. Most users expect blogs or any form of content to address their concerns. It is worth to quote Carolyn Shelby, manager of SEO at ESPN, in this context: "People are that impatient and crazy so the trick is just to make sure that you know what your users, your target audience wants and hand it to Google on a silver platter and make it easy for Google to ingest it and dice it up." She means that the content should be logical, easy to understand, and exceed the user's expectations. If your content is all about making tea, cover the points what to do when tea becomes excessively sweet as it can be a common problem associated with the tea prep. Secondly, you should know how to present your information. It not only helps your content to be captured by Google but also makes it searchable for voice assistance devices or tools. Therefore, present the key points with headings, bullet points, and short sentences. Above all, you should be aware of your target audience and their problems. It will help you find the right solution as well as the way to present them.
Flipboard is also counted among quality tools for its ability to fetch content from reliable and trusted sources.
Well, many people use voice assistance like Siri or Amazon Echo to get help with their daily tasks. Using such devices make sense as they are quick and simple than typing. According to one study by Forbes, nearly 50% of all searches will be voice searches by 2020. It simply means that your content should be activated for voice search. After all, voice search is becoming a key ranking factor. Here’s how to optimize your content for voice search...
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One of the key benefits of video content is that they make complicated concepts easy to understand. For example, explainer videos can be used to educate the users on your products. Or reviews can be made more authentic with videos as users can see a person using them. Facebook Live can be used to launch your new products.
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But that doesn’t mean you need to work as a content mill. Providing quality and value in the content should be your topmost priority. 
21-July-2020, 3:12 pm, Chandigarh
Ever Since its outbreak in late 2019, Coronavirus pandemic has shocked the entire world with its severity and crumbled the economies all around the globe. The horrific virus first appeared at the Chinese city of Wuhan and slowly clutched many countries in its deadly grip. Sadly, not only had it cost billions of lives worldwide, but also, it has shaken up and altered the natural living standards and habits of the people around globe. While any nations are in lockdown and following strict social distancing policies with other precautionary measures, many businesses are fighting for their survival. One of the major reasons for drastic fall in business, apart from the deadly infection itself is the fact that consumer’s shopping habits and their way to approach things have been deeply affected. Not only the pandemic and self-quarantine have left them economically challenged, but also people are immensely stressed with disruption to their daily routines.
Source: The Impact of COVID-19 on Marketing (2020) Likewise 58% of marketers told that they will lower the budget and on the other hand 34% of them seemed to be more inclined toward investing in low cost channels like SEO. Additionally, 63% of enterprises are predicting that SEO will be a prominent aspect in the current marketing scene. In addition, the latest search results from Google have also corroborate the rising importance of SEO services as the searches for term “SEO” is rising at substantial pace. With over 66% of markets reported that SEO was also the top most performing channel in last year, leaving behind other marketing channels in competition with a large margin. Conclusively, Digital marketing and low cost channels like SEO are turning out to bet the major focus for many marketers worldwide and more than half of the firms are turning to the digital content for brand building as it seems more efficient, safe and high gain approach during the time of self-isolation and social distancing.... Read more13-May-2020, 4:53 pm, Chandigarh
In my career since 2004, I have read many books. My favourite is the “The Art of SEO” all editions. Directly or indirectly, all articles and books have some similarity i.e. they talk about role of human mind and behaviour in the list of SEO activities. Recently, I also started reading “A textbook on General Phycology” to explore more on the topic of psychology and get an in-depth knowledge. However, I would lay my emphasis on below 4 pointers that relates to the importance of SEO and Psychology in 2020:
2. You can further elaborate by using “A-Z” combinations in front, middle and Back of the keywords to get a possible list of best keywords for the niche.
It clearly shows that I have to incorporate topic about cost, cover, comparisons and talk about sole trader cleaners, contractor and consultants. Again, you can run different set of combinations to get a list of topics. 3. Researching on top competitors - Yes, what is their winning formula. Try to get an idea of how the top 3 competitors on search are drafting their content and how you can be unique in your own story and idea. Important tip: For uniqueness, Gather stats and conduct surveys on relevant forums, groups on FB which covers your targeted audience to get high level data and convert that into statistical data. 4. Trending Data – Incorporating the trends in your story will surely help to stand out and gain exposure. We use “Buzz Sumo” to find relevant trending stories, sort them out and make a list of what will entice a reaction among our targeted audience.
In 2004, when I started my link building career, we use to send emails for outreach, have conversations and then after developing a bond exchange links. It was a clear process that had emotions and one loved to follow the process and get success that could last long from SEO prospective. However, in later stages link building was bombarded by commercialization and paid schemes, which resulted in link farms and slowly Google and reliable website owners changed their outlook towards the same. So let’s talk about 2020, the things have changed so have the strategies. We are somehow getting back to where we had once started. Influencer Outreaching is not that simple now days. If you want to outreach a strong influencer in your field, you need to study them, understand them and then win your race towards getting a brand mention for your website. Below are some point that can help:
I like Neil and had a great interview session with him. I believe he has contributed a lot towards our field of SEO. One of his contributions that I have been using since so many years is “Crazy Egg”. The tool we use to understand how the audience react to the various elements on our website. The basic purpose is to: 
, 10:38 am, Chandigarh
It’s true! Men is know by the company he keeps… same is the case here. Today, I’m going to write a confession post of a partner who understood how gradually couples start to shout and yell at each other. And why you are taken for granted over a certain period of marriage.
Especially during this phase of lockdown the vent outs have increased further. There is confinement, work stress, distressed news updates and anxious thoughts about future.
But when I look back at our table talks with friends I see that it had become usual sight that couples sit and complain/pass subtle insults about each other in front of friends though it is casual but it is socially accepted now. Jokes are cracked and now this whole scenario of husband and wife tiffs have become a content of regular mainstream jokes.
It’s just okay if one yells at other and other is poking for one task or other. But have you (couples) ever paused and thought… do you like it? Do you loose your cool when being provoked/poked or this thought never came to you that why we loose our cool most of the times.
I sat down overnight to rewind my marriage of over a decade and brought few points that were worth addressing. Every moment was noted and analysed. Yes, we have changed or you can say evolved but I think it’ll be a worth read for you.
Ours was a Love marriage full of love and respect. Love still persist but over period of time respect is drying drip by drip. What happens is that when we have been together one of the partners automatically becomes a listener Oh! that never happens, I correct it here, one partner closes door to react whatever noise or fault-findings are done by other partner. So, when one is not overreacting to other comments it creates a pattern where one becomes a fault-finder and other ignores what is being said. Gradually, it becomes a vicious cycle where ones mind blocks whatever is being said by other, this blockage brings repetition of words by other partner as she never got any assertive reaction. So, many words are put in repetition to explain what had just happened … where if the other partner explains or answer nicely the situation there will be very less repetition of blame game. Here, I give you an example, husband for the geyser on after taking a bath and it happens everyday, wife points out he does not react… Then she keeps putting so many words to explain the importance of switching off appliances when not in use, and all the stories of past ignorance also build up and brought forward. Whereas, solution can be when wife points out about the geyser left on, husband can simply reply oh! will take care in future! End of conversation.
And, one point which I mentioned in beginning of this article about you are known by the company you keep; as well proves itself true, when one partner is mostly shouting for every small or big issue - over period of some years it seeps into the behavioural of other partner as well and similar loud reactions are received. Which comes as a jolt.
Another reason that I strongly feel is that we become friends and say out whatever comes in mouth - which needs a big check! This can only be checked by highly respecting the partner. It is very important. The reason for most couple-fights is nothing but lack of respect over period of time! And they just start to live in this disrespecting environment.
... Read more02-May-2020, 5:40 pm, Chandigarh
During this distressing phase of lockdown it is difficult to measure a problem as big or small. We know there are truly many big problems in the world but for us who are at home during lockdown broken slipper (flip flop) became a major concern since many days. 
Then I found that many of my family and friends were sailing on the same boat. For them and other people frustrated with broken chappal/slipper/flipflop this is going to be pretty helpful. Steps and Process of DIY - fixing broken Flip Flop 
Takeaway, If you can remove whole Y-shaped strap then simply take bigger piece of material measure it across the toe thong hole and the holes near the heel. Simply like a ribbon pass through toe knob hole, bring them upwards and tie underneath both holes at the back separately to make perfect Y-shaped strap. ... Read more 
01-May-2020, 3:45 pm, Chandigarh
The below 5 pointers are the key to success. It will really help you to layout a plan and then strategize your local marketing efforts on the path to success.
Now let us dig deeper to get more insights on the above points.
Example - For US owners Yelp has been the most effective business directory and similarly for India Just Dial has been performing very well.
You can also be specific to your niche. For example, for home improvement owners and interior designers website like houzz has been doing really good.
How to find directories in your local area?
You can use the below search parameters on the search engine to find directories, I am going to use an example of an Electrician looking for directories in New York.
Other important links are below, which may be of help as they are listing some Top directories:
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/web-directories-list/287799/#close
https://www.brightlocal.com/resources/top-local-citations-by-business-category/
Note: The 2 points here is to understand that relevancy to your business and location is a necessity with usage of same NAP that you have used in your GMB account in 1st step.
Considering the budget involved you can use tools like bright local and yext to manage the listing in different countries. These tools run automatic scans on all listings and will provide you deep insights on errors and rectification under a single dashboard. However, there is a cost involved as they offer different packages.
Another way, is too do it manually i.e. maintain a list in an excel file and give it a review once a month.
Search engine optimization of your local business is a must, if you want to excel in your business and stay in front of your competitors.
We are going to divide this into three topics:
You have got traffic, your marketing strategy to get qualified traffic is working well.
However, a website landing page which does not solve its purpose of conversion of qualified traffic, will result in a dead end and a waste of investment in terms of both time and money.
So, It is very important that the website landing pages should talk to customer in their language.
Below are some of the pointers that you can keep in mind while creating a landing page for your local business:
Customer service does not only cater to getting positive reviews but also replying to the negative feedback of your customer.
Remember, all accounts and business profiles including GMB are open to reviews that can be posted from your customers.
The below points will help you to streamline your business goals and acquire a positive word of mouth for your brand:
Paid ads is a tool which can not only help you in getting instant conversions but also in making enhancements in your business strategies as per your buyer reactions.
If you have a budget and I would surely suggest you to initiate with a trail to understand the local market and business demands.
Based on your goals, you can use Google Ads for Local Businesses to target Google search. It is an easy to use tool, where you can set your daily and monthly budget and will be charged only if someone clicks on your ads. The interface allows you to track conversion and even give you the entire data and suggestions for conversions.
In some part of countries, especially US “Google Guarantee Ads” are really helping local businesses to stand out. You can read about more information here.
Another parallel strategy that you can club with Google ads for brand awareness is posting on Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest, whatever suits your business needs and interests. Below are some important points that you can incorporate in your social media strategy:
Note: Other than this, there are other channels that can be good from lead prospective. For example Yelp in US, Justdial in India and Houzz for home improvement businesses all are open for paid ads and can get you some good lead prospects.
The above insights will surely be of great use if it is targeted correctly. You need to be innovative and have a fast approach in order to succeed in this ever evolving competitive world.
... Read more23-November-2019, 2:40 pm, Chandigarh
Yes it... my first love!
It is a place where I was born and I love every bit of it whether it is the forest, the weather, the people, the bakeries, the fashion, the Mall road, the schools, the college, the rhododendron flowers, the morning daisies, the hills, the roads, various temples, the fruits, the fresh vegetables, the office alarm siren, my true friends... I can go unstoppable! :)
It has taught me everything. Even tough I have been living in some other place my love for Shimla has not demised. In fact it has become deeper.
There is so much to do in Shimla but this time we just had one day so we only planned our visit to the Mall Road.
Whenever in a rush we make our feet upto these 7 best places near Shimla, Mall road and we would like to share with all our readers that we never miss!1. A quick stroll from one corner that is Marina (near CM residence) to Scandal Point further to city point. Enjoying the crowd, the similar faces and the tick tock of travellers. The fresh air and that touch of royalty makes the walk a charming experience.
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Night View Mall Road Shimla[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1021" align="aligncenter" width="586"]
Stroll at Mall-Road[/caption]2. Must visit Trishool bakery and eat uncountable chocolate pastries. Being a chocolate lover, I can assure you that you would never get that kind of authentic taste anywhere in the world!
Also, it is one of the best places as recognized by local celebrities like Preity Zinta.This time I tried their Japanese pastry on being suggested by this man standing behind us, you won’t believe he has been serving people for over 45 years. It is a must-visit-place of all my relatives and have been serving the same quality throughout these years. Simply Remarkable!
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Trishul Bakery Shimla[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1020" align="aligncenter" width="449"]
Trishul Japanese Pastry Shimla[/caption]3. Then my favorite shop Minerva Book House locals just say ‘Minerva.’ My school books were bought from there. And now I buy books for my son Aditya and ourselves. This shops’ display window in itself is very close to my heart. They have very cool stuff you would surely enjoy exploring.
We love books and make sure we make visit to Minerva, just because we do not want to miss the charm of discovering and selecting the best collection of hard copies through a book store - than just being a tech savvy and ordering a book online :D We want the book stores to Stay and survive! [caption id="attachment_1018" align="aligncenter" width="655"]
Minerva Book House Shimla[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1017" align="aligncenter" width="661"]
Minerva Book House Shimla, Image Credit - Aman Dhayal[/caption]4. Coffee time! how can VarDish live without coffee. So have to find the best brew somewhere on the Mall Road, Right? So which place can be better then Combermere "Cafe Sol"
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Combermere Cafe Sol Shimla[/caption]
Combermere Shimla[/caption]5. Marina Hotel is so apt for nice lunches or work over meals. "Work from Marina" what VarDish calls the place! Sit down, Eat and relax in the beauty of mountains while doing your daily technical chores.
6. How can we miss the ice cream and specially the softy at Embassy, near the lift. I eat my legendary favourite Twin softy and Varun buys chocolate cone I might be forgetting the name i.e. chocolate cone filled with vanilla ice cream!
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Ice cream Embassy Shimla[/caption] Also, with this I would like to add new small cafe named as "Wood Street Cafe" at Lakkar Bazzar - if you have a taste bud of that home-styled sandwiches and pizzas. [caption id="attachment_1027" align="aligncenter" width="351"]
Wood Street Cafe Shimla[/caption]7. At last, Dont forget to visit ‘Thakur Bhrata’ for pickle and murabbas, surmas, etc
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Thakur Bhrata Shimla, Image Credit - Facebook[/caption] You can as well try locally made wine, I bought sparkling wine apple flavour. Just for the sake of trying, I won't buy it again. 
06-August-2019, 10:39 pm, Chandigarh
I feel & hear the dug-dug-dug-dug of this chopper over my head. I dunno why there is a feeling of World War in near future! 🤞 This thought is the result of recent episode towards Jammu & Kashmir. Being an outsider I feel it’s good but I do not know the scenario there... One side as a trivial spectator I feel encroachment in a way and on other side I feel this was the only solution. I pray 🙏for peace to every family in Jammu & Kashmir. Sharing my experince in Kashmir: People there, whom I met, do not like India or Hindus. They referred Kashmir as another country. My driver was not ready to take us to Holy Shrine of Shankaracharya Temple, and the security system into the temple self explained the hardship army is facing to protect that temple. On Dal Lake one shikaara guy said “jitna paise ka aid Government ko milta hai, agar usmeise woh log 20% bhi dal ki safai pe laga dein toh bhi kafi hai!” He mentioned this when I said why do people come to Dal Lake when it is so unclean... So, this might be good as well as bad, god knows but we always pray for peace and happiness to all. ...
30-July-2019, 3:11 pm, Chandigarh
Everyday I wake up to do my duties,
Everyday I sleep by doing my duties,
But today there was a silent whisper
In my ears I heard a voice asking me...
Are you aware of your duties towards
Your own-self? You forget when self becomes selfless
When love become loved-less
When work becomes worked-less
When passion becomes passion-less There is so much less that you cannot ask for more
There is so much noise that you cannot hear anymore But this Silent Whisper quietly, very quietly
Leaves its mark, to make me Spark! ❤️❤️❤️...
31-January-2019, 3:29 pm, Chandigarh
Considering the latest update of Mobile First-Index and due to huge surge of traffic from mobile devices which surpassed the desktop traffic in recent years, the demand for Mobile Optimization has reached a new level. The below graph illustrates the vast growth of Mobile VS Desktop from 2012-2020: So the key question that hovers over the mind is “How do we compete and make sure that we are providing the best Mobile User Experience for our visitors?” The answer is thorough Research and perfect implementation. So let us dig in and evaluate the meaning of these 2 powerful terms.
One of the most important aspect for any kind of research is to get into the shoes of “What your competitors are doing?”. Similarly for mobile optimization, the game begins with the study on your competitor abilities to dominate the mobile era. Important Tip: Study both local as well as global competitors in the same niche to get the best strategy out of your competition.
With coming up of AI technologies and day to day advancements, it is very important to study what kind of new UX elements are being offered by the competitors to interact with the targeted audience at each level of buyers journey i.e.
Below are some of the things to remember:
Some of the points to consider:
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We were privileged to be a part and sponsor of the 20th annual art exhibition by Bama Academy of fine arts where over 100+ artists participated and displayed their hidden talent. It was an honour to meet Mr Vivek Atray (a well known bureaucrat and motivational speaker), the chief guest of the event, who with his amazing words brought lustre to the event. [caption id="attachment_954" align="aligncenter" width="2048"]
Bama Art Academy Annual Exhibition 2018[/caption]
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Few Words by Mr Vivek Atray on the Event[/caption](Click to enlarge)
On this auspicious occasion, we would also like to congratulate the team of Bama Academy for their efforts to bring out such a budding talent in front of the world. Each year they make their presence felt in the world of art and craft with tremendous amount of hardwork. However, the laurels go to these artists who presented their remarkable art in front of us. We would like to highlight a few of the stars of the show who provided us with great insight on their art works: 1. Artist Bhumika Talwar shared some amazing words for her painting - [caption id="attachment_943" align="aligncenter" width="200"]
Art of Bhumika Talwar[/caption](Click to enlarge)
"A picture can paint thousand words." I found the one picture in my mind that does paint a thousand words. "A birth of soul" that struck my mind. How a creator (all mighty) creates his best art and put soul in it and Send to take birth in a human body. The arrival of this beautiful art is celebrated by other creatures by great enthusiasm. Tried my best using oil colours in to picture. These words in the form of painting on canvas. I (Bhumika Talwar) teacher by profession started painting in year 2016 when, i got a chance to join BAMA ACADEMY where got to learn so many techniques of expressing my ideas. 2. Artist Sakshi - This painting depicts the balance in nature by exploring all the negative and positive aspects of nature . It is one dot balance in the sea of different extremes manifested only through this magnified sign of balance . [caption id="attachment_942" align="aligncenter" width="225"]
Art of Sakshi[/caption](Click to enlarge)
The materials used are:
Art by Khushi Rajpal[/caption](Click to enlarge)
The artefact is made using pencil colours and acrylics. The motif behind making this artpiece is to show the worries on a grown and experienced face about the changing scenario of today's world. 4. Artist Shivani Rajpal wants to take the people focus to be alert for the future society - may it be climatic changes or emphasis on today's young talent [caption id="attachment_940" align="aligncenter" width="225"]
Art by Shivani Rajpal[/caption](Click to enlarge)
5. I, Aparna Jindal, have been associated with Bama Academy since 2014 ... though i have learned all sorts of painting i luv making portraits (basically realistic painting) .. For this painting I was really inspired by a poster which I saw . Titled ' WE ARE THE WORLD ' I have tried to show that kids are the true inspiration who make us understand the true meaning of happiness ... no matter whatever the condition , whether we are happy or not makes all the difference. The medium used for this painting was OIL & have even used some wood waste ( coloured) to give dust look & it took me around 15-20 days to finish it. [caption id="attachment_941" align="aligncenter" width="300"]
Art by Aparna Jindal[/caption](Click to enlarge)
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19-January-2019, 1:03 pm, Chandigarh
A glance at some of the interesting statistics that will surely change your prospective about content marketing:
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In 2019, the smart move in link building strategies for ecommerce websites will help the aggressive and ambitious competitive business market to catch eyes of their online customers. [caption id="attachment_541" align="aligncenter" width="300"]
E-commerce Link Building[/caption] “Those brands that can visualise and accommodate or outstrip the needs of customer and can dexterously engage online shoppers via mobile as well, will be champions in 2016. But those online retailers that follow the conventional brand-centric e-commerce tactics will lose their potential customers and revenue.” - VarDish How to make links for Ecommerce website is hard process. It's not a hidden fact. Whether you are doing ecommerce link building services for a client or working to enhance the visibility of your own site, there are some exclusive confrontations you have to face when building links for an e-commerce website. As we enter 2019, it’s important to have recap of link building approaches of previous year. It will help us to understand the future of link building tactics in a better way. Most of the tricks and techniques for building the links for ecommerce websites will be similar in 2019. It will just be an enhancement of 2018.
Deals Page E-commerce Website[/caption] Ecommerce websites run numerous deals throughout year. The deal page can be used to earn more links. Below given points will be helpful:
Contest E-commerce website[/caption] You can form them to target specific customers, gratify to their requirements and in turn, make your contents go viral. There are several types of contests you could use in ecommerce. For example Sweepstakes are easy to run, affordable and can produce great traffic for your ecommerce website. 
18-January-2019, 9:43 am, Chandigarh
NK Sharma Group Zirakpur[/caption] NK Sarma Group is a standout amongst the most famous real estate companies in Zirakpur. The Group has built a reputation for itself on the bases of customer trust and quality products. The group started a business as a residential builder. With luxurious flats, garden flats and independent duplexes, the group offer an attention-grabbing lifestyle to their buyers. It has grown to have the most enhanced product in real estate comprising of world-class residential improvements, including apartments, flats, Duplex, and so on. So far, they’ve 7 delivered projects with 2 ongoing projects.
GBP Builder Zirakpur[/caption] Over the 4 years of its journey, the group has developed as a prominent real estate company in Zirakpur. The group is known for their quality development for both residential as well as commercial property. Either you wish to buy apartments or commercial space you can reach to GBP group.
SBP Group Zirakpur[/caption] SBP Group experts in giving qualitative and quantitative solutions for real estate. It offers their services not only in Zirakpur, but all around Punjab, Himachal, Haryana, Chandigarh, Panchkula, and Mohali. The group made a key movement into developments of flats and mini-township. It offered an incredible nature of living space at exceptionally competitive prices. SBP Group is the prominent real estate players, who have delivered 7 projects to their buyers. Also, 3 are ongoing projects and 5 upcoming ones.
Maya estataz zirakpur[/caption] Maya Estatz is a 26 Year old organization and is Located at the heart of Zirakpur. Situated on Chandigarh-Ambala highway, it has a few successful residential projects, that have altered the modern ways of life. Their flats are well-designed, stylish, comfortable, Eco-friendly, and above all, their affordable outlook. The flats are made in such a way that they are near Chandigarh, Panchkula, the Chandigarh Airport and the Chandigarh Technology Park. Moreover, Roads are connected in a better way to clean and green living.17-January-2019, 12:04 pm, Chandigarh
While 2018 saw content emerging from the shadow of SEO but 2019 seems to play a more significant role in SEO for Images. Images can procreate a lot of traffic from image based search engines. If you want more traffic to your website, you must learn how to optimize respective images to bring traffic. The usage of images with other media constituents, has always been a way to engross your visitors and seize their attention. Following certain tactics of Image optimization in 2019 like using quality images in your content will give your business the possibility to be more visible on social media, encouraging more involvement of visitors and click through to your website.
Image Based Marketing Past, Present and Future[/caption] 29-September-2018, 1:27 am, Chandigarh
What kind of people are we, We have a strong will but then we let it be. We know this is not the road we like to take But still knowingly we make this mistake. We have friends with dead soul We have empty laughters and hearts with hole. The words 'we are there for you' is so materialistic, That I have to confess I've become pessimistic!...
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No wonder this is a very small phrase but it holds lot of weightage in life. 
Since some last 2 months I'm a happy person and it is possible to these two magically words - Let Go! After lot of struggle, fights and endless daunting thoughts... now I handle stuff that always slammed my face. And it happened when this stuff got so worse that there was no room for further discussions. That very time My soul told me let these things go. Kill the past and future, just be in present to enjoy NOW. Now which is beautiful and where I am great by myself. I found a great companion within myself. The solitude was encouraging and was helpful to take care of myself.
Remember nothing change for always unless you keep putting efforts to maintain it. ~ Disha... Read more
21-August-2016, 6:05 pm, Chandigarh
Many a times we use so many words to explain our heart but have you ever noticed that these words actually kill your feelings...
Yes, Barthes (or Derrida) right understood the "Death of the Author" and for me ... I just understood that they meant words will always kill the intensity of feelings. When we frame words they are influenced by our environment i.e. ethics, how other will feel, our personality, our society, and many more elements which will surely change what ultimately comes out of your pen or mouth. Nobody apart from you will ever know what is going on inside your mind and heart unless you try to put them in words and words will always fail you... Relax keep calm and stop making people understand how you feel. Those who are for you will surely know themselves. Remember actions speaks louder than words! ~DSS ... Read more28-February-2016, 6:07 am, Chandigarh
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Employers looking outside window...[/caption] Employer... Boss... are the names which are supposed to be hated for any reason . No matter how reasonable one is but their employees will surely find a reason to unlike them.... Today, I was sitting ideal and sipping a cup of coffee while a line of my another friend stroke my mind, he said "You do anything but the employees will never think of you ever when they get an alluring opportunity..." In my case, I argued with words but could not conquer the battle. That conversation forced me to write this blog as an confession how it feels to be an employer. An employer like us is someone whose world revolve around his employees they are worried about the health, workload, mental state, comfort, happiness, and anything that hits their employees life. We want to spread happiness and it's a great feeling to be able to provide employment to someone and give them the opportunity to earn a living. We care but we forget that their is only one bond here and that is monetary! The conversation with my friend started when I discussed how did that day pass... and how one employee of mine, with whom we stood in his thick and thin and many a times we gave money from our own pocket so that he can be out of the trouble, conveyed that he can will leave (not resign) the job... and reason was that he had recently got a hike. This is not this year but a tantrum of every year. Earlier we revised the scale in order to satisfy him as he was doing his duties very nicely. But this year the work quality has been deteriorating... that day the decision was firm! And then there was a long discussion of he encouraging co-worker to leave the job blah... blah...blah! Not going deep, into the many other incidences, this was an awakening slap on our face and a proof of my friend's words. But still somewhere in my heart I do not fully agree with my friend's quote, but yeah I cannot totally ignore it too. ...
15-January-2016, 6:49 am, Chandigarh
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22-June-2015, 12:59 pm, Chandigarh
Below i have shared the list of top 3 television series, I do believe are one of the finest when it comes to watch television and keeps you glued to it. However, opinions may differ according to choices and i would be more than happy if you can share your thoughts in the comment section as well. My choices are towards crime, thriller, horror and action genre so below list is a compilation from the thoughts directing to the same. 1. Prison Break - [caption id="attachment_553" align="aligncenter" width="300"]
Prison break[/caption] One of the best television series when it comes to action, thriller and suspense. The story revolves around "Michael Scofield" a brilliant civil engineer who is desperate to free his older brother "Lincoln Burrows" from the schakles of law and prison. The first season one of my best is just awesome! The way Scofield plans a prison escape, his story in prison with other inmates is just great. The suspense and adrenaline rush is such that you will just want to finish the entire season by watching it 24/7 and believe me i have seen around 45 minutes of 10 episodes without break. The 2nd and 3rd season carries with the same momentum, the killings, the time in other prisons and Scofield prison break from SONA - a cruel jail in Panama just keep you to the end of your seat. Not to mention the acting of the characters is just outstanding from small time-plays to large time-plays each character just make this television series more and more interesting. However, there is a small drawback season 4 is little boring and cannot be compared as such to the chill in spine that the other season creates. Despite that, it is one of the best television series that you will come across. More Information on Prison Break: Wikipedia Trailer of Prison Break: Check Rating of Prison Break: IMDb Some common FAQ's about Prison Break:
The walking dead[/caption] Well do you like zombie movies, are you a resident evil fan? If you are, then you are certainly going to like this horror television series. The series is still moving on and revolves around a story and journey of sheriff "Rick Grimes". All the seasons are equally good and keep your spirits high. The characters are engaging in each season and my favourite one is "Daryl Dixon". I was so much carried away by the series that i also brought its PS3 Edition and played the whole game as well. Whether you talk about "The Governor/Phillip Blake" gruesome character or Glenn Rhee innocent face and love story, each phase has its own beautiful side. The human flesh eating people at "Terminus" concept is also really well laid out. Talking about zombies, they look real and are terrifying. Looking forward to see the next season and lets see what new it brings and if it holds to the expectations and anticipation that another seasons have created. More Information on The Walking Dead: Wikipedia Trailer of The Walking Dead: Check Rating of TheWalking Dead: IMDb 3. Breaking Bad - [caption id="attachment_559" align="aligncenter" width="300"]
Breaking Bad[/caption] Totally unique concept, entirely different from the other two series, "Breaking Bad" is as best as it gets. An intelligent chemistry professor "Walter White" creating drugs to save the future of his family as he is suffering from deadly disease of cancer, a lunatic student "Jesse Pinkman" selling drugs for him, introduction to cruel mafia lord kings and all twists and turns makes "Breaking Bad" one of the best in its class. The above two characters just bring so much life to the series that you almost say "WOW" after watching each single episode. I personally also like the funny character of "Hank Schrader" who plays as brother-in-law of "Walter White" and is the Top cop of the region where both Walter and Jesse start their drug racket. Each and every drug deal has some new twist attached to it which makes each season so good to watch. My favourite was "Tuco Salamanca" the psychopathic Mexican drug lord and the second season contains best of my breaking bad episodes. However, Walter hired lawyer Saul Goodman is also fantastic who later connects him with the private investigator and fixer Mike Ehrmantraut and in turn Mike's employer, drug kingpin Gus Fring. More Information on Breaking Bad: Wikipedia Trailer of Breaking Bad: Check Rating of Breaking Bad: IMDb Some common FAQ's about Breaking Bad:20-June-2015, 10:40 am, Chandigarh
In my 10 years long career, I have read lot of books and certainly Sean V Bradley “ Googleopoly book I recently bought was one of the good buys that helped in writing and practicing this strategy for video optimization. Especially, the video optimization chapter was the best one, though a basic start but the examples are good enough to keep you glued to the book and I have been using the same in my small 40 people digital marketing company for enhancing their skills as well. You can see the short video below as an example I used in my company: To be honest, not only the book, video and the PDF will help you get business from you-tube. They are just basic set ups that are necessary to get the best out of your video optimization campaigns. You will need to have a perfect strategy in-place i.e. an astounding idea, perfect study of your target audience, paid campaign if required and an innovative mind on how to produce share and likes for your video, in simple words, “to make it viral you need to be creative”.
“Well till you are not in the playground yourself and you do not have the right stats, you just can’t predict things. “
Following that idea in my mind, I have started trying the same as below myself: I created a video for one of my client. “Apixel.com.sg” Time Tenure till now: 30 Days
Video Optimization Example for Brands in 2015[/caption]
How to Optimize Videos in 2015[/caption]
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03-April-2015, 7:32 am, Chandigarh
Planning a vacation, or a business event, conference or any other travel or trip is not difficult as finding a means of transportation, which is not only affordable, but comfy and safe as well. The problem becomes intricate when you get numerous options in the market with their various alluring offers.
If you have planned your visit from Chandigarh to New Delhi, here we have listed the top 5 car rental services in Chandigarh for your convenience. 1. Jhazz Travels: If you are fond of travelling in a luxurious fashion, this is the choice for you! Jhazz Travels offers you the most lavishing cars and coaches on rentals. You can find here brand new cars including BMW, Audis, Mercedes, Honda CRV, Pajero, Montero and many more. Jhazz Travels are the market’s No. 1 leader in event transportation management. They are best suited for large and small corporate and hotel sector events. All the cars are fully equipped with tissue papers, mineral water, and daily newspaper/magazine. Besides many pros, a major drawback one will find here is that the Jazz Travels is not suitable for those who want to travel for unofficial reasons like family tour or vacatons. Also, offering lucrative services demand heavy rental charges which are not afforded by everyone. 2. Gurdial Taxi Services: Cozy, safe, highly luxurious, trustable and affordable- these words are enough to describe the Gurdial Taxi Services. Eminent in Chandigarh for providing world class services, GTS is the oldest and the largest taxi providers in Northern India. GTS has professionally qualified and trained staff and offers modern and luxurious fleet of more than 100 vehicles. 
Moreover, they guarantee an enjoyable, timely, joyous and a hassle free taxi /cab travel under their courteous chauffeur having detailed knowledge of place and route. GTS s the only car rental company to offer 100% least price guarantee. GTS is 100% reliable and trustworthy. They are highly secure as every car is equipped with GPS facility. They offer very reasonable packages for nationwide locations. The cool part is that they also offer you a Friendly cancellation policy, in case you want to cancel your trip. GTS is a highly customer focused company. GTS offers car rentals for various purposes like cars for holiday packages, for corporates, for families, for pilgrimages, for weddings, and even for local fleets. GTS provides a complete pick-and-drop facility keeping in mind the safety of their customers and even provides One-way Deals at almost half rates, unlike any other car rental providers. Suitable for all the sections of societies, Gurdial Taxi Services are the best. So, if you want to travel anywhere from Chandigarh, New Delhi, make GTS your choice 3. Tara Brothers: Tara Brothers is a reputed Car and Coach rental agency operating in Chandigarh. It is an independent Rental company which can be relied upon to handle your transportation needs timely, on budget and with the finest of service. It maintains a large fleet of new and contemporary Cars and Coaches with a trained team of well-behaved and uniformed chauffeurs. 
Tara Brothers is a service provider for A-Class Hotels, blue-chip corporates and, visiting dignitaries in Chandigarh. Whether you are planning a Wedding Function or you need a transportation requirement for corporate events and conferences or any occasion which requires 'Personalized Road Transport Service', Tara Brother can offer you the best vehicles and decent drivers at the best possible rates. Unfortunately, Tara Brothers is not a right option for people who want to travel local or for those who want car rentals for family holidays and tours, etc 4. Nanuan Travels: Nanuan Tours & Travels Cab offers reliable Taxi Service to meet the transportation needs of visitors, corporate clients as well as the residents. Their service area covers alomost the entire Northern India. They offer a dependable service for airport shuttle, transportation to medical visits, sightseeing tours, social visits or shopping and corporate accounts to manage the corporate transportation needs. The drivers are highly professional and independent business persons in the industry. All the packages are under your budget. 
However, with Nanuan Travels, you’ll miss the Luxurious fleets as they do not offer highly luxurious cars like Audi, Benz, etc. 5. Avtar Travels: Avtar Travels strives to satisfy every renter's need and ensure a stress-free Car / Coach rental experience. They offer their services with honesty, trust and professionalism. The staff and a cohesive team are well experienced in dealing with the foreign and domestic market. They have a fleet of 100 Cars including TOYOTA CAMARY , TOYOTA FORTUNER , TOYOTA COROLLA ,TOYOTA ALTIS, HONDA CITY ,TOYOTA INNOVA, TOYOTA ITOS SWIFT DzIRE ,INDIGO & ETC. A major drawback is that you won’t get highly luxurious fleets here, like Benz, Audi, etc. Avtar Travels are suitable for family trips, pilgrimages, vacations, and not for the corporate and business events. Select the one that fits to your requirements the best!...
01-April-2015, 10:25 am, Chandigarh
“A healthy diet is a way to long life.”
Obviously, it has become necessary to maintain a healthy lifestyle in this fast-paced life, where every individual is running behind substantial pleasures. A healthy lifestyle means a healthy routine, including regular exercise and a balanced diet. But, what exactly is a balanced diet, what is a healthy routine, what should you eat and what not? Apparently, we all have quite a little idea about a healthy lifestyle, but still it is important to consult an experienced dietician before planning a healthy routine for you and your family. Here are the top 3 best and popular dieticians in Panchkula who can guide you better on how to adopt a balanced diet and live healthy. Have a look: 1. Dr. Madhu Sharma - [caption id="attachment_548" align="aligncenter" width="300"]
Dt. Madhu Sharma[/caption] With a rich experience of more than 3 decades of service at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, Dr. Madhu Sharma is a talented, expert and registered dietician. Qualified with a diploma in Dietetics and a post graduate in Foods and Nutrition (M.Sc) from Hyderabad and Delhi, she is now serving people at several clinics and hospitals, along with an independent set up with the name of ‘Diet for life’. 
15-February-2015, 8:44 am, Chandigarh
No matter how successful you may have become in your late twenties and early thirties, but that childhood in the 90s is something that you will always long for. Being a kid in the 90s was fun; it was more than Android and iOS. Playing pittu was favorite pastimes in recess during school hours, while playing cricket or chatting with friends over a game of carom board was the hide out from studies back home. If you are a 90's Indian Kid, here are twenty-five things that will make you smile and feel nostalgic all the way. 1. Parle-G was a staple diet. It was the first thing you had with a glass of milk, and carried to school. 
2. Nothing like the refreshing smell of Nutties! Though, opening its tin foil inside the main box was always a task. 
3. A vital part of your school bag arsenal, the Milton water bottles always played a handy role in fights too. 
4. We called them PT shoes, aka White Fleet Shoes. When they got dirty, you could get them shinning again with chalk. 
5. You’d wait all through the primary days to be able to write with a Reynolds ball pen. And how smooth was it! 
6. Popsicles (pipes with flavored ice) was mandatory after school. Cola was my favorite – yours? 
7. Those breathtaking stories in the Reader’s Digest are still fresh in the mind. 
8. You’d be marked the geek of the class if you walked in with a floppy disk in your hand. 
9. The red and black Natraj pencils, and the lovey ad – "Yeh laga sixer, Natraj fir champion." 
10. Mango frooti, Fresh and juicy! That flavor was just so purely fruity. 
11. Probably all of us had gotten immune listening to ad - "Washing powder Nirma, Washing powder Nirma, Doodh si safedi, Nirma se aayi." 
12. Available in Red, green, blue orange, and other colors of the rainbow, Parle Poppins was the candy to go to. 
13. The sweet chalky cigarette were our way to imitate our adults. The cigarettes were white with a reddish tip. 
14. We were obsessed with Mario and contra. Two video games that were our bread and butter in computer labs. 
15. The Gold Spot carbonated soft drink that Coke and Pepsi drinkers wouldn’t have even heard of. 
16. The non-dust eraser rubbed it clean and also left no dust. It was such a delight! 
17. Being in the game parlour, playing Road Fighter Game by inserting a rupee in the ‘insert coin’ slot of the arcade machine. 
18. Playing Audio Cassettes with favorite songs on the Walkman was everyone’s favorite thing. 
19. You’d spend all your vacations covering your books and notebooks with brown covers and sticking these name stickers on them. 
20. GI*JOE toys were your personal army. You’d fight endless battles and win every time you played with that bad guy. 
21. Crazy balls were really crazy and we were crazier trying to bounce them off the walls in a closed room. I’ve bruised my eyes many times doing it. 
22. These lead replaceable pencils were just so good to write with. But if you missed one of these replaceable leads you were doomed. 
23. Fiddling with the TV antenna on rooftop and shouting to confirm the display clarity was something everyone couldn’t do to perfection. 
24. There were other games and then there were these glass marbles (Bante). 
25. Kodak camera with film rolls. You had to be extra sure before clicking a picture since what you clicked could only be seen when the roll was developed. 
26. Who can forget Karur Singh of Chandar Kanta and his favourite dialogue Yakku!! 
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29-January-2015, 4:10 pm, Chandigarh
Spider is an intriguing predator known for weaving complex webs and immense patience while awaiting their prey. Many people across the globe get their bodies inked with spider tattoos for its symbolic meaning for creativity, patience and wisdom. Likewise, the tarantula tattoo on leg also symbolizes the same. Although, it is the creepiest tattoo to scare of any arachnophobe, but clearly shows the wearer’s love towards eight-legged invertebrates. Tattoo artist Tamas Dikac from Hungary has inked this incredible tattoo design on the person’s leg. I am really amazed by this realistic tattoo design that seems as if the creepy crawler is waiting patiently to attack its prey any moment. I wonder how the person’s friends who are scared of spiders react after seeing this unusual creature on his leg. Moreover, the beautiful detailing of the tattoo represents the artist’s fine talent to bring life into his unusual skin art. Spare a thought about this eerie tattoo design....
14-January-2015, 12:35 pm, Chandigarh
'With great power, comes great responsibility’ – this quote seems perfectly suited for Google. The search engine giant has outshined all players in the race by a significant margin by continuously providing unprecedented services. Google keeps on incorporating new features to better a user’s search experience so that they can get access to more useful and appropriate data in the least possible time. Google’s Freebase acquisition is one step in this direction that allows people to access relevant and commonly available information more effectively. This is why a small module with a summary immediately appears on the R.H.S. of the search result page when you search for a person, place or thing. Freebase is a collaborative graph database for structuring knowledge of people looking for information about a particular person, thing or place on the internet. This ingenious open-source, shared database is the brain-child of San Francisco-based startup Metaweb Technologies, Inc. The company was founded by Robert Cook and Danny Hillis in 2005, and is now an integral part of Google since 2010. It’s a community-curated database of more than 12 million well-known objects including movies, books, TV shows, locations, etc., which combines structured and unstructured data, maintains the association between them and finally uses it to show Google search results based on both kinds of data. Being an open-source platform, it is available free for use by developers and encourages other companies and users to contribute to enhance its knowledge base of metadata.
Knowledge Graph says the 3rd most important fact about Nietzsche is that he starred in 'Road to Rio' & 'Carbon Elvis' pic.twitter.com/jruHS8evng — David Moth (@DavidMoth) October 15, 2013 Step 1 – Get a Google account As the Freebase is a Google company, it prefers you sing into it with a Gmail account. If you already have a Google account, then you can directly jump to the sign in/sign up button on the website and register. Step 2 – Brand listing If you have a Wikipedia page for your brand, possibility of your brand already being listed on the Freebase is high, since (already mentioned above) it uses information from reliable sources. If you’re not on Wikipedia, then don’t worry, there are numerous topics listed under Domain bar to choose from using which you can describe your brand easily. After clicking on a category listed under the ‘Domain,’ you will see various types. Choose one that suites your business and proceed to create a topic for it. Clicking the button will activate the ‘gear icon menu’ on the R.H.S of the top bar. Enter the name of your brand and click ‘Create.’ Step 3- Business info Your business has been listed on the Freebase successfully. Now you need to enter more details about your brand. For that you need to add new value listed under the ‘Topic’ module. You can further edit (add or remove) the information by making changes in the ‘Add Type.’ Enter the type of your brand, business or services you offer. ‘Assert this type’ Freebase pop-up will appear on your screen. Click ‘yes’ to continue. Step 4 – Enriching your entities Other important information you need to update for your brand is the logo, general overview, establishment date, name of the founding member(s), business headquarter, official webpage, social media links, etc. And, this is how search result for your brand Freebase will show to a user. 
Why Freebase? That’s all you need to get listed on the Google’s Freebase. But, one question that might be making high tides in your mind is ‘why you need to list your brand on Freebase.’ Okay, here I will try and acquaint you with the answer - Brand image We know the fact that having additional information and multimedia about your brand makes you look more reputable in the eyes of the users searching for your brand on the internet. Free Ad space This is the best advertisement spot Google offers to the brands. If you are right with the process of adding your brand to the Freebase, you are going to get almost half of Google’s search result page (SERP) for free. Sustainability Given that Google keeps enhancing its search algorithm, new updates keep coming in at any point in time impacting search engine rankings for your brand. However, the visual elements Freebase offers with the help of Knowledge Graph can help you stay connected to your potential customers. Here-in the article, I have tried to familiarize you with Freebase, and how you as a business can use it for your advantage. In case there is something that keeps you begging for more, leave a comment and I will respond to your query. However, on the basis of a recent (official) report surfaced on the Freebase’s Google Plus page, Google is planning to shut down Freebase, but will continue to offer access to Knowledge Graph.06-January-2015, 7:28 pm, Chandigarh
Well, don’t be confused this one is an astonishing tattoo design that seems like you could grab the swirling handle-like pattern on the customer- Paddy Buckley’s arm. It is an interesting tattoo design that certainly makes viewers take a second look due to its unusual optical illusion. This impressive skin art is inked by tattoo artist Paul O'Rourke from Allstar Ink in Limerick, Ireland. The tattoo is so intriguing that it has become an Internet hit and many online visitors are praising this unusual creation. According to O’Rourke, the tattoo design was quite challenging but fun at the same time. I totally loved the twisted pattern of this delusional tattoo; but wonder how the client deals with people wanting to poke his arm to clear their visionary doubts?...
05-January-2015, 10:14 am, Chandigarh
The year 2014 had been a remarkable year with full of fun with friends, colleagues and family. It has been a splendid journey and would hope to make it even more magnificent in 2015. One of such moments were collaborated by and Amazing journey we had in July to Manali, some pics and highlights shared below: The Manali Trip The Manali Trip in July with Disha, Kunal Sir and Sherry was an amazing and memorable trip. The trip started with a Bang with chocolate biscuits and ended at The Willow Cafe in Chandigarh with a superb coffee. The main highlights were the:
"Say Hi to Dharma Thakkur"
"In The middle of ZANA Falls"
"Ready for Trekking - Near Zana Falls"
"Setting up the tent near ZANA Falls ;-)"
"And who can forget the lovely dinner at her place"
"Starting of the Journey to Anjani Mahadev from Solang"
"At Anjani Mahadev Falls"
"Enjoying Cold Fast Flowing River at Anjani Mahadev"
"Kunal Sir and the trout fish Catch"
"Marketing is in Blood :)"
03-December-2014, 12:34 pm, Chandigarh
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A lot of us out there in the SEO world are often wondering whether or not is it correct to use Wikipedia for SEO purpose. If you ask me, my answer will always be – yes! Wikipedia undoubtedly is amidst the most visited websites on the internet. Its importance as an authority website is unparalleled. At this point it is really worth pondering how many times Wikipedia shows up in the first three or four search results on Google. It provides unbiased and near correct information to millions of visitors every day. Wikipedia is therefore a major online traffic source, which is waiting to be used for their advantage by SEO experts. Using Wikipedia for SEO is not as easy as it may seem, you cannot just jump over to Wikipedia and check how many times you can stuff in your links in different articles. Yes, Wikipedia is one of the finest and most effective link building sources out there, but before you can use Wikipedia to your advantage, there are many things that you need to keep in mind.
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"Value is not really the question, it’s how you get your links on Wikipedia pages to benefit from other things."
When it comes to ranking for a specific keyword, your website may not rank well for it, but your Wikipedia page with a link for the keyword will be able to rank fairly high. This does not mean you start creating Wikipedia page for every keyword, it is only beneficial if it happens organically. The main focus of an SEO professional should be to add content, and not links. Links should be secondary to content, especially when you’re dealing with Wikipedia.
Image Credit: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Tzw6V4Znr4k/UU9bAaip2YI/AAAAAAAACf0/mF4apytis9o/s1600/imonwikipdia.png Anyone looking to create a brand new page on Wikipedia must proceed with caution. A Wikipedia page for your company, brand or agency is extremely valuable; it can lend credibility and make you reachable on the internet. Moreover, customers searching for you on Wikipedia feel impressed and consider your organization to be big and legitimate. Wikipedia encourages new pages on brands, which have not been written about previously. But the brand or company you are writing about should have history of being in mainstream media and the evidence should be available online. Most SEO executives must have tried to create new pages and place their site’s link(s) on it. In most cases, fanatical Wikipedia editors must have removed it. Why does this happen? It is because the external link you provided is of little use to the community and only benefits you. You should not let this deter you. If you have a website that can be recognized as a resource in its domain. And if you see that Wikipedia does not have a page on the topic you cover, you should venture into creating a page and gain SEO benefits from the link(s) you place in the article. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83-lCpAnaFw
Individual, group, band, company, agency or brand, just about anyone can create a page on Wikipedia. Every page is different from the other, but there is a catch – a page should be neutral, verifiable and should not be promotional. Any page which does not comply with Wikipedia’s terms and conditions or is found to be unworthy of inclusion can be removed from the website as per the site’s deletion policies. Without saying, Wikipedia seeks neutrality. Every page or article on Wikipedia should be editorially neutral. The page cannot take sides of the organization, brand or individual it discusses. It should report both the good and bad about the topic from reliable and verifiable sources. The page cannot be promotion and must only contain factual information. When you write an article about yourself, your agency, organization, company or brand, you have no right to control its content or the right to delete it outside Wikipedia’s normal channels. It is exciting to have an article about yourself, your company etc. on Wikipedia, but it cannot be your sales brochure. The article should not be there to promote, but to tell the world about the topic’s neutral point-of-view. Include your links only if they are useful to the community and not just you (for the sake of promotion, you can only include the link to your website). It is because of this, most SEO experts, will tell you to ask someone with no obvious ties with you, or someone who has good reputation with Wikipedia to create a page for you or your business. This will present a neutral viewpoint.
Google formally launched its Knowledge Graph back in 2012. The new technology which appears as a box on the side of Google’s traditional search result, providing interesting facts about people, company, brand, place or thing. Google Knowledge Graph picks out most important facts for each search query, to show the visitor information they are looking for in a snippet. The introduction of Google Knowledge Graph (or Graph) is seen to have an effect on Wikipedia. It is believed that the free online encyclopedia lost about 10 percent of its page views in 2013. The Wikimedia foundation website shows that page views on English Wikipedia declined by close to 12 percent in the period between December 2012 and December 2013. The report brings out a finding that believes when people can get their answers from the search page itself, why would they want to click Wikipedia page for it. Google Knowledge Graph Search ensures that people don’t have to click further than the search page when they are searching for companies, people, big brands etc. It may be an outside reason for decline in Wikipedia’s viewership, but there is no denying that Graphs (don’t have a box for everything). For information on most things, you still have to go to Wikipedia.
When it comes to backlinks, just like any other website, Wikipedia also has broken external links site wide. Wikipedians define “dead link” as link not active. This means the link needs to be replaced. For SEO experts it is a great opportunity to find dead links as it can be a new backlink opportunity. You can find all articles with external dead links here. WikiGrabber is another good tool to help narrow your search for dead links. 
01-November-2014, 1:50 am, Chandigarh
Imagine the time when people first saw a motion picture, complete with sounds and moving pictures. They must have been surprised to the core when they happened to see movie characters and landscapes come alive on the screen. It was the “projector” that did the trick.
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On screen virtualization involved “eyes and ears” but not so much of rest of the human body. The involvement was great but not “near perfect.”
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Multiple, layered outcomes of a series of sequential actions in a video game were no doubt predefined by the software program but users did find themselves highly entertained due to the increased involvement. As the computer science took center stage in all sectors including defense, entertainment, education, healthcare etc., several state funded and private organizations began allocating funds for research on Virtual Reality. They knew the applications of a viable VR technology were immense. While some companies like Nitendo launched VR games way back in 1990s, several others jumped in and spent millions of dollars on VR R&D. VR games were launched in huge numbers over the next few years and other organizations too found ways to make use of the advanced VR technologies. Here’s a fine example of immersive virtual reality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xGJNQZ3wCA Today, VR technology is used in fine arts, game development, music creation, training etc. and even has therapeutic uses. [caption id="attachment_436" align="aligncenter" width="300"]
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30-June-2014, 4:01 pm, Chandigarh
Computer science has for long made extensive use of “entities” and “relationships” for defining different data sets and key rules that govern their associations. Now, SEO and content writing professionals too may have to learn a thing or two about these concepts. Let’s go through the basics first.
entity relationship example[/caption] While ‘Writer,’ ‘Consumer’ and ‘Novel’ are entities here, they are related to each other through relationships named ‘Creates,’ and ‘Buys.’ This simple concept, enriched by “roles” and “cardinalities” forms the basis of Relationship Database Management Systems (RDMS).
Example Google Knowledge Graph[/caption] Not just Google, other search engines are using such entities too. According to an internal study carried out by Microsoft, as many as 20 to 30% of all search queries processed by Bing Search were just named entities. The study also pointed out that close to 71% of all queries submitted to Bing Search had named entities in search strings. Does that ring the bell? It should! 
21-June-2014, 5:48 pm, Chandigarh
Scorching heat but at last i have finally installed a new two brothers carbon fiber exhaust on my bike Hyosung GT 650r. Thanks to my Bro Guradesh for supporting me and guiding me through the entire installation. Review of Two Brothers Carbon Fiber Exhaust Price - Quite expensive, thought would get it from ebay for the said amount of 27,000 however here is the tricky part, had to pay 9000 extra for the import duty, so actual cost went to 35k. Delivery - Ordered from Ebay.com (US Florida) and got it delivered with-in 20 days. Installation - Quite easy installation although i was a mere spectator and the installation was carried out by Guradesh. The steps are below: 1. Removed the Exhaust using the l and key set provided with the bike. Needed a 13 and 16 inch key as well to remove the bolts. 2. Easily removed, however one bolt to the inner side of the bike was a pain in the a**. 3. Got the new exhaust and added the glue within the tube to the exhaust, removed the inner ring with the old exhaust and simply refixed the bolts and ready to go! Noise - It sounds like hell, just what i needed. Uploaded a video below of Two Brothers Carbon Fiber Exhaust: Next step is to check the performance. Will monitor and update in my next blogpost. I hope the video works, trying a new method of embedding you-tube video ;-) ...
, 5:29 pm, Chandigarh
The Days were bright and sunny
The lives were full and funny
There were no smiles but carefree laughter
The days passed playing and nights slipped into sound slumber
No worries, no pain
At that we had was mere gain The roads are same
The heart is same
But today what has changed is my Name! ...
24-April-2014, 6:22 pm, Chandigarh
Image by Naresh You got me into this world
And granny got you into this world
No wonder our world's are different
But the love and affection is same Wish everyday of your life to be as cheerful as today
And may this year Brings in
More good health with no pain at all
And, yes off course lot of happiness and prosperity....
08-March-2014, 5:56 pm, Chandigarh
Since that dark day and cold night My eyes are always trying to scan my surrounding For a glimpse of you .......
Read more 23-February-2014, 6:34 pm, Chandigarh
I know the love means happiness I know the love means freedom I also know the love means understanding Thou learned so much... Never we miss a chance to be selfish! To put restriction, to do this or not to do that To hurt thy love with thy piercing words Which penetrate the heart to make it bleed Still after these words, we sit to say Darling 'I Love You' And my life is nothing without you But I cannot assure when will I hurt you again But, Yes your love for me always make me feel trivial As I try to be jovial But always fails to be Imperial......
Read more15-February-2014, 11:07 am, Chandigarh
Wish you understood me better as a person I am...
Wish I dreamt not so high and stand where today I am...
And not be judgmental on every act of your
Wish the day didn't pour
And heart din get sour
I need no stars but some symbolic flowers To do and to explain why not done
Are two poles of the earth
On which we stand to see Sun from each point together The child heart lurking inside me
Wants to be pampered, cared and loved
To the bosom of my mother... Wish I can grow up never
And live like a child forever n forever....! 
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08-November-2013, 3:54 pm, Chandigarh
:) O! I'm so glad to talk to you all after long time. Sorry people I lost www.piercingsntattoos.com and was trying to acquire it back but just failed... So, finally from now www.piercingsntattoos.com will be www.bodypiercingsntattoos.com
For all fans it will be same PNT !
So, guys gear up to start your Body Modification and Tattoo world rendezvous with me, the one and only Disha Singh now officially named Disha Singh Sharma.
Uff! So many name changes.... Anyways just remember PNT and Disha Singh...
Happy reading!
08-January-2013, 7:41 am, Chandigarh
The task of an SEO is to polish the available content to see that it reaches high ranks in the popular keyword searches. However, it is not really possible for everyone to rank on the first page of the search engines because search engines frequently change their algorithms to penalize SEO oriented sites from faking the system. As search engines resort to semantic search, SEOs are steadily changing their ways and have begun using semantic SEO as the way. Semantic SEO sends more relevant search to the search engines so that your product or services ranks high in the query that is best suited for your offer. Semantic search and semantic SEO [caption id="attachment_292" align="alignnone" width="300"]
Semantic Markup by NY Times[/caption] Semantic SEO is one step ahead of the SEO techniques of yesteryears. Semantic SEO is fairly new web marketing technique but is fast growing in conjunction with large scale SEO perhaps for the fact that it so ably combines the facets of SEO with semantic web technology and semantic search – which instead of using keywords as the core for search results, uses searcher’s intent and meaning of the query. Semantic SEO therefore, besides the normal focus on the user’s keyword search and links also focuses on the user’s intent and meaning of the query to provide best results on search engines. So, when it comes to semantic SEO it becomes all the more important for retailers, bloggers, news websites, video web pages, contact, product and medical data information providing website etc. to rethink their focus on vocabularies and syntax of the structured data to rank high on the search engines following the semantic search technique. Good Relations Ontology It is known that structured data is responsible in sending meaningful information of data on the webpage to the search engines and other data consumers in a way that is best understood by them. There are many vocabularies and syntax that actually make a much needed difference in the structured data, but the most important that also helps in semantic search and SEO is the GoodRelations ontology or schema.org markup in RDFa or Microdata syntax. GoodRelations ontology or schema.org in RDFa or Microdata syntax are the most powerful and effective vocabulary and syntax that can be used to send rich description of all details of products and services of a webpage in a way best suited for search engines, web browsers, mobiles applications etc. Therefore, its believe that if a GoodRelations is used in the markup on the website then search engines, mobile apps etc have a better chance of recognizing you in the search results, which can directly increase the number of users visiting your site from the search engines. This is the reason SEOs are beginning to utilize GoodRealtions ontology. Semantic Markup Vocabularies and syntax mentioned above for structured data can be summed up as semantic markup. Because semantic SEO involves inclusion of semantic markup in the web page to enhance meaning of the page and make it easily comprehendible to search engines, it becomes necessary to understand what is Semantic Markup? Semantic markup is a way to assist search engines, browsers and apps to identify the information on a web page in a language that they can easily understand. Presently the most useful semantic markup formats are RDFa and Microdata, and semantic markup is best defined as using HTML tags, which offer every clean codes that are not only easy for humans to understand and right but also for the search engine algorithms to comprehend. A reason SEOs and developers love it and semantic search recognizes....
29-November-2012, 3:55 pm, Chandigarh
See guys what happened. After effects of oil burns. I'm regularly applying that coconut oil mixture. Hope marks get erased....
28-November-2012, 11:54 am, Chandigarh
Ah! A painful holiday. Had planned for a great Gurupurab but sadly I burnt my whole arm with hot oil. Thank god face was saved and with immediate treatment right now I'm feeling little better but major burnt areas are burning in constant interval :( Actually As I u laid makki ki roti on tawa the hot oil splashed on my left arm. It was worse and painful after 5mins. Guys never ignore it, treat the hot burn immediately with ice/cold water otherwise things get worse. Wish even I treated it at the earliest. Anyways nothing could be done now. However you can know how to treat hot oil burns: Immediately apply ice for half an hour then wipe it and put ointment or home remedy for burns like me. home remedy is mixture coconut, rattan jot and rasaunth. By applying this no marks will be found after healing. I'll update you guys if it was successful on my part. Keep reading. 
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27-November-2012, 6:22 pm, Chandigarh
On this Karvachauth Varun there was a very different and affectionate way to put mehndi. It was he who did mehndi tattoo on my hands for I was unwell and no mehndi artist was coming home to tattoo. This mehndi is the loveliest one I have ever put after the ones my mom used to put on my hands with a toothpick when I was a kid on her Karvachauth. Mehndi is Varun's favorite as it contains everything he likes from Sheesha, bike, play station, to many more.... Now on every Karvachauth he'll be putting mehndi on my hands.... He he he...
31-October-2012, 8:36 am, Chandigarh
10-October-2012, 5:44 am, Chandigarh
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Dear love without you Life seemed tiny, And I didn't feel like spending a penny, Without you my love The food was never tasty And heart became nasty Without you my love My faovourite timepass Became trespass Without you my love There's no excitement for shopping As there was nobody to appreciate it And everything went sloping Without you my love Friends were still cool But heart said don't make my fool Without you being here my love I recalled all those arguments, talks, walks together ... And felt it is always awesome being together We were not doing good great things but made things great together When you were not here There were eyes with tears heart with fear And life without gear...... Read more~~~
11-August-2012, 3:48 pm, Chandigarh
To be honest it feels quite scary but the thrill of driving a monster at a speed of 180 is something which cannot be expressed in words. That's right, i touched the milestone of 180km/hr on my Hyosung GT 650 r for the 1st time. Amazing experience to feel the air brushing on the helmet. The bike is really a gigantic machine which truly supports the 65occ engine. A drive is must for a bike lover. The milestone was achieved at the DLF IT Park road in Chandigarh. 
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13-September-2011, 7:04 pm, Chandigarh
Cheers Lou! On the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Glee award-winning costume designer, Lou Eyrich showed off “a somewhat different style” a lovely head tattoo. People might be renouncing her latest hair-do sorry I guess I should say tattoo-do of Lou Eyrich ;-) But I am 100% loving it. No greys, No Hair-fall just artistically managed hair etched on your head. 
It’s not the first time that she has played with her hairstyle. But this time I would like to say that she is looking great in this extra ordinary tattoo. And I would not like forget to appreciate the efforts of the great man behind all these pseudo hair. 
Tattoo Alert:
New research has turned up troubling findings about toxic chemicals in tattoo inks, including carcinogens and hormone disruptors. Inks, which are injected into the skin with small needles, have caused allergic rashes, chronic skin reactions, infection and inflammation from sun exposure, said Elizabeth Tanzi, co-director of the Washington Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery in Washington, D.C. A study published in July suggested that phthalates and other chemicals may be responsible for some of those problems. That raises questions about more serious, long-term risks such as skin cancer, says scientists to SFGate.com (Read More...)Image Courtesy: Dailymail... Read more
15-March-2011, 7:38 pm, Chandigarh
It’s true; tattoos are to reveal your mind onto your skin. No matter what is in your mind you can shape it onto your skin in form of a tattoo. We’ve seen people converting their face into a skull by sketching one onto their face in order to show what’s under that skin. If someone has to flaunt their profession they can etch a symbol of it onto their skin canvas like this cutlery tattoo of a Chef by Shanghai Kate (http://www.shanghaikates.com/). A keyboard key for a geek, a pen for a writer, a brush for a painter, a mike for a RJ, blah blah….! The list will go on and on. Anyways, after this great tattoo now it’s a time for tip of the day: In order to increase the life and newness of your tattoo place it on that part of the body which is less exposed to the sun. Sun is the biggest enemy of your skin and tattoo....
11-June-2010, 7:37 pm, Chandigarh
Yeah man, when I came across this tattoo my mind straight away said ‘why not have a tattoo and say no to those rings on our fingers!’ Rings sometimes irritate us, isn’t it? Sometimes they get entangled with your hair when trying to make a hairstyle or your clothes. Getting a tattoo etched on your finger is a better option no hassles and no burden. Imagine the best part on your engagement, you don’t exchange wedding rings but sit in front of the tattooist to permanently engrave your better halves name, symbols or something which marks the big day. Interesting!
This tattoo won’t let your partner flirt with anyone else as rings can be removed but tattoos cannot. :-)
If you have to show your big money then you can opt for expensive tattoo ink like colored or LED. Tattoo Tip: Before get a tattoo, make sure that your tattooist always dips the needle in a small cap of pigment (squeezed from big bottle) before tattooing you. If the artist dips the needle into the big bottle, you may very well be sharing fluids with those who have had tattoos from that same big bottle, which can be risky. Photo Credit: Superflytattoo.blogspot.com...
03-June-2010, 6:24 pm, Chandigarh
Several pricks into your finger to track your blood sugar level can be little painful but more a hassle. You might sometime wish for a machine which could be attached to your body and immediately detects your glucose level. Chemical engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working on carbon nanotubes that could be injected under the skin to reveal blood glucose levels.
Paul Barone and Prof. Michael Strano are working on a new type of blood glucose monitor that could not only eliminate the need for finger pricks but also offer more accurate readings. Strano and Barone’s sensing system consists of a "tattoo" that's designed to detect glucose, the nanotubes are wrapped in a polymer that is sensitive to glucose concentrations. A wearable device roughly the size of a wristwatch shines infrared light through the skin and onto the nanotubes, which fluoresce when in contact with glucose, thus displaying the patient’s glucose level. The researchers plan to create an “ink” of these nanoparticles suspended in a saline solution that could be injected under the skin like a tattoo. The “tattoo” would last for a specified length of time, probably six months, before needing to be refreshed. Claims are high and it seems pretty useful for those suffering from type 1 diabetes but is it possible to re-etch a tattoo on the same place where first tattoo is done? Or new skin area will be required, if this happens then one fine day you’ll have to switch back to contemporary blood sugar testing device. I think best is to eat healthy and exercise well to keep yourself away from these tattoos. Be more living and etch some real colorful tattoos ;-) Source: MIT...
02-July-2009, 6:35 am, Chandigarh
Whole world was shocked on 25th June when the ‘King of Pop’ was reported dead. Micheal Jackson was well-known for his many physically complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk. When you think to give a tribute to Jackson what could be better than his signature moves. The tattoo pictured is inked by Lokesh Verma of Devilz Tattooz, New Delhi, India. Jackson is seen in his signature ‘anti-gravity lean’, for which he was granted U.S. Patent No. 5,255,452, used in the music video for "Smooth Criminal". Though, this patent expired on December 20th, 2005 due to failure to pay its maintenance fee. That’s a separate story! So, guys what are you waiting for grab something more like Micheal Jackson and ink it to give a tribute to the ‘King of The Pop’....
13-May-2009, 1:16 pm, Chandigarh
Tattoos are great pieces of art which an artist etches on the skin of his client till death. This art of permanent decorating your body has advanced day by day. Improved tattooing machines, inks, techniques and even diverse designs are giving tattooists cut-throat competition to keep their name alive. Here, we a piece inked by award winning tattoo artist Paul Booth of Last Rites Tattoo, NY. His work brings images of death and mayhem to mind. He is famous in the tattoo industry for inking life-like evil characters....
10-May-2009, 2:10 pm, Chandigarh
Tattoos are somewhere best way to express your mind…. and here in this tattoo Lionel tries to say no to pirated cassettes. We can see a pirated cassette on the cleavage of the lady reading “FAKE”. May be the tattoo is a rejection to Home taping business!...
15-April-2009, 10:53 am, Chandigarh
Hanuman Chalisa is one the famous devotional poems by Tulsidas and Sam De of Guns N Inks got a chance to etch the starting lines of the poem on the arm of Rohit Malik. Sam says, "the guy specifically wantd the Hanuman Chalisa....." Sam inked it for him and we brought it on PNT for you....
14-April-2009, 6:25 am, Chandigarh
Sorry Friends, for not posting anything for you in last month, guys what to say the life got so busy that I din get time to be online to write something for you. The fact was that I had been on a trekking trip to the hills of Kullu-Manali, India, and there was no cyber café over there to post something for you. Anyways, please forgive me and read further an interview with Anabi of ‘Anabi-Tattoo’, Szczecin, Poland. Eloping from home to become a tattooist is something interesting and this interesting story is about Anabi, who ran from home at the age of eighteen and today he is a master of tattoos. Know his work and him better in this interview. Disha Singh: Let's start with your first rendezvous with the art. When did it started and how? Anabi: Since I was a kid I used to like drawing :) I was reading a lot of books and comic books, drawing my favourites heroes and make my own histories :) 
Disha Singh: What's the inspiration behind your creative tattoo designs? Anabi: Inspirations for me is a lot of things... paintings, sketches, photography, digital art, etc... Disha Singh: Are you a perfectionist? Are there any tattoos, paintings, etc. that you wish you could change? Anabi: My clients know that I will sit with them until every little thing will be done as good as I can :) I finish work in first approach very seldom, I spread sessions on instalments most often, I have perfect control as tattoo over due to healed and where I need to correct something to make him beautiful. 
Disha Singh: How did the idea of becoming a tattoo artist come to your mind? Were your parents comfortable with your decision to become a tattoo artist? Anabi: When I was 18 years old I ran away from home, I have taken up residence in catholic internat, one of colleague had self made tattoo machine,
He knew that I possess drawing skills and he asked me about design for him.
I looked for a while how he tattooed himself, then I said "give me a try"
...and that's how it began :) Then I searched hints in tattoo studios. Between 2002 – 2004 I was practicing two years in "alien tattoo studio run by Joseph" in my hometown - Szczecin. Eight months ago I opened my own tattoo studio, and it's first custom tattoo in Poland. I don't have albums with tattoo flashes, every design is individually made for each client. 
Disha: What we see Anabi doing when he is not tattooing? Anabi: I spend whole day in my tattoo shop...when I'm not tattooing, I spend my time at drawing, making new tattoo designs, working in gym and spend some time with my girlfriend and friends. Disha: Which machine and ink do you use? Anabi: I use several machines... at this moment my favourite is Shader from SUNSKIN, I use it for colour works too. Another good for colour/shader machine is "SWAN" from "WORKHOUSE" For outlines I'm using custom machine from "VIKING TATTOO POLAND"
which I won as an award in contest for best tattoo flash. Last one is shader from our live tattooing legend Piotr Zurawski, who got first tattoo shop in Poland. Ink that I use is Intenze and Starbrite for colour works and Indian ink and destilled water for shading. Lately, I bought set of 21 ink concentrates made by Waldi Wahn from Shockin' City. 
Disha: Which is the strangest request you have ever had for a tattoo? Anabi: 38 year old woman want a cobra on her face. She always dreamed about it, so I did it :-) Disha: How much does a piece cost? Anabi: It's belong from piece ;)
If It's a piece that need more then two session, I Usually take charge by session... How much is belong how long session is, and how big is progress at session. Disha: How have things changed regarding your inking over the years? Anabi: Over years? I just started and I've got a looong way to go :) 
Disha: Who is Anabi in flesh and blood?
Anabi: You need to ask my friends! Disha: Finally, what suggestions do you have for the newbie in the industry and especially to those who want to get tattooed? Anabi: Choose good artist and show him your satisfaction with a fat tip ;)...
25-February-2009, 1:45 am, Chandigarh
Wow! a Graphic & Web Designer, turns to be a tattooist. Todd Dumas thinking to do something different has starting practicing tattooing on himself and here is one of his efforts. The first tattoo by him on himself is very different which was he made just to create it. He says,
“I am attempting to teach myself the art of tattooing. Right now, I am just doing some "freestyle" experiments with lines, colors and shading. As I get farther along (and more skilled), this will turn into a neo-tribal, abstract piece. This represents about 5 different 20-minute sessions. This tattoo is damn embarrassing in its current state. The lines are shaky and the shading is terrible.”However, he agrees to the fact that most new tattoo artists practice on themselves, and mistakes are expected. Though most new tattoo artists have spent a great deal of time in tattoo shops. He thinks that a lot can be learned from just being in the environment and getting work done. Before this, he only had a tiny, black piece that he got over ten years ago. Thus, I make more mistakes than most would. But each session gets a bit better, and my lines are getting cleaner. Hopefully, I can salvage the design before I have to ink my entire foot black , he added.... Read more
17-February-2009, 1:46 pm, Chandigarh
Tanya from Ont., Canada, got this bright Chest Tattoo from Denis Prevost of Live Once Tattoos. Tanya says, “I just wanted something bright and bold and I gave Denis' the reigns on this one the only thing I was looking for was his name in it since he was Brave enough to get mine on his neck.” Her tattoo matches her body and personality....
09-February-2009, 12:50 pm, Chandigarh
Colin Dale of Kunsten på Kroppen Tattoo Studio, Denmark, inked this Søren tattoo. Talking about the tattoo he says,
Søren's tattoo was hand poked using traditional tools of a type used in the Scandinavian Bronze Age. The design is also inspired by petroglyphs and rock art from the same age. The warrior is meant to move and fight as Søren does... protecting his back.Søren is a Viking who trains and competes in traditional sword fighting.... Read more
17-January-2009, 11:17 am, Chandigarh
Darling Kat Von D, has again come up with new venture other than tattooing though about tattooing…am I confusing you? I don’t think so. You remember last year in May she brought out her Make-Up Line and this year she is ready with a book called, High Voltage Tattoo, which she claims, is a window into the world of tattooing through her eyes. 
Book appears to be a real treat to eyes and in it you will also see the tattoos Kat has done on the likes of Bam Margera, Kerry King of Slayer, My Chemical Romance, Green Day, Anthrax, Alkaline Trio, Eagles of Death Metal, Margaret Cho, Jeffree Star, Jamie Thomas, Steel Panther, Fireball Ministry, Nikki Sixx, as well as some of her never before seen final tattoos on her all time fave clients! Let’s see what introduction they give for the Book:
“High Voltage Tattoo is a graphic perspective on today's global tattoo culture by Kat Von D, star of The Learning Channel's L.A. Ink and one of the most talented and popular artists working today. Designed in a style that is reminiscent of a handmade Gothic journal with its red padded cover, ornate typography, and parchmentlike pages, it throws the door wide open to tattooing culture in the way only an insider like Kat can. High Voltage Tattoo traces Kat's career as an artist, from early childhood influences to recent work, along with examples of what inspires her, information about the show and her shop, her sketches, and personal tattoos. The book goes deep into tattoo process and culture: readers can see up close the pigments, the tools, and the making of complex, even collaborative, tattoos. With a foreword by Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx, the book features images and stories about celebrities, rockers, pro skaters, and everyday citizens, including Slayer's Kerry King, Anthrax's Scott Ian, Margaret Cho, Jackass' Bam Margera, David Letterman, and many others. It profiles and showcases the work of artists Kat has selected from all over the world, her interviews with people who have compelling tattoos and stories, and amazing images of extraordinary tattoo work. Numerous portfolios throughout the book showcase a range of relevant subjects, from the black and gray portrait work for which Kat is famous to a popular tattoo theme, such as the rose or biblical images. There is a knockout ten-page full-body spread of Kat—clad in a yellow bikini and seven-inch, rhinestone-studded red stilettos—that catalogs in detail all her personal tattoos on her front, back, left, and right sides—even her hands and head.”High Voltage Tattoo, By Kat Von D will be available January 20th in bookstores nationwide, as well as on The Official Book Tour launching January 18th, 2009. Virgin Megastore Hollywood & Highland 6801 Hollywood Blvd 105 Los Angeles, CA 90028 Thursday, 1/22 @ 7pm Virgin Megastore 2 Stockton Street San Francisco, CA 94108 Friday, 1/30 @7pm Tattoo artist, Kat Von D, will be signing copies of her book, "High Voltage Tattoo." Purchase your copy beginning 20/1/2009 at Virgin Hollywood and receive a wristband that guarantees you a spot in line to have your book signed. *While supplies last. 1 person per wristband. 1 wristband per purchase.
Book Release dates: (more…)... Read more02-January-2009, 6:09 am, Chandigarh
Aha! What a tattoo! Anabi has really quenched my thirst for a difference and beauty. Beautiful use of blue, pink, black, green, etc. colors in the tattoo has made bring it here for you guys. Eyes of the girl are telling many stories just need an eye to read them. :wink: Anabi is a Polish tattooist inking his art on the canvas of people’s skin in "Anabi-Tattoo", Poland. Don’t miss to see his more tattoo works on our gallery. 
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18-December-2008, 11:56 am, Chandigarh
Read on Allen's blog that Canvas Los Angeles, the boutique and gallery of the tattooer arts, was robbed on December 12th. Thankfully, none of the gallery’s staff were injured, but sadly, two pieces of artwork were stolen. The two pieces stolen were by Alex Garcia and Guy Aitchison. This was a truly despicable act. It’s a violation, pure and simple, without any justification whatsoever, and it’s an insult to both the art and tattoo communities. Theft of any sort is inexcusable, but when you steal work from an artist, you steal the thing they produce, and you rob them of their livelihood. What we want more than anything else is simply for these pieces to be returned. If those responsible for this theft bring the paintings back, or if they are otherwise returned unharmed, Canvas LA will not press charges. All we want is for the pieces to be returned to the gallery — this is really just a matter of supporting our community, plain and simple. The gallery will be offering a $1000 cash reward for the return of each piece, revealed Guy's newsletter. “Minty Fresh Death” is oil on masonite while “AutoMech #2″ is acrylic on canvas. Both paintings are approximately 8×10 and were framed at the time they were stolen. Please keep an eye out on eBay and anywhere else you may see art for sale or displayed, and report anything you see to info@canvasla.com. Thank you all for your help and support....
16-December-2008, 11:25 am, Chandigarh
Lionel these days enjoying his life in Canada recently inked this tattoo in Montreal, Canada, last month....
29-November-2008, 1:12 pm, Chandigarh
When we say ‘Kindergarten’ - rhymes, cute playground, scribble drawings with butterflies, ladybirds, flower, cloud, stars, and many other naughty things strike our mind. When I saw this tattoo by Sonja of Amazon Tattoo the first word which knocked my mind was “Kindergarten”, so I named it the “Kindergarten Tattoo”....
19-November-2008, 1:33 pm, Chandigarh
With a hard work of consecutive five hours Lokesh Verma of Devilz Tattooz inked Heath Ledger as the Joker in The Dark Knight. The tattoo came as a tribute to Ledger....
20-October-2008, 3:02 am, Chandigarh
Temporary tattoos are best option for those who wish to flaunt their skin with a tattoo but do not wish its permanence. Permanence is one strong reason which repels and attracts one to get tattooed. Sharpie tattoos by Todditron are another best way to flaunt your skin in black extraordinary tattoo design. The Sharpie tattoos are designs made with broad-narrow lines drawn on the skin.
These sharpie tattoos can also be helpful to some of you who are in search of a tattoo design which is totally unusual. 
Image Credit: Todditron...
12-October-2008, 8:27 am, Chandigarh
You might have come across many funny tattoo designs which would have surely made you laugh at the mind of the tattoo wearer and amazed at creation of the artist. Same way I was amazed at the creation of this cute donkey by Pepa Heller of Bohemian Tattoo Arts, and wonder what would have been the inspiration behind the tattoo? Anyways, it did bring a smile to my face. Hope the same for you....
11-October-2008, 8:27 am, Chandigarh
Pepa Heller of Bohemian Tattoo Arts, a professional tattooist since 1996, inked this cool bohemian tattoo on the arm of Adam. A peacock shape is very nicely fused in the black ink tattoo with a mixed design of tribal tattoo....
Dr. Seuss
