tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67778594497012463442024-03-14T01:22:28.018-07:00Digital Shuttle - Lifestyle, Tech and Food BlogBlogs on Lifestyle, Tech, Food, Travel, Marketing & Internet of Things........Deepanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10037642551361012219noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777859449701246344.post-9567240316386134832015-08-24T10:45:00.001-07:002015-08-24T10:45:32.988-07:00[Real Estate] Why Bangalore Is The Best Place To Invest? <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Bangalore for the past 5 years, it has given me great insight on how an
expanding metro has grown in such a massive way. As we all know when it comes
down to this city, the weather is the king. This is a key factor when it comes
to settling down in a metro, but some people enjoy the vibe of their own city.
Bangalore is unique when it comes to the people’s laid back attitude and the
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about being here is that it is like a central hub for so many road trips in the
south, I see exploration becoming one of my hobbies. The riders out here are
welcoming towards bringing in new people to their groups. Apart from all this,
Bangalore is a very social city and with the rise of choices in cuisine and
entertainment I could predict that many people would love to settle down here.
I can go on with so many positives as to why I would love to settle down on my
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Nowadays
getting a space of your own in Bangalore can be very challenging and confusing.
Not to mention the number of options I see in the newspaper every Friday, but
there are not many properties which have grabbed my attention so far. I
recently came across a property called Commune by Golden Gate Properties and
their idea of creating affordable luxury homes fits right into my budget. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Their options
are 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments which are currently undergoing construction
along the 100ft Chandapura-Anekal road. This choice of location works well for
me since I am from Tamil Nadu and what has really caught my eye is their </span><a href="http://bit.ly/CommuneBlog1"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">amazing
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In lieu of
India’s 69<sup>th</sup> year of Independence, they have started the </span><a href="http://bit.ly/CommuneBlog1"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Freedom
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offer. <span style="background: white;">In keeping with the occasion,
this one-of-a-kind<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.thecommune.in/campaigns/01/" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">offer</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">which is on till 15<sup>th</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>September aims to reward 69 home
buyers of which twenty lucky ones will stand a chance to win a Hyundai Eon car
each, forty nine others would each bag gold worth Rs.1 lac.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Now you tell me which
other property has ever made such an offer to rope in potential buyers. I have
done a fair amount of research on the price trends in this area and there is a
definite boom in the long run. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">So if you are considering to make a viable property
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What’s the primary quality of a social media marketer? Is it the thought process? Is it the experience of working with multiple brands across different industries? Is it their ability to handle a team with a mix of graphic designers, content writers and analytics experts? In my opinion, the primary quality of a social media marketer is the ability to measure their social media efforts and take action accordingly. Gone are the days, where people used to post updates on Facebook or post tweets and got along with it? Brands nowadays have started asking serious questions. One such question is what’s my ROI? Many agencies are going out of business and many social media marketers are losing their jobs or unable to progress in their career, is because of their inability to answer this question.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In order to answer this trivial question, one needs to know how to handle a <a href="http://www.thoughtbuzz.com/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=DEEPAN">social media monitoring tool</a> or sometimes called a social media analytics tool. Over the last decade, there have been launches of dozens of social media monitoring and analytics tool. However every tool has its own merits and demerits. There hasn’t been a single tool, which was able to answer all the tough questions asked by the brands investing in social media. The primary thing one needs to consider before selecting such a tool is know what they’re actually going to measure. A social media campaign without measurable outcomes & clearly defined objectives is like journey without knowing the destination. These outcomes, otherwise known as key performance indicators will help you determine whether the social media marketing has been successful or not. Over the years of working with multiple brands, these essential KPIs boil down to five important parameters such as Reach, Engagement, Competitor data, Sentiment and conversions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently, I stumbled across this <a href="http://www.thoughtbuzz.com/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=DEEPAN">social media management platform</a> named ThoughtBuzz, which had the capability to solve many of the pain points I’ve faced in my career. All you need to do is set up a trial account, go to settings and integrate your social account (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn or Instagram). In the example below, I’ve integrated a facebook page I manage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once I integrated, I clicked on ‘Analytics’. I was able to get a comprehensive view of page’s performance for a defined time interval. Here’s how my page has performed in terms of Likes, reach & engagement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the screenshot above, you will able to see a spike in engagement between 21st and 23rd May. This spike is because of a campaign we ran in this time period. This clearly helps me understand the difference between the regular engagement and the engagement during a campaign (Co-relating with the ad spend during the campaign will clearly help us define the ROI)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ThoughtBuzz didn't just give me an overview of the performance, I was able to see the date wise performance for the defined data range. This is exactly a marketer wants to get a comprehensive view of his/her brand's performance on social media. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not just that, there are tons of other features like persona analysis, content analysis, influencer identification, lead identification & social intelligence matrix that one can gain by using ThoughtBuzz. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Commercial utility vehicles form an indispensable part of the automobile industry in India. They are manufactured in various designs and models. These vehicles are used to transport industrial outputs and other such commodities to their destinations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Commercial vehicles are categorized into several parts like SCV (Small commercial vehicles), LCV (Light commercial vehicles), MCV (Multi combination vehicles) and HCV (Heavy combination vehicles). The SCV market in India was kicked off successfully with Tata launching Tata Ace in 2005. The SCV and LCV category vehicles can be categorized roughly as sub-1000 cc engine with a weight lesser than 3.5 tons. Majority of the vehicles in this segment are three wheelers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of the most common commercial vehicles in India includes Tata motors’ Tata Ace, Ashok Leyland’s Viking, Lynx, Beaver Haulage and Hippo Tipper, Piaggio Ape Swaraj Mazda’s Super high deck truck and WV-26 buses, Eicher’s starline and trucks, Bajaj’s minidor and Balwan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One major challenge faced by majority of the commercial vehicle owners is to find the right parts when their vehicles are repaired or underperforming. Unlike consumer service centers, the service and spare part centers for commercial vehicles has always been limited. Especially finding something like <a href="http://www.askme.com/bangalore/trucks-new?utm_source=blogmint&utm_campaign=vehicles&utm_term=commercial-vehicle-spares">heavy truck parts in Bangalore</a> or commercial vehicle accessories in Bangalore has always been a pain point. There’s a huge black market out there which sells commercial vehicle parts in Bangalore to the owners and the service engineers. These parts are not only priced high but also ends up damaging the performance of commercial vehicles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Under these circumstances, online portals which could help you find the right place to find the right parts act as a savior. You can easily locate stores who sell authentic parts for commercial utility vehicles like heavy trucks. Adding to that you could find anything like heavy truck parts in Bangalore or commercial vehicle accessories in Bangalore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All you need to do is open the online portal and select your location. In my case it’s Bangalore. You can also select an area name to be very specific with your search. Follow it up with your search query. Let’s look for ‘Heavy duty truck parts in Bangalore’. In a jiffy, the website shows up lot of relevant results with a link to view contact details and the sellers' website. Isn’t that awesome? You can also shortlist names and view it for later reference. This awesome feature helps a user not to miss out any details. You can also filter your search by category. For eg. You could possibly select Trucks-New or Commercial vehicle parts & spares. This feature helps refine the search results.Be it anything. Right from axle, suspension or brake solutions for a trailer, bus, commercial truck & trailer, you could easily find the answers. Go give it a try. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the news we all have been waiting for. After the hugely successful launch of Asus Zenfone 5 and 6 in India, ASUS is now all set to launch Zenfone 2. Just like the previous times, the product will be exclusively available on Flipkart. I went through the product specs in the Flipkart landing page of Asus Zenfone 2 and I must say I wasn’t disappointed at all. Zenfone 2 has got everything you name and is very likely to be priced lower than any other smartphone counterparts with the similar technical specs. The product has undergone a radical design change with the curve on the rear being slightly more pronounced, compared to Zenfone 5. The colors of the phone have been outstanding giving it a premium feel (We missed this a little in the previous versions of Zenfone). Zenfone 2 is available in not just one or two but five striking colors including Glamorous red, Sheer Gold, Ceramic white, Osmium </span>Black<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and Glacier Gray.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the most significant moves, in fact a very innovative one, is that the volume rocker has now been moved to the rear of the phone. Adjusting the volume or snapping a selfie are now quite easier with this functionality. Zenfone 2 comes with 5.5 inch large screen which can quite comfortably fit into the body of a 5-inch device. ASUS has achieved this almost impossible addition, by reducing the bezel width thereby creating a 72% screen2body ratio. The phone doesn’t just surprise us with a larger screen but also with a high resolution of 1280X720 HD IPS display for ZE550ML model and 1920X1080 FHD IPS display for the ZE551ML model. This spec is bound to give a lot of detail in eye-delighting. ASUS also powers the display with TruVivid technology bringing the color to life in absolutely brilliant clarity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In our list of priorities, it’s very easy for a breakfast to fall low in a busy morning. However taking a few minutes to have something in the morning can make a huge impact on your day. Many of us don’t have time for breakfast. It could be because of several reasons. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why breakfast is called the kind of all the meals? Why do few call it as the most important meal of the day? After an overnight fast, breakfast is the one which gives the brain and body with fuel. A lot of well-known nutritionists advise that we should have breakfast within 2 hours of waking up. A healthy breakfast should be able to provide calories somewhere around 20-30% of your daily allowance in the guideline. Apart from giving us energy, breakfasts are sources of vital nutrients like iron, Vitamin B and calcium. Vegetables and fruits are good sources of vitamins. Hence including a portion of them in your daily breakfast can make a lot of difference to your day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can hear you. Your question is ‘Who has got time to prepare breakfast in the morning?’ Let’s take a look at Guptaji’s family recipes. These recipes can be prepared in a flash. This is the reason Guptaji’s family is quite popular in the neighborhood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here’s a recipe of Cornflake Coconut Ladoos. All you need is ¼ tsps. Each of ghee, condensed milk and designated coconut along with 2 cups of cornflakes (crushed) and 2 tbsp. of mixed nuts (Chopped)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here’s another interesting recipe you can prepare in less than 5 minutes. All you need is a cup of cold milk and cornflakes, 2 tbsp. of walnuts (chopped) and ½ cup of custard apple pulp (Deseeded). Let’s get going now. Pick up a bowl and fill it with the cup of cornflakes. Add a cup of cold milk and top it up with walnut & custard apple. Best served immediately. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who doesn’t like walnut cornflakes with Chocó balls and what if I tell you that you can prepare this breakfast recipe in less than 15 minutes. All you need is ½ cup of lightly roasted walnuts (Chopped), lightly roasted ground cornflakes, ½ cup of milk chocolate (roughly chopped), and ½ cup of dark chocolate (roughly chopped). Follow the procedure below. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here comes my most favorite of all Guptaji’s family breakfast recipes because it can be made in less than 3 minutes and hence my perfect breakfast recipe. Pick up about one and a half cup of cold milk, one sliced banana, ½ cup of strawberries (Sliced) and a cup of cornflakes. Take a bowl. Fill it up with cornflakes, add the cold milk, top with bananas and strawberries and you are done. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know I'm getting older every day, but I feel mature at the same time. I know my wallet is not full, but I earn enough to keep my stomach full. I may not have all the things I wanted, but I do have all the things I need to survive. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the period of time, I have learnt happiness is valuing what you have. Happiness is enjoying the objects, places, people and events happening around us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many of my friends and colleagues always ask me that how I manage to remain happy despite tough circumstances one normally face in their life. Here's what I tell them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Mind your own business:</b> What you think of yourself is more important than what others think of yourself. It's always better not to enter into other's people business unless and until if you're the only one who can solve their problems. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Be Confident:</b> Confidence is not about walking into a room thinking you're better than everyone else out there. Confidence is not comparison yourself with others in that room. There's a very thin line between confidence and over-confidence. As long as you know that, things will fall into place. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Speak Up:</b> Minding your own business doesn't mean you don't have speak at all. There are times you need to have the courage to speak up for yourself. If you're not going to do it, then no one else is gonna to do it for you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Dedicate an hour every day to yourself:</b> I know it's difficult, but it works. Do whatever you want to do for about an hour every day. It's one of the best de-stressing exercises available out there. It could be listening to music, reading books, cooking, playing guitar or anything that you've always wanted to do. Take out an hour every day and do that. Trust me, it works like a charm. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Keep learning: </b>Being confident is one of the keys to happiness. How can you be confident? When you know what you speak. How could you do that? By keep learning every day. I dedicate some quality time in a week to learn something about my job and it keeps me updated which in turn builds my confidence. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't try to find happiness in complex things. Happiness is there in tiny things around you. It could be a child, your bike, your guitar or a bottle of Coca-Cola. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Asking a depressed person to get motivated is quite similar to asking a rock to dance. Both will have the same result. It's not because the people who are depressed doesn't want to get motivated. The process of getting motivated could be an overwhelming task. There are few days in life which will push you into deeply depressed stage. I did have that kind of a day once in my life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was doing my Post Graduation in Hyderabad. It was the first week of April 2011. It was also the time I had to pay my tuition fees to college. My dad had deposited Rs. 75000 in my bank account. To my surprise, INR 40000 was deducted from my account. I was under the impression that this could be because of some technical issue with the bank. I went to the bank to check and I saw a big queue of people already waiting at the bank with the same issue. The bank manager told me there was no technical issue and according to the records, it's the account holder who had withdrawn the money. We all were shellshocked. That's when I remembered this moment. The previous week to this incident, I had swiped my debit card at a very well reputed shopping mall to make a purchase. Later on, we came to know that all our debit cards were duplicated and the scammer took the money from different ATMs (Where webcams were not there) using the PIN number we entered into the machine. The bank said that they cannot do anything with this issue, as it was our fault to swipe our cards at this particular shop. It was the same bank which encouraged us to use the cards for purchases and not the cash. The police just took the complaint and didn't even bother to investigate it further. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had no clue what to do. I didn't know what to tell my dad. Though he was going through a rough patch in his business, he did make sure I receive the money for my tuition fees. It was completely my fault. I was a student and Rs. 40000 was a big deal to me. I went into a deep depression. I didn't eat for a week, didn't talk to anyone and was just crying inside. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My brother Surya came to know about this issue through a friend. He asked me to meet him at his residence. He listened to what happened and was completely angry with me. It was not because I lost my money but because I was depressed doing nothing. He made me understand it's not the end of the world. It's just money which we can earn at any point of time in our life. What we do as a person when we don't have money tell us what kind of a person we really are. He helped me evaluate the kind of expenditure I have and how to cut down on few. He also helped me find a job through which I can cover my tuition fees. All I have to do was to stretch myself for a month. He also spoke to my college about the delay. He also made me understand that this is a very small issue that I could have handled myself. That was the best managerial lesson I've ever received in my life. Even now, when something unfortunate happens, I don't go overboard. I sit back, evaluate, speak to my friends & family, draw out an action plan which will help me come out of the delicate situation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That was the day which changed the way I look at issues. That was the day I started being optimistic. Things might not go the way we planned. Sometimes we think too much about ourselves and just forget the people around us who're always willing to help. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A lot of great people have shared their thoughts on how one can always be optimistic in their life. For example, Anais Nin once said that we don't see things as they are. We always look at things as we are. I've always been inspired by these types of thought leaders. Be it the way I live or the way I work or the way I build relationships. When it comes to my personal development, I always try to improve my outlook on life rather than focusing too much on me as a person. I've always believed in the principle, when you change your outlook on life, everything looks different. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We might have all heard of the story of optimist/pessimist's look at a glass of water. An optimist would say it's a glass of water filled in half. Meanwhile, the pessimist would say it's a half-emptied glass of water. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will share one of my life experiences on how I turned from a pessimist to an optimist. I always think of the outcome before beginning an activity. It's an example of how I learned to drive a car. There have been several instances where situation demanded me driving a car. I have always been worrying about, what if I get into an accident. What will I do, when people honk at me while I'm driving slowly? What if I hit someone on road? There was 1000s of negative questions in my life because of which I never drove a car till I met a friend of mine. He made me realize that I've been extremely pessimistic. He told me to keep in mind that the road I'm gonna drive is mine. You drive the way you wanted to drive. All you need to keep in mind is the rule set by the government and not by the people around you. If someone is honking at you, let them honk. It's wastage of their energy and not yours. That was an inspiration. I picked up the car for the first time keeping all the tips in mind. It was quite effortless. I was able to drive without any worries. That's when I realized it's all about the mindset. You don't always have to think of an outcome. Even if you want to, always think of a good outcome. Keep in mind Aamir Khan's popular movie dialog 'ALL IS WELL'. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will share another quite similar life experience. I used a have a lot of stage fear during my under graduation times. I always shied away from stages thinking people might mock me if I make mistakes. It was all out there till one of my favorite professors advised me. He told me, keep in mind whoever is sitting in front of you is an IDIOT. That includes your college principal, head of departments, senior professors and fellow classmates. That completely changed my outlook towards public speeches. I started making effortless speeches in front of crowds ranging from 50-500. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The story goes way back to April, 2009. The month I passed out of my college as an electrical engineering graduate. I didn't get much time to relax, as I had to take up my job the very next day after my last exam. I got trained as a Telecommunication Engineer at a Private company in Coimbatore. I used to travel every day about 75 Kms from my home (Palani) to Coimbatore during my training period of about 3 months. My parents didn't let me stay alone at Coimbatore, as they thought I wasn't ready to stay alone. After my training period, I was advised by the company to be posted in Bangalore. That's the first time I had to stay far away from home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My first official job in Bangalore. It took a lot of convincing to let my parents allow me to leave my hometown for a job in Bangalore. They weren't quite sure about how I'm going to manage my own life. They still looked at me as a kid. After I told them that this isn't just a job but a dream. My parents did realize later it's time for me to take more responsibilities in my life. New job, new people, new language & new food habits. Almost everything looked Hebrew to me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My company was at Indira Nagar. It has always been quite an expensive place to find an accommodation for a fresh graduate like me. Along with two other friends, I managed to find a room in a PG accommodation at Ulsoor. I paid about Rs. 5000 as rent in a month. The room was lesser than 100 square feet and it was proving to be quite difficult for all the three of us to stay in one room. Since we all had to start to work at the same time, it turned out be really difficult for us to share a common washroom in the morning. On top of all these challenges, we had the cleanliness issue at the room. The workers at the PG accommodation weren't regular and we lived with a pile of garbage. Food options around the PG hasn't been good. My friends and me used to have stomach upsets frequently because of the quality of food. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two months passed by. Every day was a hell for me. You can compromise on anything but not the place you live. I even decided to quit my job and go back to hometown. However, my dream to live in a city like Bangalore kept me motivated. I sat back and worked out what I needed to do to find a better place to live. I figured out, to stay in a 1BHK at a place like Indira Nagar, I had to shell out a rent amount of Rs. 12000 and an advance amount of Rs. 60000. With my salary of Rs. 21000, I started noting down my expenses. I cut it down wherever I could save. I sacrificed my craving for food which is expensive, drinks and watching movie in multiplexes. Over a period of 1 year, I was able to save the money I needed to stay in a better place. I saved my money with thorough discipline and was able to stay in a 1BHK at Indira Nagar. When I shifted there, everything in my life I hated turned out to look good. It improved my productivity at work and I was also able to focus on bettering my relationship with people. My new life began at that moment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wish I had seen or known Housing.com at that moment. I could've got a hell lot of better options and could've started living my life a little earlier. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently I stumbled across this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fajc2GSsTs8">video</a> by Pepsi. It starts with a strong copy ‘This Summer’s Biggest Blockbuster’. Turns out it’s going to be one. For my surprise, I could see plenty of who’s who of Bollywood and cricketing world. To name a few in the video; Bollywood Heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor, Indian Cricket Sensation Virat Kohli, Music Magician Pritam Chakraborty, Director Anurag Basu and Terence Lewis. Are they coming together for a movie? Is this an ad shoot? Could it be a reality show? Let’s take a look at what’s happening in this video. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone in this video claims that this is all about them. Ranbir says people come to theatre to watch him in big screens. Virat Kohli says people come to cricket stadium to watch him play. Anurag Basu claims that he’s the backbone and others are just puppets. Pritam Da says the actor just lip sync for the music that he creates. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While almost everyone in the video gives me a feel that it’s going to be a star-studded movie, Virat Kohli doesn’t. He talks about cricket. Is he going to make his debut in Bollywood? There has been run off the mill rumors that he will make his Bollywood debut very soon and the fact Pepsi is claiming that this is gonna be this summer’s biggest blockbuster, it kind of gives me the same feel too. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">It's not very uncommon, we rely so much on adults we know to make our life run smoothly, to a certain point in time. In that point, we all realize that we must start taking care of ourselves and start taking our own decisions. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">My mom and dad took care of almost everything in life, till I finished my engineering degree and had to leave my town for work. Be it my laundry, taking care of my health when I'm sick or making sure I eat properly, my parents took care of everything. I was really scared the first time I left home for work. Bangalore! New environment, new people, the new type of food made me feel extremely uncomfortable. I stayed in a hostel, where I had to take care of everything on my own. Right from keeping the room clean, cooking my food and laundry. Days passed by. I worked for a telecom company for a year. I decided to do my masters in Hyderabad. </span><span style="color: black;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Life in Hyderabad didn't suck as much as of the life in Bangalore. It was quite comfortable. People, food, environment and preferences were quite similar to that of Tamil Nadu. Days passed up. I was feeling very comfortable with life. Dad and Mom used to send money, that I used to happily spend along with friends. No responsibility whatsoever. I was on my way to complete my masters. That's when it all happened. Dad had to go through a tough phase in his business. I realized the challenges. I told Dad that I've taken up a job and he need not send money for my expenses. That's when I met my brother Surya, a distant relative of mine. He's the one who made me realize that I've no idea what I'm doing with my life. Since I was too comfortable in life, there came the time I had to lead my life without the support of my parents. I was also in a situation to help them out. </span><span style="color: black;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">My brother is the one who taught me some very important lessons in my life. He taught me to assume responsibilities. Gone are the days, you had to rely on your parents. Now it's the time they rely on you and they won't just do that, you got to give them the confidence that you can take care of them. He also taught me that I cannot rely on anyone ever in my life. That's the mindset I needed to have. If your room is messy, clean it up. If your vehicle is dirty, clean it up yourself. Every time you do that, you'll realize the amount of money you're saving. I would like to say, taking responsibility isn't always fun. Sometimes it requires you to things which are often tedious, boring, time-consuming and frustrating. However, when you get habituated, you get the confidence that you need not depend on anyone ever in your life. My brother is also the one who taught me to have a road map in life and never run in the dark. When you run into a problem, you should know how to solve it yourself without having to call someone for help. There will be times, you'll have to make serious decisions. You cannot expect someone to help you out. You should be capable of handling those decisions yourself. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My brother Surya is the God to me. He came at the right time in my life, made me realize where I was going wrong, gave me the confidence to assume responsibilities and handle things on my own. That entirely changed the way I look at my life. I'm grateful to him throughout my entire life. </span></div>
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Deepanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10037642551361012219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777859449701246344.post-82735993897140996482015-02-01T00:17:00.002-08:002015-02-01T00:17:30.631-08:00No Fikar. Chat Quikr.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Online classifieds is an internet market place for sellers and buyers to exchange information based on a particular need. In India, it's a relatively newer concept but picking up at a rapid speed. Classifieds has long time remained the purview of newspapers, radio and television. Thanks to players like Quikr for revolutionizing the online classifieds space in India by eliminating the need to spend money on new paper ads to full fill a requirement. Having said that, majority of Indian consumers are hesitant sharing their information online fearing privacy concerns. With the launch of Quikr Nxt, Quikr has completely transformed the online classifieds space in India yet again. To give you a brief, Quikr Nxt is a new feature by Quikr which enables buyers and sellers to interact over chat screens against phone calls. Here are three reasons, why I prefer chat over phone calls. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've used online classifieds several times for the purposes ranging from buying/selling mobile phones, electronic goods, watches, renting homes etc. When the offer is real good, you tend to get a lot of incoming phone calls from sellers. Sometimes it leads up to a point, where few sellers call you repeatedly (Including calls at late nights) despite you turning down their requests. At these situations, you really feel bad for listing your offer in a classified site. Now a chat option in Quikr Nxt, ensures that my mobile number is private and anything I need to convey to a buyer/seller can be done through a chat screen without having to disclose my mobile number. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a bachelor, we frequently change where we stay, because of changes in work places. I've always used Quikr to find a place to rent. The major pain point has been, several of the house owners/brokers do not give proper details of the property like the rent amount, advance amount or even photos of the property. In these instances, you've to call these folks, explain what you want and ask them to communicate the things you wanted over an e-mail. Most of the cases, the calls lead up to a duration of more than 10 minutes and you'll have to speak with at least 15-20 folks before you freeze on a property that fits your needs and not to forget the tens of follow up phone calls to visit the property at the convenience of the owner/broker. From my previous experiences, I'm pretty sure you'll lose close to half a grand making these phone calls. The chat option in Quikr Nxt eliminates all these hassles by saving you a lot of money which is otherwise burnt on making phone calls. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keeping track of who you called is really a tedious activity especially when you are in need of renting a property. You'll have to call a minimum of 20 folks to understand if the property fits your requirement or not. Sometimes it may even lead up to calling up 50-60 folks to get exactly what you wanted. You generally don't tend to save these numbers and hence it's very likely these numbers will get mixed up with your regular incoming/outgoing calls. Quikr Nxt removes this pain point instantly, by maintaining the chat records. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tata has recently seen success with the launch of Zest, competing with the likes of Suzuki Desire and Honda Amaze. However considering the number of players in the mid range hatchback segment, with the launch of Tata Bolt, has Tata succeeded again? My answer would be a big 'YES'. Here are my five reasons why. </span></div>
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The Bolt is powered by 1193CC Revotron motor (Petrol) just like that of Tata Zest. The motor has gone through extensive reworks to differentiate itself from previous hatchback models from Tata like Indica V1 and Vista. The powerplant of the engine uses the honeywell turbocharger and makes about 5000 rpm. The five speed transmission is sure to give smooth and positive shifts. For the first time in this segment, the Bolt offers 3 driving modes such as Eco, Sport and City. When switched between the modes, the Bolt not only changes the accelerator pedal's sensitivity but also informs the ECU to deliver better fuel economy or more power. I must say the engineers at Tata have done a great job in making the engine drivable while keeping the turbo-level at minimal levels in low rpm range.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyone who's familiar with Tata cars will definitely be surprised looking at Tata Bolt. There's a vast improvement in Bolt from Tata's previous offerings in the similar segment. As soon as you jump inside the car, the first thing you'll notice is the elegant and stylish dashboard. The design looks absolutely fresh with a java black theme and chrome silver detailing. The switches and knobs has the feel of Euro Design unlike the other cars in this segment which is more of Japanese or Korean designs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bolt comes with a powerful 8-speaker Harman Kardon entertainment system with video playback and navigation. The devices comes with a 5 inches resistive touch screen with added features like bluetooth, USB, AUX and SD card connectivity. The performance was stunning. Even when I turned up the volume to the maximum, there was no distortion or clipping. It's one of those rare OEM systems, where it gets better as you go louder. The navigation system deserves a big applause. Owners can download the free MapMyIndia Navi Maps & Harman Smartlink apps in their Android smartphones and then connect it to the Harman Kardon system. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The instrument cluster comes with a clean white lighting. The power window switches and the buttons on the central console are illuminated with a super clean back light. The best part is, the brightness of this back light can be adjusted to five different modes too. There's an MID in the middle with a speedometer to the right and a tachometer to the left. Right above the MID, the tata bolt has got options for three different driving modes - City, Sport and Eco. A chime is played to let the user know there's a shift between driving modes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Parked next to it's competitors in the similar segment, the bolt stands out with a completely mature design. It's contemporary and nearly identical to Zest when seen from the front. For the low beams, the headlamp possesses halogen projectors and it also has a smoked finish. The bonnet has a power bulge in the center. The silhouette is quite similar to vista. The absence of plastic strips or claddings on the side gives Bolt a professional look. </span></div>
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Deepanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10037642551361012219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777859449701246344.post-4579527536434989102015-01-24T03:33:00.001-08:002015-01-24T03:46:33.744-08:00 ASUS EeeBook X205TA - A Perfect Product For a Perfect Life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I recently stumbled upon this on-the-go computing product EeeBook X205TA by ASUS. The product ticks so many right boxes in anyone's dream tech/lifestyle product specifications. Let's take a look at few features of the device, to know why EeeBook </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">X205TA</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is a perfect product for a perfect life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The weight of ASUS </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">EeeBook X205TA</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is just under 1 KG and it's amazingly sleek and light, making it a perfect on-the-go computing device. The thickness of the device is just 1.75CM making it one of the super thinnest devices available out there on the market. I spend close to 4 hours traveling in a day. I tend to finish a lot of work related stuffs on the go. The only pain point is that my laptop is too heavy making it little complicated to work. This super sleek device is bound to make my complications simpler by being super light. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The subscription which is otherwise available at close to Rs. 4000 in leading portals like Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal is completely free of cost for a year, when you buy this amazing device. For a device which is priced at lesser than Rs. 15000, this is a great deal. Hence the device isn't just light in weight but light in pockets too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Any professional in my line of work would tell you the amount of pain you incur, because of the bad battery life of the device. My laptop can hold it for about 2 hours and the smartphone for around 6 hours. The </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ASUS EeeBook X205TA comes with a battery life providing close to 12 hours of web browsing, which is more than my laptop and smartphone combined. Tell me more, why this wouldn't be a perfect product for any professional.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The device also comes with a couple of free cloud storage options like 500 GB of ASUS Web storage and 1TB Microsoft One Drive. Now I wouldn't have to invest on a 1TB portable hard disk which would cost me close to Rs. 5500. Having this option enables to access my secured data at any point of time with internet connectivity, without having to carry a device for storage all the time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Professionals in my line of work open a minimum of 25 tabs at a time, accessing multiple social networks and tools at the same time. With a quad core processor, this device is sure to ensure a smooth multitasking experience. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The device is priced at just Rs. 14999. With the free Microsoft office 365 subscription and free cloud storage services, the device is almost literally free of cost. The device doesn't feel light in weight, but super light in pockets too, making it a perfect product for a perfect life. </span><br />
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Deepanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10037642551361012219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777859449701246344.post-80830993753486407152015-01-24T01:40:00.002-08:002015-01-24T04:15:16.009-08:00Be Bold This Valentine's Day...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Valentine's Day is round the corner. I'm sure many of my friends out there would be figuring out tons of creative ways to propose to their valentine. </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If I have to propose to my crush on Valentine's day how would I do it? This is one moment I've been waiting for quite some time. I have been inspired and have also thought through several creative & romantic ideas to impress my valentine this time. Take a look. </span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes you got that right. After all, I market brands on Facebook for a living. I will be setting up a Facebook page named 'I love you Sweetheart'. First I'll be inviting all my friends the previous day (Except her) to like the page. The cover photo of the page will be kept blank and lot of clues will be shared in advance keeping my friends in loop to figure out her name. Then on Valentine's Day around 12 AM, I will put up our pictures together in album and in the cover photo. I will invite her to like the page. Then guess what's gonna happen? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm gonna record a video of what I think how our relationship has been and I don't think it's just friendship and how I can't live without her. The video will be kept private on YouTube. I'll share the link with her a day in advance and ask her to watch the video by 12 AM and by the same time I'll make the video public and post it on my social channels. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is one another marketer's trick up my sleeve. On Valentine's day, I will take her out on a picnic. She's a regular news reader especially the Bangalore section in TOI. Only on that particular day, she will be seeing a beautiful ad in the corner with both of our picture together and with a message 'I can't imagine a world without you. You're the most beautiful girl I've seen in my life. I love you'</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She is a big fan of treasure hunt. And what better idea to bury my proposal somewhere safe and make her find, saying I've a special gift for her that day. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How about proposing on the air? It's one of the most romantic idea I thought of executing it on Valentine's day. I will take her on a helicopter ride on top of Bangalore and when we are just in the middle of the journey, I'm gonna get on my knees (Hopefully the pilot should allow me) and tell her that I love her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These were few of the ideas I thought of, for this valentine's day. Please share your comments your romantic/creative ideas on how you are planning to propose your crush. </span></div>
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Deepanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10037642551361012219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777859449701246344.post-27039280964291842562014-12-26T13:45:00.003-08:002014-12-26T13:45:57.957-08:00Kitna Chain Hota Hai Na Sachchai Mein | A Kinley Initiative <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If we are not ashamed to think it, we shouldn't be ashamed to say it, said Marcus Tullius Cicero. We all might think that why one should live a honest life? In my humble opinion, a life of integrity is more of an exception than a rule. How many people do we come across in a day who are honest? Though I believe in the ethical and moral values of telling the truth, I also think there are worthwhile & practical reasons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There has been many instances in my life, where actually telling the truth benefited me. I also have to admit there have been few instances where telling the truth didn't actually quite work out in my favor. I'm gonna share both the examples and then let's weigh it out towards the end, as to what was right or wrong. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a friend by the name Rahul (Name changed). We both were engineers graduated out of the same college and picked up by the same company at one of the campus recruitment programs. In our company, our role starts with a 6 month rigorous training program followed by deployment in the field. Depending upon the performance in the training period, designations were assigned. Since I performed really well, I was appointed as the Sr. Engineer for the client operations and Rahul was appointed as my Junior. Despite few differences at work, we always maintained a cordial relationship. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After few months, Rahul's interest curve at work started going down. He started committing serious blunders with the power operations at client locations. Since I was his senior, I was accountable for his mistakes. I warned him several times that he lacks concentration at work and hence the blunders. Rahul didn't take me seriously. One bad day, because of Rahul's lack of concentration, the power unit at our client location shut down. It caused huge mishap as even a minute outage would cause losses worth lakhs for the client. My entire team had to rush to the location within 5 minutes to sort the issue down. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The client was angry and sent a strong e-mail to our top management, asking for the right explanation. I knew that it's gonna cost the jobs of my entire team because of the mistake committed by Rahul. When asked about it, Rahul asked me to manage the issue by saying it wasn't the mistake by the team but of the equipment. However the equipment are thoroughly checked by the quality team before deployment at the client's location. I was called in by the top management. I just couldn't lie that it was the equipment failure as it will cost the jobs of at least 5 people in the quality team. I had to tell the truth. I told the top management that the failure was because of the mistake committed by Rahul and not that of the equipment. Rahul was fired on spot and I just lost a good friend of mine. He came to me and told he wasn't liking the job from the few days and hence he couldn't concentrate. He blasted me for not saving his job. I didn't want to lie, as the lie would've the cost the job of 5 other people. He didn't listen to me and just moved from that place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rahul was unemployed for almost 6 months. He later went on to start his own venture on selling solar equipment in Tier-II towns of Tamil Nadu and just within 2 years, he became a millionaire. He called me one fine day and apologized to me for not listening to me on the D-day. He also told, if I hadn't told the truth, he would still have been an employee of the same company and never would've pursued the dream of starting his own venture. It was that failure, which made him a super-success today. And that's the day I decided to always speak the truth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The truth might have cost the love of my friend for while. However it saved 5 jobs (Families) on that day and also helped Rahul pursue his dream & succeed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No matter what, telling the truth is always the right thing to do. Watch this beautiful short film by Kinley, to know why one should always tell the truth despite the circumstances. </span><br />
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Deepanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10037642551361012219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777859449701246344.post-63068101958007837912014-12-18T12:20:00.002-08:002014-12-18T12:20:28.791-08:00Teddy Travelogues | An Initiative By Club Mahindra<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We might have seen few movies where kids are extremely well-behaved and listen to their parents by being calm and following instructions. I'm certainly aware of the fact, my vacations are not gonna be like that for at least 20 years, till they become an adult. Gone are the vacations I went just to relax. This vacation I'm planning with my kids will be filled with fun, with me just doing what the kids expect me to do. Dance with them in the rain, play foot ball in the beach, wave my hands at them when they go on a happy fun ride, eat an ice cream in the middle of the night and a lot more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is my favorite tip for all the parents like me and especially if you're one among those who fly to your vacation destinations. None of us want want our suitcase jammed completely with snacks, diapers, wipers and toys right on the day of our journey right? It's always better to check with the hotel we're gonna stay and ship the packages little ahead of time, so that you can make optimum use of space in the luggage on day of the travel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Though I always prefer to fly, it's not advisable for folks who've got naughty kids who tend to get little cranky and shout in air planes when their demands are not fulfilled. Road trips are great in those cases and kids do love road trips. If air trip is something that can't be avoid, be sure to carry lot of snacks, toys, iPad loaded with their favorite movies or whatever it to takes to keep them engaged. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As an unmarried bachelor, it's good to stay at beach shacks or a cost effective motel. However if you plan for a vacation with kids, it's better to choose a nice, cozy and a kid friendly hotel. I usually choose hotels with lot of outdoor/indoor games for kids and toddler pool is a mandate. If the climatic condition isn't suitable to roam around, this option would keep the kids engaged and your vacation will not disappoint them, after all a good vacation is about everyone being together having a good time at one place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has happened to me quite a few times. We tend to get over board some times, if the kids doesn't like the vacation all of the sudden, after we've put in quite a lot of effort to arrange it. It's completely okay if they don't like it, as few kids might not get adjusted to a new place quickly. Figure out something which your kids love the most. It could be just walking down the road or eating an ice cream or just playing a game of cricket inside the room. I'm sure the kids will appreciate the effort you're taking to keep them engaged. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just like us, kids would love to dress up nicely in a place. I've tried it quite a few times and it has worked out pretty well. A cow boy costume isn't a bad idea for your baby boy on a vacation right? Try different costumes and leave the choice to your kid to freeze the final option. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out Teddy Travelogues, an iniatitive by Club Mahindra for the kids and by the kids - </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://membership.clubmahindra.com/TeddyTravelogues/index.html">http://membership.clubmahindra.com/TeddyTravelogues/index.html</a></span></span></div>
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Deepanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10037642551361012219noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777859449701246344.post-47359995756515738612014-12-15T09:52:00.001-08:002014-12-15T10:21:44.911-08:00Be Responsible On The Road | An NSDF Initiative<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did you know the road accidents in India has caused 1.2 Million deaths and 5.5 Million Serious Injuries in the last decade? This statistic simply amounts up to an average death of at least one every 4 minutes. As vehicle sales rose, emerging countries like India has seen a dip in road deaths but in India, it has shot up by half in the last decade. Half of these deaths are among road users who are vulnerable like motorists, cyclists and pedestrians. Isn't this rate alarming? Besides blaming the government, as an individual what have we done to reduce this rate? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was after the launch of the new road safety & transport bill in 2014, the traffic offenders became little serious about the road safety in India. Besides cancellation of driving licenses for negligent and rash driving, the bill also proposed a hefty fine of upto Rs. 5 Lakhs on the vehicles with faulty manufacturing designs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My approach to improve the road safety in India would start with children, the future citizens of this country. There's a reason why I would like to start from children. It's not like people aged 15-50 are not educated about road safety in our country. Every one is extremely aware of how to be responsible on the road. However, most of us are just negligible to follow the rules. We aren't going to rule the world, if we stop at a road signal for 2 minutes right? Why is that rush to cross the signal before it turns green? Why is the rush to drive your vehicle over 80 Kmph in city limits, are we going to win a race or something? It's because of this extreme negligence among the grown-ups, which is not gonna change no matter what the consequences would be, I would like to take this approach to children to start with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This education need not be complex. It can be as simple as an art exhibition, where children display their learning on road safety or a spot quiz contest where children engage actively on answering questions about road safety in our country. Road safety can also be taught in phases like Walking, Crossing, Cycling and Riding, just like how they grow up phase by phase. While walking, always use foot path, don't play on road, wear bright clothes at night etc. This can be taught with experiential learning style (Where they role play) rather than just teaching them through text books and black boards. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also must make sure that every kid carry a first-aid kit always and also knows how to use it during emergencies. This exercise can be vital. The education shouldn't just educate the children but also their parents with the help of children. Now matter how negligent someone is, there's always a chance for them to listen to their kids and change. I've known of many friends who quit smoking after their kids told them to, as it's not just harmful to them but the kids as well. Same is the approach to be followed, when the kids are being educated about road safety. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apart from this, I would like to suggest few innovative techniques which will definitely improve the road safety in India, in my humble opinion. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have seen an amazing rise in Smartphone ownership in our country. It's forcing all the organizations to embrace the mobile culture. Off late we've also seen the rise of intelligent traffic management mobile applications like Traffline, Traffic Tutor etc. Adding to that, we also have to embrace smart traffic management systems like <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2013/11/25/CMU-helps-East-Liberty-run-smoother-pedestrians-next-CMU-s-E-End-traffic-effort-turns-to-pedestrian-safety/stories/201311250114">SURTRAC</a> (Scalable Urban Traffic Control), an initiative by Carnegie Mellon University aimed at reducing vehicle emissions by 21% and travel time by 25%. It requires an investment of deploying city and town wide CCTV cameras in all the public places. This system will reduce the unnecessary waiting time at green signals, by smartly managing the traffic. Now the people need not hurry before the road signal turns green, as the light will automatically turn green if there are no automobiles or pedestrians. The CCTV cameras installed will also help prevent thousands of traffic violations in the city, by fining the violators appropriately. The system also detects emissions, thereby reducing the air pollution. This system if implemented in our country, will definitely be worth the investment and will bring down the fatality rate by almost half in no time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I need tell anything about the road conditions in our country. Even in a developed city like Bangalore, two of three roads I travel are faulty to the maximum causing serious traffic, thereby increasing the travel time and accidents especially in the night. Take a look at this smart <a href="http://www.cnet.com/news/glow-in-the-dark-smart-highway-opens-in-the-netherlands/">glow-in-the-dark highway system</a> in Netherlands. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A strip of highway is marked with road paint mixed with uniquely developed </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">photoluminescent powder, which gets charged with sunlight during the day and glows bright in the night, when the light is hit on it. The roads must also be designed to utilize the solar energy and convert them into light which can used during night thus saving power costs which worry the governments. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After all, it's not just the automobile which causes these road accidents but a human being in the name of driver behind it. Barring few unfortunate circumstances where the automobile fail, it's mostly the driver who is responsible for accidents on road. While the CCTV can help monitor this situation to an extent, we also see the rise of display of complaint numbers on the back side of cars in case of rash or negligent driving. The traffic authorities must also possess a toll free number (Just like 911) to address traffic violations/complaints 24X7. Though we have this system in place, it's not operational 95% of the time. I've personally dialed 100, like more than 25 times in my life and not even once, the response was satisfactory. I don't see the point of '100' if it's not efficient in solving problems. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">This would be a dream come true, if enabled in India. All the vehicles to be equipped with GPS and centrally controlled through a intelligent traffic management network. This system can limit the speed of vehicles under 40 in city limits or maintain a speed of 80-120 in highways (Depending upon the highways which is again controlled through CCTVs). Fined on spot digitally in case of traffic violations. A warning can be given to the drivers if they don't wear a seat belt or if they try to violate the rules and regulations set by the system. This system can be designed to detect wireless signals inside the car, to make sure the driver is not using his mobile phone while driving, thus prevent plenty of accidents from happening because of mobile phones. A 24X7 team must be deployed by the government to make the system function at its best seamlessly. The system can also be enabled to easily track the vehicles in case of emergencies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We must also thank players like <b>Nissan, </b>who's coming forward with an initiative like NSDF (Nissan Safety Driving Forum) aimed at encouraging safety driving habits. This initiative initially covered Mumbai, Chennai, New Delhi and now has expanded several other cities in India approximately reaching 2 Lakh Citizens. The initiative has witnessed an impressive 126% increase in individuals wearing seat belts. </span></div>
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Deepanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10037642551361012219noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777859449701246344.post-19190535484728308642014-12-14T01:18:00.001-08:002014-12-18T12:22:43.273-08:00My Airbnb Wish List: The Top 5 Most Interesting Places I Would Like To Visit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Airbnb is the one of the most trusted community market places, where one can discover, list and also book unique accommodations around the world right from their mobile phone or online. At Airbnb, you will find a lot of beautiful places which you might've seen only in movies and won't be able to find on any other accommodation booking websites. I just created my Airbnb wish list of the top 5 most interesting places I would like to visit in 2014. Let's explore</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sleeping in a vintage bus close to a beach has always been on top of my wish list. I totally fell in love with this 1954 Vintage Boho Bus based in Ibiza, San Rafael, Balearic Islands, Spain. The bus does not just sport a great vintage design but also comes with all the amenities enough to take someone through a wild and adventurous trip. The hosts are kind enough to allow us to put the bus in a favorite secret beach of ours with mind blowing ocean side views and a location where you can view the best sunset at Ibiza. It also comes decorated with flowers & champagne to make it special for the lovers who would like a memorable romantic night. You can also ask for a sail boat or power boat to take your special ones through the amazing waters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Fairytale Cottages - Jack Sparrow House, Cornwall:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This amazing cabin is located at Helston, England, United Kingdom. The sweeping sea and the beautiful countryside view is sure to make one's holiday relaxing and memorable. Enjoying the spectacular view of sunset over the fields of Tregaminion is comparable only to the heaven and nothing else in this world. The stunning coastal scenery and the unspoilt fishing villages would be very ideal for my favorite list of activities like Sailing, Surfing & Cycling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This beautiful and dream cottage is located at Wilson Road Northwest, Atlanta, GA, United States. This is the most romantic, beautiful, unique, dreamy and relaxing place and hence takes the Rank 2 in my wish list. The tree house comes with 3 separate rooms connected by rope bridges and hence ideal for my dream family trip. The hosts also welcome you with a bottle of wine and a basket of local snacks. This completely justifies the kind of hospitality you'll receive at the secluded intown treehouse. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Modern European Villas - Architect house with Jacuzzi:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rank 4 in my Airbnb wishlist goes to the architect house located at Rue de Losquedic, Plougoulm, Brittany, France. This beautiful and stylish architect house built in 2010 is sure to give anyone comfort, peace and tranquility. The hosts are also kind to arrange a lot of recreational activities like Horse riding, boat trips, sailing, swimming, tennis, golf and a lot more very close to where you stay. If I get to stay here, I will also be staying pretty close to a lot eye-pleasing places like the isle of wight, dossen, the bay of morlaix and Roscoff. Adding to that, the architect house comes with a beautiful Jacuzzi. Do I have to tell anything more about this? :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Oui, Oui Paris - Duplex Saint Germain des Près:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Duplex Saint Germain des Près-Paris located at Paris, Île-de-France, France occupies Rank No.5 in my Airbnb wishlist. This large & beautiful apartment is situated on the top two floors of a tall building constructed in hausmanian style. The apartment comes with 3 cosy rooms making it ideal for my dream family trip. The apartment is constructed in such a way to ensure the holiday is quite and peaceful with double sun exposition and an amazing view of the beautiful Paris. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Checkout this amazing wish list prepared by Airbnb folks themselves - <a href="https://www.airbnb.co.in/wishlists/airbnb_picks">https://www.airbnb.co.in/wishlists/airbnb_picks</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out some of the most popular Airbnb wishlists here - <a href="https://www.airbnb.co.in/wishlists/popular">https://www.airbnb.co.in/wishlists/popular</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out my Airbnb wish list - <a href="https://www.airbnb.co.in/wishlists/47195956">https://www.airbnb.co.in/wishlists/47195956</a></span><br />
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Deepanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10037642551361012219noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777859449701246344.post-26843108466939822562014-12-13T23:30:00.002-08:002014-12-13T23:30:49.616-08:00Darr Ke Aage Jeet Hai: Rise Above Fear<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The nature of a human being is very complex. At times of danger, men and women have learned to be courageous, strong and competitive. If history has taught us one thing, we can reach our goals by conquering fear as long as our desire, conviction and will are present. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've overcome the hardships of natural disasters and war from years. However there's one natural fear that overshadows most of us: THE FEAR OF REJECTION. I did suffer from the fear of rejection during my early 20s. This instinctive emotion hinders & paralyzes us from doing the things we want to do from our heart but can't. For instance, I had this crazy crush for a cute girl, when I was 20. However I was too concerned with the fear of rejection rather than asking her out. I never asked her out and we had to part ways to better our career. 3 years later, I came to know through a common friend that she also had a thing for me. We connected on Facebook and I asked her about it. She did agree and asked me 'Why didn't I ask her out'. It was too late then, as she's gotten married at that time :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Almost the same kind of incident happened when I was 21. I got an opportunity to give an interview for an amazing start-up (One of my dream companies). I did well and was waiting for a response. Since I didn't hear from them for almost 30 days, I decided to take up another job offer which wasn't in my list of dream companies. 3 months later, I happened to meet the recruiting manager for the job and asked the reason, why was I rejected despite doing the interview extremely well. She then told, the job required me to actively reach out to the recruiters for the status and hence they didn't go ahead with my recruitment process. Since I feared rejection, I didn't reach out which cost the opportunity of working for my dream company. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At some point of time, I did realize I've got this fear of rejection and the same is spoiling multiple opportunities coming in my way. The person who helped me through this process and overcome my fear is none other than my Dad. He hit the nail on my head when he told me the number of times I made a complete fool of myself were more than the number of times I didn't try something out of fear. He helped me understand that I fear rejection because I think I'm lowering my self-esteem. Everyone in this life face rejection very often. It starts right from child hood, when you asked for an ice cream when you had fever and you mother denied it. So it's not bad as you think it is. Sometimes it's good because you learn what's right and what's not. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm happy I got this advice at the very early stages of my life. I started being more optimistic, trying things out without worrying about the outcome, keeping myself around optimistic people all the time and learnt to handle things maturely instead of being depressed about it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a no-brainer that one has to take risks to succeed in their life. As long as you fear, you're never going to be successful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can overcome my fears. Can you? Watch this short film by Mountain Dew to get inspired</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Challenge:</b> A technology solution to create a nationwide network of the next generation rural e-infopreneur that collects and transmits vital rural information to Safran, enables secure identification of recipients of goods/services, using secure transaction technology, aggregation and analytics.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lack of mentoring/support/coaching</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 'How-to' of custodianship and ownership transfer</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Constantly evolving behavioral changes</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deploying a <b>national network</b> of self help, public, touch screen kiosks in all the high pedestrian traffic environments - Doing this will help highlight the necessity of allocating resources to all tasks in the rural economy which will soon be transformed to an 'information economy' </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Understanding of <b>processes</b> in a developing economy - Will highlight the importance of mediator in the context of a developing community/economy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deploying software systems in the <b>development facilities</b> from <b>community level</b> - It will help overcome the technology adoption and ownership/custodianship issues</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Defining & deploying <b>robust models of sustained service delivery</b> mechanisms in the rural economies - Will help overcome challenges of sourcing and the ability to tackle behavioral changes over the period of time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a model which will accommodate all the solutions above to overcome the challenges described earlier</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The communication between the <b>community infopreneurs</b> and the master infopreneur (Will be trained on how to use the technology aspects. He/she will be the key in making sure the information obtained through community infopreneurs are authentic) will be the key in this model. I would like to refer the community infoprenuers as 'Assets' from here on. The assets will be responsible for obtaining information from entities such as CBOs, rural citizens, micro enterprises and so on. It could be as simple as a questionnaire, which will later be converted to digital, with the help of resources available with Master infopreneurs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were few elements which always tend to discourage the model like lack of <b>proper flow of revenues</b> between various layers in this network and there's absolutely no control over it. To make sure the revenue flow is optimum and for the gratification to reach the end user for giving <b>vital</b> information, can be deemed accurate with the help of <b>Biometric Finger print recognition device</b> which will be with the community infopreneurs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By making this two way communication from back office to the end user, we are completely transforming the traditional franchise model to a social franchising model that provides <b>mutual collaboration mechanisms</b> and support required among different levels of the model. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The approach here is to ensure both the real world user and the researcher are in the same ecosystem, so that it ensures <b>maturity in terms of trade-off</b> and the risk is reduced over the <b>complete innovation chain</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Training the master & community infoprenuers - This the most important task in the entire technology solution suggested to make sure the information transmitted over the model is authentic. The infoprenuers will need complete guidance and handholding in the initial phases till the time they become completely independent. In my humble opinion, by following the model, SAFRAN will be able to achieve</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lucky 6 is an innovative gaming concept by Fat Cat gaming company that claims to threaten the way traditional lottery is played. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The app isn't available on Play store yet but the users will be able to download the app from the <a href="http://fatcatgaming.com/">Fat Cat - official website</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The user interface of the app is extremely user friendly and a great pleasure to use. The colors are eye-pleasing. The registration process is quite simple. The user need to give an e-mail ID, Nick Name, Referrer (If any) and the 5 Digit Passcode (This will remain the password to access your Fat Cat account)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's now have a look at the core game. Trust me, this would be the most easiest online lottery game you might've ever played in your life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To play this, you've to click on 'Lucky 6' in their login screen and you will able to see a huge list of brands in alphabetical order. Select 6 of your brands by clicking on the '+' button next to it and you are done. Yes you heard that right! You are done :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once you submit your choices, you will be taken to 'My tickets' section, where you'll be see the status of your predictions (A score will be assigned to you). The top 6 scorers every day win either cash or luxury holidays. Ain't that awesome? </span></div>
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Deepanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10037642551361012219noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777859449701246344.post-74782262864232559362014-11-21T15:14:00.000-08:002014-11-26T12:47:05.366-08:00#RuralConnect - My SMAC Solution For Bharti AXA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Industries such as retail, fast moving consumer goods and healthcare have already succeeded in penetrating the huge rural market of India with their products & services. The dramatic shift in <b>consumer behavior</b> and the <b>impact of digital</b> has made it possible. It has created huge opportunities in <b>under served markets</b>. This would include the high growth in <b>internet penetration rate</b> and the rise of smart phones. Insurance, a very impressive and ever growing ecosystem, as an industry has a rich opportunity to transform their business in rural region with the help of a SMAC Model. So what could be a solution that can help insurance market leaders like Bharti AXA to leverage the SMAC model to increase penetration of their insurance products in rural region and Tier II Cities? Let's take a deep look. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In most of the cases, the insurance agents have always been concentrating on customer segment which offers <b>high commissions and easiest win rates</b>. This segment is more of middle aged and relatively well off customers. The younger and less wealthy people have always been ignored in my experience of working with few insurance clients. The reason behind this is, many young people don't find insurance <b>relevant</b> to them and same is the case with less wealthy people, as they think insurance is either not designed for them or they <b>couldn't afford</b> them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To avoid this in my opinion, Bharti AXA should move from a </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">product focused approach to a rural customer centric approach</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Though this is challenging as the transformation might demand a very high level of consumer engagement that businesses lack because of lack of <b>experience or data </b>in this consumer segment. Even if the company is equipped with data, converting them to an insight would prove to be a challenging task. The challenges for companies like Bharti AXA also lies in long lead times, as the process involves initial interaction followed by <b>customer signing off policies</b> as the insurers profile the customers, advise them to take <b>medical checks</b> and then advise on options available. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>abondon rates</b> have always been high, but this challenge could be overcome if people are equipped with information such as what they want, how they want it, when and where they would like to receive it. So my opinion is to design a model where <b>social and mobile</b> could be used to drive <b>consumer engagement</b>, analytics to measure what's working and what's not and the cloud services to make it all a <b>seamless experience</b> for both the customers and the insurers. A system which is capable of </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tailoring cross-channel promotions and tracking<b> consumer behavior</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Providing a <b>seamless and simple interface</b> (Open communication channel) between the Bharti AXA and consumers</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>millenials and Gen-x customers </b>even from Tier II cities take informed decisions these days by using social media to compare and buy products. A <b>simple off-the shelf option</b> is definitely not going to convince them. The social customer engagement model to be adopted by Bharti AXA should be capable of providing a <b>personalized experience</b> to the consumers coupled with <b>self less educational tips</b> resulting in more engagement. Social advertising strategy should also focus on seamlessly pushing the lead down the sales funnel to mobile/agents for a <b>quicker close in sale</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Mobile</b> - The key channel to reduce the <b>long lead times</b> and <b>underwriting costs</b> in Tier II cities and rural region. Bharti AXA should focus on creating a <u>mobile ecosystem</u> which will seamlessly and efficiently access the wellness and health data from consumers in this segment. This insight should be used to effectively <u>tailor insurance related solutions</u>. The privacy of consumer information will be crucial here. The customers are always willing to share their data as long as there's a benefit attached to it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mobile could help establish Bharti AXA <b>a trusted health and life advisor</b> resulting in long term engagement and constant brand awareness, if the channel was used to educate the audience rather than being extremely focused on pushing the product pitches. The mobile strategy shouldn't just be restricted to smart-phones as the targeted <b>consumer segment</b> is dominated by <b>feature phones</b>. By adding <b>missed call marketing</b> (Pull mechanism) and accessible <b>toll free numbers</b> to the <b>promotional channels</b>, Bharti AXA can multiply brand awareness, consumer engagement and also be capable of reaping more qualified and informed leads which can be pushed down the funnel resulting in early closure. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Real time insights into the <b>consumer behavior & health</b> will also eliminate the need for medical checks resulting in faster processing of applications. People at all the levels of Bharti AXA need to comfortable with the <b>decision making capability</b> of the analytics system, as this will help them quickly respond to <b>digital signals</b> (Coming from top of the funnel - Social & Mobile) an also adapt to the changing life stages. The customer preference learned from the analytics model should be fed back to the <b>social & mobile funnel</b>, in order to optimize the <b>personalized experience</b> resulting in increased brand awareness and consumer engagement. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cloud technology for Bharti AXA should be capable of handling peaks in demand at lower effort and cost, lower risk, reduce the <b>cost & time</b> reqd for piloting new projects, maintain differentiation in a dynamic market place coupled with the ability to give a unified view of customer information to tailor solutions. Beyond cost savings, the cloud should contribute Bharti AXA in building a flexible ecosystem (Underwriting, Back office fulfillment and product development) with more <b>pervasive and powerful analytics</b>, provide a cost-effective platform to drive business intelligence, run through vast amount of data and predict, <b>analyze customer behavior </b>and improve the <b>speed of responses</b> to customer's needs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The real power of SMAC is experienced only when all the four technologies are used together, giving insurers a <b>360 degree overview</b> of the customer. That's exactly what I've suggested in my model for Bharti AXA. In my humble opinion, with this integrated approach Bharti AXA will be able to increase the penetration of their products in Tier II Cities & Rural region maximizing the <b>brand awareness</b> and <b>consumer engagement</b> along with understanding and meeting their customer needs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm gonna share a true story of one of my best friends. He was a software engineer and she was a editor with a fashion magazine. One would always wonder how they ended up together considering their socio-economic status, education, lifestyle and their family environment were completely different. However as they said 'Love is eternal'. Fate brought them together despite the opposition from both their families. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also remember the conversation my friend had with me the day he proposed her. He held her hand and told her that he would never ever leave her under any circumstances. He assured her that he can be someone she can depend on; he would be someone to turn to when she has problems. I had conversed several times with the girl and I always had a very strong opinion that they are made for each other. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They both lived a very happy married life for two years until that day. It was the problem that they once promised that would never to be discussed. My friend had issues with his boss at office and was going through a tough phase in his career. The girl had emotional issues with her parents asking her to leave my friend and come back to them. They both weren't having very good conversations. It turned out, my friend started avoiding going back to home. He started putting extra hours at office, which again didn't turn out to be very beneficial for him, as he wasn't able to put his best foot forward at work. He once promised her that he would always be there when she had problems but he wasn't there when she needed him the most. It lead to a point where they stopped talking to each other. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a friend, I just wasn't able to see this. Once an inspirational couple for me, is not together anymore. A very hard fact to digest. I decided to step in to resolve this. I haven't had much experience dealing with couples before. I read a lot of articles, visited lot of family counselors and took a hell load of advice from elders I knew of. An uncle of mine told, this is a very common issue among everyone who ever got married. He also told it's just a matter of time they come back together. They definitely can't live without each other if they really had loved each other. That turned be one of the best tips I've ever heard in my life. I dug up a bunch of old photographs of my friends' and his wife together. I printed it out and framed it. Since i always had the privilege of entering their home any time, I fixed a time when both of them are out. I decorated their entire home with the photos of theirs. I did love my work towards the end. I also learnt that day I could be an interior decorator :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I called both of them personally and told them they've a surprise waiting for them when they reach home. My friend thought his wife had planned for something and she thought my friend had planned for something. I managed to make both of them enter their home at the same time. They both entered and couldn't believe themselves. Both of them thought it was the other who had come down, made all these arrangements to reach a compromise. He held her hand, apologized for what happened and told her that he would keep his promise of never leaving her again, she leaned on his shoulders and cried for about 10 minutes. They hugged each other and I left the home without telling them anything. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Though they came to know that it was me behind all this, it was just that MOMENT which rekindled all their memories and brought them back together. It's been 6 years now and they was never a day they didn't talk to or look at each other. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Though I played a main character here, it was the couple themselves who brought back their touch. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Watch the video here to see how Nimrat and Parambrata #BringBackTheTouch. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to Parachute Advansed for believing in this - </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.pblskin.com/">http://www.pblskin.com/</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's an extremely proud moment for all our readers, as we got featured on Alltop in the lifestyle category among one of the best lifestyle blogs in the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">For those who haven't heard about <a href="http://lifestyle.alltop.com/">Alltop</a>, Alltop was founded by <b>Guy Kawasaki</b> and is a news aggregation site that provides “<b>all the top</b>” stories for forty of the <b>most popular topics</b> on the Web. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alltop stories are refreshed approximately every ten minutes</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Digital shuttle is featured within the 'Lifestyle' category, where you will find the likes of CNN, Reuters, Fashion tribes, Queerky, Fizzle and Splurgerina.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've known of many bloggers & web portals who wait for almost 2-3 months to get their blog listed in Alltop. Most of the times the submissions are rejected because of lack of quality content which doesn't add value to alltop users. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're extremely happy to tell you that we got featured within 10 hours from submitting our blog details to Alltop. This wouldn't have been possible without our awesome readers who keeps us going all the time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you would like to find our site, visit <a href="http://lifestyle.alltop.com/">http://lifestyle.alltop.com/</a> and search for 'Digital Shuttle'. </span></div>
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