Showing posts with label Blogosphere. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blogosphere. Show all posts

Sunday, September 27, 2015

When two bloggers tie the knot - Part II (A lot can happen in a bloggers meet)

As Aryan was new to Mumbai's life so it took him sometime to settle down and get acquainted with it's fast life.

Getting an accommodation near to office and finding a good foodhub or tiffin centre were the initial challenges. Though he was saved from travelling in the overcrowded local trains but travelling in local best buses too was not an easy job.

Within a month he and his friends got a 1 bhk at a reasonable price, that is what their broker said.
Broker are angel of gods who are born to help the immigrants of Mumbai by charging a very minimum amount every year, which is a month's rent for their goodwill dead.

The only good thing about the flat was the society where it was located which had some hot girls, food junctions nearby and a bus stop right infront of it.
After living in a 1200 sq feet house with your parents if you have to share a flat of half the area with 3 other people, definitely cause a lot of pain in your ass.

Most of the low profile bachelors flats in Mumbai are not only congested but also dirty, messy and broken at places and Aryan's flat was no exception.
Within a month he got settled in the new home, got a tiffin service for food and also learned how to get his foot in the best buses.

For couple of months he was more focused on his new job.
Understanding the fundamentals of the project, his team members and the manager was his initial task. He didn't face much problems as he was an intelligent soul with a jolly nature.

Soon after setting his foot in the office he was ready to explore the blogging community of Mumbai.
After exploring a lot over internet for a day he came across Indiblogger & Blogadda, two of the biggest blogging communities of India which had maximum bloggers from Mumbai.


Without wasting any time he filled all the registration formalities and waited for the approval mail.
Blogadda was quick in its process and provided the approval within a day.
Indiblogger took an approx 3-4 days to give it's nod.

So within a week Aryan was part of the biggest blogging communities of India. He was excited to meet & interact with new bloggers but at the same time a bit nervous as he was just a novice without a godfather.


It was the mid of the year 2013 and both the communities were high on contests but a bit low on blogger's meet, specially when it came to Mumbai.
Aryan tried his luck in some of them but failed to win a prize in any of them.
Though he didn't won a prize but he won the heart of some readers who left comments on his posts applauding his work.

He was not kept disappointed for a long time as Indiblogger announced the "Reliance Digital meet"
in association with Reliance Digital Stores across Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and other cities across India.


Aryan was on cloud 9 as this as his first bloggers meet.
The were 3-4 stores in Mumbai from which Aryan selected the one in Infinity mall, Malad.
Soon he got an invite mail from Reliance Digital to visit their store on the predecided day.


It was the meet day and Aryan was dressed up for the event.
He had interacted with few bloggers online and was excited to meet them in person.
Travelling in Mumbai locals was a pain and he was not used to it.

Mumbai local is a magical vehicle in which you can get in and get down without applying any efforts. It can make a cool, fresh and energetic person, stinky, frustrated & tired like hell.

Anyways Aryan somehow managed to reach the destination in one piece,
On reaching the Reliance Digital Store he could recognize some of the faces he had interacted online.

An hour later Aryan was part of a bloggers group which included Steve K, Vrutika Mishra, Ajay Bagaria & Abhinav Iyer to name a few.
There were lot of bloggers flowing in and out but none of them could seek his attention until he saw someone known to his group.

She wore a cute smile, had brown eyes(later Aryan came to know that she wore lenses), a figure girls die for and nice dressing sense.
Everyone went to greet her and so did Aryan.

She introduced herself as Madhvi Mishra.

Finally after clicking pics of each corner of the store when all the bloggers were satisfied that they had more pics than others to win the first price which was an iPad, the group left for lunch.

Aryan and his blogger friends found a table in McD of the mall itself to have something.
He took the corner seat and was having a conversation with Steve K when someone called his name.
Madhvi Mishra wanted to exchange places with him for no good reason was what was communicated to him.

Aryan couldn't understand the motive behind the exchange of seats but he had no option as Madhvi was craving for it like anything. He thought about her mental state and gave a second thought to the first impression he had of her.
Later in 2014 he came to know that it was because her top was small from behind,we will come to that part afterwards.

So finally when everyone was settled, Farzana H didn't like anything in McD and wanted to go somewhere else. After lot of chaos the group decided to go to a pizza parlour as suggested by Abhinav Iyer.

Ohh!! she is a non vegetarian , Aryan said to himself when he saw Madhvi eating pizza having chicken filling. A mental by mind and non veg lover, obviously not my types, Aryan gave himself a confirmation.


After lunch everyone left for their sweet home where their family was waiting for them expect for Aryan whose family was miles away.


To be Continued in Part III (Love,Lalbaugcha raja & Local Trains)


Read Part I Here

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

When two bloggers tie the knot.. Part I (Birth of a Blogger)

Blogosphere is full of charming women. Stunning fashion bloggers making their style statement , beautiful beauty bloggers setting the latest trends, gorgeous travel bloggers taking us around the world, cute food bloggers with their lip smacking dishes and finally those charismatic personal bloggers who can talk on love and relationship like no one else.

As a male blogger I felt it and the same would hold true when a female blogger describes the opposite sex.

My intuition says that you won't feel a need to look out of the blogosphere world to find that Miss right or Mr perfect.

Bloggers are the face of a nation. They can talk on almost every topic, are the favorite of brands and the prime attraction of any event. They are stylish, trendy, popular and of course wealthy..;)
Not to forget the huge list of followers and well wishers who consider their opinions and advices
before buying anything.

When a single blogger is so powerful, imagine what can happen when they form a couple.

Aryan, a software engineer by profession also had a passion for writing from his college days.
He used to write for his college magazine and also used to scribble any random thoughts in his personal diary.

One day while coming back from college he forgot his diary in the college library.
He called Ravi, one of his friend who lived in the college hostel to collect it.
As the diary only had some poems and short stories so he was not afraid of it being read by anyone.

Ravi was on his way to meet his gf Ria, so he took the diary along with him.
Ria always loved the articles written by Aryan in the college magazine and when she came to know
that it was his diary, she couldn't resist herself from reading few pages of it.

"Aryan, I am really sorry as I read few poems and short stories from your diary but believe it when I say that you write superbly and should start a blog soon", Ria gave him her piece of advice.

Upon getting the same compliments and advices from few of his friends, he finally thought of starting a blog which he called "From My Diary" as it was the online counterpart of his offline diary.

After blogging for 3-4  months his Marwari mind came into action and he started searching for options to monetize his blog. He lived in tier -II city where blogging was not taken seriously nor encouraged.
Also it was year 2010 and at that time social media had just started evolving as a blogger's paradise.
Blogging communities, sponsored review programs and social media campaigns were in their baby stage. The most reliable option at that time was Google Adsense which was not a difficult thing to get approved as compared to the current time.

Aryan applied for the same and got his Adsense account active in just a week.
Even after a month he only had a mere $5 in his account which was way below his expectations.

Finally he decided to involve his friends also in his strategy to fool google and make some quick bucks.
A PPT was prepared and presented in front of a group of 10 people who were friends and college mates. Google Adsense , amazon affiliate program and other sites related to PPC (Pay Per Click) world were explained in it.

A decision was taken to divide the amount earned in a ratio of 60 :40.
Each friend had to click the Ads which appeared on his blog in a judicious manner.
Aryan was going to take the bigger slice while 40% was for his friends.

The strategy worked and his blog earned a whopping $50 in the second month from google adsense which was the most important source of revenue.

But things didn't went fine the other month as one of his friend who was from world's dumbest species clicked on all the Ads on his blog every hour of the day.

Soon Aryan got a mail from Google Adsense that his account was disabled because of invalid clicks activity. He tried his best to convince the Adsense people but there policy was, "Once removed you can't become a part of it again".

In those days he also realized that his marwari mind had overpowered his creative soul and made him divert from the actual cause of starting a blog.
Finally he got back on the right track and it was a great time to be there as he also got a job in Mumbai, the city of dreams.

Aryan was excited as most of the bloggers he followed were from Mumbai and also it was the top blogging hub of India.

It was now time for him to connect to other bloggers, learn from them and excel as a blogger.
But with that, time had a lot in store for him which he was unaware of !!!!!


To be Continued in Part II (A lot can happen in a blogger's meet)

Thursday, January 15, 2015

200th Post dedicated to the wonderful people I have met in Blogosphere..!!

I started blogging in 2009 but could manage to write only 1 post.
2010 was also an idle year and I could manage only 15 posts in the complete year.
It was 2011 when I came to Mumbai and got involved into serious blogging.

Today I have over 199 posts on my blog and more than 2, 00,000 page views.
There are more than 200 likes on my blog FB page.
For whatever status and position I have earned in the blogosphere here are some people I genuinely want to thank on this 200th Blogpost.


The first person I want to say thanks is Stephen. His short love stories and dedication towards his blog motivated me to be active again. He is also a genuine critic who has helped me to improve.


Indiblogger is definitely the next in my thanking list. It gave me the much needed platform where I could connect to bloggers all over India, few of who are now my best buddies.
Also the Indimeets were just awesome, one of which also made me meet the love of my life.



Blogadda, for its awesome initiative "Game of Blogs" which brought some awesome people together. These people called themselves "Story Weavers".
Nivedith, Deepika, Vinodini, Simardeep, Nikita, Swati and Avantika had great time with you guys. Crazy discussions, last time submissions and finally among top 5 teams, what an amazing journey and experience it was !!!



Sriram, a philosophist, coffer lover, a great leader and above all an amazing person.
He has the charm and skills to bring people together. The long talks we had were just superb.
He is definitely a source of inspiration. Thanks bhai for all the gyan..:)


Animesh Mishra, one of the most respected and renown face in the blogosphere.
He is a very down to the earth person and believes in simple living and high thinking funda.
I really enjoyed all our conversation bhai. It was great meeting such a wonderful person.


Saru Singhal, the poetess queen and one of my favorite blogger have always inspired me by her likes and comments on my posts. An appreciation from such an avid blogger means a lot. Thanks a lot mam for all your foot prints on my blog.


Anukriti Sharma, the famous blogger from Delhi and one of the sweetest blogger I have ever met till date has been a big inspiration for me. Soft music, photographs and the amazing choice of words are few reasons for which I used to remain glued to her blog. We met in one of the Indimeet and from then we are good friends. 


Monica Mishra, a great human being and a lawyer by profession.
Her legal articles are very famous among fellow bloggers.
She is someone who is quite close to my heart.
Thanks a lot for all your encouragement, support, suggestions and feedback on almost all my posts..:) I love you for everything you have done for me.


Tapobrata, you are great person. Though things were not that smooth between us but I would never forget the efforts you have put in to help me fulfill the dream of getting published.
Same I will say for Rafaa.


Whenever I dreamed of getting published you were the inspiration for me, Renu di.
Thanks for all your help and support. You are really a great sister any brother would love to have.


Deepti Verma, you were my inspiration whenever I used to write for any contest.
This girl is a serial contest winner and no doubt an awesome writer.


Westerlies, my team during the Indian Blogger League.
I would again like to thank Stephen and Sriram for considering me eligible enough to be part of the team.
Westerlies was a superb team which gave me the opportunity to meet some of the awesomest people of my life - Deepti, Tapo, Karan, Renu, Rohan, Harshal, Nikhil, Namrota Namrata, Sud, Amar, Fatima, Vaisakhi, Rafaa, Gayathri, Reshmi and Ritesh to name a few.


Bookster, a group of bloggers who saw a dream together which is going to be accomplished pretty soon.
We had crazy discussions, superb meets; some bad fights and lot of brainstorming but the most important thing we stood by each other so that this dream could see the day of light.
I would like to thank everyone for helping a novice like me and taking efforts to give such genuine, detailed and relevant feedback on my story.


Neha Sharma, though you are not active on social media but your activeness on my blog as a reader and your inspiring comments are definitely a source of motivation for me. Thanks a lot.
I would love to see you in the next Indimeet. 


Sushmita, a girl with sweet voice and cute smile.
It’s been hardly a month I have known her but it feels like I know her from ages. She is a bit maddy but from day one our bonding is superb and it is fun talking to her.
Having a renowned face of blogosphere as your friend feels great.
Thanks a lot for everything.


Happy Club, a gang of bloggers determined to bring new innovations in the blogging world.
Feels great to be part of this group. It’s amazing members include Braj, Nikhil, Simran, Sushmita, Ankita Singhal, Ashwin, Vaisakhi, Fatima, Renu, Ste, Ankita Verma, Himani, Divyashi & panda girl.
You guys are awesome. Thanks a lot making me a part of your life.


Readers are the motivating force for any blogger.
They are the one who keeps a blogger alive and active as he feels the urge to produce something unique and interesting at every point of time.
Thanks a lot guys for your appreciation, suggestion and love in the form of lovely comments on my blog. Each one of them is quite valuable to me.


Also thanks a lot to those silent readers who though don’t comment on my blog but promote and appreciate it through word of mouth.


Finally Thanks a lot almighty for giving me this skill of writing, my parents who have felt proud after reading my posts and motivated me to keep going and my friends -Kavita , Palak and Nitika to name a few who have always been there as a critic, reviewer, appreciator and motivator.


How can I end this post without thanking my partners in crime, Kunal and Rakesh who have given their blood and sweat to this blog..;)



I dedicate this 200th Post to all you wonderful people who have become an integral part of my life.
I hope I am able to meet your expectations and write something which adds value to your life.