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December 16, 2014
A Passage to Kanyakumari a.k.a. Cape Comorin!
Vivekananda Rock Memorial is a rock island and the major attraction at Kanyakumari, Vikram Roy © Copyright 2014
The Bay of Bengal, Vikram Roy © Copyright 2014
The Indian Ocean at Cape Comorin Vikram Roy © Copyright 2014
The Sunset Point at Kanyakumari, Vikram Roy © Copyright 2014
At morning it was cloudy, can’t see the sunrise Vikram Roy © Copyright 2014
The popular, Our Lady of Ransom Church is decorated for celebrating the upcoming Christmas in 2014. Vikram Roy © Copyright 2014
Every year, at the very end of the year I try to visit some place around. This year I visited Cape Comorin, known as Kanyakumari in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. It lies at the southernmost tip of the mainland Indian subcontinent. Cape Comorin is also the final point to the Cardamom Hills, an extension of the Western Ghats range along the west coast of India. Cape Comorin is connecting the water of The Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean and The Arabian Sea.
It was a lovely weekend trip from Bangalore to Kanyakumari. Me and my brother in law, Mr. Shekhar Roy, who is a software engineer at Infosys started our journey on 12th Dec (Friday evening) and came back to Bangalore in 15th Dec (Monday morning). December is the nicest season to travel the South India, as it was an unforgettable experience for us.
Always Love,
Vikram
Filed under: Biography, Editorial, Lifestyle, Travel
October 5, 2014
Ramanagara Hills – A Photograph from My Travel Diary
Last year I was travelling to the Wild Southern Karnataka, India. I found Ramanagara Hills quite attractive. Hope all of you will love this place!
Medium: Digital Photo, (Sony Digital)
Vikram Roy © Copyright 2014
Medium: Photograph, Place: Ramanagara, Vikram Roy © Copyright 2014
Always love,
Vikram Roy
Filed under: Art
July 3, 2014
Football Fever: Theme Art
Medium: Water Colour on paper,
Name: Soccer fever
Dated: 28th June 2014
Special collector’s edition,
Medium: Water Colour on paper, Name: Soccer fever Dated: 28th June 2014
Always love
Vikram
Filed under: Art
June 22, 2014
#Buddha, The Knowledge Tree
#Buddha, The Knowledge Tree,
Date: 22-06-2014,
Medium- #Watercolour on paper,
Special collector’s edition,
#Buddha, The Knowledge Tree. Copyright Vikram Roy 2014
Filed under: Art, Philosophy
June 4, 2014
May 21, 2014
Sponsored: Guest Post: Tips to Help you Finish your Novel by Nikolas Baron
No one said making it as a writer is easy. As I am sure most of you know by now, it is in fact very difficult. Never mind being selected to join the exclusive world of the published, I am merely referring to finishing your work. How many of you out there have that great novel that you just can’t seem to finish? Go ahead raise your hands. That’s just what I thought; okay you can put your hands down. As just illustrated by that simple test, a countless number of you have unfinished work. Don’t worry though—this comes with the job description. Fortunately, I am here to help.
My name is Nick and I work for a website by the name of Grammarly—a website dedicated to proofreading and improving grammar. Part of my job is studying the writing habits of people and because of this, I have acquired a fine insight into what it takes to finish. From my experience I have assembled a few tips and tricks that will have you churning out pages faster than you know what to do with them.
Organisation
Perhaps the most important step, staying organised will allow you keep focus on the task at hand. The process of organisation starts from the beginning—the very birth of your idea. Many authors highly recommend the use of an outline or a book map—a simple way to keep track of plots, development, really any part of your story. Outlines are great because they force you to interact with your story outside of your head, which is an excellent way to determine if your story components work as well as you thought. Just check out J.K. Rowling’s amazing book map here to see exactly what I mean.
Another huge part of staying organised is keeping your work lean. Immediately after finishing a section or chapter, try rereading the section you just wrote and compare it with your outline. Many writers know there is sometimes a difference between what you thought you wrote and what you actually wrote. By combing over the work right away, you can instantly fix and repair sections that otherwise would pose as huge obstacles further down the line.
Part of making that task easier is proofreading your work. I do think that tediously line-editing a freshly written section does more harm than good, but any writing that is unhampered with grammatical error cuts down significantly on reader confusion. The less time spent trying to figure out what you meant, the more time you can spend writing the next chapter. Fortunately, there are amazing online proofreaders that do a much more comprehensive job than your favorite word processor. A site like Grammarly, for example, will help make your writing clear as it proofreads and applies stylistic edits. Simply paste in your work and seconds later you have a proofread copy staring back at you. This is undeniably an excellent tool for any writer.
Stick To A Schedule
Being consistent is another huge part of finishing your book. Give yourself a set-schedule every day in which to write and STICK TO IT! Also, it is wise to give yourself weekly deadlines which will help you stay on track. Basically, the more often you write, the easier it will become to develop a flow and soon the book will be writing itself.
Setting
Where you choose to write has a big impact on how much you write. It needs to be place separate from where you do other activities like sleeping, or eating. It needs to be a place solely for writing with the idea that as soon as you enter your “writing space” you will be 1more inclined to write; simple but effective.
Persistence
Hopefully, these ideas will help you on the road to finally finishing your novel. The more you write, the more you will come to understand your writing style and what works best. When that happens you won’t be browsing the internet searching for tips, you’ll be happily typing away your latest work.
About Nikolas Baron:
Photo: Nikolas Baron
Nikolas discovered his love for the written word in Elementary School, where he started spending his afternoons sprawled across the living room floor devouring one Marc Brown children’s novel after the other and writing short stories about daring pirate adventures.
After acquiring some experience in various marketing business development, and hiring roles at internet startups in a few different countries, he decided to re-unite his professional life with his childhood passions by joining Grammarly’s marketing team in San Francisco.
He has the pleasure of being tasked with talking to writers, bloggers, teachers, and others about how they use Grammarly’s online proofreading application to improve their writing. His free time is spent biking, traveling, and reading.
Filed under: Advertising, Biography, Education
Guest Post: Tips to Help you Finish your Novel by Nikolas Baron
No one said making it as a writer is easy. As I am sure most of you know by now, it is in fact very difficult. Never mind being selected to join the exclusive world of the published, I am merely referring to finishing your work. How many of you out there have that great novel that you just can’t seem to finish? Go ahead raise your hands. That’s just what I thought; okay you can put your hands down. As just illustrated by that simple test, a countless number of you have unfinished work. Don’t worry though—this comes with the job description. Fortunately, I am here to help.
My name is Nick and I work for a website by the name of Grammarly—a website dedicated to proofreading and improving grammar. Part of my job is studying the writing habits of people and because of this, I have acquired a fine insight into what it takes to finish. From my experience I have assembled a few tips and tricks that will have you churning out pages faster than you know what to do with them.
Organisation
Perhaps the most important step, staying organised will allow you keep focus on the task at hand. The process of organisation starts from the beginning—the very birth of your idea. Many authors highly recommend the use of an outline or a book map—a simple way to keep track of plots, development, really any part of your story. Outlines are great because they force you to interact with your story outside of your head, which is an excellent way to determine if your story components work as well as you thought. Just check out J.K. Rowling’s amazing book map here to see exactly what I mean.
Another huge part of staying organised is keeping your work lean. Immediately after finishing a section or chapter, try rereading the section you just wrote and compare it with your outline. Many writers know there is sometimes a difference between what you thought you wrote and what you actually wrote. By combing over the work right away, you can instantly fix and repair sections that otherwise would pose as huge obstacles further down the line.
Part of making that task easier is proofreading your work. I do think that tediously line-editing a freshly written section does more harm than good, but any writing that is unhampered with grammatical error cuts down significantly on reader confusion. The less time spent trying to figure out what you meant, the more time you can spend writing the next chapter. Fortunately, there are amazing online proofreaders that do a much more comprehensive job than your favorite word processor. A site like Grammarly, for example, will help make your writing clear as it proofreads and applies stylistic edits. Simply paste in your work and seconds later you have a proofread copy staring back at you. This is undeniably an excellent tool for any writer.
Stick To A Schedule
Being consistent is another huge part of finishing your book. Give yourself a set-schedule every day in which to write and STICK TO IT! Also, it is wise to give yourself weekly deadlines which will help you stay on track. Basically, the more often you write, the easier it will become to develop a flow and soon the book will be writing itself.
Setting
Where you choose to write has a big impact on how much you write. It needs to be place separate from where you do other activities like sleeping, or eating. It needs to be a place solely for writing with the idea that as soon as you enter your “writing space” you will be 1more inclined to write; simple but effective.
Persistence
Hopefully, these ideas will help you on the road to finally finishing your novel. The more you write, the more you will come to understand your writing style and what works best. When that happens you won’t be browsing the internet searching for tips, you’ll be happily typing away your latest work.
About Nikolas Baron:
Photo: Nikolas Baron
Nikolas discovered his love for the written word in Elementary School, where he started spending his afternoons sprawled across the living room floor devouring one Marc Brown children’s novel after the other and writing short stories about daring pirate adventures.
After acquiring some experience in various marketing business development, and hiring roles at internet startups in a few different countries, he decided to re-unite his professional life with his childhood passions by joining Grammarly’s marketing team in San Francisco.
He has the pleasure of being tasked with talking to writers, bloggers, teachers, and others about how they use Grammarly’s online proofreading application to improve their writing. His free time is spent biking, traveling, and reading.
Filed under: Advertising, Biography, Education
April 28, 2014
Webnish Associate Program at Hyderabad International Convention Centre on 19th April : A Great Success!
Success of a great seminar always depends on two factors, first invited audience and second internal audience, both sides to listen and understand their views. In fact both of them come up with different ideas and expectations. The organiser encodes the message which shall decode the idea to the invited audience. A communication channel opens once the message is delivered with 100% clarity.
WOW factor…! The audience loved all the websites created by Webnish at the seminar! Webnish © Copyright 2014
Webnish Associate Program at HICC (Hyderabad International Convention Centre) on 19th April, 2014 was a life changing business seminar. Hope that will encourage many budding entrepreneurs from Hyderabad and Vizag, followed them the way to success. We meet hundreds of people and the message was to help in building websites for the Small and Medium Businesses in Hyderabad.
Co-founder Mr. Deepak Kumar on Product Talk! Webnish © Copyright 2014
I was in-charge of Marketing and Public Relation for the seminar. I spoke to many people and felt great talking to all of them. It was a very good response from all. For people who were not able to attend the seminar for specific reasons, I would like to share some facts about the day, what you have missed.
Mr. Rajan Narayanan on Business and Commercial Talk! Webnish © Copyright 2014
Webnish Software is based out of Bangalore, India. The company has come up with a vision to build the largest business network to start a global movement in software business. In 2014, around the globe where unemployment for educated people is a big issue and self-help business option is very limited. It was the seminar where Webnish opens the door for them.
Webnish Team Presented at HICC. Webnish © Copyright 2014
Webnish providing high-tech web technology to enable them to become successful business personae and heads up in the society. Webnish did it successfully in the Nizam city, where we found people have great taste about lifestyle, business and modern technology. This seminar was a great success for Webnish.
Always love,
Vikram
Filed under: Advertising, Biography, Business And Commerce, Editorial, Education, Lifestyle, Marketing, Science & Technology
March 28, 2014
Sponsored: Sister Pseudo: A Story About Vikram Roy
“What is life like in Bangalore, India, for a 26 year old bachelor? We had a catch up with one of our network members, Vikram, to chat about life in his city, whiskey, and the men who style cows… ” Sister Pseudo Consulting, London, UK
An interview story on Vikram Roy published by Sister Pseudo Consulting, London, UK 2014
VIKRAM ON BANGALORE
An ideal weekend in Bangalore is all about wandering around and checking out cool restaurants, music cafes, hotels, and shopping centres. There are endless cool places all around Bangalore. It’s a youthful city with good universities. I usually prefer to hang out around the central city arena, the Café Coffee Day, near UB City, is a great place to hang out. The place is cool to meet friends from all over Bangalore city. I love the coffee in Bangalore, but hate the traffic jams.
There’s some interesting things happening in Bangalore right now. The most interesting project is called Namma Metro (Our Metro). The metro rail project has been under construction for the last three years and it’s expected to start from 2016. Bangalore is expanding rapidly. The government declared an initiative to build an outer ring road too. This might not seem interesting, but it is going to make a big difference to our daily lives, as traffic and congestion is a real issue in India.
There are so many interesting characters in the city. There is a vagabond group that has a peculiar profession. I call them ‘Cowmen’. They take a cow, put nice clothes on it, and go door-to-door to collect rice, fruits and money. They are traditional spiritual people. Then there is a guy called Vijay Mallya. Many scandals follows him but people seem to forget everything because he has become one of the richest men in Bangalore by selling beer.
VIKRAM ON ADVERTISING
An advertising campaign that I thought was amazing was for a brand called Woodland Shoes. I really liked their tagline;
‘I Never Realized Where I was Walking, Until The Crack Gave Way.’
However, I really disliked the advertising for a brand of condoms, ‘Manforce Coffee Condoms’.The model in this advertising campaign is a porn film actress. It seems an indirect promotion of the porn industry in India, and considering the international spotlight that has been on India in recent times relating to gender equality, ….
CONTINUE READING FULL STORY AT:
Always love,
Vikram
Filed under: Advertising, Biography, Business And Commerce, Lifestyle, Marketing, Philosophy, Social Media, Social Science
Sister Pseudo: A Story About Vikram Roy
“What is life like in Bangalore, India, for a 26 year old bachelor? We had a catch up with one of our network members, Vikram, to chat about life in his city, whiskey, and the men who style cows… “ Sister Pseudo Consulting, London, UK
An interview story on Vikram Roy published by Sister Pseudo Consulting, London, UK 2014
VIKRAM ON BANGALORE
An ideal weekend in Bangalore is all about wandering around and checking out cool restaurants, music cafes, hotels, and shopping centres. There are endless cool places all around Bangalore. It’s a youthful city with good universities. I usually prefer to hang out around the central city arena, the Café Coffee Day, near UB City, is a great place to hang out. The place is cool to meet friends from all over Bangalore city. I love the coffee in Bangalore, but hate the traffic jams.
There’s some interesting things happening in Bangalore right now. The most interesting project is called Namma Metro (Our Metro). The metro rail project has been under construction for the last three years and it’s expected to start from 2016. Bangalore is expanding rapidly. The government declared an initiative to build an outer ring road too. This might not seem interesting, but it is going to make a big difference to our daily lives, as traffic and congestion is a real issue in India.
There are so many interesting characters in the city. There is a vagabond group that has a peculiar profession. I call them ‘Cowmen’. They take a cow, put nice clothes on it, and go door-to-door to collect rice, fruits and money. They are traditional spiritual people. Then there is a guy called Vijay Mallya. Many scandals follows him but people seem to forget everything because he has become one of the richest men in Bangalore by selling beer.
VIKRAM ON ADVERTISING
An advertising campaign that I thought was amazing was for a brand called Woodland Shoes. I really liked their tagline;
‘I Never Realized Where I was Walking, Until The Crack Gave Way.’
However, I really disliked the advertising for a brand of condoms, ‘Manforce Coffee Condoms’.The model in this advertising campaign is a porn film actress. It seems an indirect promotion of the porn industry in India, and considering the international spotlight that has been on India in recent times relating to gender equality, ….
CONTINUE READING FULL STORY AT:
www.sisterpseudo.com/story/vikram
Always love,
Vikram
Filed under: Advertising, Biography, Business And Commerce, Lifestyle, Marketing, Philosophy, Social Media, Social Science
