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Performance Based SEO

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:46:00 +0000

Why should you want to pay for something you may never see results on?

In normal SEO campaigns the work of SEO doesn’t guarantee to show any results to the client. Which in turn forces the client to assume all of the risk for the project & the SEO gets paid regardless of any results.

The answer to this problem is Performance Based SEO, wherein you do not pay a penny until you see results for your search term.(No Rank No Pay!)

Performance based SEO differs immensely from a normal SEO campaign. The SEO will begin the project before any money has even changed hands and they will continue to work on the project until the client sees rankings for their keywords, which transfers all of the risk the client once had under the normal campaign and puts it all on the SEO.

You Pay for performance; not promises

Some of the benefits Performance based SEO have are:

No initial investment into the project to get it started.
You only pay if you see results for your keywords. Thus making it risk free project.
Documented achievements; and valuable role in realizing clients expectations.

How does Performance Based SEO work?
Working closely with clients, the SEO determines an affordable budget for a popular number one (#1) keyword/phrase placement; in say Google Search results. Then, the agreed upon compensation for obtaining the number one (#1) search query placement, is separated into 5 performance based rewards.

Initial deposit is 40%
Top Ten position is 10%
Top Five position is 10%
Top Three position is 15%
Number One position is 25%

The maintenance cost for retaining the position is extra & generally charged on monthly basis.

Contemporary clients tend to take advantage of PBS rather than favoring normal SEO as these guarantee them access to better profitability plus more site traffic by making sure that their web pages receive higher ranking and, as a result, increased traffic.

Without having PBS, which serves as a great marketing investment, clients with valuable services could lose customers to businesses with deeper wallets. Businesses could lose the opportunity to get a higher ranking plus more business.

Add colors to your Marketing and Sales effort

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 03:15:00 +0000

Did we ever thought that colors can have an affect on customer/visitor's perception for corporate brand identity?

"Of all God's gifts to the sighted man, color is holiest, the most divine, the most solemn" -- John-Ruskin

People reaction to colors are almost instantaneous and have a profound impact on choices they make everyday. Colors have an affect on a person's(customer/visitor) emotions and make a great impact on advertising and marketing of products/services.

It is necessary to know the influence of colors on marketing/sales before pushing a product(or website) in market. It is also important that marketing managers understand the importance of colors in marketing.

When we examine the impacts of colors in marketing, we find that real driving force behind decision making is "colors".The below image will throw some light on usage of colors.

Hacking: Means of Expressing Dissatisfaction & Disobedience

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:32:00 +0000

Sometimes disobedience is necessary and good when rules fail us, and it's at the core of why one hacks. Hacking is a means of expressing dissatisfaction, confounding the mechanism, and ultimately doing better. Here's why it's so important.

What Does It Mean When We Say "Hack"?
Hacking can be defined a few ways, from the more innocent type of life hacking we generally talk about to the darker side of the spectrum where people are actually carrying out highly illegal actions. Here, we fall somewhere in the gray middle, where hacking disobeys companies, circumvents copyright laws, and challenges people to do more with what they're given. Hacking is a brand of disobedience that both expresses dissatisfaction with the status quo and does something to change it. This is the kind of hacking—and disobedience—that's beneficial and good.

The Reasons for Disobedience
It's hard for a lot of people to justify disobedience because it often involves breaking rules, if not the law. There's always at least a shred of incorrectness to disobedience, even if it's committed for all the right reasons. Hacking gets a bad reputation for those reasons as well, and to really understand why hacking is so important it's necessary to look at its roots: civil disobedience.We've seen numerous examples of the benefits of civil disobedience over time, from Gandhi's campaign for independence from the British Empire (e.g.: the Salt March),

Why We Hack?
We hack because we want to
do better. We hack because we want to demonstrate the desire for greater possibilities. We hack because we're sick and tired of being caught in a net designed for other people. We hack because it's fun. With the internet becoming the world community, hacking has become a form of civil disobedience. It's a way to passionately tear down and rebuild, confound the mechanism, and express dissatisfaction through improvement. It's about doing better, not breaking the law.

The need for disobedience comes in many forms but it all stems from being denied something we sorely need in our lives. While it's not always the right answer, it's hugely important. We need to keep on hacking so long as we're angry, frustrated, and dissatisfied with the status quo. We can sit around and complain, or we can do better. It's a pretty easy choice.

This is an extracted version from the Post of Adam Dachis (Original Author) at LifeHacker.com

Time Lapse Video | Steaming City | The Unseen Sea

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:56:00 +0000

Simon Christen - a professional animator and an aspiring photographer who focuses on ”Nature and Landscape” and ”Urban Exploring” photography waits and hopes for that rare moment which illuminates the scene in a unique way.

Animation forces him to study movement in great detail, where as photography focuses on a split second in time.

Watch in HD

Time Lapse Video Named "Steaming City" - San Francisco, shot from Yerba Buena Island over the course of 4 hours; picture every 7-15sec.

Time Lapse Video Named "The Unseen Sea" - a collection of shots from around the Bay Area of the fog rolling in.
Courtesy:simonchristen.com

Sococo launches 2D Virtual Office Spaces - Team Space

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:18:00 +0000

This article will highlight unique feature of startup SOCOCO “Team Space” software (available in beta).

Do you find it difficult to

Schedule web meetings or conference bridges?
Sending access codes or URLs to meeting participants?
Attend unscheduled, informal conversations?

Then you should try out Sococo,”Team Space” which provides an intuitive spatial layout, enabling people to see office interactions as they occur and initiate ad hoc meetings with ease. It is a new mode of online communication which allows you to see where your people are and, with a simple click, connect to them with voice, chat, and multi-screen sharing.

Team Sapce works on
simple principle that collaboration in the virtual world should mirror that in the real world. People should be able to work, chat, talk, meet, collaborate, and feel like a group regardless of where in the world they may be.

Sococo Team Space is an always-on service that promotes more effective communication. Team Space presents an intuitive visual layout that depicts an office floor plan with individual offices, conference rooms and common areas. Visual cues allow you to see who's in the office, who's busy, who's free and who's meeting with whom. A simple click allows you to enter any room and be instantly connected to all those within with voice, chat, and multi-screen sharing. Since Team Space is always-on there are never any web meetings to schedule, access codes to distribute, or delays while waiting for attendees to locate codes and join your meeting.

Team Space, which is a patented cloud-based platform for reliable and optimal interoperability has special features of

Virtual Office Building- See everyone on your team and where they are right now.
Always - on meeting location - No access codes or URLs to send to meeting participants.
Multi-screen Sharing - Multiple screens allow everyone to share concurrently.
One Click Communications - No dialing, scheduling, or setup.
Private and Secure - Sensitive internal data and voice streams never leave your company's network.

Try Team Space for free.

The Social Network | Facebook | Interactive Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:46:00 +0000

The Social Network, film that explores the history of Facebook and how it was founded is ready for debut in theaters; the film has launched its Interactive Trailer, chock-full of Facebook-y goodness.

This new Interactive Trailer for The Social Network will show you a stream of facts, videos and stats about Facebook and its founding.

“The average age of a Facebook employee is 31. Currently, Facebook has over 900 employees, including Jesse Eisenberg’s cousin.”
“Sean Parker isn’t the only one who wanted a piece of Facebook.”
“The average Facebook user loses 23.333 hours a month on Facebook.

Previous Post: The Social Network

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) exercise to be launched from Andhra Pradesh

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:29:00 +0000

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is all set to kick start the most ambitious project of India -- distribution of unique identification numbers to its 1.2 billion people.

Andhra Pradesh has been chosen for the launch of this unique exercise and they hope to start out as early as the first week of September.

Unlike in the Census, there will be no knocking at doors. Instead, enrollment officials will set up stations in different parts of Andhra Pradesh and turn to their kits.

Kits will contain eight essentials — an iris scanner, a fingerprint machine, a camera, a laptop, a computer screen linked to the laptop, an Internet data card, a pen drive and a printer.

The laptop will contain a bilingual software (English and the local language) that runs the whole ID process. The software links to the iris machine, fingerprint machine, camera, recording biometric data and a photograph. The second computer screen is purely for the client who, in the interest of complete transparency, can watch exactly what is being recorded.The software contains a transliteration device so that data entries like names and addresses need be typed in only one language. Eventually, the data will be transmitted to the UIDAI database via the Internet where there will be a de-duplication process after which an unique ID number will be issued. The client will get a printout of the details at the end of the process.

For successful execution of this project, a four-tier structure will govern the actual handing out of UID numbers. At the Centre, the UIDAI will be responsible for coordinating the whole exercise. It will certify technology used across the country, and will hand out numbers from its centralised database. Operationally, state governments will take charge and, therefore, have ownership of the project on the ground.

The state governments will work with authorised registrars (agencies of the state government or banks or even insurance companies) who actually need the UID data for a particular purpose. At level four will be the enrolment agencies (can be either privately or publicly owned) that will collect the data. Currently, the UIDAI has empanelled 220 enrolment agencies across the country.

World Trade Center set to open up in Bangalore

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:51:00 +0000

Bangalore, known as the silicon capital of the India, has joined the global network of World Trade Center’s with the establishment of a World Trade Centre, a global hub for international business in the city.

A World Trade Centre is a symbol of International Trade Services like trade information, global networking with WTC clubs, exhibit facilities, consulting services, administrative support, export/import assistance, teleconferencing facilities, translation/interpretation, trade mission office service.

The WTC which is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2011 would be the property of Brigade Group.With this, Bangalore becomes the second city in India to have a WTC with the first being located in Mumbai and joins the global network of World Trade Centres currently located in 100 countries.

Some of its features are

A non-stop dedicated elevator taking one to the 29th floor of Brigade Gateway's commercial development, claimed to be Bangalore's tallest structure.
The helipad at the top of the building, which is 128 metre (430 ft) tall, affords a 360-degree unobstructed view of the city.

Freemium | $0.00 Is the Future of Business?

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:34:00 +0000

Freemium :: The "most popular” business model among Web start-ups is that you get basic services for free, while having to pay for the premium services.

Freemium business model is giving your service away for free, possibly ad supported but maybe not, acquiring a lot of customers very efficiently through word of mouth, referral networks, organic search marketing, etc., then offering premium priced value added services or an enhanced version of your service to your customer base."

Most popular services, such as MySQL, Pandora, Flickr, LinkedIn, Gmail and Skype use the freemium model.

Few Models are

Feature limited

Time Limited

Capacity limited

Seat limited

Customer Class Limited

Key to its success is

Not spending money on marketing.

Offering flexibility and data exporting to eliminate buyers’ regret.

Making sure to capitalize on and value goodwill.

And only charge for things that are hard to do.

Does Giving away always pays?

To make the freemium business model work first & getting free users to convert to paying customers is hard. Conversion rates of less than 1% are not uncommon. Free is often “good enough” and only a few people choose to pay for additional features and services. You have to put enough value in the free version to drive adoption (so that you get the scale and the network effects that derive from it), while providing enough incentive for people to pay for premium features or services.

The marketing and sales funnel is really wide at the top, and very narrow at the bottom. Plus, you have to make sure that the paying users subsidize all the free users.

The freemium business model was articulated by venture capitalist Fred Wilson on 23 March 2006.

Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business?

Because they’re creating very different (and efficient) business practices that will challenge businesses, not free itself.

It creates a critical mass of users.

By, free distribution to build up an installed base.

Kills competitor

Giving away equivalent to competitor’s cash cow and

wait for them to go broke.

Sets a standard

Pushing a standard that protects its other businesses.

Key point here is to move through adoption curve fast, and monetize it later.

Brand awareness

Substitute for advertising is “Free” distribution.

Help from community

In exchange for a free core product,community adds value to it.

Create future buyers

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A Girl of Grit and Determination

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:57:00 +0000

This story really appealed to me as a sign of her grit and determination. Hope it appeals to you also.

Until she lost her right arm to a train accident, Shreya Sen was known in Bhausaheb Hire College of Architecture for her hand drawings rather than those using computer software. Two months later, the final year student is back at college, determined to draw again, and has already started practice with her left.

Shreya, 21, was travelling from Kolkata to Mumbai on May 28 on the Gnyaneshwari Express when the train derailed near Midnapore. A resident of Kurla, Shreya spent a major part of the last two months recuperating in Kolkata. Friends and teachers, who have been collecting funds for a prosthetic arm, greeted her back with a surprise party with flowers, cards and her favourite chocolate pastry and pizzas.

She is hopeful of mastering her architectural drawings with her left hand.

“For some time, at least, I will have to start using the designing software and my friends are helping me. I will keep practising using my left arm to sketch,” said Shreya.

She is confident about her skills. “The actual designing is done by the brain and luckily my brain is still in place. The arm is only a tool to transfer this idea on paper. I am sure I will master the same skills with my left hand soon. Though I am a strong girl, I would not have made it without the support of my friends and well-wishers,” she said.

Following her accident, her close friends in Mumbai had started a drive to collect funds for her prosthetic and have managed Rs 5 lakh so far. Classmate Yogita Patil said they are confident of collecting more in the next three months. “Shreya’s arm will take another three months to heal completely after which the artificial arm can be fitted. Till then, we will continue our collection,” she said.

Shreya is busy with the topic of her final year thesis. Instead of submitting it in October like her other classmates, she will submit hers in March 2011. Between graduating and taking up a job, Shreya wants to travel across India to study historical architecture.
Courtesy:Indian Express

The Social Network

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:14:00 +0000

Yahoo! Movies has just posted the first full-length trailer for David Fincher’s The Social Network.

The film is about the early days of the social network and doesn’t rule out the discussion of privacy and ownership.

For those of you unfamiliar with the idea, the film is based on the book The Accidental Billionaire: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal. and it archives the foundation and rise of facebook.

Want to watch the trailer?

On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication.

A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.

The Social Network film directed by David Fincher about the founding of Facebook and the pop culture phenomenon it created. The film features an ensemble cast which consists of Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Brenda Song, Rashida Jones, Max Minghella, Rooney Mara, and Joseph Mazzello.

The film is set for an October 1, 2010 release.

I am B Negative! What's Yours?

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 10:27:00 +0000

I am not timid, yet I like to stay in clusters.

I start partying after a few weeks of playing around!

I am really friendly, and usually have lots of friends; yet only a few best friends. Once I have someone in mind, I won't let go!I constantly fall in and out of love, and I like to be blended into the group!

I am individualistic, strong, optimistic, creative, flexible and unpredictable.

I am specialist in what I do. When I start a project, I spend extra time understanding and trying to follow directions than others might. When I am doing something, all of my attention is focused on it.

I tend to stick to a goal and follow it through to the end, even if it seems impossible.

I tend to be less than cooperative, as I like to follow my own rules and my own ideas.

I pay attention to my thoughts a little more than my feelings, and therefore can sometimes seem cold and serious.

I am often considered more relaxed, freewheeling, and unconventional than others, although not necessarily to an unacceptable degree.

I am B Negative.

The Japanese believe that our blood type is an indicator of our personality, similar to our belief in the Signs of the Zodiac. According to the superstition, people with type B negative blood are determined as said above, which is true in my case I believe!

When TV meets web & Web meets TV. ITS Google TV

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:08:00 +0000

A silent revolution that is going on which you might not be aware of it…. yet….!!

Once you've chosen a program, you have to figure out when it's playing; which of hundreds of channels it's on.
In fact,many of us end up watching videos on the web, because it's easier to find things you want.
I mean think about it, more and more of our favorite shows and videos are showing up online these days, and you can get to them easily, Whenever you want,just by typing in what you're looking for.

The problem is,these smaller screens don't really compare to our home entertainment systems,Which leads us to a pretty big question: if the web is so smart, and our TV's are so fun to watch, Why do we have to choose? Why can't they work together? Well now they can with Google TV.

Google TV brings everything you love about the web to your television.

Right on your TV screen, you simply type in what you're looking for...and Google TV will find it.
It's basically an entertainment hub that searches all of your channels, recorded shows, youtube and other websites.
If you find something you like, you can add it to your home screen where you will always favorite channels, shows,websites,even music playlists and photo albums.

And with a full web browser, you get unlimited access to the entire internet,so you can do stuff like browse photos or update your status. And that's just scratching the surface.
More on this in the next post.

Prince-O Mere Khuda Dil Hua Fidaaa...

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:05:00 +0000

Here are the lyrics of this rocking song

aa bhi jaa sanam
teri baahon mein
rock with me
aa bhi jaa sanam
teri baahon mein
rock this part tonight

rock this part tonight
o mere khudaaaa...
dil hua fidaaa...
rock this party tonight

o mere khuda
dil hua fida
bekhabbar do jahaan se mein hua
o mere khuda
dil hua fida
haadsah ye najane kab hua
o mere khudaaa.........

khawboan me sirf mein aaunga
palakon me to mein rehjaoonga
yaadon mein aks hoga mera
kisi ko milega nahin mera pata

o mere khuda
dil hua fida
bekhabbar do jahaan se mein hua
o mere khuda
dil hua fida
haadsah ye najane kab hua

[aa bhi jaa sanam
yu na kar sitam
teri baahon mein mar mittenge hum] x2

tanha raatoin mein baatein hongi
un baatoin me phir raatein hongi
badla badla zamana sara
jabse badli meri ye dooriyaan

o mere khuda
dil hua fida
bekhabbar do jahaan se mein hua
o mere khuda
dil hua fida
hadshah ye najane kab huaaaaaaa........

Will I Become Ghajini??

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:35:00 +0000

One of my favourite pics.
I hope this situation never arises for me.

Road to Success via Failure

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:31:00 +0000

Its Almost 1 year, since I started blogging and came to Hyderabad(for job). I should say this 1 year gave me the right platform to demonstrate my skills and taught me lessons to survive.
Year 2008 had left a long list of failures for me, but 2009 was a year of success to me. This post will see how I scaled the wall of failure and proved my resilience.

In this highly competitive world, a single instance of failure can cause irrecoverable damage to careers. In my case, When the same thing happened I took failures as precursors for success. As they say "failures are stepping-stone for success".

I was resolute enough to admit my failures as failures. My uncompromising nature, aim for perfection, determination and attention to minute details helped me succeed in a highly competitive and unstable work environment.

Every failure made me realised my accountability and responsibility for the job I was assigned with. My work environment had fewer controls, so to fit well into it, I had to showcase the sense of responsibility, accountability and ambition to succeed against all odds.

The requirements of corporate world are rapidly changing, so willingness to learn was vital to survive. Remembering failures implied that I took them seriously. I investigated why I failed, and found how those can be avoided in future.

This attempt was the foundation for learning. Failures brought to light new possibilities and facts. It helped me recognise the areas of improvement. I discovered new perspectives to a subject and shift from my usual way of thinking, which fostered creativity and innovation at the workplace.

I had the courage to admit before others that I failed, which implied that I accept things as they are and can deal with them proactively. It suggested that I am Result-Oriented.

My resilient nature meant that failures didn't bog me down and get back to action quickly. It also reflected my tendency to take risks. My adaptibility and resourcefulness made me try several things/attempts to succeed.

Atlast I would say My failures made me stronger, more accomplished, confident & ready.

SHINING INDIA

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:04:00 +0000

Very soon all our media channels would start airing advertisements on the festival called XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi.Few of you may be aware that India will be the host for 2010 Common wealth games.

Hosting a sporting event like Commonwealth Games would definitely be a matter of international prestige for the India. With the country already, heralded as the next world economic superpower, the Games will bring a chance to exhibit a new image for itself on the world stage. Improved infrastructure and appearance of the country, and global media exposure will serve to transform the image of the city.

The Games will help to boost urban renewal, create jobs, increase investment. Not only will the Games leave behind improved infrastructure and facilities for the country, but will also promote investment. The hospitality sector is an area that will see a huge growth spurt.

Shera, mascot of the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi, will be the most visible face of the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi. Its name comes from the Hindi word Sher – meaning tiger. Shera truly represents the modern Indian, an achiever with a positive attitude, the tiger is associated with Goddess Durga, the embodiment of Shakti and the vanquisher of evil. She rides her powerful vehicle – the tiger – into combat, especially in her epic and victorious battle against Mahishasur, a dreaded demon.

The logo is inspired by the Chakra, the national symbol of freedom, unity and power. Spiralling upwards, it depicts the growth of India into a proud, vibrant nation. Her billion people coming together to fulfil their true destinies. India`s journey from tradition to modernity, her economic transformation into a super power.

Come Out and Play: The logo tagline is in an invitation to every person across all divides – to let go of themselves and participate in the Games to the best of their abilities, in the true sprit of the Games.

Crowd Sourcing-Next BIG Thing?

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:34:00 +0000

Before going into this, Let me make one thing clear that, this article is not a technical one.Its informative, usefull to one & all.

One of the present trends that is picking up pace is CROWD SOURCING.Although it started in the field of Information Technology, it can be readily implemented in any sector,field.

What is Crowd Sourcing?
Crowdsourcing is act of taking tasks traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people or community in the form of an open call.
In this public(group) is invited to develop a new technology, carry out a design task, refine or carry out certain tasks in steps, or help capture, systematize or analyze large amounts of data.

Problems are broadcasted to an unknown group of solvers in the form of an open call for solutions.The crowd also sorts through the solutions, finding the best ones. These best solutions are then owned by the entity that broadcast the problem in the first place--the crowdsourcer--and the winning individuals in the crowd are sometimes rewarded.

Some of the advantages of Crowd Sourcing are

Exploring of problems at comparatively little cost.
Organization's can tap a wider range of talent.
By listening to the crowd, organizations gain first-hand insight on customer desires.
The community may feel a brand-building kinship with the crowdsourcing organization.

Difference between Crowd Sourcing and Ordinary OutSourcing?
In Crowd Sourcing, a task or problem is outsourced to an undefined public rather than a specific other body. Another difference between crowdsourcing and open source is that open source production is a cooperative activity initiated and voluntarily undertaken by members of the public.In crowdsourcing the activity is initiated by a client and the work may be undertaken on an individual, as well as a group basis.

The word "Crowd Sourcing" was coined by Jeff Howe in a June 2006 in Wired magazine article.

Don't be under the impression that the Trend has not yet started.

Few examples that I can site here are

reCAPTCHA is used for digitizing old texts, by providing the text to be read by end users of a CAPTCHA spam filter. reCAPTCHA is helping to digitize over 30 million words per day from the Internet Archive and the New York Times archive. Over 200 million people have helped digitize at least one word using this system.
The Katrina PeopleFinder Project used crowdsourcing to collect data for lost persons. Over 4000 people donated their time after Hurricane Katrina. It included 90,0000 entries.

Am I part of this TREND?

Yes, I was a part of uTest Bug Battle, Which is a quarterly software testing competition, where thousands of software testers from around the world compete to find bugs in today's most popular web, mobile, desktop and gaming applications. uTest’s business model is based on the idea that crowdsourcing is better suited to web and mobile app testing than other outsourcing models.

GANESH MAHARAJ KI JAI

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:26:00 +0000

Yes, the festive season of GANESH CHATURTHI has ended,but the memories of the celebrations are still fresh in the air.One of the famous HINDU festival's "Ganesh chaturthi" is the birthday of Lord Ganesha.The supreme god of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune,is widely worshipped in this season.
The last part of this festival which is Ganesh immersion or "Ganapati Nimajjan, also known as Vianayaka Visarjan is the culmination day of 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi or Ganapati Navaratri celebrations. In India,Mumbai,Pune,Nagpur,Thane,Andhra Pradesh especially Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam, are the main cities where Ganesha nimajjan is celebrated with utmost festivity
Genrally Ganesh nimajjan is performed on the 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th or the 10th day of Ganesh Navratri festival.To witness this last rite thousands of people come out in procession to the nearby sea shores or lakes,ponds etc.Largest idol(50 feet) is from the Khairatabad,Hyderabad.

This is one of the video that we have captured while witnessing the immersion of idol at the Hussain sagar lake,Hyderabad.

Eenadu::Wednesday:: unnai pol oruvan

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:57:00 +0000

For all those movie lovers here is a chance to catch up the best actors coming together for you.
I can't resist myself further without telling you the thing.The thing is a movie called unnai pol oruvan (in tamil) and Eenadu(in telugu) is going to release in august.
The special thing here is Malayalam Superstar Mohan lal,Tamil Superstar Kamal Hasan,Telugu super star venkatesh have joined hands for this project.

Added to this,the film is a remake of bollywood successful film Wednesday,which was highly acclaimed for its script.The hindi film casts 2 highly talented actors naseeruddin shah & Anupam kher in lead roles.

Its a short movie based on terrorism,the villan in the movie is terrorism,no songs.
The strong point of this movie will be its script,actors performance.
With such actors in place & wonderful script in hand,this movie should hit the box office.

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"MEAN"ingfull LIFE

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:59:00 +0000

At times you need to define yourself.
And how do you do that?i.e by qouting your qualities.
Then in that case you need to know the meaning of those qualities which makes you & your life "IDEAL"

This was just a way to recall the essential ingredients of life which add spice to it

ATTITUDE sets ALTITUDE

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:19:00 +0000

Ever thought why team India started winning most of its matches played in recent times?
What is it,that brought so much change in India's performance?

Some would say new captain,fresh blood,coach,team selection ..etc.
But I would say it is the ATTITUDE that has done the wonders.
If at all we had lacked in anything till now was ATTITUDE.Compare the team now with the past,it was this thing which we were lacking before.
Let's see if its true!
Lets see power of ATTITUDE!

What marks the difference between a happy & a sad person?-Attitude to the prevailing situation.Happiness is not in the situation,but how we look at certain things,the attitude we have towards life.
People who get upset over trivial matters not only ruin thei day,going around with a long facee,but also end up affecting all those close to them.For such situations not to recur,they only need a positive,winning attitude.
Having the right attitude is half the battle won.
The right attitude can make all difference between winning & losing.One cannot win in every situation.But,one can extract something beneficial from every situation.
A positive attitude will help one analyse situations,whereas a negative attitude will highlight obstacles,both real & imaginary.
Developing a positive attitude is a must for a winner & a leader.It is all within us & we only have to put it to use.It is important to remind ourselves of what our strengths are & how we can use those.Pinging for what we donot have will only make us unhappy.Instead it is easier to give our best using our own resources.Belief in one's own abilities is a must,which is bound to make one successful.

A small example for those good at maths

LUCK
12+21+3+11=47

HARD WORK
8+1+18+4+24+15+18+11=99

ATTITUDE
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100

This says those who depend upon luck & hard work,there success rate is 47% & 99%.
But those who have got the right attitude,get 100% success in life.

Since success starts in mind,THINK positive.Since words reflect the innerself,Speak in a positive language.Finally,to execute what is in the mind,ACT.This attitude to THINK,SPEAK,ACT positively will bring success & happiness.

(UN)DIVIDED INDIA

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:06:00 +0000

Sorry,folks I could not decide whether to use UNDIVIDED INDIA or DIVIDED INDIA as title for this piece of article.So let us see what caused this ambiguity in me.

INDIA which invented the concept of globalism "VASUDHAIVA KUTUMBAKAM",mainly chanted & followed by Indians,which was even whole heartedly followed by us,slowly things started changing.

We started to move away from this concept from the time we were nearing our independence.Perhaps the first crack in this undivided India started with the demand of separate statehood for the muslims.People who were fighting for the sole cause of independence started fighting against themselves for cause of separate state for muslims.
Then came the day when two nations were created on the world map.Even before the country can heal from the injuries of massacre that followed separation,demand for freeing Kashmir came and even war was fought between the two.
To add to the spur several new states were formed on basis of Languages.Earlier there was north Indian & south Indian,but this resulted in tamilian,kannadiga,Maratha,Punjabi,bihari,rajasthani,Nepali etc.This time people started to fight on basis of Language.To further spiceup the atmosphere pleas for creation of smaller territories like Telangana(Andhra pradesh),Gondwana (Chhattisgarh),Gorkhaland (West Bengal),Kodagu (Karnataka),Bodoland (Assam),Ladakh (Jammu and Kashmir),Garoland (Meghalaya) and Mithilanchal (Bihar),Uttarakhand(U.P),Bundhelkhand(M.P),Khalistan(Punjab) etc have come up.Later or sooner we would be seeing India with 50 states(Difficulty for students in mugging up states & capitals).

For the past 60 yrs we discriminate ourselves by religion,caste,language,statehood, colour,sex,surnames etc.Don't you think this is the time to stop encouraging the further division of country.
United we stand,Divided we fall.
But the only good news I have for you is in despite of all the differences
INDIA is SHINNING.
See the god's created image of country(google image),How beautiful it is
please dont spoil it by drawing boundaries.

Dont you think this should be the time to listen to VANDE MATRAM album(A R Rehman).

Mystery behind your calendar

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:29:00 +0000

Have you ever had a thought of who might be the creator of the calendar/photograph(depicting Goddesses lakshmi & saraswati)pasted inside your safety locker or in the puja mandir.Well,if you really wanna know,who he is?
Raja Ravi Varma
would be the answer.
He was an Indian painter from Kerala State who achieved recognition for his depiction of scenes from the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana. His paintings are considered to be among the best examples of the fusion of Indian traditions with the techniques of European academic art.His dazzling oil paintings of India’s ancient glory and his mass reproductions through oleography reached out to the Indian populace in an unprecedented scale.

Born on April 29,1848,in Kilimanoor,a small hamlet in the southern state of Kerala,he was not the only person popular in his family,his whole family was busy in different art forms.
Ravi Varma used the indigenous paints made from leaves, flowers,tree bark and soil.He cleverly picked the particularly touching stories and moments from the Sanskrit classics.His exposure in the west came when he won the first prize in Vienna Art Exhibition in 1873.
The small town of Kilimanoor was compelled to open a post office, as letters with requests for paintings arrived from every where.
He was convinced that mass reproduction of his paintings would initiate millions of Indians to real Art, and in 1894 he set up an oleography press called the Ravi Varma Pictures Depot. For photo-litho transfers, the Pictures Depot relied on Phalke's Engraving & Printing whose proprietor, Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, became famous as dadasaheb of Indian Cinema a few years later.

From 1888 to 1894,Ravi Varma and his younger brother C.Raja Raja Varma took a tour around India,in search of images and landscapes for inspiration.On his return from the second tour,Ravi Varma painted a batch of pictures especially for reproduction at his new press, the Picture Depot.The aristocratic orientalism in his imagery was now replaced by a little more folkish, more iconic and more marketable forms.And there was no looking back for this legend.
Raja Ravi Varma died of diabetes on October 2, 1906, in his Kilimanoor Palace home filled with friends,relatives,dignitaries and the media.
Ravi Varma is particularly noted for his paintings depicting episodes from the story of Dushyanta and Shakuntala, and Nala and Damayanti, from the Mahabharata.
Village Belle
Lady Lost in Thought
Damayanti Talking to a Swan
The Orchestra
Arjuna and Subhadra
Lady with lemon
The Heartbroken
Swarbat Player
Shakuntala
Lord Krishna as Ambassador
Jatayu, a bird devotee of Lord Rama is mauled by Rawana
Victory of Indrajit
A Family of Beggars
A Lady Playing Swarbat
Lady Giving Alms at the Temple
Lord Rama Conquers Varuna
Nair Woman
Romancing Couple
Draupadi Dreading to Meet Kichaka
Shantanu and Matsyagandha
Shakuntala Composing a Love Letter to King Dushyanta
Girl in Sage Kanwa's Hermitage (Rishi-Kanya)

Are some of the popular paintings of him,which I am sure you have seen before,but will start recognizing after reading this piece.

MALGUDI TIMES

noreply@blogger.com (Harish Kasturi) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:08:00 +0000

Still remember the time when I was regularly following the serial on doordarshan "MALGUDI DAYS".It was the serial which won the heart's of all ages,shown at the primetime,almost equally popular with that of rangeela.
It was also included in the curriculum of primary education.
Let's see what the magic of Malgudi days was.
Malgudi Days is a collection of short stories by R.K.Narayan that focused on the trial and tribulations of a small Indian town of Malgudi. According to R.K. Narayan, Malgudi is a town "habited by timeless characters who could be living anywhere in the world".
It was an attempt by the Government of India to popularize the powerful medium.The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting invited independent producers and directors to shoot television serials on a regular basis,Malgudi Days was one such television serial.
The serial was directed by the late Kannada actor and director, Shankar Nag in 1987, and was shot entirely near Agumbe in Shimoga District, Karnataka. The music was rendered by L. Vaidyanathan and was produced by T.S. Narasimhan of the Padam Rag Films.

It was not that R.K.Narayan,was only poplular for the MALGUDI DAYS,infact he was also popular for his work in literature,simple language and stories of village life,gentle humour.
The characters in his novels were very ordinary, down-to-earth Indians trying to blend tradition with modernisation, often resulting in tragi-comic situations.

The good news is that the National Film Award-winning film-maker Kavitha Lankesh was recently hired by Doordarshan to re-shoot the serial in an effort to resuscitate it. Currently,she is creating 26 new episodes of "Malgudi Days" in Hindi based on R.K. Narayan's short stories/novel.

I hope your childhood memories are cherished with this.Its so simple to bring back that good old days,simply read/watch the stories/novels.
Ta na na tana nana naaa
Ta na na tana nana naaa
Also try out the remix of malgudi days by crazy frog.