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31DBBB: Day 7 – Write a Link Post

Lavanya — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:00:21 +0000

Beaming from the des and it is to write a link post. 31DBBB: Day 7 – Write a Link Post is a post from: At the end of the day...

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31DBBB: Day 6 – Email a Blog Reader

Lavanya — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:00:32 +0000

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31DBBB: Day 2 – Write a List Post

Lavanya — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:00:08 +0000

So…. day 2 of quota of 31 days to up my blog to stratospheric heights and already it has got me depressed. After day 1, I realise I have got dibs on little bits of everything but need something to pull it all together under one biggish sized hat. I did spend lots of time on this last night and have a vague inkling of what needs to be done. And so, hey! List post. Now, list posts are supposed to be real good cos according to the visitor stats, people ...

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31DBBB Day 1: Write an Elevator Pitch

Lavanya — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:44:49 +0000

I start my 31 Days to Build a Better Blog today, following the impressive Darren Rowse’s 31DBBB principles. For the very first day, Darren suggests one to write an Elevator Pitch. As Darren says, “If you’re fuzzy on what your blog is about it’s unlikely than anyone else will have much of an idea either.” So this is a good time for me to crystallise in my mind what my blog is all about and put it in as few words as possible. After killing many brain cells, I realised something ...

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Quick catch-up and some news

Lavanya — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:56:25 +0000

It is late and I am working on a project for a friend while googling for stats for an article for another company – but I can’t help listening with half an ear to the spouse’s weekly desi news catch-up. Sify.com’s “news” is going on at the mo and the girl wielding the microphone is getting on my nerves big time. The fake accent, the way she keeps saying “McDonnals” and the language! Maybe I have been living in England for way too long so I don’t know when it ...

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Poor Customer Service? We are like this wonly!

Lavanya — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:37:59 +0000

Do you remember when I said I rued the day I decided to go down the Overseas Citizen of India route? Truer words have never been spoken. For the past two weeks, my life has been one long drawn out misery. From 9.00 AM, I dial and re-dial the number for the person who can tell me what happened to my renunciation of Indian citizenship process. Between 9.00 AM and 9.30 AM, the line will go through and the phone will ring out. After 9.30 AM, I will be greeted ...

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Becoming A Naturalised British Citizen

Lavanya — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:39:42 +0000

This is a tale in two parts – the first part was painless and easy. The second made me rue the day I decided to embark on this journey. But such is life and I hope my experiences make your journeys somewhat easier. This is the story of my family and I becoming British citizens and then trying to remain Overseas Citizens of India, as well. After pondering for more than 4 years, my husband and I decided to change our citizenship last year. It wasn’t easy, deciding to give up our ...

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Child Safety Oversights – Calling All Imperfect Parents

Lavanya — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:13:54 +0000

When Lavz asked me to post on the topic of 'child safety', the voice in my head went,"You've.got.to.be.kidding me!" and I have no idea why I agreed. Here's the thing: Not only am I not qualified to write on child safety or anything remotely close, I am, in fact, on the verge of being included in the Clumsy New Mom's Safety Handbook, under the section titled How to Keep Baby Safe - When Mom is Around. Hmm...child safety. Child friendly. Where should I begin?

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Health & Safety: Non-existent in the Indian setting

Lavanya — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:51:08 +0000

Kiran Manral’s guest post brought up the oft-raised in an Indian context – that of Health & Safety. There have been various incidents in the past decade alone that have result in the needless loss of innocent lives, lives that may well have been spared if a few precautions have been taken beforehand. Tragedies like the Kumbakonam School fire, the Garuda Mall mishap and of course, the recent accident of Aditya Dube, to name a few, may well be averted had basic Health & Safety procedures in place. A fire drill ...

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Wanted: A Child-friendly Indian Restaurant

Lavanya — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:52:31 +0000

When Lavanya invited me to be a guest blogger on her newly revamped blog, the theme she told me, was "child friendly". Write on anything child friendly, she said. Yars, yars, I nodded sagely, and scampered to googlebaba to figure out what I could write about that was child friendly related and something parents across the globe could identify with. And then this happened over the weekend - friends of a friend lost their son when he fell to death from the sixth floor of a restaurant. While the parents were dining with friends.

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