10 mistakes men must avoid while getting dressed

Money can serve your cravings, but you have to master the art of carrying those valuables elegantly. The process of dressing up for an occasion is so engrossing that most of us end up messing with the outfits. We overlook the basics & end up with a perplexed demeanor. I found ten common mistakes that require our immediate attention. I bet, most of you wouldn’t be even aware of it. Take a look!

1. Avoid over-grooming, your ball may end up in a wrong court 
A man must be a mix of class & robustness. A gentle massage could be justified after a long day at the office. But treating ourselves to the somberness of detailed grooming is a bit too much. Stay rugged, stay macho.

2. No handkerchief in the shirt's pocket, please! 
Don't overburden your shirt, simple as that. Leave it alone. For all the stuffing, your pant's pockets are at your service. Stack your keys, wallet or handkerchief there, it is pretty spacious there!

3. Cologne yourself up just adequately: There exists a fine line between the state of being perfectly perfumed & drenched in perfume. Refrain from trespassing it. You soaked in perfume will end up nauseating people in your surrounding. Sprinkle it smartly & for that, you must know the areas to be covered. You must cover nape, shoulder & underarms with mild sprinkling in the torso region. Girls like your moderately perfumed appearance. Food for thought!

4. Loose pants & tight shirts, you look like a dumbfuck: Congratulations! You’ve successfully made a specimen of yourself. Taking a stroll of few other showrooms & trying as many clothes won't hurt as much, as your lousy appearance would. Drooped shoulder or an Arnold-esque torso making life hell of your buttons doesn’t speak good of your appearance. The same goes for your trouser too, which seems to be borrowed from your best friend. Either get them custom stitched or buy one only when you have found out a perfect fitting.

5. Figure out your gene for jeans: Do your homework before you step out to buy a pair of jeans. If you have no idea, there are plenty of jeans type out there & you have to figure out the perfect one depending on your appearance. It can be a regular fit or a slim fit, a narrow bottom or completely skinny. Find out your perfect match before you begin your quest to find a match for yourself.

6. Don't overload yourself with fashion accessories: Stop trying to be a Rastafarian! You are no Bob Marley. Bands only add to your brimming persona & depict you as a trendy lad. But too many bands look shabby. Keep your 'Band'width limited to 2-3 accessories & look stylish.

7. Decide where your pant ends: Again a vital aspect of good dressing that we mostly ignore. Make the junction of your trouser & shoe look smooth & natural. Avoid crumpled or folded trouser, it doesn't augur well for you. Most of you know your exact height by now, get your trouser altered to the perfect length. No more, no less!

8. Don't choke up your shoes: Respiration is a life withstanding process & it is everyone's prerogative to breathe freely, then why to break down your shoes. Of course, I understand that only living being respire, but shoes are your sweethearts & you love them, don't you? So make them presentable in the best possible way. Allow the top vents of shoes to remain free of laces. It looks classy in the first place & makes them a comfortable accomplice.

9. Socks with sandals: Seriously man! What exactly was going on in your mind while trying this epic combination? Most of the mortals wouldn't try it in the wildest of their dreams. You must be one man with guts to try it. Socks are meant for shoes, not sandals. So don't even think about trying the combination in near future. Period

10. Dark glasses in more dismal place! Not fair!! On a very serious note, you must be educated enough to know the exact usage of the fashion accessory before you begin your exciting journey with it. Remember to take your sunglasses off before entering a club, building or a metro train. You are mocking yourself that way. Wearing dark glass in more dismal place isn't justified unless you are a patient of conjunctivitis or cataract (no offence meant to affect people). Well, you aren't infected, are you? So don’t show up like one the next time.

Now that you are through with the first class on the basics of dressing, I guess it would come handy when you are dressing up for a special occasion. Stay tuned for the next set of 10 silly mistakes that you do on a daily basis! 

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Fundamentals of being a fashionista

Being a fundamentalist is the fad but fashion fundamentalism is a prerogative fewer want to escape. 

Talking of fashionistas, even people with terrible style aesthetics leave no stone unturned in flaunting their poor brand of swag. Little do they know that in the process they incur sarcasm & mock themselves. Therefore, it is better to stay precarious than feel sorry about the unforeseen. Most of our daily conversations revolve around bespoke wardrobes, style aesthetics, and dress accessories. But self-evaluation is a sector where we fail miserably. Keeping the pain points in mind, I bring you some of the basic criterions that must be kept in mind before falling pray to the preventable sarcasm.

Alter your cloth to tailor-fit: First & the foremost, know the fabric that you don & always feel comfortable in the clothes that you wear. Loose, Hanging pleats, shabby length & drooped shoulder speaks ill of you. They must be tailor fit & stitched to perfection.

Go after the shoes you love: A man’s love affair with shoes is a never-ending business. Quite evidently, your pair of shoes speaks volume about your personality. Now I see the reason behind strict checking for the cleanliness of the shoes back during the school days. Don’t leave any stone unturned to grab the shoe you love the most. The world is yours for taking.

Invest in staples: If you still thought that money couldn’t buy happiness, it’s time to ditch the ideology. Because with the multitude of men’s fashion accessories like blazers, waistcoats, & sports coats around, you just can’t get enough of the prevalent things. Once you invest in them, you know that you got a prolonged company this time.

Continue your affair with denim: Denim is any day a winner! Team it up with the shabbiest of your dresses & yet you will emerge a fashionista because the long restored aura that comes with the pair of denim doesn’t cede to anything else. So, denim is another fashion essential that must bedeck your closet.

Trends, cut the crap. Wear the clothes that suit you: Fanatically following is good, but blindly following anything is a tragedy. Randomly imitating people, or peeping across through somebody else’s closet is not a wise move to make. Wear fashion as if it were your insignia of pride & modesty. Never go blind about fashion & accessories, wear the clothes that suit you. Put aside anything that makes you uncomfortable.

Watches are timeless beauty: Elegant masterstroke! It's a classy watch that perfectly defines you. Nothing beats the elegance of a watch strapped around your wrist. Put your money on them & you will discover its worth in time. My heart goes out for the black chain watch! Your obsession with it will never end, I bet!

Good underwear is a boon: Talking about personal stuff is still a taboo in India. And underwear falls under the same criterion. But lets face it that undies remain one of the most vital components of your entire getup. The moment you aren’t comfortable in your pants you are doomed. And eventually you end up making vulnerable gestures & fiddling with your balls. Too shabby it is! Evade it by buying comfy underwear next time. It comes at the price same as your beer.

A step into the void!

A step into the void
Carcass of fear left on celluloid
Filled with the essence of space
Living the moment, brimming with pride

Your poetry, my rhythm

Your poetry, my rhythm
a combination of melodious reprise
The shades of my spectrum
long to greet you, in disguise ;)

Porn Ban: A cheap gimmick by the Govt.

I got introduced to porn in 2009 when I was in 2^nd year of my engineering college. A fact that may not go down well with many of you but the reality remains that, back then I found porn way too direct & coarse. I was more inclined towards gratifying movie scenes, which wouldn’t contain complete nudity. But once I got along watching porn, it didn’t make me a rapist either. In fact, moments of elation were happily cherished.

The reason why I am talking about Porn today is because of the government’s recent ban on hundreds of porn sites across the country, which has left me bemused & I feel that a huge unjust has been done to millions of porn viewers of the country.

As far as watching porn is concerned, I categorize the youth of India into 2 major categories, i.e. the novice & the pro. Talking about the novices, they are the ones who start watching porn out of sheer curiosity. Kids, who are unscathed from the stark realities of the disparaged industry & want to, dug deep. Call it excitement or the welcome arrival of puberty; that I leave for you to resolve. The story is ditto same in the case of a female except for the biological term given to the newly developed physical complication named menstruation. Then we have the college goers, a group which further gets bifurcated into 3 major clans; one, which we fondly call the pro-feminist (with girlfriends) of course, the anti-feminist (without girlfriend & even don’t want one) & the last one is nympho (without girlfriend but desperately want one). Now, there are ideological differences between them but the one that thing remains common among them apart from their manhood is PORN! See, the situations do get manipulated because of the various circumstances, but the need remains constant. And the desperately blinking wi-fi routers of students’ hostel underline the fact that somewhere near, a fresh collection of HD porn is being downloaded!!

Talking about the niche-based fans, the full timers use porn to fill the void created by their partner’s absence. Those without the presence of a prominent person in their life are usually driven by strong career objective & if that’s not the case then it’s a ‘Gay Alarm’ for the roommate. The person might be dealing with serious hormone malfunction & by watching porn, they tend to ease off their mind with excessive study baggage. The last category of nymphos comprises of the poor souls who are usually bereft of a partner, & always long for one. They happily fantasize the presence of an opposite sex & frig off in the moments of loneliness. So, to them watching porn is like having the luxury of a surreal partner.

All said & done people from different age groups (mostly pro) has a different application of porn in their lives. A newly married couple uses it as a tool to break the ice (for those who marriage is arranged) & further emulate every step of the clip religiously. Even the likes of middle-aged people suffering from erectile dysfunction watch it propel themselves. After all, it can be a better ally than Viagra that might cause a side effect. In porn, we have a readymade stimulator, which antes up the testosterone level when the need arises.

The banning of porn was never a solution & will never be one because it towers way above the materialistic society, the class, the race, and the religion. It comes before the sect, the creed, & any age group; it knows no boundary & supports no bigotry. Yes, Porn stands above all!

Chat your way into a successful business

Gone are the days when a lot used to happen over a cup of coffee. Now social media make things happen way too steadily & promptly. Be it expanding your business circle or generating handsome ROI, social media platforms have been a cut above the rest. Oh! While discussing social media, I was reminded of a particular section of people who spend much of their time chatting. But here we aren’t going to despise them for that because every quality finds a match some way or the other. Have you ever imagined that your chatting activity on Twitter can get you some fascinating business options? All you have to do is do the basics, stay precarious and chat smartly.

Brief insight
Life always gives you one opportunity, but a second chance is not always guaranteed. Formidable presence is your pass to the realm of social media marketing & the same goes for Twitter too. The microblogging site is one of the most prominent platforms for businesspersons to churn money, given that they know how to maneuver its full functionalities. Keep rekindling the conversations, stay in the thread & let the message loop beam with the conversations & you can dramatically escalate the prospects of your dream business.

How?
For every business, the solution is unique. In general, you must recognize the sweet spot between what your target audience wants to hear & things that promote your business. Stay awake before you begin a conversation. Try making an impression with it where you compel people to retweet or favorite your tweet, subsequently highlighting the hashtag you chose to spread. The smarter you go with your content, the better it becomes for your tweet, as in you can make your tweet a blend of fresh content & link.

Choose to stand out with the smart use of #Hashtags marginally
Encourage your colleagues to push the conversation that will lead to an active thread. You mustn’t forget to post along with a relevant hashtag during the entire conversation. It will not only make your conversation alive but also brighten the chances of your communication to flourish on a wider scale.

Why?
Twitter is one of the most compelling social media platforms that youngsters have taken to. The frequency of tweets on any global event attracts millions of enthusiasts from all over the world. I wouldn’t be wrong if I said that the tweet-o-meter runs faster than the fuel dispenser meter. The moment you get a hold of the functionality of tweets & trending hashtags you win the half race. Rest depends on your execution. Just because the challenge is to conclude your message well within 140 characters makes Twitter an exciting social media platform.

Maneuver your accessibility in an efficient way and you can carve your way into the cutthroat market. Just stay awake & use your cognizance!

Engaging bloggers with your brand

Until a few years ago, my parents weren’t aware of a profession called Blogging. According to them, IAS, Doctors, Engineers & Officers in Defense Forces were some of the most reputed jobs in the society. Thanks to my keen interest in expressing my thoughts by way of blogging, the subject came to their knowledge, but it didn’t quite grab their respect. However, with time they started understanding and now, even reading blogs (especially the ones written by me), their perception about blogging has changed and for good!

Coming to the matter of fact here, ‘Blogging’ is all about expressing your indigenous views about a product, place or thing in an informal way. To a large extent, blogging has become a prominent pillar of business strategy, of content generation or content marketing. No wonder why corporate honchos put in lots of effort to accumulate potential bloggers. So let’s embrace the fact that blogging can be definitely termed as one of the most tantalizing career prospects available today.

You see how things change with time! If you are looking out for a potential blogger for your product or services, at first, you have to ensure the agility & reliability of your platform, rather than looking for bloggers. Thanks to some leading freelance writing platforms, all you have to do is hit the ‘View Profile’ tab. But to lure a potential writer to come & blog for your platform, it has to be highly receptive. Here’s how:

Keep it accessible: The universal law of success states that you must be simple, accessible & leveraging. In simple words, your product has to be exciting & easy to use. Nobody loves to take the redundant pain in looking out for technicalities. A simple & easily accessible platform makes for the most alluring place for enthusiasts.

Focus on the creation of ‘interest’ groups: One of the core entities of the essentials of blogging, interest group, helps you sort the folk or topic as per their qualification. That way you can directly provide a neat & de-cluttered space for bloggers.
Freedom of expression: Freedom to write is a much sought-after prerogative, & everybody loves to exercise it.

Focus on ‘rich’ content generation: Brand communicators believe that content is the mother of all the marketing stint. Once your content generation becomes your core aim, you will find bloggers swarming to your product & spreading their thoughts about it.
Social: Making your brand social is a thing of utmost priority. You just can’t expect a huge chunk of people to come after your platform running. For that to happen a significant effort has to be put in to see that people know your product at the same time, are lured to make it known among their peers. Being social holds the key to excellence in the cutthroat market.

Today, socially savvy individuals often know more about social media and engaging with digital content than brands and agencies. What makes these new influencers even more powerful is the niche content they produce, which is often in a very specialized area. There are millions of bloggers publishing content in popular areas like parenting, food, fitness, fashion, entertainment, et al. So to get hold of the most glittering gem of the lot you have to make yourself an indispensable entity & then you can certainly look forward to becoming a veteran amongst those holding a huge bloggers base.