Money Matters in India Post Demonetization for International Travelers

Starting midnight on 8th of November, all currency denominations of Rupees 500 and 1,000 ceased to be legal tenders in India in a surprise move by the government of India. The move is supposedly a part of a crackdown on black money.The purpose of demonetization is purportedly to restrain the shadowy economy of India i.e. a parallel economy,...

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An SEO Guide to Migrating Website from HTTP to HTTPS

If you are wondering whether there is an SEO benefit of SSL migration i.e. moving your website from HTTP to HTTPS, then the answer is both yeas and no. Despite Google’s announcement last year that HTTPS encryption is an important factor in Google search engine ranking, there is no dramatic change in search position even if you do move your website from HTTP to HTTPS. But there are more good reason than bad to switch your...

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A Guide to Basic Wordpress AMP (Accelerated Mobile Page)

Google recently rolled out mobile-first index. What it implies is that Google will now prefer the mobile version of a website/page and will rank its search even for desktop users based on mobile experience/performance of your website. It is said that nearly 50% of the web users abandon a site that takes 3 second or more to load. There are...

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What The Fuck Modi Ji

I am flabbergasted so are some of my friends…Here how one of my friend feels…This is Ravish and he is ravishing to say the least As a working professional, I want to ask our revered Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who changed your notes Modi? Did you get your “notes” changed before portentous 8 pm announcement? Or did you once again lead by example and convert all your notes beforehand? Perhaps I am social media dumb...

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Weekend Trip to Uttarakhand by Motorcycle

It is an account of my weekend trip to Uttarakhand by motorcycle. Summer months in Delhi always give me an itch…an itch to travel and get away from the sweltering heat and also from the din of the city and my routine 9 to 6 existence. With so many long weekends around this time I along with one of my colleague and his two friends planned...

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Trek to Triund Hill from Delhi: Trip Report

It has been a long time waiting. I have been meaning to tell the tale of my recent trek to Triund Hill. It was my third time and it was supposed to be easy and I even thought a bit monotonous. But then nothing goes according to plan. Not when I plan a trek and decide to go footloose in Himalayas.On a sultry evening in May this year, I reached...

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