Revisiting My First Blog After 20 Years

 

I started this blog in July 2005, which means it has been 20 years now. I never took this blog seriously, and I truly regret that a lot. Now, I have come back to this blog after two decades and want to share some ideas with you. I hope you will enjoy reading this post.

This blog was supposed to cover Asian Business and economics. It started quite well by sticking to its core topic, and I achieved a decent amount of success. In fact, thanks to it, I got an opportunity with a California-based "Know more media" blogging network to write about South Asian Business and the economy. However, after becoming a professional blogger, I got so busy that I neglected this blog and never returned.

Even now, I am writing this post only for practice or as part of my journey back to professional blogging. I have no firm plan to write here regularly. So, you could say it's merely a part of my practice to become a professional blogger once again. I aim for 30,000 words of practice before fully returning to professional blogging. As part of this practice, I am typing or writing here now.

What if I had taken this blog seriously from the beginning, as it was my first effort to become a professional blogger? It got approved for Google AdSense within a very short time because the quality was good. It also got approved by BlogBurst, and its posts were displayed on some major American newspaper websites as part of their syndication.

It could have become one of the best blogs about Asian Business and economics. I could write very well about South Asia and had started covering China and East Asia.

If I could go back 20 years in time, I would have taken this blog very seriously and spent at least two hours on it every day. I lacked the maturity and wisdom, or surely the focus. All I needed was the motivation to keep going daily.

Fortunately, today I have that motivation in abundance, and I hope that I will keep trying to become a professional blogger and writer. I am hopeful this time that I will not give up at all but will try my best to keep moving towards success.

Now, let us look back in time and learn from all the mistakes I made with this blog. The first mistake was that I didn't try to learn more about professional blogging. In those days, I used to write for Bangladeshi newspapers and magazines, and magazine articles were often 1000 words long. So, I had the quality, practice, and scale to become a professional blogger, but what I lacked was maturity. If I had worked on it consistently every day, I would have become very successful in life.

Looking back at the past, the main problem I identify is that I didn't commit to doing something every day, and that was the primary reason behind my initial lack of sustained effort here. On the other hand, it wasn't that I was a lazy person, but I was busy with many things, and my life was never very easy. I got distracted with different topics, and these distractions ultimately hindered my progress.

Anyway, now I have to learn from my past mistakes and become a wiser and more mature person. I shouldn't have any regret about BlogBurst because I experienced a fairy-tale type of success with my professional blogging endeavors elsewhere.

It is better now that I focus on the future rather than dwelling on the past. Yes, I am not necessarily going back to this blog as my primary focus, but I am going to start professional blogging again. I will work every day and for as many hours as possible. I'll be patient and just focus on a single topic within a single blog.

I will try to forget all the other distractions in life because I know that if I can focus, then success will come steadily. There will be a time when I will be able to celebrate every day because I have a lot of experience with writing, especially about Asian Business and economics, a topic I started writing about 27 years ago. I believe that one day I will be able to excel in this field. I still try to stay updated about the region, especially South Asia and East Asia.

 I want to join and attend conferences related to this topic and even speak at them. I don't have any significant regrets in life, but the one regret I do have is that I didn't take this early writing opportunity more seriously. I want to work every day from now on so that I don't have that regret again. I want the satisfaction of knowing that I am trying my best.

Regarding this blog, I feel very happy to be able to come back here again and write a long post. I will do it occasionally from now on, just as a hobby or for practice. It might not bring any significant success or tangible rewards for me, but it will bring a lot of satisfaction as it was my first blog. I want to keep trying and I want to celebrate every step forward from now on. I feel that I am very close to becoming a successful professional blogger again.

I feel satisfied because I can see that from today, I have started practicing blogging seriously. I am writing one post after another, something I couldn't do for many years. So, this feels like a good time for me, and the only thing I need is to practice every day, write every day (even if it's just five hundred words), and then success will follow.

Finally, I'd like to thank you for reading this post, and I hope that you will come back here from time to time. I want to write quality content, and I aspire to become a successful blogger to the level where thousands of people will read my articles.

Salman Khan supports Ranbir Kapoor in his bad time

It is known to all that Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Ranbir Kapoor have enmity with each other and it is because of the actress Katrina Kaif. Katrina Kaif who is the ex-girlfriend of Salman Khan is currently having an affair with Ranbir Kapoor. The two are said to get married soon.

Both Salman Khan and Ranbir Kapoor have made media headlines many times because of their conflict. Despite of this, both the actors have maintained a professional relationship with each other. They are not seen together in a party, but when it comes to bad situation they speak up about each other.

Ranbir Kapoor is going through a very bad time. He has been criticized for his bad performance in Bombay Velvet and giving three back to back flop movies. In his bad time, Salman Khan has come forward to support him.

During an interview, Salman Khan said that failure is part of profession and that is never final. He also said that how a lean phase can affect an actor’s career. Salman has also experienced that phase of his life.

We hope that Salman’s kind and motivational words will inspire Ranbir Kapoor. 

Will Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan reunite in YRF Films?

Rumours are doing the rounds that Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan are going to share the screen space together in the upcoming venture of Yash Raj Films. Sources suggest that Aditya Chopra has successfully bagged the two actors and has decided to direct them himself.

According to a source related to the industry, Ranveer Singh was first considered for the film. However, Aditya Chopra has decided to sign Salman instead of Ranveer thinking about how the Shah Rukh-Salman combo will work at the box-office. It is heard that Shah Rukh has already agreed to act in this film. If the rumour is believed to be true, the film, which is said to be a romantic thriller, will go on floors by the end of 2016.

Both the actors have huge fan base. Their films are also doing well at the box-office. There is no doubt that their reunion will help the film to earn huge amount of money. They were last seen together in Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam (2002). So fans will be happy if the rumour comes true.

However, neither the actors nor the spokesperson for Yash Raj Films said anything about the buzz. So, fans will have to wait for the official announcements about the forthcoming film to know who are working on it. 

Lava launches its first Android One smartphone Pixel V1

With a price tag of Rs. 11,350, Lava launched its first Android One smartphone, the Pixel V1, in India on Monday. It is said to be the first second-generation device from Google’s Android One series of smartphones. This new handset is exclusively available online via Flipkart from its launch date. Google will provide Lava Android updates for two years.

The main thing that differentiates the second-generation Android One smartphone from the first-generation is its screen size. The Pixel V1 comes with a 5.5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) IPS display, which is larger than the first-generation Android One phones that featured 4.5-inch (480x854 pixels) IPS FWVGA display.

Other features include are a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek (MT6582) processor and a 2GB of DDR3 RAM. It will run on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop. It has 32GB built-in storage which can be expandable via microSD card.

Like the first-generation Android One phones, it also has dual-SIM support and the interesting thing is that both SIMs support 3G connectivity. The thing is that India now has many budget 4G smartphones which are cheaper than Lava Pixel V1. Its other connectivity options are Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, USB OTG, and Micro-USB. It has a 2650mAh battery that will provide long battery back up.

However, on it rear, it has a 13-megapixel camera with a BSI sensor, f/2.0 lens, blue glass filter, and LED flash, while there is an 8-megapixel front camera with an f/2.4 lens also on board. 

Bajrangi Bhaijaan earns Rs. 200 crore in eight days

Salman Khan-starrer Bajrangi Bhaijaan is breaking records one after another. If the movie’s success continues this way then very soon it will break all the existing records of B-town. This movie has entered into the 200-crore club by the end of the eighth day.

Salman Khan has been praised for his performance in this film. His acting skill has won millions of hearts. Many people expected that Bajrangi Bhaijaan will be like other films of Salman. However, the heart touching story has proved them false. It is not a power packed flick with action sequences and heavy dialogues delivered from the mouth of actors. 

Bajrangi Bhaijaan was released on July 17 on the occasion of Eid. Since its release it is earning money from both home and abroad. It has already earned good review from critics and fans. Now, the movie is heading towards the 300-crore club. Hope it will reach the new target in the second weekend. 

Quinton de Kock fines 50% for shoulder barging Tamim Iqbal

Bangladeshi opener Tamim Iqbal has once again become the victim of shoulder barging incident. This incident took place on the second day of the ongoing Chittagong Test. When Tamim was returning to the dressing room after facing the last ball of the 30^th over bowled by Simon Harmer, South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock walked in front of the stumps and got involved in a conversation which saw some shoulder-barging before being intervened by South Africa’s captain Hashim Amla.

However, Quinton de Kock was found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct’s Article 2.2.7 which relates to “inappropriate and deliberate physical contact with a player, player support personnel, umpire, match referee or any other Person (including a spectator) in the course of play during an International Match”. He was fined 75 percent of his match fee after pleading guilty. According to ICC statement, the charges were laid by match referee Chris Broad. In the statement, he said,

“Quinton de Kock walked in front of the stumps to confront Tamim Iqbal. In doing so de Kock deliberately brushed Tamim Iqbal's shoulder and rib area.”

Tamim Iqbal scored 57 runs in the first innings which helped the host nation to put a 78-run lead against the opposite team.

Rilee Rossouw was the first South African batsman to be fined 50 percent of his match fee for also shoulder barging Tamim during the three-match ODI series which Bangladesh won 2-1. 

Shakib Al Hasan becomes the seventh player in the elite all-rounder club

Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has picked up his 200^th ODI wicket in the third ODI against South Africa on Wednesday (15 July 205). With this achievement, he has entered into the elite club of all-rounder. He has become one of the seven players who have scored 4000 runs and taken 200 wickets, a double, in ODI cricket format.

Shakib Al Hasan has achieved the rare feat playing the lowest number of matches- 156. He is just behind Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya (323), South Africa’s Jacques Kallis (273), Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi (395) and Abdul Razzaq (269), and New Zealand’s Chris Cairns (201). However, he is above New Zealand’s Chris Harris by run but is two wickets away from him.

When Shakib started the third ODI against the Proteas, he had 198 wickets on his tally. He joined the ‘double’ club taking the wickets of Faf du Plessis and Hashim Amla in the first spell, and then crossed it by taking the wicket of Farhaan Behardien.

Another Bangladeshi player who also reached the 200-wicket milestone is Mashrafe Moratza.