“God is a Gamer” by Ravi Subramanian | Book Review

God is a Gamer” is yet another thriller novel by Ravi Subramanian.God is a Gamer

Ravi Subramanian, an alumnus of IIM Bangalore, has spent two decades working his way up the ladder of power in the amazingly exciting & adrenaline-pumping world of global banks in India. It is but natural that his stories are set against the backdrop of the financial services industry. His debut novel “If God was a Banker” won the Golden Quill Readers’ Choice Award in the year 2008. He won the Economic Croosword Book Award in 2012 for “The Incredible Banker” & the Crossword Book Award in 2013 for “The Bankster“. His most recent novel is “Bankerupt“. He lives in Mumbai with his wife, Dharini, and daughter, Anusha.

 

God is a Gamer” is a 310 paged first ever bitcoin thriller novel consisting of 99 chapters.

For those who aren’t aware of bitcoin,
Bitcoin is a software-based online payment system described by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008 & introduced as open-source software in 2009. Payments are recorded in a public ledger using its own unit of account, which is also called bitcoin. Bitcoin is the first fully implemented decentralized cryptocurrency; most other cryptocurrencies are similar and derived from it. It is also the largest cryptocurrency in terms of total market value.
Bitcoins are created as a reward for processing work in which users offer their computing power to verify and record payments into the public ledger. This activity is called mining, which individuals or companies engage in, in exchange for transaction fees and newly created bitcoins. Besides mining, bitcoins can be obtained in exchange for fiat money, products, and services. Users can send and receive bitcoin electronically for an optional transaction fee using wallet software on a personal computer, mobile device, a web application, or a specialized device called hardware wallet.

Bitcoin information source: Wikipedia
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Fat Cat | Android App Review

Fat Cat is a game to try your luck. And if you’re lucky enough, you win prizes for real.

The application is as smooth as butter & as easy as reading. Below are some key aspects of the app,

Profile Page
Profile Page

 

The aim of the game is to make a simple prediction by selecting local companies of your choices. You can choose 6 companies per ticket. Your performance will be based on the real world growth in shares of the chosen companies. You can navigate the app through your Profile Page. The app has a materialistic view to match the latest developments in Android.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creating a Ticket
Creating a Ticket

 

Creating a ticket is no tough task. You just have to add them as per your wish. The plus sign will add them & the same can be even discarded by again clicking on the chosen company.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Y U No build Toilet for Babli ?

We’re a country of billions, we’re making a mark in enormous fields, progressing superbly. We’ve earned some respect for us in the world. In spite of all these feats, we’re considered to be a dirty nation. World doesn’t counts us when it comes to listing down clean countries. We are far behind from being called a clean & healthy country.

Why is this about India? Why can’t we feature in that list of clean countries? Are we so dirty? Are we so obsessed with that tagline “Daag acche hain” that we don’t want to clean ourselves or our nation?
Well, the answer lies within us. Facts & demographics about India clearly state that we haven’t been good enough in keeping our country clean.

The below graph showcases the transition state of sanitation in rural India,

Transition State of Sanitation in Rural India
Transition State of Sanitation in Rural India

One can clearly observe that there has been an increase in the number of toilets from the year 2001 to 2011, but this is very low as compared to the increase in population. This just doesn’t meets the need of the demand as we see a rise of just 5% toilets to satisfy the needs of 50% rise in the population.

Men & kids find a rescue to their sanitation problem by defecating behind the bushes or some dark corners, but what about women? They can’t just copy men in this matter of fact. Women have to walk miles just to pee. And all this is due to lack of toilets, directly increasing the probability of illnesses in women. Continue reading “Y U No build Toilet for Babli ?”

Blogging Tips & other Takeaways from #WordUp meet

It was 20th September & it was Saturday. People usually plan parties & hangouts on such Saturdays, but IndiBlogger, this time with Bigrock had planned something different than this mainstream tradition. It was named #WordUp, a power packed meet full of amazing Speaker Sessions, Contests, Food, Prizes & of course the welcome song by IndiBlogger‘s very own Band.

The meetup started with the early registrations & concluded with the Wind up note by IndiBlogger & Bigrock. What happened in between was sheer awesomeness 🙂
Take a look at the agenda below to know what was the part of this awesomeness,
#WordUp Agenda Compulsive Blogger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some Blogging Tips shared by Amit Agarwal (India’s top Blogger, he blogs at labnol.org) during his Speaker Session,
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