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Tasty Soy chunk gravy in less than 15 minutes - Experiment turned delicious

Tasty soy chunk gravy prepared in very less time. I did this with what was available with me and started as an experimental vlog. It turned out very delicious.
Recipe.
soak 10 soy beans and 10 cashews in water for set if aside for 10 mins. In the mean time cut one onion, 1 tomato and put it in a blender. Add the cashews soaked. Add some corriander leaves. Add some chilli powder 2-3 spoons and some salt. blend well without adding any water. Transfer the blended mixture to a container and soak the soy beans in that and set is aside for some time. I took a break for half hour. Then heat a pan. Add some ghee and pour the mixture in that and boil till the mixture becomes like a thick paste. Taste it before it becomes a thick paste and correct if any salt or chilli powder needs to be added. It is done. I ate it as such and it tasted awesome. You can choose to use this as a side with roti or rice if you prefer.

How to create realistic materials in Blender - Notes from blenderGuru


Blender notes for myself and other Blender learners
Image texture goes to diffuse shader which goes to surface of material output.
gloss shader is mixed with diffuse shader using mix shader before going to surface of material output.
The above is the base config.
To bring in realism, in addition to the above, bump map, reflection map and displacement map may be added.

                Bump map

                                Two types of bump maps

                                                Black & White

                                                                Black and white version of the image -> take non color data from it and add it to the height input of bump node. The normal output of bump node is fed to normal input of the both diffuse shader and glossy shader.

                                                Normal maps (needs special s/w and hence not covered now)

                Reflection map

                                Black and white version of the image with high contrast -> take non color data from it and add it to the factor input of the mix shader (of diffuse and glossy).              

                Displacement map

                                The surface needs to be subdivided and subsuf modifier added. Below subsurf add displacement modifier and give a new texture. In texture tab add the image (b/w with even higher contrast at the main crevices – large scale displacements).

 

Test all these with a blue luminous sphere.

 

MIBU - short URL

Just learnt about short URLs.
Here is the link to my book http://mybook.to/mibu
depending on from which location the url is accessed, the url will re-direct to the corresponding country's amazon site for my book.

That is access http://mybook.to/mibu from India and you'll get to https://www.amazon.in/dp/B071KGFF5K

From UK, the same http://mybook.to/mibu will redirect you to
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071KGFF5K

From US, http://mybook.to/mibu will take you to https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071KGFF5K


 

MIBU - Live

Dear Friends,
I'm very excited to have launched the book directly with Kindle Direct Publishing. To thank all my supporters during the kindle scout campaign, I'm giving away this for free this weekend.
Here are the steps to enjoy reading the full book:

1. Buy it for FREE on Saturday and Sunday but before 18-Jun-2017 end of day (Indian time - before 19th morning 9.30 a.m). You can use one of the below links. Login with your amazon credentials when prompted. Alternatively you can just search 'MIBU' in your amazon search bar. The book should be listed first (if not at least on the first page).
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071KGFF5K - US website
or https://www.amazon.in/dp/B071KGFF5K - Indian website
or https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071KGFF5K - UK link

2. Send your book to your Kindle device or your phone that has a kindle app. If you don't have a kindle app, you can install one easily on your Android or iPhones. The app is free. Or alternatively, you can send it to your cloud reader which you can read from your pc at https://read.amazon.com

3. While I'm hoping that you'll like the book, I'm still a bit anxious to know your thoughts. If you enjoyed the book, I kindly request you to leave a review on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071KGFF5K or https://www.amazon.in/dp/B071KGFF5K. Each of your reviews in amazon will help improve my ranking among the amazon books. If you do not want to share in amazon but rather mail me instead, that's fine too. you can write to me at shansunr@gmail.com

4. Feel free to share this ebook for free among friends if you think they 'll enjoy a good read.

5. If you read this later than 18th and if you see it is not free, please drop me a mail at shansunr@gmail.com. I'll plan to run it for free for another day or 2 and give you a heads up at your mail ids.
 

End of Campaign!

Dear Friends,
At 9.30 a.m IST today, my campaign officially ended and this is the mail that I got from Kindle team at 9.31 a.m
"Thank you for submitting MIBU & The New Millennium to Kindle Scout. The nomination period for your campaign has just ended and we are reviewing your book for possible selection. "

Later this afternoon, I got the final stats updated and it looks like this.





A steep increase in yesterday's views - 334 views. I'm very grateful to Saravanan Ganesan for reaching out to  RCLADM and other units in Chennai and abroad in my support on the final day.  Sara, thank you for also reaching out to your friends and social circle outside of work.

My close friend Vinod Vijayakumar had assured to be my campaign manager at the beginning of this campaign and he did a very good job of devising strategies for a large reach. He pulled in people to get ideas. Provided invaluable gyan in marketing. I wouldn't have done a few things if not for his advice and I'm glad I did. He reached out to big shots for support and even changed his FB cover!

More than just a support, Mohanraj Mahi kinda owned this campaigning from the very beginning and did an aggressive marketing throughout via facebook. He also reached out to popular facebook forums to spread the word. Thank you so much Mohan!

Abishek Tripathi- the face of the people team. Thank you for repeatedly featuring my book and sparsh profile in the floor. Also thanks for sharing the campaign link in multiple forums.

Rajesh G - thanks for all the follow ups with the team to get the nominations.

Hema - thank you for your suggestion in getting this campaign featured in sparsh. It definitely added a significant contribution in the total views.

Prasad - Thanks for trying to reach out to smileSettai group for a promo.

Rija - Thank you for campaigning on my behalf at onsite. 

Sumit - Thank you for your support and following up with your friends for nominations. Each of those nominations matter.

Vamsi Tellekulla - he was a regular reader of my original story and first follower in my author page. His frequent comments and feedback did play an part in giving me the courage to try a book version in the first place. Thank you Vamsi for your review as well.

Sasirekha - another friend and a reader in my Infyblogs who had given me regular feedback on my writings few years back.

Sharmistha, Rajendra and Jitha - Thank you for campaigning this in your respective DCs.

Thanks to my team members in HRSF and BNSF offshore team in general who had nominated and shared among their friends for them to nominate.

Special thanks to Vijay Anand and Sahithi for the support and sharing this among their friends.

Thanks to my friends who supported by repeatedly sharing and or liking my posts and spreading the word in facebook.

Hanitha, Maha Lakshmi, Sandeep, Sharmistha, Percilla,  Sahaana, Garima, Praveen, Manjula, Madhan Viji,  Hari Gara Kumar, Deb, Deepa, Brahmini, Umamaheshwari, Anand, Dinesh, Sriram, Naresh, Kalpana, Shravan, Rajendra, Surendar, Vigneshwari, Rohith. Vaishnavi, Adarsha, Ramya, Vadaga, Riya, Sharmila, Gokul, Ramnath, Suvadeep, Kavitha, Pradeep, Dakshina Moorthy,
Jay, Karthick, Rajeev, Shobhit, Pradeep, Megha and Vikram.

Apologies for I'm sure I have missed many more names. Some of you have supported silently. Thank you all for your love and support! I recommend you all liking my page https://www.facebook.com/shanY2K/ for further updates on this book. This is also a way for me to plan sending you this eBook for free even if my book doesn't get selected.

As always with any venture, I've enjoyed support from my parents, sister and my wife. My father helped with reviewing the draft and suggested lots of corrections which I'm yet to fully incorporate. I will have to do that if this gets selected.  Each one of them reached out to their circles to gather support for this campaign. I wish this gets selected for all your efforts!

роОройродு роХродைропை рокро░ிрои்родுро░ை роЪெроп்роп роТро░ு ро╡ேрог்роЯுроХோро│்!


         роиீроЩ்роХро│் ро╡ேро▒ு роТро░ு рооாроиிро▓род்родிро▒்роХோ роЕро▓்ро▓родு роиாроЯ்роЯிро▒்роХோ роЪெро▓்ро▓ுроо் рокோродு, рокுродுрок்рокுродு роЕройுрокро╡роЩ்роХро│் роХிроЯைрод்родிро░ுроХ்роХுроо். роЪிро▓ ро╡ிро╖ропроЩ்роХро│் ро╡ிрод்родிропாроЪрооாроХро╡ுроо், ро╡ிроЪிрод்родிро░рооாроХро╡ுроо் роЗро░ுрои்родிро░ுроХ்роХுроо். роЕродே рокோро▓் роироо் роХродாроиாропроХрой், родாрой் роЕрооெро░ிроХ்роХா роЪெрой்ро▒рокோродு родாрой் рокாро░்род்род ро╡ிро╖ропроЩ்роХро│ை, родрой் роЪроХ рокропрогிропிроЯроо் роироХைроЪ்роЪுро╡ை роХро▓рои்родு рокроХிро░்роХிрой்ро▒ாрой். роПрой்? роЪроХ рокропрогி роТро░ு рокிро░рокро▓ рокродிрок்рокроХрод்родிро▒்роХு ро╡ேрог்роЯрок்рокроЯ்роЯ роТро░ு рокெрог். роЗро╡ро│் рооூро▓роо் родрой் роХродைропை роТро░ு рокுрод்родроХрооாроХ ро╡ெро│ிропிроЯ рооுроЯிропுроо்.
21 роЖроо் роиூро▒்ро▒ாрог்роЯிрой் рооுродро▓் роиாро│்.
         роХрогிройி рокொро▒ிропாро│ро░ாрой роироородு роХродாроиாропроХрой் роЙро▓роХை роЖроЯ்роЯி ро╡ைрод்родுроХ்роХொрог்роЯு роЗро░ுрои்род Y 2 k  роОрой்ройுроо் роТро░ு роХрогிройி рокிро░роЪ்роЪройைропை роОрок்рокроЯி роЪро░ி роЪெроп்родாрой் роОрой்рокродை роТро░ு роХродை ро╡роЯிро╡ிро▓் роЕро╡ро│ுроХ்роХு роЪொро▓்ро▓ роиிройைроХ்роХிрой்ро▒ாрой். роЗрок்рокроЯி роТро░ு роХродைропை роЕро╡ро│் ро╡ிро░ுроо்рокுро╡ாро│ா? роЪொро▓்ро▓ிрод்родாрой் рокாро░்роХ்роХ ро╡ேрог்роЯுроо். роОрок்рокроЯி рокроЯ்роЯ роХродைропாроХ роЗро░ுрои்родாро▓ுроо் роЕродை роЪுро╡ாро░ро╕்ропрооாроХ роЪொро▓்ро╡родிро▓் родாрой் роЕродрой் ро╡ெро▒்ро▒ி роЗро░ுроХ்роХிрой்ро▒родு роОрой்ро▒ு роЕро╡ройродு родோро┤ி роЪொрой்ройродை роиிройைро╡ு роХூро░்рои்родு родாрой் рооேро▒்роХொрог்роЯ ро╡ாро┤்роХ்роХை рокропрогрод்родை роироХைроЪ்роЪுро╡ை роХро▓рои்родு рокроХிро░்роХிрой்ро▒ாрой். роЕро╡рой் роЪொро▓்ро▓ுроо் роХродை роОрой்рой? роЕро╡ро│் роЗрои்род роХродைропை ро╡ிро░ுроо்рокி родройроХ்роХு родெро░ிрои்род рокродிрок்рокроХрод்родிро▒்роХு рокро░ிрои்родுро░ை роЪெроп்ро╡ாро│ா?

https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/J630TU3L4VW7

         роЗродு Amazon ройிрой் Kindle ро╡ро▓ைродро│род்родிро▓் рокродிро╡ேро▒்ро▒роо் роЪெроп்ропрок்рокроЯ்роЯродு. роЕрои்род ро╡ро▓ைрод்родро│роо் роЗроХ்роХродைропிрой் роТро░ு роЪிро▒ு рокாроХрод்родை роороХ்роХро│ுроХ்роХு рокроХிро░்рои்родுро│்ро│родு. роЗроХ்роХродைропை ро╡ிро░ுроо்рокுроХிро▒ро╡ро░்роХро│் роЕродை рокро░ிрои்родுро░ை роЪெроп்роп ро╡ேрог்роЯுроо். роЗро╡்ро╡ாро▒ு рокро▓ро░் роЗроХ்роХродைропை рокро░ிрои்родுро░ை роЪெроп்родாро▓், роЕрооேроЪாрой் роиிро▒ுро╡ройроо் роЗродройை родрой் ро╡ெро│ிропீроЯ்роЯிро▓் рокродிрок்рокிроЯுроо். рооேро▓ுроо் роЗроХ்роХродை рокродிрок்рокீроЯ்роЯிро▒்роХு родேро░்рои்родெроЯுроХ்роХрок்рокроЯ்роЯாро▓், роЗрод்родроХைроп роХродைропை рокро░ிрои்родுро░ை роЪெроп்род роЙроЩ்роХро│ுроХ்роХு роЗрои்род рооுро┤ு рооிрой்ройрогு рокுрод்родроХрод்родை роЕрооேроЪாрой் (Amazon ) роЗро▓ро╡роЪрооாроХ ро╡ро┤роЩ்роХுроо். роЗродை роиீроЩ்роХро│் роЙроЩ்роХро│் роХрогிройிропிро▓ோ роЕро▓்ро▓родு рокோройிро▓ோ роЗро▓ро╡роЪрооாроХ рокроЯிрод்родு роороХிро┤ро▓ாроо். рокро░ிрои்родுро░ை роЪெроп்роп роЗрой்ройுроо் роЖро▒ு
роиாроЯ்роХро│் родாрой் роЗро░ுроХ்роХிрой்ро▒родு.

ропாро░ுроХ்роХு роОрой்рой ро▓ாрокроо்?
         роЖроЩ்роХிро▓род்родிро▓் роОро┤ுродுроо் роЗрои்родிроп роОро┤ுрод்родாро│ро░்роХро│் рокро▓ро░் роЗро░ுрок்рокро░். роЖройாро▓் роЪро░்ро╡родேроЪ рокродிрок்рокроХроЩ்роХро│ிро▓் ро╡ெро│ி ро╡ро░ுроо் роЗрои்родிроп рокுрод்родроХроЩ்роХро│ிрой் роОрог்рогிроХ்роХை рооிроХроХ்роХுро▒ைро╡ு. роЕродிро▓ுроо் родрооிро┤் роОро┤ுрод்родாро│ро░்роХро│் роЗрой்ройுроо் роХுро▒ைро╡ு. родро▒்рокோродு роХூроЯ роЗрои்род родேро░்родро▓ிро▓் рокோроЯ்роЯிропிроЯுроо் рокுрод்родроХроЩ்роХро│ிро▓் роОрод்родройை роЗрои்родிроп рокுрод்родроХроЩ்роХро│் роОрой்ро▒ு рокாро░ுроЩ்роХро│். роОрой் рокுрод்родроХрод்родைропுроо் роЪேро░்род்родு роЗро░рог்роЯு родாрой். роЖройாро▓் роЗрок்рокроЯி роТро░ு ро╡ро▓ைродро│роо் роЗро░ுрок்рокродு рокро▓ роЗрои்родிропро░்роХро│ுроХ்роХு родெро░ிропாродு. роЕродройாро▓ோ роПройோ, роЗродு ро╡ро░ை роироородு рокுрод்родроХроЩ்роХро│் роОродுро╡ுроо் Amazon Kindle ро▓ிро▓் роЕро╡ро░்роХро│் роЙродро╡ிропுроЯрой் ро╡ெро│ி ро╡рои்родродாроХ родெро░ிропро╡ிро▓்ро▓ை.


         роЗрод்родроХைроп рокிро░рокро▓рооாрой роиிро▒ுро╡ройрод்родிрой் рокродிрок்рокроХрод்родிро▓் роОройродு роХродை ро╡ெро│ிро╡рои்родாро▓், роОройродு роиீрог்роЯ роиாро│் роЖроЪை роиிро▒ைро╡ேро▒ுроо்.

         роЙроЩ்роХро│ுроХ்роХு роТро░ு рокுродுрооைропாрой рооро▒்ро▒ுроо் роироХைроЪ்роЪுро╡ைропாрой роХродை рокроЯிрод்род роТро░ு родிро░ுрок்родி роЙрог்роЯாроХுроо். роЕро░роЪிропро▓் ро╡ாродிроХро│ை рокோро▓் роЪொро▓்ро▓ ро╡ேрог்роЯுроо் роОрой்ро▒ாро▓், роТро░ு рокроЪ்роЪை родрооிро┤ройுроХ்роХுроо் роТро░ு роЗрои்родிропройுроХ்роХுроо் роЙро▓роХ рооேроЯைропிро▓் роТро░ு ро╡ாроп்рок்рокு роХொроЯுрод்родродாроХро╡ுроо் роЗро░ுроХ்роХுроо்.


роиீроЩ்роХро│் роОрой்рой роЪெроп்роп ро╡ேрог்роЯுроо்?
         роХீро┤் роХрог்роЯ ро╡ро▓ைродро│род்родிро▓் роОройродு роХродைропிрой் роЪிро▒ு рокாроХроо் роЗроЯроо் рокெро▒்ро▒ு роЗро░ுроХ்роХிро▒родு. родாроЩ்роХро│் роЕродை рокроЯிрод்родு рокாро░்род்родு, рокிроЯிрод்родிро░ுрои்родாро▓் 'Nominate' Buttonройை click роЪெроп்ропுроЩ்роХро│். роЙроЩ்роХро│родு Amazon IDрооро▒்ро▒ுроо் Password роХேроЯ்роХுроо். роиீроЩ்роХро│் рооுрой்ройро░ே Amazon рокропрой் рокроЯுрод்родி роЗро░ுрои்родாро▓், ро╡ро┤роХ்роХрооாроХ роХொроЯுроХ்роХுроо் ID рооро▒்ро▒ுроо் Password роХொроЯுрод்родு роЙроЩ்роХро│் рокро░ிрои்родுро░ைропை роиிро▒ைро╡ேро▒்ро▒ро▓ாроо். роЕро▓்ро▓родு роЗродுро╡ро░ை роиீроЩ்роХро│் Amazon рокропрой்рокроЯுрод்род ро╡ிро▓்ро▓ை роОрой்ро▒ாро▓் роЙроЩ்роХро│் Email ID рооூро▓роо் роОро│ிродிро▓் Sign Up роЪெроп்родு рокро░ிрои்родுро░ைроХ்роХро▓ாроо்.
рокிро▒роХு роЗрои்род роХродைропிро▓் роОрой்рой рокிроЯிрод்родிро░ுрои்родродு роОрой்ро▒ு роЪிро▓ роХேро│்ро╡ிроХро│் роЗроЯроо் рокெро▒்ро▒ிро░ுроХ்роХுроо். роЕродை роиீроЩ்роХро│் роироЯ்роЪрод்родிро░ роХுро▒ிропீроЯ்роЯாро▓் роЪொро▓்ро▓ро▓ாроо்.           роиீроЩ்роХро│் роХродைропை рокроЯிроХ்роХ рооро▒்ро▒ுроо் рокро░ிрои்родுро░ை роЪெроп்роп ро╡ேрог்роЯிроп роЗроЯроо்: https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/J630TU3L4VW7

MIBU & The New Millennium

An Indian in USA to fix the biggest bug ever!
The world is in the verge of a digital crisis. Set in the year 2000, a software geek narrates to a girl, his fellow flight passenger and a prospective literary agent, a story that brings out his Indian brought up, his cultural experience in the United States of America, his values for family, love, friendship and his passion for his current project that is aimed at fixing the greatest bug of the millennium called Y2K. Will she be impressed?

Read an excerpt from the book and show your support by nominating my book for publishing.
What do you get?
A free copy of the ebook, if the book gets selected for publishing. 
https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/J630TU3L4VW7

The Kindle Scout Campaign

A week back I submitted the complete manuscript of my novel MIBU & The New Millennium to Kindle Scout. They approved for a launch on 4-May for a period of 1 month.
Here is the link to my Kindle Scout campaign page: https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/J630TU3L4VW7

What do you get? A free copy of the ebook if the book gets selected for publishing. Campaigning was a new experience for I haven't done this before for anything. Asking people to nominate for my own work is not what I'm used to. Attention is something that should be a byproduct of a work good done - has been my belief all along. Maybe I still believe so to some extent. This is one reason, the campaign doesn't seem to go really well. This belief has been changing after researching how marketing usually works. Fellow authors agree that marketing a book is the toughest part (tougher than writing) but without that the book doesn't get noticed at least during the initial phase of their career.
Vinod recently mentioned that even if it is a Rajni movie, Kabali had to be painted on a Air Asia flight to get the attention. No shame, No game.

I'm in the 2nd week of the campaign and here are the stats.
Total page views: 650
Hours in Hot & Trending: 71.

Much of this 'Hot & Trending hours' has been in the first 5 days of my campaign where my facebook friends and my father's friends had shown their support for this venture. Beyond this the number of views drastically got reduced. Kinda stuck how else to get a better reach. who else might be interested in nominating my book. I'm joining a few Goodreads group hoping to get fellow members support. let's see how that goes.

This blog has been almost forgotten for many months. While just browsing my old blogs just noticed that this blog has been constantly getting a good number of views in the past. So, putting a word here again - requesting the readers' time to visit my campaign page and nominate the book if they liked it. With your support my book could be published with Kindle Press.
https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/J630TU3L4VW7



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