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Breaking the Lock down blues and learning a new skill.

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Website Designing, SEO, Backlinking and Social Media Marketing It was in March end that our country decided it was time to do a complete lock down across the country. It started as a welcome break from my hectic schedule of doing business in service industry where you are always on your feet as the profession demands. With the complete closure initially it was a really some enjoyable time as the period of the closure was only 21 days. But then after that we realized that the Covid pandemic is not going to get resolved soon as the lock down was extended multiple times. In this back drop I was in a fix as there was nothing to do other than spending time with my family and watch the TV or browse the various social media that is available. As we are into a travel business we had a few websites which we used for promoting our business. I started working on them and tried to understand how to use them effectively.   In my search I browsed thousands of websites pertaining to my interest area,

Sikkim & Darjeeling- A paradise for Mountain and Wildlife Lovers

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Darjeeling & Sikkim Tours Sikkim  is one of the most popular tourist destination in India. Sikkim tourism is highly evolved and upon realization of the potential the government as well as the locals are very friendly and welcoming about their guests. Sikkim entirely is a mountain state in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas and mother nature has gifted it with some of the most breath taking landscapes, flora and fauna making it a paradise for tourists. On the western side is the Kanchenjunga(8,586 metres}, the third highest peak of the world. Sikkim with its lakes, monasteries, national parks, modern town with casinos are a delight for adventure seekers, naturalists and regular tourists alike.  Broadly tourism in Sikkim can be divided into 3 categories. The places that are inside the Inner line Permit areas where there are restrictions for Non Indians and the other two being a regular tourist spots and the other as the adventure tourist destinations. Parts of North Sikkim &

Kolkata & Nearby- History, Geography & Tourism.

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Kolkata previously known as Calcutta is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River and being the biggest in eastern India, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre, while the Kolkata Port  is India's oldest port and sole major inland river port. Kolkata also referred to as the "City of Joy" is regarded as the "cultural capital" of India and as of 2019, 6 Nobel Laureates had connections with the city either by birth or work place.  In the 17th century, three villages(Gobindapur, Kolikata & Sutanuti) that predated Calcutta were ruled by the Nawab of Bengal under Mughal sultanate. The Nawab granted the East India Company a trading licence in 1690, the area was developed by the Company into an fortified trading post. Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah occupied Calcutta in 1756, and then East India Company retook it the following year. In 1793 the East India company got strong enough and assumed full s