The last couple of years have been tough on all of us and many industries are having to shut down or reinvent the way that they work. This is true for the most intimate of industries as well. The adult movie industry has gone through some major upheavals in the past and has ushered in a new era of safe and quality content.
We had reported earlier how the whole industry had decided to change after the whole Raj Kundra incident in India. Now there is a bigger risk that is looming over the industry that had benefitted the most from the free time and social isolation that was expected from the consumers.
Studies reveal that the world population, in general, is entering into a state known as “porn fatigue”. This is a state characterised by the lack of enthusiasm from the viewer towards the various videos available on the many porn sites out there. They spend more time browsing through the available content than actually watching it.
An employee at XHamster.com, a very popular adult website, told us that the traffic has been steady after the exponential increase since February 2020 but the user behaviour has changed drastically.
“Our algorithms are the best in the world. The cookie policy that everyone allows when they visit the site helps us understand what a particular visitor likes and then share the relevant content to them even if they do not log in or create an account.”
“Earlier a person tended to stick to a particular genre that they liked and usually mixed and matched with something different once a week. For example, if a person liked videos under the “foot fetish” category, they might watch “massage” videos occasionally. We used to capture this pattern and deliver content accordingly.”
“Now, things are different. The visitors to our website are aimlessly browsing the website like they are trying to select a movie on Netflix. They only watch the autoplay that happens when you hover over the thumbnail and then move on. The main reason is that they have watched every single video we have during the lockdown and quarantine. Now they just hope to stumble on something new by accident. Our algorithm can no longer predict their behaviour.”
Other adult websites also reported similar findings from across the world.
An interesting development was that the traffic and time spent on the websites has suddenly catapulted on live adult webcam sites. These sites provide users with the availability to watch the live webcam of models from around the world who will do what you require on cam at a price. The parallel economy that works on these websites ensures that both the websites and the models make money ensuring that the “performance” on cam is always top-notch.
Read the full article at: http://thedailyvanilla.com/2021/08/27/cam-models-in-demand-as-world-population-exhausts-online-porn-supply/

The crisis in Afghanistan is getting worse with thousands of people trying to access the limited options available to leave the country with their families. Many have chosen to risk everything and stay back in their home country in the hope that things will not be as bad as it’s being predicted.
The Taliban has assured its citizens that there will be no witch hunt for protestors, dissenters or any people who have acted against the Taliban in the past. Those who wish to stay back will need to adhere to the law of the land which will be based on the Islamic Sharia law. People staying back is what would be the best for Afghanistan as they look to rebuild the country from the ground up and skilled manpower like doctors and engineers will be crucial.
The US troops are said to be sticking to their deadline of August 31st to pull out of the country. This decision has lead to the fall of the government, desertion of the army and the takeover by the Taliban who were kept at bay for almost 20 years. US President Joe Biden has made it very clear that there will be no extension in this date as the war in Afghanistan has been going on for far too long.
One of the highlights of this takeover was that there was very little bloodshed, mass murders, rapes or rioting when compared to other parts of the world. There is the argument that these incidents are going unreported due to the limited number of independent journalists left in the country to report on these issues.
Some experts believe that this was achieved through a very meticulous monitoring and location-based mapping down by the Taliban in every city in Afghanistan. This ensured that the supporters of the regime were duly spared the ordeal while the non-supporters were publicly allowed to escape the country or conform to its new rules.
Our sources within the top rungs of the Taliban tell us that they had developed a whole new way of taking the count of the population or the census. This was important for the think tanks in the organisation to formulate policies that would essentially harass the non-believers while keeping everyone else safe. This census is so intricate that it not only breaks down the population by geography but also by the various subsects of the Islamic faith. Another key demographic that this census provided was the preferred country that the Afghani citizen would prefer to escape to.
The way this whole exercise was conducted remains a secret and a large chunk of the Afghan population has only this to thank for their safe passage into a country of their choice. This also helped in identifying government sympathisers, professionals and protestors who were detained by the Taliban. They were permitted to continue in the country provided that they agreed to comply with the teachings of the Quran and strict compliance to the Sharia law. Actors, artists and musicians were asked to change their profession or leave the country.
Read the full article at: http://thedailyvanilla.com/2021/08/26/taliban-to-assist-india-with-data-collection-and-analysis-of-population/

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan stated in an interview yesterday that he is not waiting for anyone’s call. This was about the Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mohammed Qureshi’s statement earlier this week in which he claimed that Imran Khan is still waiting for a call from US President Joe Biden.
While this whole situation has blown up into a massive meme/troll fest on Twitter and Facebook, the situation in Afghanistan is looking bleaker. The Taliban has been growing in strength every day and it needs real intent from neighbours like India and Pakistan to help diffuse the volatile solution.
While the US Army is sticking to its plans to pull out, the direct snub by the Biden administration has surely hurt the Pakistani Prime Minister. His reference to the USA having chosen India as their strategic partner in the region is a clear indicator.
Our sources within the Pakistani government tell us that what added more fuel to the fire was a prank call made by former US President Donald Trump. He has reportedly called up Imran Khan yesterday and claimed that it was the official call from the US President as he was the one who won the election. He also told Imran Khan that as the REAL President of the USA, he wants to build an open relationship with Pakistan as long they will break up with China. He ended the call by inviting Imran Khan to the USA for a friendly visit.
Pakistan government has refrained from lodging an official protest at this call after Jared Kushner called to apologise and inform them it was not a prank call. Donald Trump still thinks he is the US President and is under medication and close medical supervision.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://thedailyvanilla.com/2021/08/13/donald-trump-prank-calls-pakistan-pm-imran-khan-claiming-to-be-real-us-president/

One of the biggest news in the world of business was that Amazon’s Jeff Bezos was overtaken by Bernard Arnault of LVMH as the world’s richest man. As of today, Bernard Arnault sits at a comfortable 8 billion USD lead over Jeff Bezos as Amazon share prices have taken a further hit.
72-year-old Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault is a French businessman and art collector who owns the largest luxury brand in the world – Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy, founded in 1987. This holding company in turn owns some of the most iconic brands of modern times in various verticals like
Wines & Spirits – Belvedere Vodka, Cloudy Bay Wines, Moet & Chandon Champagne, Dom Perignon, Champagne, Krug Champagne, Veuve Clicquot Champagne and Hennessy Cognac.
Fashion – Christian Dior, Fendi, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, and Stella McCartney
Watches & Jewellery – Bulgari, Fred, Hublot, TAG Heuer, and Tiffany & Co.
LVMH is one of the largest companies in the world in terms of market cap, with reported sales of over USD 20 billion last year. this phenomenal growth was fuelled by smart acquisitions and focussing solely on the luxury brand segment. Bernard Arnault is also a patron of the arts in France and has the reputation of being a successful art collector.
By becoming the richest man in the world, he has overtaken Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Larry Page. He along with Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, who is also French and owns L’Oréal, are the only non-Americans in the top 10 richest people on the list. He is also the only non-American to have a net worth of over USD 100 billion.
This growth to the top has not been free of controversy and that included allegations of him applying for Belgian citizenship to avoid French taxes. The latest turmoil being faced by the corporate giant, however, is one from his customers.
Our sources tell us that a group of over 45 American men who call themselves Jilted Boyfriends Association of America (JBAA) have filed a petition to have LVMH and Bernard Arnault openly acknowledge their contribution to the growth of their revenue. The spokesperson of JBAA, who wished to remain anonymous, told us that without them, Bernard would have never got the title of the richest man in the world and they need to be given the credit that is due.
Read the full article at: http://thedailyvanilla.com/2021/08/12/jilted-boyfriends-take-credit-for-bernard-arnaults-rise-to-the-title-of-richest-man/

The COVID19 enforced lockdowns, social distancing, and other “new normal” practices have ensured that a majority of the Indian workforce has been working from home for the better part of a year now. In many companies, the employees have been working from home since April 2020 and the current situation does not show any signs of that changing any time soon.
Many companies have started slowly opening up with staff coming to the office on a rotational basis and some have even made it a voluntary option where staff can come in of their own accord a few times a week. On the other end of the spectrum, we have companies who have wholeheartedly adopted the work-from-home culture and have informed their staff that that will be the norm going forward.
This scenario is similar to what the employees have to say as well. There are 2 distinct factions in all companies. One side feels that they need to come to the office to ensure that they get their dose of social interaction and also increase their productivity. The other side believes that working from home has helped them focus better without being stressed by external and environmental factors like traffic, public transportation, and unnecessary workplace gossip.
Personal preferences aside, HR departments of all major companies are busy working on plans for both scenarios. Many activities like training, team building, and corporate certifications have taken a back seat and it is very important to reintroduce it back to the standard workplace. This is regardless of whether it is offline or online.
We had reported earlier that major tech companies like Wipro, TCS, HCL, and Infosys were lining up perks to entice their employees to come back to work. We also have reports that major consulting firms like Accenture and Deloitte are also looking at providing their staff with additional benefits during these uncertain times.
India is home to all the major consulting firms and boasts of employing the creme de la creme of the management pass-outs every year. They throng the placement windows of top institutes like IIM, IIT ISB, etc to ensure that they get their pick of talent before the others.
Our sources at Accenture and Deloitte who together employ over 10,000 people in India told us that they have identified a very disturbing trend. The employees at the two firms have gotten progressively unhealthy since Q2 of 2020. Currently, more than 75% of the staff have either developed physical issues or have gained weight in this period. This trend was first identified by the HR departments of the two companies while doing random catchups with the employees.
“The staff have been confined to their office desks since the start of the Work from Home policy implementation. Although this was the case even before the lockdown where employees used to sit at their desks all day, they at least had some kind of physical activity when they had to come to the office. This included going to the cafeteria for meals, walking for coffee and smoke breaks, and the occasional meeting that they had to go to. All of this is nonexistent now as they work from home and in many cases, even meals are had in front of the laptop.”
Read the full article at: http://thedailyvanilla.com/2021/08/11/accenture-and-deloitte-looking-to-hire-pt-teachers-for-their-offices-in-india/

It was just another day for Srinivas Mahadevan, a Chennai-based interior designer but little did he know that one wrong click of a button and his life would get so convoluted that even murder would not be out of the question.
As he was surfing YouTube to look for inspiration for the latest project he was working on, he came across an ad for a brand of coffee. The ad seemed interesting enough as he was a coffee lover and if he did not have to make them himself, his whole day would be peppered with shots of coffee until it was time for bed. The simplicity by which he could brew his coffee like how they make tea with a teabag was quite intriguing.
The brand in question was Sleepy Owl Coffee, a relatively new entrant into the beverage market founded by  Armaan Sood, Ajai Thandi, and Ashwajeet Singh. This new model of selling cold-pressed coffee was something Ajai Thandi picked up while studying in the USA and the trio decided to replicate the model in India which had a huge base of coffee drinkers but only tea-based products.
Sleepy Owl Coffee was launched in 2016 and did close to INR 30 lakh in its first year. They have been in a growth space ever since moving from a 2 BHK flat in Dwarka Delhi to a swanky new office in Shahpur Jat. The team has also expanded from the initial 3 founders to over 70 employees.  Their sales too have skyrocketed with revenues touching close to the INR 10 crore mark.
They also received funding from DSG Consumer Partners for around INR 3.5 crore and have more than 1000 touchpoints across the whole of Northern India. The product line has also expanded from selling black coffee powder that can be brewed at home to now selling ready-to-drink coffee in pre-packaged bottles.
With this growth in revenue and funding, it was inevitable for the next thing to happen. The marketing department finally gets its hands on the budgets that it was starved of for the initial years. This leads to an indulgence in digital ads and all the latest methods of marketing that can be possibly done.
Our source at Sleepy Owl told us under the promise of secrecy that the marketing department was first shocked that they were finally given a proper budget to use. Once they recovered from the shock it was madness. The whole atmosphere within the department was similar to what an obese man would feel once he comes off the keto diet after 6 months. They wanted anything and everything.
Ads were purchased, keywords were bid on, videos were shot and every possible platform was targeted to run the ads.  This led to an avalanche of Sleepy Owl ads everywhere. With modern digital marketing techniques like remarketing and lookalike audiences, it became impossible for someone to ignore the ads, especially if you visited the website even once to understand what all the fuss was about.
This was what finally broke the camel’s back.
After seeing these ads multiple times on YouTube, Srinivas clicked on the ad instead of skipping it and ended up on the website. The pixel and cookies got triggered sending him down face-first into the rabbit hole called the “sales funnel”. There was no looking back.
Every time Srinivas logged onto Facebook, all he could see were more ads for Sleepy Owl. He couldn’t watch more than 2 YouTube videos without being forced through more ads. Sometimes for cold coffee and sometimes for hot. There seemed to be no escape.
“Finally I lost it,” Srinivas told us.
Read the full article at: http://thedailyvanilla.com/2021/08/10/man-threatens-to-kill-owls-if-he-sees-another-sleepy-owl-coffee-ad/

Pakistan failed to win a medal at the Tokyo Olympics stretching its medal drought which began in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympics but had a glimmer of hope this time around. 24-year-old Arshad Nadeem had become the first-ever track and field athlete from Pakistan to qualify directly for the Olympics and also the first Pakistani to qualify for the final round at a track and field event.
The javelin thrower ended up 5th in the standings despite, throwing an impressive 84.62 m, while all the thunder and glory was taken away by 23-year-old Neeraj Chopra from India who won the gold. Neeraj Chopra is a soldier in the Indian Army and is set to be felicitated by multiple organizations upon return to India.
Arshad’s heroics did not go unnoticed in Pakistan with the whole nation backing him up during the event. A fake viral tweet of him congratulating Neeraj Chopra also brought him some of the limelight. All this grabbed the attention of the Pakistani Army as well who is known to be the most powerful administrative body in the country.
Our sources tell us that the Pakistani Army has decided to appoint Arshad Nadeem as a Captain in the Army. This move is said to ensure that Arshad gets all the training and diet required to ensure victory in the next Olympics. Captain Arshad’s first posting will be along the LOC where he will use his skills to launch projectile drones and explosives across the border and also provide enough distractions for insurgents to cross over.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://thedailyvanilla.com/2021/08/09/javelinist-arshad-nadeem-recruited-by-pak-army-to-oversee-loc/

Prashant Kishor has been looking at a national-level role in Indian politics and has been in multiple discussions with opposition leaders for a while now. The former JDU member started his career in Indian politics as a political strategist helping the BJP win its first elections under the leadership of Narendra Modi.
Ever since his services have been up for sale to the highest bidder in multiple state elections and have the backing of a full-fledged team who works to ensure the victory of their clients. He has an almost perfect record with victories in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Punjab, and other northern states as well. One huge miscalculation was when he went up against Yogi Adityanath in the UP elections where he lost badly.
Our sources within the UPA tell us that the first piece of free advice that Prashant Kishor has given the opposition leaders is to think of the Lok Sabha as Bigg Boss house and the speaker as Salman Khan. The invisible Bigg Boss is watching them at all times and they need to get as much TV footage as possible. Every action they do in the house has to be only for TRP. This will ensure that all the news channels will focus on these MLA’s from various parties and not on any actual laws or bills. This is important when the opposition bends facts about the bills being presented in parliament.
Our sources also tell us that the best performers during the monsoon session of parliament will be sent to Barry John Acting Studio in Mumbai for a course in acting which will be part of the second phase of the plan.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://thedailyvanilla.com/2021/08/06/prashant-kishor-advices-opposition-to-think-of-parliament-as-bigg-boss-house/

Indian baby care brand First Cry seems to have gotten itself into a bit of a bother as reports are coming in that they are being forced to apologise for a case of fat-shaming at one of their stores in Bengaluru.
This comes on the heels of the incident where a social media influencer Tanya Narendra, who goes by the name of Dr Cuterus, called out the sickening behaviour from some of the staff members at the Tarun Tahiliani store in Delhi. She claims that she was subjected to ridiculous questions like why she was not on a diet or statements like her belly was showing in her lehenga. Disgusted with the whole experience, she then went to another designer who happily had the wedding dress done and fitted perfectly within the 3 weeks deadline.
Dr Cuterus has then posted a photo of her radiant self during her wedding celebrations on Instagram with the comment stating the ordeal she had to go through with one of India’s most sought after brands in the wedding fashion space. A Tarun Tahiliani wedding lehenga can cost anywhere between INR 5,00,000 to INR 10,00,000 and along with Manish Malhotra’s designs, it’s what millennial girls have dreamed of wearing on their wedding day.
Tarun Tahiliani, whose father was the Chief of Staff of the Navy, attended FIT in New York before breaking out on his own as a fashion designer. Before that, he and his wife Sal Tahiliani opened the first multi-designer boutique in India, called Ensemble, which featured designs by 5 designers in 1987. This was followed by the Tarun Tahiliani Studio in 1990.
He gained international fame when Jemima Khan, former wife of current Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, wore one of his creations for her wedding.
Tarun Tahiliani issued a public statement after the accusations were levelled stating that due to the pandemic, there was a  shortage of sizes for various designs at the store and it was not possible to meet the requirements of the customer in the 3-week timeframe that was required. He also clarified that the brand and its employees would never fat shame a person as they prided themselves on helping women be at their beautiful best on their special day.
“If our communication of stock availability, timelines needed for production and customisation had made the clients feel even the slightest not welcome and acknowledged, then we are truly sorry because that is not and will never be the intent,” read a part of the statement.
Our sources tell us that right on the heels of this unfortunate incident, another similar story has cropped up. This time involving the popular baby care brand First Cry, founded by Supam Maheshwari and Amitava Saha. The brand focuses mainly on the 0-5 year segment and has a very strong e-commerce platform to complement over 350 brick and mortar stores it has across the country. Founded in 2010, it is one of India’s top startups and is currently in its E stage of funding. It acquired another baby care brand BabyOye in 2019.
Our source told us that a woman started accusing the staff of the Bangalore JP Nagar store of fat-shaming her child yesterday afternoon when they went to the store to purchase a new set of clothes.
Read the full episode at: http://thedailyvanilla.com/2021/08/05/after-tarun-tahiliani-baby-care-brand-first-cry-forced-to-apologise/

Google announced its much-hyped flagship phone the Google Pixel 6 and the Pixel 6 Pro yesterday amidst great fanfare. Android fans have been waiting for Google’s answer to the iPhone which keeps introducing new phones into the market with regularity.
The wait was worth it with Google’s new phones having a strikingly bold design and a host of new features that are bound to titillate the core Android fanbase that the Pixel phones enjoy.
The most prominent feature is that of the camera bar at the back. This design feature breaks the mould of the flat front and back designs that all phones have been sporting. One of the reasons that Google gave for this protrusion is that it was simply impossible to accommodate all the features of the camera into the standard design. Android geeks are excited as if there was too much to pack in, it must be way better than the iPhone.
Another fun feature was the ability to set the colour tone of your phone’s display. This means that every Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro phone will look different from each other once the phones are switched on. This also plays nicely into the individualistic characteristic that android users enjoy when compared to the homogeneous iPhone users.
For the first time, Google has also announced that they will be using their own processor called Tensor chipset following the footsteps of Apple, Huawei and other major brands. What the capability of this processor is and how it will stack up against the other in the market is yet to be seen. Additionally, there is an extra security chip that will also be part of the new phones.
India, unfortunately, has missed out on the flagship phone launches for a while now. Even Googles previous phones like Pixel 4 and Pixel 5 were not launched along with the rest of the world in India. India on the other hand got the cheaper, budget version which was the A series like Google Pixel 5A.
Our sources at the Google HQ in Hyderabad told us that it is very highly unlikely that the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6Pro will get an early launch in India. The cheaper version might also not reach the market to coincide with the global launch.
“The Indian market is huge and we understand that. However, there are too many players in the market, especially Chinese brands like Xiaomi, Redmi, One Plus, Huawei etc who compete for the mass market. To be honest there is no fight at the top. The top end of the market is dominated by Apple and Samsung.”
Read the full article at: http://thedailyvanilla.com/2021/08/04/google-assures-that-pixel-6-and-pixel-6-pro-will-not-cost-buyers-a-kidney/