Author: anandnataraj

Entrepreneur, Blogger, Traveller, Pet Lover, Networker, Social Drinker, Party Animal, Movie Addict, Startup Enthusiast, Organic Gardner, Avid Reader....

Rejuvenating Bangalore Drive


It was a challenging week to start and last three days have been disastrous when it comes to work…

Almost every professional and personal tasks got collapsed… Even started the day without much enthusiasms and excitement…

Got an appointment with doctor to check about dad’s health… To my surprise doctor reached early and there was no waiting time…

After three days of paralysis, there was a day which was happening… Immediately thought of driving to Bangalore to meet my wife…

Drove all alone to Bangalore and it was good 5 hours where I could come out of stress and think about strategies…

  • Drove against heavy rains
  • Had delicious variety rice for lunch… Unfortunately forgot the name of the Hotel
  • Took a coffee break at CCD
  • A 10 minute traffic halt by road workers… But got a call from office which didn’t make me frustrated
  • Finally reached Bangalore and surprised my wife

My First Entrepreneurship Venture


20130908-184814.jpgI always had flair for entrepreneurship from my childhood days… My first entrepreneurship ride started when I was 12… I use to breed fish during my school days and sell them during summer vacation…

I brought 3 big paint barrels and bread fish… Mostly I bread White Molly, Red Molly and Black Molly… Total investment came to less than Rs.30…

By the time my exams were over there were 100’s of fish on each breed… I sold a pair for Re.2 and fish plants for Re1 and ended up making around 1500 bucks which was a big money for a the investment…

The next year I started breeding Fighter(A breed known for fighting)which breeds by laying eggs Rs.10… I experimented by cross breeding fishes…

  • White Molly + Black Molly gave me Chocolate Molly & White Molly with black dots…
  • Red Molly + Black Molly gave me Red Molly with Black Tail…

This time with lot of variety and by starting the breeding process a bit early, my revenue increased to Rs.6000/- the next year…

Finally I had to abandon this venture owing to my mothers pressure… But this was the foundation to my entrepreneurship and this experience helped me to perceive as an entrepreneur at a later stage…

Too much of Technology is Injurious to MIND


Every month I’ve to take my father to hospital for review… Normally a review takes 8 – 10 hours where in I’ve to wait for doctors, get the list of scans to be taken, make payment, take him for scan, wait for the online scan results, again wait for doctor to get his opinion, mostly a reference would be given to other doctor, wait for them, get their opinion, then settle the final bills, get the discharge report, buy medicine and get back home…

So, in-between all those hectic schedule;

  • Paid mobile bill using Vodafone APP…
  • Transferred cash to a friend using ICICI Bank APP…
  • Checked Credit Card statement using CitiBank APP…
  • Approved & replied to comments in my blog usingWordPRESS APP…
  • Went to FB to share & like interesting articles, wished birthday buddies and commented on friends articles…
  • Went to Cafe Coffee Day opened CCD APP and used the discount code…
  • Read and Replied to emails…
  • Attended phone calls… Mostly with fellow directors…
  • Read tech news thru TechCrunch APP…
  • EverNote & GDrive APPS are other daily used utility APPS…

I was always thrilled that technology made life simple and it never made be sit bored… It always kept me engaged and enjoyed my life even during crisis… But all these days I didn’t realise that I’ve been addicted or obsessed with something…

Today was the day to realise when my iPhone ran out of charge and was in no position to charge it for almost 2 hours… All of a sudden my mood changed, got irritated for unnecessary things, got restless, felt like I lost or missed something… I drive back the car like crazy to reach home… When I was caught in signal the frustration increased as I immediately clean unnecessary email during that break…

Without exaggeration I had symptoms of depression… Only then I realised how bad it is to get bossed with technology and what all things I’m missing in life… I totally lost human touch in life… Though technology has made life easier I don’t want to get addicted to it…

Immediately i wanted to do something to break this addiction in me… As a decisive person i immediately thought of an idea where I get totally disconnected with all these technology for at least 2 days (any Saturday & Sunday) in a month…

I hate postponing good things and the experiment starts immediately… Next Monday you can expect a blog on the experience of living disconnected from technology…

Flourishing Temples


I hail from a suburb called Porur, Chennai… Twenty years back I use to visit some small temples near my house… These temples were deserted and mostly misused by anti-social elements…

Today I took my mom to these temples which I’m visiting after 20 years… So, these were the temples I visited and surprised to see the makeover to these temples;

Shiva Veera Anjaneer Temple: This temple was deserted during my schooling days and today it is one of the well organised temples in the locality… It has a website too :)…

ManikaVinayagar Temple: It was a small Ganesh Temple and I used to visit this temple everyday as a kid… Today temple has become big with lot other gods…

Jalagandesswar Temple: Twenty years back there was an open LINGAM which was deserted and dust ridden… All of a sudden a temple has been built and another temple which pulls lots of crowd…

Kamakchi Amman Temple: Twenty years back this area was mostly barren lands and today it houses a temple, which is again well managed…

Finally I don’t want to get into the debate for need of this many temples… Until they are used for people’s good and not misused it is better… Personally I’m happy that these templates have given facelift to the neighbourhood…

New initiatives keeps me engaged


Almost a year Sundays have become boring and lonely… Last week was sitting idle and was whiling away time… Tried hard by trying different things but nothing excited me… Finally called a friend and asked if he can join me for a Coffee… As the conversation progressed we thought of creating a Blog for Techie’s & CxO’s…

Very next day I stepped into execution and started a blog http://scribblejam.wordpress.com, book a domain ScribJAM.Com and started with two of my directors… Started pitching it with my friends to write for the Blog and there was mixed response…

The progress was slow and steady and last whole week I was engaged with this task… It was this new initiative which kept me engaged today… As I’m closing a Sunday without feeling bored after a long time…

Must thank Bala & KSawMe for the support and encouragement they offered…

Donkey on the WELL!!!


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One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone’s amazement he quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

MORAL: Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred – Forgive.

2. Free your mind from worries – Most never happens.

3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.

4. Give more.

5. Expect less from people but more from yourself.

Reply to Mr.Swaminathan


I received following comment from Mr.Swaminathan

Looking at the size of the blog content, you could have put this as a Facebook status message instead of a blog post. இந்த தம்மாதூண்டு மேட்டருக்கு நான் பேஸ்புக்ல இருந்து உம் பிளாக்ல போய் படிச்சிட்டு திரும்ப இங்க வந்து கமெண்ட் போட்டு….உஸ்ஸ்ஸ்ஸப்பா..முடியல (For this small post I had to from FB to your blog and then come back to FB to post my comment….)

First I’d like to explain Swami what BLOG is and how the term originated;

The term “weblog” was coined by Jorn Barger on 17 December 1997. The short form, “blog”, was coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word weblog into the phrase “we blog” in the sidebar of his blog Peterme.com in April or May 1999. Shortly thereafter, Evan Williams at Pyra Labs used “blog” as both a noun and verb (“to blog”, meaning “to edit one’s weblog or to post to one’s weblog”)…

So, Mr.Swami I BLOG to maintain weblog of my daily activities so that I can look back at a later stage… So, my Blog is my diary and it is for my friends to know what I do… If I post things on FB my log gets lost or diluted over the stream activities on FB…

Now you get my point on why I prefer my Blog than FB??

Lunch with friends @ Hotel Green Park


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Got a call from my friend Sathish Babu and met him for lunch at Hotel Green Park, Chennai…. It was nice 2 hours spent on discussing Rupee Fall, Madurai Law & Order, Tamil Cinema, Indian Politics, Tamil Nadu Politics, Indian Economics, Update & Discussion on Friends activities and more gossips…

It was nice to do tea shop #gossip after a long long time 🙂 – feeling refreshed….

Yet another ambitious guy falling for DOGMA :(


Early morning when I was half asleep got a call from a friend who is several years junior to me… I’ve known this kid for almost 10 years and he has never even entered his teen… He called me to inform me that he has completed his graduation and he is working as a lecturer… First I couldn’t believe my eyes to see the kid taking up a job and that to as a lecturer…

Second I was surprised and saddened to see him taking up a job…I’ve known this guy to be independent, rebellious, notorious, brave, and huge passion for movies… Almost every day he lived for movies and he can replicate personalities and dialogues… His aim was to become a Cinema Director…

Today when I was talking to him I told him I couldn’t believe how come he be a good lecturer as he himself was notorious and uncontrollable and also how he can give up his dream so easily…

His instant reply was to please his parents for two years and after two years he wanted to pursue his dream… Though I was not convinced and pleased… I told him he is making his life complicated and told he has fallen into the trap… I advised him dreamers always need to start early before falling into any commitment or tasting the comfort zone…

He said he is firm that he would quit his job in 2 years and join movies and he wants to please his parents for 2 years… I didn’t want to advice him much and wrapped the conversation by wishing him luck in his career and prayers for not falling into DOGMA…

What is DOGMA??
Dogma is living with the results of other people’s thinking.

From the morning I’m deeply disturbed because I know think guy had deep talent and he would have made it big in Movies… Yet another year and yet another case of a person falling prey to the trap laid by mediocre parents…

Sitting at HOME does more bad than good


From my childhood my parents or every parents in Indian society encourages their kids to stay at home… They thing by confining inside the does not create any problem and can save a lot in expenses…

Once I started my professional career 13 years ago one thing I did was I was out of HOME and spent most of my time out… Thought I couldn’t save a lot but I got a lot of exposure, got a good network of connect, enjoyed life and more importantly mind was engaged and it didn’t create unnecessary situations…

For last one year I had to take care of my dad and had to be confined at home and I understood why most women were trouble makers… This was what I experienced for last one year;

Lot of idle time: An idle man’s mind is devils workshop and this is true… Since mind is free it created lot of assumptions and imaginary situations which most of the time strained relationship with others… Mind stopped forgiving others… Mind stops accepting mistakes…

Creates Fear & Pessimism: I use to wonder why my mother was pessimistic and was always scared of everything… But when I was all alone I could feel falling for those symptoms…

Reduces Exposure: However educated you are once you stop moving out and spend some time travelling or roaming… You are for sure bound to lag behind…

EGO Develops: there are more changes of you becoming an egoist….

Will Develop Self Pity: We always feel lonely and think we don’t have anyone and develop the trait of pitying ourself…

Breaks Self Confidence: All the above pointed will lead to loosing ones Self-Confidence…

Am not sure how many of you had time to sit at home for a long time and feel if they had experienced such things… But I underwent and compared with the behaviour of women at home and could correlate…