Just shared this picture of Thirumala Naicker Mahal in FB about its beauty and how development has screwed its beauty now…
Immediately got a comment from my friend;
I read in an article that British government offered people that “whoever demolishes the statue or some building, those places belong to them.” By Hearing this, Our ancestors demolished most of them around madurai.
He even shared this link on history behind perumal maistry street… Here is a small synopsis from the article;
Then Madurai Collector John Blackburn wanted to demolish the fort walls around the Meenakshi Amman temple for the development of the city. He realised that it would cost a sizable fortune of the government to dismantle the thick walls of the fort. Besides, the channels adjoining the fort had crocodiles to prevent anyone to reach the fort by crossing the water.
“When the British rulers realised that it was not possible to demolish the fort and fill the huge channel with soil, they decided to seek public participation. To lure the public, the collector announced that people can demolish the fort wall and fill the channel to become owners of the land. People from several villages gathered and completed the work…
Feeling bad to know how Britishers enslaved us and how they used us in destroying our own heritage :(…
How many samosas can a person eat?
During my college days I use to eat between 8-10 samosas… Yesterday passed through this shop where I use to eat samosas with my friends… But I stayed away from eating samosa this time :)…
How many ice-cream can a person eat?
I use to eat 15-20 scoops… I went to this joint opposite to t-nagar bus stop , which use to be the point where we have ice-creams after college and disperse for the day…
These days I couldn’t eat more than one scoop… For the sake of memory I just had a single scoop of chocolate ice-cream…
This is the Cogzidel Day gift to all Cogzians :)…
It was a pleasant drive to Madurai carrying Cogzidel Day gifts… Once reaching Madurai it was nice to relax at my new home, listening to the humming of peacock and watching the lust green view of western ghats :)…
Then had a nice 1 hour drive and discussion with Swami… Continued by Commanders meeting & dinner at Hotel Heritage, Kochadai… Then again back to home and had a nice four hour sleep…
Got up early the next day to receive my wife and bang she called from the entrance of my Apartment… Picked her up and went out for tea on a road side hotel… Thrilled that my wife liked something I got her :)…
Then it was time to get ready and went straight down to Hotel Fortune Pandian for Cogzidel Day… Man what a day it was and am going to carry the hangover for couple of more days… Thanks to all Cogzians for making my day… The day went till 10.30 PM with some time for meeting friends, some business discussions and some official meeting after the event…
The day Next also started early… Had to full fill an obligation to god which was long pending since my marriage… So, it was a 60 KM drive from Madurai to a temple called Thirukoshtiyur…
Came back home by noon and spent some time with my wife… It was a gifted opportunity which we never got since our marriage ;)… This visit to Madurai has surpassed all my previous ones… Over all it was a Heart Filled trip which will live in my memory forever…
The event was soo electrifying and the day got closed with this group pose :)…. After all images are our memorabilia….
Cogzidel Day is one of the special day which lives close to my heart… This day brings a lot of nostalgic memories and heals the pain underwent all these years… Also being home ridden for a long time, I was longing for this day for a while…
Finally I reached a day before the D-Day and had a ball of a time… Here is a small synopsis of the day… Apologise for the poor quality of some images… I’m still sharing them to show my respect to those folks…
Deepak starts with the welcome note…
Swami giving final instructions…
Saw a Thiyagaraja Bhagavadar in him… He could sing, dance and act :)…
Our angels entertained us with their mimicry…
These folks entertained us with their steps…
She stunned everyone with her poetry…
Skit got us a new find… Yep we found a heroine Trisha….. Overall it was a good team effort and my kudos to Director Saravanan…
Mrs.BOSS enjoying the show…
For the first time I drove to Madurai a distance of 420 KM from Chennai… Purpose of the visit is to attend Cogzidel Day, to carry some systems & gifts…
Car was loaded with boxes and my entire rear view got blocked… Still risked and continued my drive with Ravi as navigator…
Couldn’t overtake or accelerate because of blocked rear view… Then reached Melmaruvathur and had breakfast at Anandaas….
Again it was a slow drive and we took a break before Trichy at Chakra Milk Parlour… After crossing Trichy, it was a pleasant drive with not much traffic…
Finally reached Madurai by afternoon and the Highlight of the trip was Ravi… It was the first time Ravi travelled 400+ KM without sleeping :)…
Six years back I met with an accident with this car… The car was badly damaged and it saved me unhurt… From then I developed an emotional connect with this car… Even when people advised me to sell the car… I gently ignored their suggestions…
But I couldn’t use this car inside a city owning to its size and the mileage… I mostly use this car for long drives… Since I couldn’t travel a lot for last 20 months, this car was lying unused… Now I’m driving this car to Madurai…
After opening the cover;
Now am super excited to drive to Madurai tomorrow…
Yesterday my Friend & CTO Ksawme shared the above image on FaceBook… Also he sent this small note…
Hey Anand Nataraj, Do you remember this?!
“Alfred to Batman : “Things always get worse before they get better” – One of my favorite quote from the movie “The Dark Knight”
Here, who is Alfred & who is the batman?! 😉
#nostalgia #cogzidel
That was the quote Ksawme shared when things were looking very blink last year… Nothing was happening right and what made us run was such motivation quotes and the motivating personality Ksawme and me possessed…
Today when I was looking at FaceBook I got this tip and it sounded relevant… I wish all budding entrepreneurs to consider recommendation seriously…
It might be impractical or unrealistic to expect your entrepreneurial, corporate, political, or athletic heroes to hang out at your cloistered startup headquarters on a daily basis, but it is a surprisingly motivating strategy to surround yourself with their words, especially if your heroes happen to be individuals who have accomplished difficult or near-impossible tasks. When you’re tired and it’s late at night – and Sunday mornings seem far far away in the future – take the time to inspire yourself with a great quote or a quick motivational video, nothing too long or too serious, anything that will remind you of the reasons for which QUITTING IS NOT AN OPTION. Copy the quotes down on brightly coloured sticky-notes and paste them to your computer screen. Go to our website and post startup quotes to your Facebook page. Print them up and tack them up onto the bare white wall you keep staring at when your eyes begin to blur in the late afternoon. Whatever you do, put yourself in an environment where you are constantly reminded that YOU ARE NOT ALONE and that YOU…
Quote Courtesy: Susan Ahn, Co-Founder of The People Project and Editor-in-Chief of ThePeopleProject.com…
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