Category: Personal

DMK AIADMK & I


I was 11 years old when JayaLalitha swept TN polls & she became the Chief Minister for the first time… She won because;

  • of publicising her saree removing episode in the assembly…
  • of the alliance with congress and gained the sympathy votes gained by Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination…

That was an age where I was not interested in politics & that would be the talk of the town…

JJ’s first tenure started when I was too young and ended when I was 16 & an age where I started following politics…

That was a rule filled with autocracy & corruption… The whole state was against her & year 1996 was an entertaining year…

  • It saw congress splitting in TN and Tamil Manila Congress emerged and allied with DMK…
  • Super Star RajiniKanth almost entered into politics…
  • Sun Tv emerged into prominence because of Sandlehood smuggler Veerappan…

All the above factors & anti-incubancy against JJ saw the end of her rule… Entire TN cherished & it was almost end of road for JJ…

Then 1996 was also a turning point for the state of TN… State was lagging behind other states & pro -capitalist DMK came to power both on the Centre with Third front & in the state…

Tamil Nadu saw true development in terms of infrastructure & with industries…

When left front collapsed in 2 years in centre… BJP lead NDA came to power & DMK right fully joins NDA…

Then everyone felt DMK would make it back… As JJ was facing corruption charges & still her autocratic rule was fresh in the mind… But there was an under-current which made all political observers wrong…

DMK collapsed & JJ returned to power… This time she did good governance with her autocratic attitude…

In between NDA collapsed in the centre during 2004 & DMK was prompt in changing alliance with Congress lead UPA and won all 40 parliamentary seats in TN & Puducherry…

Then came 2006 and people were applauding JJ’s rule & it was thought she will win… But DMK chief’s last minute promise of 1 KG rice for Re.1 clicked… Also it was perfectly timed & JJ couldn’t do much…

In spite she won 70 seats & DMK formed a government in spite of being a minority…

It was return of UPA for the second time… This 2 year rule is full of corruption & DMK minister was in the lime light of India’s biggest corruption till date… Also UPA 2 was filled with controversies like;

  • 2G Spectrum Scandal
  • Common Wealth Games Scandal
  • Appointment of Chief Vigilance Officer
  • Inflation

Now it is 2011 and the political scenario in TN is heated up… DMK has gone for polarisation politics & gave lavish numbers to number caste based parties… Their ugly quarrel with Congress happened in public & finally DMK bowed down…

As per vote share DMK is comfortable with 49% against AIADMK’s 41%… But DMK has to fight;

  • Anti-incubancy
  • 2G Spectrum Scam
  • Already fragile alliance with congress
  • Inflation
  • Monopoly & Domination of Real Estate, Media, Movies & Television
  • Groupism within the family

So far nothing is going right for DMK… Also seeing their feud with congress there can be post election alliance if there is a broken verdict…

Also DMK was in power in the Centre for last 15 years… May 13 should be an interesting day & it time to have fun…

Are we emotional idiots?


At least with me it is true… Being a person who has favoured DMK since my childhood; I decided to vote for AIADMK… Reason being too much domination of Karunanidhi’s family on almost every industry; particularly Movies, Real estate & Television…

Also the 2G spectrum scam added fuel to that fire…

I being educated & the ability to think fell prey for emotions…

Yes this current feud between DMK & Congress made me to sympathise DMK… For a moment anger against them became sympathy…

Only now I realize the importance of emotional voters whose mindset fluctuates & can change the game…

Faking Life


Yesterday I was getting repeated calls from my Mom & Dad… I’m missed picking their calls… It was something & they have never done like this before…

Then I reverted back to their call at late night… My dad picked the call in the very first ring & he started shouting at me for up loading photos of me drinking toddy…

He said he didn’t like me posting such pictures… He said for the position I’m holding I must not do such things…

Immediately several questions flashed my mind;

  • Why should I fake my Life & live a masked life…
  • If wine tasting is a festival culture; why can’t I enjoy tasting toddy

Since I didn’t want to let down my father I immediately agreed to delete the pictures…

But really I feel frustrated for bowing down to emotional pressure which arises out of societal pressure #sucks….

Being AnandNataraj


I’ve blogged about this often and I think I’ll be blogging about this topic in future too…. For those who keep reading about this often; please excuse me because I use my blog as a tool for expression…

It all started when I uploaded a bunch of pictures while consuming toddy…. Immediately I started getting advice from my friends to delete it or to make it visible only to certain friends…. Though they advised me as a well wisher…. I didn’t want to follow what they said…

So what are the effects of posting such a picture?

  • My image as a entrepreneur gets a beating…
  • My marriage could get affected because of this…

But if I start thinking about what people will think of me…. I’ll start leading a false life & over a point I might loose my Identity…. For me I want to me as open as possible…. Though I paid heavy prices for this openness I don’t want to change because of some bad experiences….

Though there might be certain hiccups initially once I become big acceptance will get bigger…. Some great personalities are;

  • Vijay Mallaya
  • Richard Branson

These people have shown me path for leading a life as we like and never bother about society or succumb to pressure it gives….

So what is Being AnandNataraj?

  • Someone who doesn’t bother about society and lives life for himself is Being AnandNataraj….
  • Someone who give damn for Privacy is Being AnandNataraj…
  • Someone who has the guts & fire on the a$$ is Being AnandNataraj….
  • Someone who thinks RISK & failure is a part of life is Being AnandNataraj….
  • Someone who is a Decision maker even it is right or wrong is Being AnandNataraj….
  • Someone who agrees his failures / mistakes / embarrassments is Being AnandNataraj….

Though it is hard for common people to accept me and my acts…. I’m happy Being AnandNataraj thought my actions leads to criticism, embarrassment etc.

 

Mistake made me feel great!!!


Yesterday while driving to office I got a call from the person who sold Hotel Accord Metropolitan membership to me… She wished me Happy Birthday & said one more celebrity was celebrating his birthday today and asked did I know who he is???

  • I said it was Shahid Kapoor & she said that was a news for her and she said it was someone else…
  • Then I said it was Premji Ameran & again she said it was a news to her and she said the person was different…

Since I ran out of options she said it was Gautham Vasudev Menon’s birthday too… That made me think more special as he is one of my favorite directors… She said he is also a privileged member like me & she said she has called me after wishing him… I was doubly thrilled to be a a part of a club which had such celebrities & my favorite director as a member…

Then she said there was a complementary cake offered as a gift from the Hotel… Since I was busy treating my folks I asked my office admin to collect the cake form the hotel… The packing was nice and I thought I must share this cake with my parents & sister as I didn’t offer them for my birthday…

When I reached home & opened the box I was in for a shock… I got the cake which was supposedly prepared for Gautam Vasudev Menon :)… Though the cake neither had my name nor the flavor I requested I didn’t get angry… Gautam must have got my cake and would have wondered who Anand Nataraj was?? I just realized that I must have registered my name as AnandNataraj.Com so that he could have at-least hit my blog ;)… Not sure how he reacted or felt about the mix up… I was happy & the cake was really delicious… Gautam was good even in selecting the flavors he choose :)…

This is what i got :)…

Yet another Birthday to Remember!!!!


As usual it was yet another Birthday to remember and thanks to all Cogzians… In fact first to wish for my birthday from Cogzians & Vimala was the first to call me… It was followed by Major Karthik & then my mom & sister wished me… From then on;

  • Got calls till 2 AM & it started pouring from 7 AM… I got up by 10 AM and started picking and reverting calls…
  • Then emails were pouring from midnight… Parallel task 1 is to reply to emails while talking…
  • Then it was pouring wishes in FaceBook… Parallel task 2 is to reply FB wishes while replying to emails & picking calls :)…
  • Then Got a call from Hotel Accord Metropolitan to wish me for my birthday… I asked them to book table for 12 people & my bad luck all tables were full… I got a bit nervous and upset because I asked all my folks not to carry lunch…
  • I asked Boopathi to book for some other star hotels for buffet & almost all star hotels were full with reservations :(…
  • Then I started to office by 12.30 PM & reached office by 1 PM… While driving I got the news that no hotel had free table including Green Park… Then I called a influential friend of mine & bang we got table in Green Park & that too with a discount with 30%…
  • After doing some small task we immediately started to Green Park… We were made to wait for 30 min to get the table…
  • In the mean time I found a friend of mine & invited me for a drink… After two shots to tequila I joined the team for lunch…
  • Before lunch I was asked to cut the cake & time to receive the gift by Team…
  • As usual it was time to pull down each other & time for showing our lighter side… Though we can’t blog about the fun we had… We spent almost 3 hours which ran in a jiffy…
  • To my surprise Bill I received was Rs.3600/- for a 10 member buffet…
  • Came back to office & gave home made cakes from Cakes Allure…
  • Then I went to Adambakkam office and must thank Aravind who made the moment special by putting my true age “22” :)…

I must thank Bala Murugan, Boopathi, Ramanan, Sowmya, Soniya, Patrick, Sangeetha, Suganthi & Brigadeesh for making the day special… I really missed Vimala (first person who wished me :)) & Dhanalakshmi… Here are some snaps of the special moment;

Muscle Catch Spoils Madurai Plans


Came to Madurai with loads of agenda fitted within 2 days… Unfortunately my Muscle Catch aggravated & I was unable to get down from the bus & walk… With great difficulty I reached home… I’ve never been thru such a severe pain… I didn’t think of any other thing & immediately started sleeping even though I had a good sleep in the bus…

I didn’t bother to pick any of the calls & got up only by 4… Then went to a near by hotel to have some grub… Then went to office by 6 PM only to find that there was a power shutdown…

After some small power meetings I thought that I can at least start my Birthday Party from my Madurai mates… Had a nice fun filled dinner at Taj Pasumalai & Netherlands – England match was a bonus…

After that it was time for a movie with Satheesh… Went to the movie Aadu-Puli an average movie… Did all this with severe back pain…

Then went back home & slept till 5 PM today… When I woke up I badly wanted to treat my back before proceeding to any other work… Also had to postpone my return to Chennai to honour Laxman’s invitation for bachelors party…

Then went to office at 6 & had meetings with Major, Sathick, Bala & Jegan all within one & half hours…

Then went for a Psysio treatment from my friend Madhan & my thank him a zillion… He immediately figured the problem & released the trigger points… Then he gave from stretches & now am feeling much better…

Then came the shocker… I didn’t eat from the morning & thought I can freak the Buffet… Unfortunately there was a party in Fortune Pandian hotel & all tables were full…

Looking at spreads made mouth watery :(… Then we had to cancel the plan… Thanks to Laxman for postponing my trip for nothing & making me starve…

Then went for dinner in a Hotel near by called Sangam only to get a very very bad service…

Now I’m back at home & I’ve a train to catch by 6.30 AM tomorrow… If I sleep I can’t wake-up that early…

Time to fiddle with my blackberry & must take nice nap in the train…

When did I CRY??


I cried when;

  • I was born…
  • My mom left me alone…
  • I was forced to goto School…
  • I was caned…
  • India lost in Cricket…
  • I quarreled with friends…
  • I Lost my Love :(…

From all the above occasion I was pained & more hurt for the last one… And till date the last CRY was for the last reason :)…

Google blocks my Adsense


Today morning when I opened my email I got an email from my folks to check for Google Adsense as no ads were getting displayed in our demo website… Sadly my @anandnataraj.com email id’s went not configured after we changed our server… Cost of that laziness is I didn’t receive Google’s email on blocking my account…

My assumption is I’ve posted Adsense ads on couple of our products demo sites which were apart from my domain… Anyways I’ve to goto Google Adsense support team and understand the reason for the ban and also check if there is any chance of revoking the ban…

If my assumption is right then again the problem is with Google because they rejected my proposal for a business account to showcase ads on our Product demos…

Anyways coming days are going to be interesting as I’ve to be active one;

  • Communicating with Adsense team & work a solution…
  • If finally I can’t get the ban revoked then it must be great opportunity to try options other than Google…

Good part of this Ban is I took time to configure my email Id and it is working now… Also Transferred my domain from Dotster to Godaddy which was pending for long because of the email problem…

Coincidence of my houses


I’ve a house in Porur, Chennai & Gottegere, Bangalore. Just I noticed some co-incidence surrounding both the house;

  • There is a Shell outlet & a theatre on the entrance, which we use it as Landmark…
  • Both area connects outer ring road “Perungalathur – Maduravoyol” in Porur & “Hosur Road – Mysore” in Gottegere…
  • Both places are 20 KM from its Central railway junction…