Category: Personal

An Argument of Ideology


India is a Land of diverse cultures based on Religion & Linguist… Though my Ideology favors my religion I look at the greater interest of my country… I’m not in favor of suppressing any religion nor be suppressed… But I was surprised to see someone in my age group who was Ideologically connected to my mother tongue…

Though he was cool & composed in argument unlike me… He was very strong in his belief… He has put his country behind his ideology… Though I was disturbed by that attitude it gave me more insights about effects of polarization done by some fringe elements…

Being a Tamalian I just pitied the case of Sri Lankan tamils and I assumed that was a micro affair because the loss of LTTE disn’t create a big impact on us… Also I was happy that there was no big issue created by Muslims when the Babri verdict was given…

I thought we have become mature as a country in spite of differences we have… But when someone close to me who wants to Leave this country because it is not doing anything to his men… He went to the fact telling he was willing to be a 3rd rated citizen in a foreign country than here…

His concerns are;

  • North Indians ignore death of fisherman by Sri Lankan navy because they are tamils.
  • Lots of Sri Lankan tamils are still tortured.
  • Lanka is in the verge of ethnic cleansing.

My only answer is I was never been treated like a 2nd class citizen by this country… Our home minister is a Tamilian… Infact for more than 2 decade Tamil Nadu had major chunk of portfolio in the Central Governments… Sri Lankan issue or Tamil Fisherman issue is not handled well must be accepted… But we must remember we have greater say in the central cabinet(DMK)… So, the truth is fellow are corrupt and they are not working for the cause of our brothers… If we ourselves ignore the cause of our own people tamilians… It is not reasonable blaming someone who is not linked to us in terms of language…

Though I was not convinced by my friends argument… He was not in a mindset of accept mine either… So, we decided to stop this without any conclusion…

Moral: Changing ones ideology is a difficult task or it is impossible…

Fear Supersedes Passion


In recent times I’m approached by lots of youngsters who have zeal for entrepreneurship… They have wonderful ideas and some even have good execution plan… But what is common with all the folks is the dreaded word “Fear of Failure”… They approach me asking me to help them in execution… In simple terms it is their idea where is I’ve to;

  • Invest in project…
  • Create, Build & manage a team…
  • Manage and align all the stakeholders…
  • Market it to end user…

What all I can get in return is their support from outside… Meaning they wont quit their job & they will keep giving their thoughts… They quit and join me when everything is set and company comes to a comfortable position…

In simple words they want some third person to take the risk and they will share the benefits once the project is a success… If it fails they don’t have anything to loose other than some time they spend on meetings & fringe jobs they do…

The reasons they have for not quitting their job immediately is;

  • They have commitments (at the age of 24 & they assume they will be out of commitment at 34)…
  • They have to gain some expertise & experience…
  • They don’t have sufficient capital…

For all those gentleman I’ve a simple answer… I’m not stupid… If your Fear Supersedes your Passion it your problem… I’ve no obligation to baby sit you for your success…

All I can tell is you are not an entrepreneur material because you don’t have traits such as;

  • Guts
  • Enjoying Failures
  • Fire in your A$$

Finally I’m sure you can’t become an entrepreneur until you change your attitude…

Dutching – The way ahead


This time I’ve never written or blogged about new year resolution owing to my previous year track record(Yes, i never succeeded in any one of the resolutions)… But something I wanted to do this year is to control my expense… I started believing in the concept Money Saved is Money Earned…

So, I decided to settle for freebie’s, discounts & get out with friends only when they Dutch… After that resolution I went out with friends to Mahabalipuram & to the movie Dhobi Ghat on 26th… After a long time or for the first time I’ve been outing with friends where expenses were dutch’ed…

It was a travel of 100 KM in a day, with lunch in a hotel, a movie & dinner… Overall my share of expense was less than Rs.300… Never in my life I’ve come home by spending just 300 bucks by enjoying an entire day…

So, my dear friends hence forth be prepared to take me out only when you are ready to share the expense…

East or West Vodafone is Best


After trying Aircel & Airtel until 2004 I settled for Hutch (now Vodafine)… It all started with minor issues with Hutch & after then it has been a smooth ride… After sorting those issues I’ve only become comfortable and addict to this brand…

I keep hearing issues about Airtel & Aircel from my friends related to Billing, Signal Problem, Poor Customer service etc… I’ve never worried about anything else… If I was genuine in paying my bills promptly I’m given best of the service…

Now Mobile Number Portability getting introduced today a lot of my friends asked if I’ll try with some other operator… Though I’m happy that MNP is going to keep Mobile Operators on their toe’s… I’m not planning to shift because I’m sure Vodafone is only going to improve its standards compared to other operators… Infact I’m happy that I can bring all my employees under Vodafone CUG…

For now I’m following Vodafone…

1st Jan 2011


After having a long nap at residency I got back to my house by 4 in the evening… My mom was curious to know how I partied and it was time to narrate her the way I enjoyed the day… Then my parents had to move to a party organized in my fathers office…

Then I got a call from my friend Roshan & we thought we have to goto Ganesh temple in ECR and then to have a small get-together in our Residency room… There was huge traffic and he were late by an hour and we reached Residency by 8.45 PM…

First person to reach the place was Natraj, then came Rooban, followed by Prasad & finally by Arshet and his friend… We all had a nice interaction and we had a nice Business discussion… Finally I left the hotel by 2 AM and reached home after having a great Party & a get-together…

Review of my 2010 New Year Resolutions


We are approaching the end of 2010 I wanted to review how far I was successful in full-filling all my new year resolutions. Sadly none of the resolutions were accomplished…

  • Make my first Abroad Travel this year.
  • Start my Book on “Hardships of First Generation Actors” and publish it this year itself.
  • Workout & Have a good physique.
  • Getting a Pretty wife or a Girl Friend ;) .
  • Start Collecting Expensive Gadgets & Buying expensive merchandise.
  • Become a Golfer.
  • Become a Good Photographer.
  • Mentoring Budding Entrepreneurs.
  • Starting 2 more entities under Cogzidel Group.
  • Creating a residual income other than my mainstream income.
  • Learn swimming.
  • Start Open Terrace Networking to help startups & SME to network with professional and fellow entrepreneurs.
  • Join Chennai Tracking Club & go for more tracking.
  • Long drives to Pondy, Madurai, Bangalore, Mysore & GOA.

Step towards professional Photography


This is my first try towards Professional Photography… Result is because of natural lighting and no touchup word is done… There are some of the scenic pictured taken at dawn at Thondi…

Thank you Mr.Anonymous Wi-Fi


I stayed in my friends house the previous night & returned home by 8.30 AM in the morning only to know from my Admin manager that there is a total power shutdown in office. That is a pathetic situation on Madurai and we have to have a seperate blog discussing about it.

I was worried as I can’t stay without internet for a whole day & I called back my friend to check if I can use his internet. He said he will be back by 11.30 AM after finishing his cases. So, I thought it was best time to wash my cloths and goto his house by 11.30 AM.

Just after washing my cloths I though I need to charge my mobile as I didn’t bring my charger and had to charge using USB charger. I took my macbook and kept my mobile for charge. Then went took batch and started packing to visit my friend.

While shutting down there was an alert asking if I’ve to connect to a Wi-Fi connection named ITI. I thought i’ve to give it a try and it clicked immediately.

I just checked my mails, opened my Facebook & now posting this blog. I’ve been a victim in the past by giving open access to my Wi-Fi and for 3 months our internet bills were above Rs.10,000/- two years. Some one has used my unsecured  Wi-Fi & downloaded heavily.

Also we are hearing a lots of news including the recent Varanasi Blast. Where terrorist used unsecured Wi-Fi for sending emails. I’d request every one to be careful for letting your Wi-Fi open.

But today it is a real moment of help for me & I know it is bad on my part to exploit it. But I’m exploiting the situation for my laziness. But Mr.Anonymous don’t worry I wont use this open access for downloads or for sending prank emails.

This time it is CitiBank


I’m tired of having issues with Banks and getting them sorted. This time issue is with CitiBank. So, here is a small synopsis of what has happened;

I had a Citibank Shoppers Shop CreditCard with number 5189 **** **** 8011 and I’ve been using this card for more than 5 years. On 7th of December I made a payment to settle my monthly dues through CitiBank Online banking. The very next day I tried to book a bus ticket to Madurai and the transaction was getting rejected. Then I loggedin to my Online Banking Account only to find the card to be missing from my Online Banking.

Then I immediately called CitiBank’s call center and after lots of confirmation I was told that my card has been upgraded and when I asked for the current status. I was told that the card was sent for embossing & representative said I’ll be send my card later. When I asked for a commitment on getting my new card. She denied to give a commitment. I was tired of such irresponsible response from bankers.

With lots of frustration I said that was the primary card I’m using and I said I need it badly. I asked her to take a request to push the process. She immediately replied will take a note of my request and I’ll be getting my card based on clearance in the Queue.

I was discussing about this with my CFO and he said this is a Banking Violation and legally banks are not supposed to terminate a service owing to upgrade or new service and that too when a request is not made by the customer. He asked me to file a compliant. But I’m sick and tired of doing it and as usual let me flush it our in my mouth-piece and move forward.

My First Google AdSense Cheque


Yesterday received my first Google AdSense cheque for INR 4,652/-. I’ve been blogging for almost 5 years now and this is the money which I got it from the Ad posted in my Blog. It took me 5 years to accumulate this minimum amount. I’m sure it wont take another 5 years to earn the same money. I must thank all my readers who have motivated me to write often, Google for supporting bloggers by their AdSense model which makes us to earn a revenue from our hobby.

Though the amount is small I’m planning to invest it in some Mutual Funds instead of spending it unnecessarily. Here is the copy of the Cheque.