November 24th, 2009 — 8:27am
I have been watching a lot of TED-Talks lately and every time I watch one, I ask myself one question. Is my life as varied as theirs?
The more I think about that question, the more I get the feeling that I should record my past 25 years in paper. Probably, 25 years is too short a time to actually have that many varied experiences. If that is the case, then this autobiography should at least help me create more such experiences in my future life.
I think I will do something worth being on the same stage as the speakers at TED in the next 20-25 years. And when that happens, this book would definitely be worth the effort as I do not have that much belief on my memory.
Hmm, that was an extremely optimistic post! Hope!
PS: Personal deadline for finishing this book – 30th Jan 2010.
Update(29th Jan 2010): No easy job. This requires one more year!
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November 17th, 2009 — 9:56pm
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Thirunelli, being my Mother’s native and the place where I spent a lot of my childhood is situated in thick woods. It is within Wayanad wildlife sanctuary and is now also identified as an Elephant corridor.
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Elephants have amazing memories and they trace a particular path every year in search of food and water. This information gets passed on from generation to generation. Preserving such paths essentially means preserving a healthy population of elephants. I have seen in the past 15 years that elephant sightings in Thirunelli has continuously increased. This time, we watched about 10-12 elephants, from a distance however.
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Even in these heights where only animals rule the land, it is strange how men like to draw borders; it can be seen in this image as 2 parallel lines running on the top of the hills. On the left lies Karnataka and on the right lies Kerala.
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These are moments when you wish that time could stand still. However, time stands still only in photographs.
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November 10th, 2009 — 12:39pm
I am writing this post so that I can come back 5 years later and see if I have found the answers. Its just a list of questions.
- Is there really something called a breakthrough event in business or is it just a series of incremental improvements?
- Does a startup become successful only if we keep fighting against all odds? Or, is it better to stop the battle, prepare with better arms and then come back? I remember the quote by Abraham Lincoln: “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe“. The catch however is that, in the case of a startup, you don’t even know what to chop until you have started.
- How much of a toll does starting your own company take on your family?
- Once you start a company, you start to live in a different world. You start being more optimistic about things. You start living on hope. A hope that, even if something fails, that will lead to something even better. Does this feeling exist only during the startup phase? Or does it the change you forever?
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