May29
August 31, 2006
When 27-year old Sarathbabu graduated from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, he created quite a stir by refusing a job that offered him a huge salary. He preferred to start his own enterprise — Foodking Catering Service — in Ahmedabad.
He was inspired by his mother who once sold idlis on the pavements of Chennai, to educate him and his siblings. It was a dream come true, when Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy lit the traditional lamp and inaugurated Sarathbabu’s enterprise.
Sarathbabu was in Chennai, his hometown, a few days ago, to explore the possibility of starting a Foodking unit in the city and also to distribute the Ullas Trust Scholarships instituted by the IT firm Polaris to 2,000 poor students in corporation schools.
In this interview Sarathbabu describes his rise from a Chennai slum to his journey to the nation’s premier management institute to becoming a successful entrepreneur. This is his story, in his own words.
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May27
I do not recall being motivated to do anything in particular as a young child. I do not think I was any different from most other children in that respect. There was, of course, always the motivation to “be good”, so that you gained a reward of some description. Whether it was a candy bar, or presents from Santa, it did not take long to learn that if you were good, then you got something good in return.
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May27
By Frankie Picasso
Today I heard the saying “Trying is lying!”
It made me reflect back to earlier this year when I was lying in my hospital bed with two broken legs, a broken hip and a broken pelvis, injuries I had sustained in a motorcycle accident. After the surgeons had put my body back together, I was moved to a rehabilitation hospital, where I spent the next 4 ½ months learning how to walk again. This was an amazing facility designed to assist patients (many worse off than me), in adjusting to their new limitations. The goal was to assist us in finding strategies that were designed to help us continue to live a life worth living, despite these challenges.
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May27
By Frankie Picasso
Today we’re going to talk about something we all want but don’t always have enough of: Happiness.
Are you waiting for something like a new girlfriend, a change in your job or even a new pair of shoes to make you HAPPY? If you are, then I hate to tell you this, but you will never reach your goal.
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May22
I though I should share some shayaris with you people.
Ye dil udaas hai bahut
Ye dil udaas hai bahut koi paighaam hi likh do
Tum apna naam na likho, chalo gumnaam hi likh do
Meri kismat me gham-e-tanhai hai lekin
Tamam umr na likho, magar ek shaam hi likh do
Ye janta hoon ke umr bhar tanha mujhko rehna hai
Magar pal do pal, ghadi do ghadi, mera naam hi likh do
Chalo hum maan lete hain saza ke mustahiq thehre
Koi inaam na likho, koi ilzaam hi likh do
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