I’m a Social Media Entrepreneur, Professor of Digital Marketing, Author of 9 books, Podcaster and an Organic Farmer.

There’s something about the stage that pumps up the adrenalin. Thank you Abhijit Naikdesai for capturing the moments.

Ranjini Rao, Editor of http://IamPositive.in/ blog and a Digital Marketing expert with a large global IT company has an interesting take on life after watching the video on Vaksana Farms. A very interesting read. http://iampositive.in/farming/

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My interpretation : It is indeed a nice way to begin a video and introduce Vaksana farms.Its always so good to be close to Nature and greenery.Did you know ? The end to end process of “Farming” teaches us one beautiful life lesson and I would like to relate this to process of ” thoughts into action ”

Sowing : Our mind is the like the green barren land you showed us.A farmer decides what seeds he wants to grow into a harvest at the beginning , which means if he sows a mango it won’t grow into a jackfruit – analogy on sowing the seeds is like sowing good thoughts in our minds

Maintenence & Cultivation process : Farmers need to keep checking the soil condition and keep watering the cultivation for the seeds similarly we need to cultivate good thoughts and good actions by being in good company and positive people and enrich our minds with good content and deeds. and bad thoughts or deeds are the weeds in our mind ,farmers ward off any rodents , organic pesticides to ensure quality output , whereas in life we need to ward off bad habits and keep checking our goals and journey on the right path .

Harvest & Fruits: Finally when it’s harvesting time not less Or more – the farmer knows when to start enjoying the fruits of his action – life is governed by law of multiple returns or karma . What you sow you reap in action

Kiruba, Thank you for this wonderful video it just helped me gather a different perspective.

Thoroughly enjoyed hosting and infusing energy into the Appfest2013 UnConference at IIMA. Could only hold about quarter of the audience on stage. End of Day 1. The best part of the event starts tomorrow. The Hackathon and Challengethon.

Lovely wide angle photo of the stage and audience at ‪‎AppFest2013‬ taken at IIMA. Good photo by Abhijit Naikdesai of 12MP photography.

Among the first things that I did on visiting the campus is to get into a classroom and get a feel of the place.

This is how I travel the last leg of the journey (7 kms) to my village. The bus frequency is less and hence these share autos make good business. An auto that is built to take four passengers, now transports 16 people. Here’s how the math works. Three in the front (including the driver). Four in the back seat. Three in the small wooden seat opposite the rear seat. Two who cling on the sides. And finally four in the trunk. Welcome to village life!

Heading out today to IIM Ahmedabad to host ‪#‎AppFest2013‬, India’s largest Mobile Development Unconference. Thrilled to know that the registration numbers have crossed 730. Way beyond the 200 I was expecting. Now, to go and rock the show. Huge kudos to the IAMAI team (Internet and Mobile Association of India). http://www.AppFest.in/

Somebody has good taste. A small, cozy log house can be found on the East Coast Road on the way to Mahabalipuram from Chennai. I took the liberty to walk up to the house (no gates helped). A nice place to spend the weekend.

I was lucky to find this beautiful ‘Weather Vane’ from an antique shop. Have been looking for one for a very long time. This will go up on the roof of our farm house. This was used earlier to show the direction of the wind. Interestingly, the cock turns itself to face the wind.

A large national newspaper wants to do a full-page story on the Colonial Bungalows Project. This will be a HUGE boost for this non-profit initiative. Unfortunately, they need high-resolution photos of old, heritage British Bungalows. Our collection is mostly low-resolution. Can you help identify bungalows near your area and help shoot some pics? The deadline for this story is tomorrow and you will be doing a great favour. Please help spread the word. Thank you.