Congratulations to Abhinav! He is the first Indian to win an individual gold for India at the Olympics. Several Indians like Milkha Singh, P.T. Usha, Anju Bobby George, Rajyavardhan Rathore have qualified for the finals but this is the first time an Indian won the Gold. India has won hockey gold medals earlier but even…
Yesterday I landed up in Peshawari, a restaurant in the ITC Sonar Bangla, a 5 star restaurant in Calcutta, with wife and kids for dinner. This restaurant is built upon the theme of a dining place in old Peshawar (now in Pakistan) and has interiors matching that place. While the food and the ambience was…
Here’s an interesting (but true) story: Last Sunday I suddenly realized that I need a new photo for my visa and wanted to call my favorite photo studio to check if they are open. But I did not have their phone number ready. So I googled for their name but no luck. They did not…
I am very happy to share the news of my son (with a friend) having developed and successfully deployed a computerised voting system for his school, Lakshmipat Singhania Academy recently. This is apparently the first time electronic voting has been used in the school polls in India (even the world as per my knowledge, please let…
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