India’s forgotten Heroes #5 – Annasaheb Karve
Read about Annasaheb Karve who setup the SNDT university in Mumbai and several other educational institutions for women. A true Bharat Ratna.
Idols
People that Krishnan and I look upto !!!
India’s forgotten heroes #4 – Subramania Siva
Get to know a forgotten hero of India’s independence struggle – Subramania Siva. He was a firebrand freedom fighter in the Tilak era.
People’s President – APJ Abdul Kalam
Independent India has known two great Presidents Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Dr. Radhakrishnan before him… Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, the People’s President.
Indian History – The forgotten Kings & Queens #1
There is much to Indian history than Akbar, Ashoka and Allauddin Khilji. Here is a tweet thread to list out some UNKNOWN Indian Kings & Queens.
Meeting Astronaut Rakesh Sharma
Some chance meetings are so special …. today happens to be the 36th anniversary of (then) Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma becoming the first and so far the only Indian to have journeyed to space. After the space odyssey he came back and went around meeting students, to motivate and inspire them. As part of that … Read more Meeting Astronaut Rakesh Sharma
Narthaki Nataraj – Mind Blowing
We attended two sessions of ARTH, a culture fest at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium today. While I will write about Mr. Owaisi and Dr. Swamy’s session later, am still under the spell cast by Padma Shri Narthaki Nataraj. She enacted Amba turning into Shikhandi and back to Amba on the Kurukshetra battle field and you could … Read more Narthaki Nataraj – Mind Blowing
Forgotten Heroes – Subramania Bharathi
On Tuesday (Jan 21), we had been to Sampath Chitappa’s place, then my cousin Geeta’s place and finally met with Krishna and Murari who are more friends than cousins. They all live in Triplicane, around the Parthasarathyswamy Temple. We had to get some spices from the “Naatu Marundu” (desi spice store) kadai. We left Amma … Read more Forgotten Heroes – Subramania Bharathi
Happy Birthday Modiji
Every year since you formed the government and I registered on the NaMo App, I have got birthday wishes from you. This is the first year that you haven’t sent the birthday wishes and it happened to be my 50th, so I was a little disappointed !! I do hope you will make up for … Read more Happy Birthday Modiji
Celebrating the NaMo victory !
As news started trickling in on May 23rd of yet another Modi wave, we made preparations for our celebration. We were sure that BJP and Mr. Modi will win a comfortable majority so we started the day with tea in a saffron cup 🙂 Breakfast was millet khichadi, followed by OPOS Biriyani for lunch. Then … Read more Celebrating the NaMo victory !
Unknown Indian Greats #1 – Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Till his bust was vandalised a week back during the recent West Bengal election campaign, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was unknown and almost forgotten ! Even after the vandalization, it got political about whose legacy was he forgetting that he belonged to the undivided India. Who was Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar ? He was the second runner … Read more Unknown Indian Greats #1 – Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar