An interesting account of its history..... Many years ago, in fact it was
some 123 years ago that the name Lakme rose into prominence. Well, all of you will
agree that the native version, the name of Goddess Lakshmi was prevalent
centuries before that. But Lakme was brought to print and western mind…
Lakme
An interesting account of its history..... Many years ago, in fact it was
some 123 years ago that the name Lakme rose into prominence. Well, all of you will
agree that the native version, the name of Goddess Lakshmi was prevalent
centuries before that. But Lakme was brought to print and western mind…
Profiting from death
In those days, the glorious 90’s, I was living in Turkey and
enjoying the sojourn amidst a whole lot of lovely people, both in the office
and outside. The place was great to live in, the ambience and weather perfect
and with a young family in tow, the expatriate life was provin…
Newspaper and news headlines these days are full the
Malaysian plane MH370 and its unfortunate last journey. But this is a not about
that event and is about a flight that took off in 1937, piloted by one GP Nair. On 10 February 1929, J. R. D. Tata was awarded India's first
pilot license in India…
As I mentioned previously, I am not a great fan of the
Mysore Sultans Hyder and Tipu; in fact I have scant regard for them and
disagree vehemently with those who tend to bracket them as freedom fighters. My
studies on them however, are far from complete, especially their violent forays
and ‘padayot…
