Anant Teltumbude is a civil rights activist – who is married into the Ambedkar family. His wife is the grand-daughter of BR Ambedkar. He stays in Rajgriha, Dadar – which is partly Ambedkar museum – and part residence. Here is some Wikipedia gyan on our friend. Teltumbde was born on 15 July 1951 in Rajur, … Read more
Jiddu Krishnamurti (JK) is a philosopher who has shaped Indian education in a way that not too many people could have. Jiddu was the adopted son of India’s first freedom fighter – Annie Besant. Krishnamurti foundation runs 5 alternative schools, the oldest being Rishi Valley, which was founded a century ago, the newest being Sahyadri … Read more
Bajaj’’s first rickshaw was imported from Vespa, Italy, just one year after India’s independence. The next innovation after localising manufacturing came three decades later, when the engine was shifted from below the seat to the rear. (RE: Rear Engine.) Three decades later they launched a variant which was designed for the overloading that marks most … Read more
It all started with a Hanuman Tekdi walk. My aziz dost, Meher Gadekar, had joined the MS Swaminathan foundation – and has been posted in Jeypore, a taluka town of Koraput district in Odisha. I had missed visiting Meher in Ambikapur, the Chhatisgarh town where he had been working earlier. I decided to make amends … Read more
I have known Zoeb Karampurwala for more than two decades. There are a lot of parallels in our careers – though admittedly, compared to me, Zoeb has been many notches higher in the career trajectory. One thing that I have always wanted to do – but never managed to do so far – is to … Read more
If a Pakistan threat defines J and K, Arunachal is a state that is defined by the China threat. More so, because India lost the only real war that she fought with China, in 1962. The seeds of the dispute lie in the Tawang monastery. During the days when Tibet was ruled from Lhasa, not … Read more
Education Today, Society Tomorrow. Asia Plateau, Panchgani Akshay and Padmnabh had attended this workshop in previous years and enjoyed their experience. So three folks from Chalothinkare.org, Yours Truly, Sanika and Isha, who had not attended so far, decided to attend this year. Nirmala, Sanika’s mom, who is associated with Rishihood University also signed up. The … Read more
My first interaction with Vipul Vadhiya was when he was in his final year of engineering at VIT. He joined the Bulls Eye CAT program. I soon realised that our Gujarati friend was probably earning more than I was. After college got over, Vipul, and his friends, Amit and Shiv, would take Science classes in … Read more
Neighbours are your real relatives. The flat opposite our’s has always been owned by the Pandits. But it was only when they decided to shut down their hospital in Devlali and shift to their Pune house that our relationship started. Dr Pandit’s dad had started the hospital in the 1960s – and though Subodh ji … Read more
Sukhpreet Singh Sial is Chetan Pal’s friend. Both have their factories in the Ramtekdi area. Roll Mania has its office about 200 m from our home on SB road. Prasanna and Yours Truly dropped in for a chat on Sat, 9-Nov-24. My first roll was consumed during my Calcutta days – I think my favourite … Read more
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