Three sisters-in-law have joined three different political parties. Tapati Kole, Mita Rani Kole and Krishna Rani Kole got married into the same family in the Kamalpur Village of West Midnapore. They contested against each other donning the colours of three ideologically different parties – Tapati (Congress), Mita Rani (Trinamool Congress) and Krishna [CPI(M)]. They eat together,…
The winners of US open during 1974-1984 (eleven years) were all left-handed. The winners were the following: Jimmy Connors (USA) – 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983 Manuel Orantes (Spain) – 1975 Guillermo Vilas (Argentina) – 1977 John McEnroe (USA) – 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984 Right-handed John Newcombe was the champion in 1973 and Ivan Lendl…
In India, after 160 years of the service, the telegram was bid farewell on the 15th July 2013. The origins of the telegram can be traced back to the smoke signals sent out and the light from the lighthouses for help during times of crisis. In 1793 a Frenchman named Claude Chappe devised a system…
The French are known to be expert wine-makers. But archaeologists have analysed a stone platform dated to 425 BC to 400 BC from a site in southern France. The traces of tartaric acid on it suggest that people used the platform for stomping on the fruit to make wine. They also analysed the pottery shipping…
In Tanu Weds Manu, the credit titles were read out by Ameen Sayani through a radio programme. Ameen Sayani was known for his inimitable voice. The movie started with a radio announcement, along with the process of changing of radio channels. It settled at the airing of the advertisement of Vicco Turmeric Ayurvedic Cream and…
Two members of the Cricket World Cup 1983 winning team had acted in the film, Kabhi Ajnabi The, Sandip Patil as the hero and Syed Kirmani as the villain.
