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 I am doubly attracted to this vintage calendar of 1943, firstly because I love tea and secondly because I was born in 1943 - the year of this calendar. At the bottom of this calendar is the slogan, "Any Time, Anywhere"

                                                                       Representational image I generally find the Annual Economic Survey to be a difficult read. But this time on reading in the summary of the Economic Survey that cheapest non-veg thalis are available in the rural areas of  Chandigarh & Haryana for Rs.29.90, my joy knows no bounds. I stay in Panchkula and can therefore rush to these inexpensive joints if some one tells me the addresses. No, I have not tried to find the list of such places in the annexures to the Economic Survey.   'Reading in Economic Survey that cheapest non-veg thalis are in Chandigaarh & Ha...

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I visited the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato in 2018. It is a Catholic cathedral in Genoa, northern Italy; its decoration employed the major baroque studios and artists in Genoa in the 17th century. Take a look at the stunning interiors:                         From outside, it looks fairly ordinary, but wait till you get inside.                                                                                           ...

  DISCLAIMER: This is a not-for-profit blog and no infringement of copyright laws is intended. If some of the published images violate any copyrights, please contact us by email and those will be removed immediately with apologies.   Old Monk Rum has been more than a popular rum- it has become a cult. Its aficiandos swear by it and would prefer it to the best single single malts in the world. It has a history starting with a negative background. The original brewery making it was Dyer Meakin Breweries in Simla hills. It was set up by the father of the notorious Brigadier General Dyer who killed hundreds of innocent Indians in 1919. Subsequently the brewery was taken over by the Mohan family and named Mohan Meakin Breweries who introduced this rum.   Disclaimer: This is NOT intended to be advertisement of alcohol product. Statutory Warning: Consumption of alcohol is injurious to health. 

  DISCLAIMER: This is a not-for-profit blog and no infringement of copyright laws is intended. If some of the published images violate any copyrights, please contact us by email and those will be removed immediately with apologies. Alegrías. Victoria Amador. Tierra de Talento. 2020 Last year I visited Spain. It was my third visit there. I went and saw a flamenco performance in Madrid. I had seen two earlier during my previous visits but this one somehow disappointed me. I do confess that I do lot of web surfing. Though most of it it is with a focus. Now confined to the apartment, thanks to the fear of Covid, web surfing has increased. I was looking at short clips of Flamenco performances on Youtube the other day and just stumbled upon a real gem. Before going further let me share a photo of this gem - a pretty little young lady with amazing talent. Her name is Victoria Amador 'La Rubia'. La Rubia, i...

 

DISCLAIMER: This is a not-for-profit blog and no infringement of copyright laws is intended. If some of the published images violate any copyrights, please contact us by email and those will be removed immediately with apologies.     It wasn't until the twentieth century that India saw the development of the soap industry in modern lines. In the year 1906, the Indian National Congress, at the prompting of Lokmanya Tilak, Ardeshir Godrej and others, administered the swadeshi vow in respect of soap. In 1916, the governments of Mysore and Madras started independent soap factories and two years later, in 1918, Ardeshir came out with a washing soap bar.  Ardeshir went on to experiment with the idea of making toilet soaps from vegetable oils instead of animal fats as was the accepted practice in most countries since the beginning of soap manufacture. In 1920, he produced the first toilet soap to be made purely from vegetable oils and sold commercially. The first vegetable...