Nilesh Babu

a 48-year-old German World War I vet named Adolf Dassler formally registered a new athletic shoe company. The company’s logo would be three diagonal stripes; the name, a combination of the founder’s nickname and the first syllable of his last name. Adi. Das. Dassler wasn’t new to this. He and his brother Rudi had been making footwear since 1924; they even laced Jesse Owens with shoes for the ’36 Olympics (which, incidentally, must have driven that other Adolf crazy). In 1947, the brothers split up. Rudi went on to form another athletic shoe company. Called it Puma.

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Answer: The Chicken.

The scientists found that a protein found only in a chicken’s ovaries is necessary for the formation of the egg, according to the paper Wednesday. The egg can therefore only exist if it has been created inside a chicken.

One mystery solved – at least until someone else finds another protein that only an egg can produce without any external help??

Wifey and Me

Many of you know now – I got married (sorry singles ladies ) on 29th May 2010. We hired Darren Tan of MagicalShots to capture the moments. Here’s excerpt from his blog post. (Note: Italic emphasis are mine)

I was told this is a Northen Indian (Gujarati) wedding. However, they had the Sangeet (Garba) ceremony before the wedding day at Gujarawati Association (Gujarati Samaj) in Bangsar followed by their wedding ceremony the next day :-/. Even their wedding ceremony was different from the rest I’ve taken. So is this Indian or Sikh wedding?? (Gujurati) ..ahaha.. let me update you guys after I’ve clarified this with the lovely couple Nevertheless, I can tell you something for sure is that everyone enjoyed and danced their heart out during the Sangeet (Garba) ceremony without the influence of alcohol..not even a single sip B) Astonished eh? Perhaps that the meaning behind Sangeet (Garba) whereby everyone just dance and basically have a good time which will be a true blessings to the newly wed to see every of their guest being happy for their wedding

The wedding was super duper fun. Thanks to our families, relatives (flew all the way from Gujurat, India – 30 of them – and there were here for a month – phew!) & friends (who traveled all the way from Alor Setar & Penang for 2 days event) for organizing and participating in those events. The highlights of the wedding is definitely the Garba night – which is on the wedding-eve.

You will see me holding a sword. I do not know why I need to do so. I assume it is part of the Gujarati groom attire; even though according to one of my cousin-sister; “If your brother in law says something stupid – slaughter him with this sword!”

Fortunately, nothing like that happened.

Anyways, the wedding gallery is available here.

Also, I managed to find this article that gives you some rough idea about Gujarati Wedding Ceremony.

Enjoy!

The source of the stinky smell that caused Kellogg (K) to recall 28 million boxes of cereal has been discovered: It’s a chemical made from coal tar and crude oil.

HT: TBM

Can Hindu deities have demat accounts to enable them transact in shares and debentures on the stock market?

photo credit: janny.sooria

First thing first – what is demat account ? According to Wikipedia,

The term Demat, in India, refers to a dematerialised account. For individual Indian citizens to trade in listed stocks or debentures. The Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) requires the investor to maintain a Demat account. In a demat account shares and securities are held in electronic form instead of taking actual possession of certificates. A Demat Account is opened by the investor while registering with an investment broker (or sub broker). The Demat account number which is quoted for all transactions to enable electronic settlements of trades to take place.

So back to the original question.

The Bombay High Court will decide the issue after a religious trust filed a petition challenging the decision of National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) to refuse it permission for opening demat accounts in the names of five Hindu deities.

The deities of the Sangli-based trust “Ganpati Panchayatam Sansthan” are Lord Ganesh, Chintamaneshwardev, Chintamaneshwaridevi, Suryanarayandev and Laxminarayandev.