“I am from the village of Parra in Goa, hence we are called Parrikars. My village is famous for its watermelons.
When I was a child, A rich farmer would organise & host a watermelon-eatingcontest at the end of the harvest season in May.
All the kids would be invited to…

This is Jim Thorpe. Look closely at the photo & you can see that he’s wearing different socks and shoes. This wasn’t a fashion statement. In fact it’s a life changing story.

It was the 1912 Olympics, and Jim, an American🇺🇸 🇮🇳 Indian from Oklahoma represented the U.S. in track…

A professor walked in to the class on entrepreneurship at Stanford; breaks the class into different teams, and gives each team five dollars in funding. The goal is to make as much money as possible within two hours and then give a three-minute presentation to the class on it.
Interesting…

A church in London had rules that it would not employ anyone, without formal high school education. The old pastor was benign and not a stickler of rules. He allowed Alfred (who lacked formal education) as the caretaker to clean & sweep the floor.
Once the old pastor retired, he…

It was 1902 when Walter Timmis, a consulting engineer @ Carrier tried to solve a challenge at Sackett & Wilhelms multicolor printing plant. The problem was that the ink misaligned with the expansion and contraction of the paper stock due to humidity which created a serious quality issue, waste,…