by Swatee JogAt first sight, Nithin Kamath, CEO of Zerodha, India’s first online trading platform, looks like any other techie, clad in a black Tee and jeans and with a relaxed, holiday vibe in his gait (he’s had a pit stop in Belagavi on his way to Goa). As I meet him at his close […]
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If there’s any place to be on this Diwali, it’s right here, right now!
By Swatee jog The great Diwali weekend is here. The front pages of the newspapers, all the TV channels, FM channels, handbill insertions in dailies, hoardings, SMSes, all have pursued you like the much-coveted suitor, just for this weekend when you will make the decisive purchases for Diwali. Indians across the world celebrate this festival […]
The Monsoon Blues
by Swatee Jog Have you ever walked barefoot on the sea shore…holding a fistful of sand…unmindful of the happenings around and lost in thoughts…only to find that the sand has dropped? That’s the way it rains in Belagavi. The clouds seriously start gathering around May when amazing designs form on the Belagavi skies. The pre-monsoon […]
The many colors of Belagavi’s Holi
Few countries in the world celebrate a festival with as much fervor across the country as Holi is in India. And to make things special, Belagavi is one city which celebrates it not once but twice, in a matter of a week. Belagavi’s Holi is special mainly because of its geographic demarcation. While ‘Belagavi’ celebrates […]
Eat-be-talk sweet
by Swatee Jog Sankranti is the only Indian Festival that adheres to the English calendar every year, coming on the 14th or 15th of January. Following the sun’s position and its entry into the Makar Rashi exactly on the same date every year, this day marks the beginning of the Uttarayan. Have you wondered why […]