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How To Grab An Opportunity: A Bania Version

It is a story of business acumen and taking up the opportunity as it appears on the horizon. In the 1950s, officials of Arabian Kingdom of Yemen realised something unusual happening to their country’s currency. The currency ‘Rial’ had started losing its value. Also, they saw ‘Rial’ disappearing from circulation and began to find out… Continue reading How To Grab An Opportunity: A Bania Version

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JRD Tata And The Chance Encounter at Alexandria

It was Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy (JRD) Tata’s birthday yesterday and here an interesting trivia about him that I came across in the book ‘The Tatas’ by Girish Kuber. JRD Tata had a keen interest in flying planes. Though his father did not agree with his interest of flying planes professionally, after father’s death, Jeh got… Continue reading JRD Tata And The Chance Encounter at Alexandria

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‘To Do A Bradbury’ and the story behind it

A month of so ago, a friend shared me a video of Steven Bradbury winning the Gold Medal at Salt Lake City Winter Olympics 2002. After the race, a term became common in Australia – ‘to do a Bradbury’ meaning ‘to win something unexpectedly’. Why? Here is the story! In the Salt Lake City Winters… Continue reading ‘To Do A Bradbury’ and the story behind it