Friday the 13th: Unlucky or not?
Hello & welcome to another edition of the GK Nugget. First up, a big ‘Best of Luck’ to all those participating in the Standard Chartered...
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May the force be with you
Hello & welcome to another GK Nugget – the 1stof 2017. I hope you had an enjoyable Christmas & New Year’s eve. The last fortnight has...
Goodbye 2016
Hello & welcome to this fortnight’s GK nugget. December has seen the birthdays of some iconic figures-  the original showman of Hindi...
Adiós Fidel!
Hello & welcome to this weekend’s GK Nugget. While demonetization has clearly not left the front pages of our newspapers, a headline that...
Happy 147th Birthday to the Suez Canal
Hello & welcome to this weekend’s GK nugget. It’s been a hectic & chaotic 12 days since the demonetization announcement was made by the...
Clinton or Trump? Who’s it going to be!
Hello & welcome to another GK nugget. It’s the start of a week that will define the next 4 years and possibly the future of not just one...
Happy Diwali & Happy Birthday Bill Gates
Hello & welcome to this weekend’s GK nugget. First up I’d like to wish you, your family, friends & colleagues a very Happy Diwali& a...
Happy 15th birthday to the iPod
Hello & welcome to another GK Nugget. This time we’re travelling 15 years into the past where on this very day the portable music player...
What time is it?
Hello & welcome to this week’s GK Nugget. October 13 marks the day on which the Greenwich (pronounced Gren-itch, not Green-which)...
All you wanted to know about the Nobel Prizes
Hello & welcome to this weekend’s GK Nugget. The Nobel prizes have been announced this week and no prizes for guessing, but that’s the...
RIP Arnold Palmer & some Golf gyan
Hello & welcome to this weekend’s GK Nugget. The high point of this week has clearly been India’s surgical strikes on Pakistan to nip...
Xerox it!
When was the last time you walked to the corner stationery shop? Most of these shops double up as mobile recharge dispensers & photocopy...
Scotland Yard’s on the move!!
Do you remember playing the board game ‘Scotland Yard‘ as you grew up? And the excitement of acting like the elusive criminal ‘Mr. X’ or...
Happy Birthday Baskin Robbins
The temperature in Mumbai has been erratic & I’ve been enjoying a few ice creams on the hot & humid days. The other day I popped into the...
It ain’t a world record if it ain’t a Guinness World Record :)
The Guinness World Records’ 2017 edition is being released on 8thSeptember (a day after the iPhone 7 goes on sale, no connection though)....
Why is Pluto a "Dwarf Planet" & other Celestial trivia
The week gone by saw the world celebrate the 25th birthday of the internet on 23rd August. On this day in 1991, the public gained access...
Unicorns, Angel investors & other start up jargon simplified
Last week there was an article in the newspapers talking about the instant messenger ‘Hike’ getting another round of funding & becoming...
The 2016 Olympics are here – Time to brush up on some sports trivia
The world’s biggest sporting extravaganza is on top of us again. The 31st edition of the Olympics is being held on the South American...
Is is time to say good bye to the Queen of the Skies?
It doesn’t matter whether you fly every week or once in 6 months, we all remember our 1st time on an airplane. And we all remember our...
This week’s biggest fad!
How’s your Sunday going? This week has seen the year’s biggest fad develop – No, I’m not talking about the excitement around Kabali....
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