by admin | May 25, 2021 | Entrepreneurship, News, Success Stories
New Delhi : Search engine giant Google on Tuesday celebrated the birth anniversary of Sake Dean Mahomed who was the first Indian author to publish a book in English and later, to open an Indian restaurant in Britain.
Born in 1759 in Patna, Mahomed went on to find success as the “The Shampooing Surgeon of Brighton”, opening a spa in the British seaside town that attracted the rich and the royal.
In 1810 after moving to London, he opened the ‘Hindostanee Coffee House’, Britain’s first Indian restaurant. However, Mahomed was forced to close his luxurious restaurant in 1812.
He later moved his family to the beachside town of Brighton and opened a spa named ‘Mahomed’s Baths’ which offered luxurious herbal steam baths whose specialty was a combination of a steam bath and an Indian therapeutic massage – a treatment he named ‘shampooing’, inspired by the Hindi word ‘champissage’ meaning a head massage.
He also published a book about the therapeutic benefits of the treatment with testimonials from his patients.
In 1822, King George IV appointed Mahomed as his personal ‘shampooing surgeon’, which greatly improved his business. A portrait of Mahomed also hangs in the Brighton Museum.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Markets, News, Social Media
Mumbai : Google on Sunday remembered late actor Farooq Sheikh on his 70th birth anniversary with a doodle styled on hand-painted movie posters of the 1970s, and especially his “Umrao Jaan”.
Born on this day in 1948, Farooq grew up in Mumbai, in a simple, middle-class household. Though he studied law, continued to dabble in theatre on the side and eventually decided to give acting a go.
Starting with “Garam Hawa” in 1973, Farooq essayed myriad roles in his career, and won over movie buffs with his shy smile in “Chashme Buddoor”, superb comedic timing in “Kissi Se Na Kehna”, and his helplessness and loss in “Bazaar”.
He had a wide portfolio in the theatre space, especially with the play “Tumhari Amrita” with Shabana Azmi. It delighted audiences for over two decades. TV audiences also loved him, be it for his humility in “Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai” or for his comic wit in “Chamatkar”.
The Google doodle, by Nimit Malavia, features the wide-eyed romantic hero of the 1970’s mature into a comfortingly familiar TV presence of the 1990s, bridging the gap between mainstream and arthouse cinema in India along the way.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Markets, News, Technology
Mumbai : Search engine Google on Sunday dedicated its doodle to the legendary Bollywood singer Mohammed Rafi on his 93rd birth anniversary.
The doodle shows Rafi recording in a studio, while actors are lip syncing onscreen.
Born on December 24, 1924, Rafi took the Indian music industry by storm with his entry as a playback singer in 1941 and never looked back till his sudden death in 1980 at the age of 55.
His songs like “Yeh duniya yeh mehfil”, “Chura liya hai tumne”, “Tum jo mil gaye ho” and “Kya hua tera wada” are still famous amongst today’s young generation.
Rafi left behind a treasure trove of immortal songs — solos as well as duets with popular singers of his era. He sang qawwalis, ghazals, disco and pop in Hindi and various other Indian languages.
He died on July 31, 1980 due to heart attack.
—IANS
