TN Seshan ( Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan ) once described himself in his own words - "I belong to that race of human beings called Palghat Brahmins , of whom four types are found - cooks, cheats, civil servants and musicians. I understand that I have these few qualities, I'm a good cook, I'm also a bit of a cheater, I'm a civil servant, I may not be a musician but I have an understanding of music." TN Seshan It is a matter of 1972, Homi Sethna , Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, spoiled the confidential report of TN Seshan, who was working on the post of higher secretary in the department, in defense of this Seshan defended himself and wrote a 10 page letter to the Cabinet Secretary D. Swaminathan, he had written requesting that the remarks made against him be removed from his confidential report. Homi Sethna Three months later, he got a call from the Prime Minister's office that Prime Minister Indira Gandhi wanted to meet her, when Seshan enter...
The Tata surname is said to have been derived from the Gujarati word ' tamta ' or ' teekha ' which means spicy or very angry and in fact most of the people who have held the highest positions in the Tata family have been known for their temper. Jamsetji Tata There is a famous anecdote about Jamsetji Tata , the founder of the Tata family and JRD Tata's uncle, that once he took an English friend to a hotel in Mumbai for dinner, the porter standing at the hotel door said, 'We welcome your friend but we can't let you inside the hotel because this hotel is only for Europeans.' The same evening Jamsetji decided that he would build a hotel that would be the pride of India and where tourists from all over the world would come, thus in 1903 the Taj Mahal Hotel emerged in front of the Bombay harbour. Jeh Jeh JRD Tata's father RD Tata who was Jamsetji Tata's cousin and JRD was called 'Jeh' by his close people. JRD's mother was French, so Fren...