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by Rajan Thambehalli | Jun 8, 2021 | Qwizzeria, Towards Sunnier Days | 0 |

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by Rajan Thambehalli | May 8, 2021 | Empower, inspire and heal, Qwizzeria | 0 |

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Apr 8, 2021 | Qwizzeria, Spring Time | 0 |

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Mar 8, 2021 | A journey of 4 years, Qwizzeria | 0 |

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Feb 8, 2021 | Qwizzeria, Show that you care! | 0 |

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Jan 8, 2021 | Qwizzeria, Welcome 2021! | 0 |

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Dec 8, 2020 | Embracing the good times!, Qwizzeria | 0 |

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Nov 8, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Warm up with November lights | 0 |

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Oct 8, 2020 | Autumn Musings, Qwizzeria | 0 |

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Sep 8, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Walking into Fall | 0 |

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Aug 8, 2020 | Brighten up your August, Qwizzeria | 0 |

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Jun 8, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Scents of Summer | 0 |

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by Rajan Thambehalli | May 8, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Winds of Change | 0 |

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Apr 8, 2020 | Lockdown! But the show must go on…, Qwizzeria | 0 |

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Mar 8, 2020 | A journey of 3 years, Qwizzeria | 0 |

Matter-of-fact of the week #138:

by Rajan Thambehalli | Mar 5, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Seasoned with Love | 0 |

In 2018, ex-pat chef Garima Arora became the first Indian woman to win a Michelin star. This was...

Matter-of-fact of the week #137:

by Rajan Thambehalli | Mar 2, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Seasoned with Love | 0 |

Fribourg lies above the River Sarine which is considered as the proverbial ‘fried potato...

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Feb 24, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Seasoned with Love | 0 |

During the British Raj, a pundit was an official post in the Supreme Court. It referred to an...

Matter-of-fact of the week #135:

by Rajan Thambehalli | Feb 17, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Seasoned with Love | 0 |

A Swiss chocolate was at the heart of a political scandal in 1995 in Sweden when Mona...

Matter-of-fact of the week #134:

by Rajan Thambehalli | Jan 27, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Stepping into 2020 | 0 |

Solibacillus is a spore-forming bacteria and one of its species Solibacillus kalamii found in an...

Matter-of-fact of the week #133:

by Rajan Thambehalli | Jan 20, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Stepping into 2020 | 0 |

According to David Parlett’s ‘The Oxford guide to card games’, the card game...

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Jan 13, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Stepping into 2020 | 0 |

Ira Levin’s “A Kiss Before Dying” novel won the 1954 Edgar Award for Best First...

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Jan 6, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Welcoming Winter | 0 |

Dufourspitze is the highest peak of Monte Rosa and is located between Valais, Switzerland, and...

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Dec 30, 2019 | Qwizzeria, Welcoming Winter | 0 |

Mola Ram was an Indian painter, who was instrumental in setting up the Garhwal branch of the...

Matter-of-fact of the week #129:

by Rajan Thambehalli | Dec 23, 2019 | Qwizzeria, Welcoming Winter | 0 |

Arthur Honegger was a Swiss composer born in France to Swiss parents and was one of the six...

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Dec 16, 2019 | Qwizzeria, Welcoming Winter | 0 |

Among Bengalis, there is a battle between Ilish (Hilsa fish) and Golda Chingri (Jumbo prawn)...

Matter-of-fact of the week #127:

by Rajan Thambehalli | Dec 9, 2019 | Qwizzeria, Welcoming Winter | 0 |

The Brunswick monument was built in 18979 in Geneva to commemorate Charles II, Duke of Brunswick...

Matter-of-fact of the week #126:

by Rajan Thambehalli | Dec 2, 2019 | Children’s Special!, Qwizzeria | 0 |

The Indian biochemist Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow discovered the anti-cancer drug Methotrexate, one...

Matter-of-fact of the week #125:

by Rajan Thambehalli | Nov 25, 2019 | Children’s Special!, Qwizzeria | 0 |

Swissair was the national airline of Switzerland and was formed from a merger between Balair and...

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Nov 18, 2019 | Children’s Special!, Qwizzeria | 0 |

One from the good old times! If you grew up watching and listening to Doordarshan’s...

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Nov 11, 2019 | Children’s Special!, Qwizzeria | 0 |

Rado, the Swiss watch company is credited with the first marketed scratchproof watch, and their...

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Nov 4, 2019 | Fall and Festivities, Qwizzeria | 0 |

Rabindranath Tagore was the first Asian ever to win a Nobel Prize. He won it in 1913 for...

Matter-of-fact of the week #121:

by Rajan Thambehalli | Oct 28, 2019 | Fall and Festivities, Qwizzeria | 0 |

BATA, a global footwear company had its humble beginnings in Zlin (today Czech Republic) in 1894....

Matter-of-fact of the week #120:

by Rajan Thambehalli | Oct 21, 2019 | Fall and Festivities, Qwizzeria | 0 |

In 1977, after the exit of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo from the Indian market, Gold Spot was one of the...

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Oct 14, 2019 | Fall and Festivities, Qwizzeria | 0 |

Albert Hofmann, a Basel chemist working with Sandoz Laboratories accidentally discovered a...

Matter-of-fact of the week #118:

by Rajan Thambehalli | Oct 7, 2019 | Qwizzeria, Sweet Summer Nostalgia | 0 |

Bishnoi is a community that is found mostly in the north and northwestern regions of India. They...

Matter-of-fact of the week #117:

by Rajan Thambehalli | Sep 2, 2019 | Picking Pace, Qwizzeria | 0 |

Elisabeth Kopp became the first woman from Switzerland to be elected into the Federal council in...

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Aug 26, 2019 | Picking Pace, Qwizzeria | 0 |

Asian Paints was established on February 1, 1942, by Champaklal H. Choksey, Chimanlal N. Choksey,...

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Aug 19, 2019 | Picking Pace, Qwizzeria | 0 |

In 2008, Lausanne became the first Swiss city and replaced Rennes, a northwestern city in France...

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Aug 12, 2019 | Picking Pace, Qwizzeria | 0 |

At 5.30 AM, on the morning of August 15, 1947, Poornam Vishwanathan announced to the country that...

Matter-of-fact of the week #113:

by Rajan Thambehalli | Aug 5, 2019 | Qwizzeria, The Best of Namaste Switzerland | 0 |

Many have asked as to what is CH. Well, for starters it is Confoederatio Helvetica. Helvetica is...

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Jul 29, 2019 | Qwizzeria, The Best of Namaste Switzerland | 0 |

Kiran Rao is a distinguished film producer, screenwriter and filmmaker was born into a royal...

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Jul 22, 2019 | Qwizzeria, The Best of Namaste Switzerland | 0 |

The Irishman Charles Barrington owned and trained a racehorse, ‘Sir Robert Peel’ that...

Matter-of-fact of the week #110:

by Rajan Thambehalli | Jul 15, 2019 | Qwizzeria, The Best of Namaste Switzerland | 0 |

In Southern India and Sri Lanka, as per the Oxford Dictionary, an exclamation expressing distress,...

Matter-of-fact of the week #109:

by Rajan Thambehalli | Jul 8, 2019 | Qwizzeria, The Best of Namaste Switzerland | 0 |

The Strasbourg Monument which stands on the Centralbahnplatz in Basel was created by Frederic...

Matter-of-fact of the week #108:

by Rajan Thambehalli | Jul 1, 2019 | Qwizzeria, Sunny beginnings | 0 |

Old Monk, one of the popular rum brands is a product of Mohun Meakin Brewery (earlier Solan...

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Jun 24, 2019 | Qwizzeria, Sunny beginnings | 0 |

Ma Anand Sheela was born Sheela Ambalal Patel in Baroda, Gujarat. She is well-known to the world...

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Jun 17, 2019 | Qwizzeria, Sunny beginnings | 0 |

In the summer of 1897, Pratap Singh (younger son of the Maharaja of Jodhpur) impressed the...

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Jun 10, 2019 | Qwizzeria, Sunny beginnings | 0 |

The Battle of Bern is the ‘affectionate’ name given to the quarter-final clash of the...

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by Rajan Thambehalli | Jun 3, 2019 | Qwizzeria, Summer on the Horizon | 0 |

Best Boy by Ira Wohl won the 1979 Oscar for Best Documentary. The Oscar Award for this movie was...

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