Sources:
http://aksharaya.org/event/aksharsanvad-an-interview-with-kamal-shedge/
http://wetheartist.blogspot.com/2009/07/kamal-shedge-name-i-only-knew-by-his.html
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https://poojasaxena.wordpress.com/…/…/kamal-shedges-letters/
http://wetheartist.blogspot.com/…/kamal-shedge-name-i-only-…
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Dan Gerhard
Brown was born on June 22, 1964, in Exeter, New Hampshire. He
has a younger sister, Valerie (born 1968) and brother, Gregory (born
1974). Brown attended Exeter's public schools until the ninth grade. He
grew up on the campus of Phillips Exeter Academy, where his father,
Richard G. Brown, was a teacher of mathematics and wrote textbooks from 1968
until his retirement in 1997. His mother, Constance (née Gerhard), trained as a
church organist and student of sacred music.
Brown's interest in secrets and
puzzles stems from their presence in his household as a child, where codes
and ciphers were
the linchpin tying together the mathematics, music, and languages in which his
parents worked. The young Brown spent hours working out anagrams and crossword puzzles,
and he and his siblings participated in elaborate treasure hunts devised by
their father on birthdays and holidays. On Christmas, for example, Brown and
his siblings did not find gifts under the tree, but followed a treasure map
with codes and clues throughout their house and even around town to find the
gifts. Brown's relationship with his father inspired that of Sophie Neveu and Jacques Saunière in The Da Vinci Code,
and Chapter 23 of that novel was inspired by one of his childhood treasure
hunts.
After graduating from Phillips Exeter, Brown attended Amherst College,
where he was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity.
He played squash, sang in the Amherst Glee Club, and was a writing
student of visiting novelist Alan Lelchuk.
Brown spent the 1985 school year abroad in Seville,
Spain, where he was enrolled in an art history course at the University of Seville. Brown graduated
from Amherst in 1986.
Sources:
1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brown
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Brief history
The PIN Code system was introduced in
India by Shriram Bhikaji Velankar, who had served as an additional secretary in
the Union ministry of communications. Its implementation began from August 15,
1972, with the objective of simplifying the sorting of mails, speeding up mail
transmission and delivery.
The need for
such a system was realised due to the confusion resulting from the duplication
of names of various places across the country, the use of multiple languages to
write addresses, and different ways in which the name of a place could be
spelt. For example, in Tamil Nadu, names like Mettur and Aathur are very
common. PIN codes help postmen deliver the letters to right people.
Mr. Shriram
Bhikaji Velankar was a Sanskrit Pandit and a strong practitioner of Pali
language. He expired on 1st April 1999.
