Top 5 Richest People in Hyderabad, India

Here is the list of Top Richest Telugu folks. The spreadsheet has top 5 from 2009 and 2010 as well.

2010 Source: Forbes
2013 Source: Forbes

Saif Ali Khan's Familial History and Lineage

Amitabh Bachchan's blog post got me interested in reading about Saif Ali Khan's lineage. Here's the relevant part from AB's blog:

I take him back to New Delhi and his grandmother and her sports convertible E - Type white Jaguar, which she drove herself into the Teen Murti House, the official residence of the first Prime Minister of India, Pt Jawaharlal Nehru . We being jaw dropping spectators inside the House on many occasions as she regally drove in. Begum Pataudi, mother to Tiger Pataudi, father to Saif, strong and graceful in demeanor. Can never forget that image.

Most of you might know that Saif is the son of Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore. Here are somethings you may not know:

About Sharmila Tagore:

• Sharmila is a grand niece of Rabindranath Tagore
• She converted to Islam and changed her name to Ayesha Sultana
• She was born into a Bengali family in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

About Mansoor Khan Pataudi (Tiger):

• The Begum Pataudi, Amitabh was referring to is, Tiger's mother Sajida Sultan. She belonged to the well-known House of Bhopal. She became the Nawab Begum of Bhopal after the death of her father, Nawab Hamidullah Khan
• Tiger is the son of Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, 8th Nawab of Pataudi and ex-Captain of Indian Cricket Team
• His great-uncle was Pakistani general Nawabzada Sher Ali Khan Pataudi

About Saif Ali Khan:

• He has two kids with Amrita Singh. Sarah Ali Khan, born September 1995 and Ibrahim Ali Khan, born March 2001.

An old interview with Saif's parents in 'The Hindu' here about their history.

Download DB2 Drivers

I am using the SQuirreL SQL Client 2.6.9 for connecting to our DB2 db. I went through lot of issues to make it work. All the issues were cleared once I downloaded the latest DB2 client from this link IBM Data Server Client

The client installation will create a SQLLIB folder under IBM in Program Files. The SQLLIB folder has a java folder which has the db2java.zip. This zip is needed for IBM DB2 App Driver to work.

For the IBM DB2 Net Driver you need to put db2jcc.jar and db2jcc_license_cu.jar (both in the java folder) in the extra class path of the SQuirreL client.

One of the issues that was fixed with the new client is this :

• the driver being used is not jdbc 2.1 compliant (this is because of the older SQLLIB i got from a colleague, before installing the client)
  

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Gays or Lesbians with their own TV Shows

From NYT:

The lengthening list of prominent “out” lesbians on the small screen — Ms. DeGeneres, Ms. Maddow, Suze Orman, Jane Velez-Mitchell, Wanda Sykes

Internet Usage graph for India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and China

Google just added World Bank data to its public data tool. I just did a graph using that to compare the internet usage in India, Pakistan, China and Sri Lanka.

It clearly shows we are lagging behind Pakistan and way behind china and cannot compare with USA which is around 80%. So, I think this issue is an important one and the Indian Govt should do its part to fix this issue.

The $$$ behind Jay Leno's new show

From The Daily Beast:

These days Leno is not having a lot of fun, but he is still in the game. NBC is charging his advertisers an estimated $48,000 per 30-second spot—about a 50 percent discount from what much higher-rated shows such as Law & Order SVU and E.R. were getting last year in the 10 p.m. time slot. Leno—who unlike Letterman has no history of controversy—provides a safe and comfortable environment for advertisers while his show, costing an estimated $500,000 per episode, comes in at a fraction of a typical scripted hour, which can run in the $3 million range. NBC has claimed that by replacing the scripted shows with Leno, among other measures, the network has cut $250 million from its annual expenses.