Giovanni Van Bronckhorst — “This World Cup is my ultimate dream,” the Oranje captain told FIFA.com in April 2009. Handed the armband when Bert van Marwijk took over the Netherlands reins in the summer of 2008, the evergreen Feyenoord full-back will be bringing an end to a 14-year love affair with the national team in South Africa. Unsurprisingly, he hopes …

George W. Bush — George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States (2001–2009). Before that he was the 46th Governor of Texas, serving from 1995 to 2000. George Walker Bush was born in New Haven, Connecticut at Grace-New Haven Hospital (now Yale – New Haven Hospital), on July 6, 1946, the …

George Clooney — George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. For his work as an actor, he has received three Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award. Clooney is also noted for his political activism, and has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since January 31, 2008. …

Gautam Gambhir (born 14 October 1981, in Delhi) is an Indian opening batsman. He has been a member of the Indian national cricket team since 2003 (ODIs) and 2004 (Tests). Gambhir had been a prolific run-scorer in domestic cricket with an average of over 50 but his two successive double-hundreds in 2002 (one of them against the visiting Zimbabweans) made …

Ganna Maharaj is the kind of artiste who earns his living singing at weddings and other functions in families who still follow traditions. In most upper caste families – professional singers were called to sing songs particular to the ceremony being performed and the women of the house joined in if they wanted to. It was a necessary part of …

Galileo Galilei was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the scientific revolution. His achievements include the first systematic studies of uniformly accelerated motion, improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations, and support for Copernicanism. Galileo’s empirical work was a significant break from the abstract Aristotelian approach of his time. The motion of …

Gagan Narang is ace Indian shooter especially in Air Rifle shooting and has ensured that the Indian subcontinent ranks amongst the top nations in the world of shooting. Narang came into the limelight after his successful stint at the Commonwealth Games 2006, followed by the World Cup, from where he returned with a gold medal. 1983 born, Gagan Narang became …

Warren Edward Buffett (born August 30, 1930) is an American investor, industrialist and philanthropist. He is widely regarded as one of the most successful investors in the world. Often called the “legendary investor, Warren Buffett”, he is the primary shareholder, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He is consistently ranked among the world’s wealthiest people. He was ranked as the …

Aunt is a term used to describe an uneducated or unsophisticated investor who is new and unfamiliar with investing, which makes him prone to poor investment choices. It has a derogatory connotation in the financial sector. Aunt Millie is used with reference to a low-risk investment offered to first-time, inexperienced investors.

A locapour is a person who drinks only locally produced wine or beer. It is a movement that is slowly on the rise as more and more people take to drinking locally produced drinks. The rage is now at its biggest in Canada. The word is a combination of local and pour. It is similar to locavore – a person …