V. S. Huzurbazar
Vasant Shankar Huzurbazar( 15 September 1919 – 15 November 1991) was an Indian statistician from Kolhapur.
Huzurbazar was the founder head of the department of statistics, University of Pune from 1953 to 1976.
From 1979 to 1991, he served as professor at University of Denver, Colorado until his death.
He served as visiting professor for two years to the Iowa State University in 1962.
In 1974, Huzurbazar was awarded the Padma Bhushan from Government of India for his contributions to the field of statistics.
In 1983 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.
Yashwant Dinkar Pendharkar
Yashwant Dinkar Pendharkar( 9 March 1899 – 26 November 1985) was a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India.
He wrote poetry under the pen name Yashwant.
Pendharkar was born on 9 March 1899, in the town of Tarale in Satara District.
Before finishing his school education at the City High School of Sangli, he discontinued it out of unfavorable financial circumstances.
He moved to Pune to take up clerical jobs to support himself.
While working, Pendharkar read Marathi literature widely, and developed love for reading especially poetry and also composing his own poetry.
At the 1921 Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in Baroda, Pendharkar met Madhav Julian and Shridhar Ranade, and the three formed a friendship based on common literary interests.
The three lived in Pune and started frequently meeting for literary discussions.
Soon Gajanan Tryambak Madkholkar, Shankar Kanetkar( poet" Girish"), and D. L. Gokhale joined the meetings, and the group eventually identified itself as" Ravikiran Mandal".
( Viththal Dattatreya Ghate later joined the group.)
" Ravikiran Mandal" popularised Marathi poetry in Maharashtra during approximately 1922- 35 through public poetry recitals by member poets.
Pendharkar had both a melodious voice and a talent for presenting his recitals very effectively.
( Some of the recitals used to be held in Lokamanya Tilak' s Gayakwadwada in Pune under the sponsorship of Tilak's son Shridhar.)
In 1940, Maharaja Pratap Singh Gayakwad of the princely state of Baroda( which was then under British Raj) honored Pendharkar by naming him as" Raj Kawi"( राजकवि) --" state poet".
( The previous year, soon after Pratap Singh's accession to the throne following the death of his highly public- spirited grandfather Sayajirao Gayakwad, Pendharkar had composed his epic" Kawya Kirit"( काव्य- किरीट), which contained a description of the obligations of a princely head of a state toward the subjects.
Pratap Singh turned out to be a hedonistic spendthrift who squandered Baroda state's money.)
Pendharkar, a recipient of the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in Mumbai in 1950.
Vasant Shankar Kanetkar
Vasant Shankar Kanetkar( 20 March 1922 – 31 January 2000) was a Marathi playwright and novelist from Maharashtra, India.
He was born in the town of Rahimatpur in Satara District, Maharashtra.
His father, Shankar Keshav Kanetkar, was a poet who wrote poetry under the pen name" Kavi Girish" and was a founding member of a circle of poets named" Ravikiran Mandal".
Vasant Kanetkar was educated in Pune and Sangli.
After passing M.A. exam in 1948 from Sangli, he joined as a lecturer in Nashik in 1950.
He received wide admiration from the audience after his play' Raigadala Jevha Jag Yete'( रायगडाला जेव्हा जाग येते).
He kept the Marathi commercial theatre vibrant and live for more than two decades.
Five of his plays received best play award of the year given by Maharashtra State Government.
In 1966, Kanetkar received a Filmfare Award for Best Story for the Hindi movie Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool, which was an adaptation of Ashroonchi Zhali Phule.
Kanetkar received a Padma Shri award in 1992 for his literary accomplishments.
Ashroonchi Zhali Phule
Ashroonchi Zhali
Phule, also known as Ashrunchi Jhali Phule( English: Tears Turned Into Flowers), is an award- winning Marathi play by Vasant Shankar Kanetkar.
In 1966, Kanetkar received a Filmfare Award for Best Story for the Hindi movie" Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool", which was an adaptation of" Ashroonchi Zhali Phule".
The 1984 movie" Mashaal" is also based on this play.
V. S. Huzurbazar
Vasant Shankar Huzurbazar( 15 September 1919 – 15 November 1991) was an Indian statistician from Kolhapur.
Huzurbazar was the founder head of the department of statistics, University of Pune from 1953 to 1976.
From 1979 to 1991, he served as professor at University of Denver, Colorado until his death.
He served as visiting professor for two years to the Iowa State University in 1962.
In 1974, Huzurbazar was awarded the Padma Bhushan from Government of India for his contributions to the field of statistics.
In 1983 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.
Valery Marakou
Valery Marakou( Belarusian: Валеры Маракоў,, 27( 14) March 1909, Minsk- 29 October 1937, Minsk) was a Belarusian poet and translator.
Chetana (Surat)
Chetana(' Consciousness') was a Gujarati language monthly publication, issued as an organ of the Praja Socialist Party in Surat, India.
The publication was established in 1954.
It was printed at Arun Printing Press.
" Chetana" had a circulation of 1,000.
Ishwarlal Desai was editor of" Chetana", and Vasant Dalal the publisher.
Café International
Café International is a 1989 board game created by It is a simple game for 2 to 4 players in which the players take on the role of waiters in the famous "Cafe International".
Their goal is to seat customers of various nationalities with other customers from the same nationality, and also to keep the numbers of men and ladies at the tables even.
Café International won the Spiel des Jahres award in 1989.
David Ji
David Longfen Ji is an American businessman who co-founded Apex Digital, an electronics manufacturer.
In 2004, he was arrested in China following a dispute with Sichuan Changhong Electric, a supplier owned by the city of Mianyang and the province of Sichuan.
Changhong accused him of defrauding them through bad checks.
Ji was taken, according to an account by his lawyer, to the senior management and told, "I decide whether you live or die."
He has been held in China without charges.
Ji's case highlighted an "implicit racism" in dealings with American businessmen.
As a U.S. citizen he was not granted the same treatment by authorities as non-ethnically Chinese businessmen sharing the same nationality.
Lekure Udanda Jahali
Lekure Udanda
Jahali( Marathi: लेकुरे उदंड जाहली),( English: Bumper Crop of Kids), is a 1966 Marathi play by Vasant Shankar Kanetkar.
The name refers to a stanza from Dasbodh by Samarth Ramdas.

Question: Are Valery Marakou and Vasant Shankar Kanetkar of the same nationality?
Answer: no