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One city whose food landscape has transformed through the pandemic, is #Pune. I've lived there for 2 years, and continue to frequent it every other month.
This food thread is long overdue. Think of it as a love letter to Pune. Since 2019, it's a new food city completely!
There's Felice Pasticceria in #Kothrud with it's in-house bakery. The face, like most in Pune, is pretty and their croissants are superior. They use Blue Tokai to make several coffees and are overall, quietly doing a killer job. Image
In #Baner Tokyo Bakery offers curry breads, fromage, custard buns, stuffed croissants - everything is Japanese-inspired! ImageImageImageImage
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India's journey with the #Olympics started at a sports meet of the #DeccanGymkhana Club in #Pune in 1919.

Sir Dorabji Tata was so impressed with the performance of the athletes that he decided to personally finance a team for the Antwerp games (1920).

business-standard.com/article/sports…
The Deccan Gymkhana Sports Club, #Pune was set up as far back as 1906, with a vision to provide good sports facilities to the local population (clubs back then were exclusively for the British). One of the key persons involved in this was Lokmanya Tilak.

deccangymkhana.co.in/history/
100 years of India at the Olympics… Deccan Gymkhana honours Punekar Olympians in memory of how it all began

On November 8, 1919, the Indian Olympic Association was formed at the Deccan Gymkhana
hindustantimes.com/cities/100-yea…
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#thread: One of the biggest differences between the Western world and India is the preservation of historical structures and creating awareness about their history. One exception is Deccan Gymkhana.

#DeccanGymkhana #history #sports #Pune #pride
The current committee has done a fantastic job bringing out a calendar. I am sharing pictures with an close up of the description of each department! My kids are the FOURTH generation of the Govitrikar family who are members there!

#DeccanGymkhana #history #sports #Pune #pride
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