Love the Internet

This wonderful tool enabled me to discover in two minutes that the Indian politician who just died, Bal Thackeray, was the son of Keshav Thackeray. Keshav's surname was "Thakre" and because he admired William Makepeace Thackeray, who was born in Calcutta, anglicized it to Thackeray. Hah! Now I'm not sure what to do with this; I'll get back to you.