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1. The legend goes that When X won the tournament in 1911 and was returning with the trophy,

a passerby pointed to the UNion Jack atop the fort William and asked - "When will that come

down ? " One of the team member replied that " It will come down when X will win the shield

again."

Incidentally X won their next shield in 1947- the year of Indian Independence!.

Egaro, the immortal eleven

2. X means 'Quick' or 'ending of farness'. It is colored in bold flourescent colors with

abstract paintings. It is based on the color scheme of the paintings of Y who flagged off

the first X on Sept 19, 2009.

3. X is a mechanical toy created for the ruler of the Kingdom of Y in India. The carved and

painted wood casing represents a tiger savaging a near life-size European man. Mechanisms

inside the tiger and man's bodies make one hand of the man move, emit a wailing sound from

his mouth and grunts from the tiger. In addition a flap on the side of the tiger folds down

to reveal the keyboard of a small pipe organ with 18 notes. This was created for Y and makes

use of his personal emblem of the tiger and expresses his hatred of his enemy, the British

of the East India Company. Add Pic also

4. Connect - Srirangapattana, Shivanasamudra and Srirangam.

5. Lyrics of the crazy song:

Bow Wow. Bow Bow Bow

XY

Fa.Fa.Fa.FaFaa.Fa.FaFaa.Fa.X

Zoooom in, Zoooom out

Zoom in, Zoom out

Fade in, Fade out

Pan in, drop in. oohh aah AaAah.

Wide Shot. Pull Shot. oohh aah AaAah.

Tilt up, Tilt Down, Camera now fell down

XY, XY, XY

XY

Bow Wow. Bow Bow Bow

XY

Writerrr, Fighterrr

Writer, Fighter, Producer Director

Singer, Actor. oohhaah AaAah.

Light man, Trolley man. oohh aah AaAah.

Cameramaaan, Everymaaan

X

XY, XY, XY, XY

XY

Flop Show has a distinctive opening sequence. It starts off with a dedication to those whom

the specific episode is poking fun at. This is followed by the title song "Flop Show", which

mocks the show itself as being misdirected. It features most of the main cast collectively

playing musical instruments as a band. Jaspal Bhatti appears as an eye-patch wearing,

menacing looking director. The other cast members are dressed variously as a police

inspector, a doctor, a peon, etc.

All 10 episodes of Flop Show are satires done on socio-cultural problems of the common man.

The show was immensely popular and still gets repeated re-runs on various Doordarshan

channels.

6. ID this painting which is known as India's Mona Lisa.

7. It was the dream project of APJ Abdul Kalam.

China, Japan, Singapore and Thailand have agreed to contibute for this project.

A consortium has been formed for international cooperation in this project and it is headed

by Amartya Sen.

What project?

8. L Subramanian, Amul, Doordarshan

Irom Sharmila

9. Satyajit Ray, Gayathri Devi, Amartya Sen, Indira Gandhi, R.N. Tagore, Visva Bharati.

10. On August 8, 1942, Mahatma Gandhi called for immediate independence and the All India

Congress Committee passed the Quit India resolution at the Bombay session. The government

responded by arresting the major leaders and locking them in an undisclosed place and thus

tried to pre-empt the movement from success. A young woman presided over the remainder of

the session on 9 August and hoisted the Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan. This

marked the commencement of the movement. She is known as the face of the QUit India movement and also as Grand Old Lady of India.

11. Swastika

12. Vishal bharadwaj,nana patekar,Gulzar,The graveyard book,

13. Iqbal, Lata Mangeshkar, Ravi Shankar,Indira Gandhi,Rakesh Sharma

14. Kavi Pradeep

15. X is credited with the invention of the first wireless detection device and the discovery of millimetre length electromagnetic waves and considered a pioneer in the field

of biophysics. IEEE named him one of the fathers of radio science. X was averse/not

interested in patenting his inventions.

Y spoke to him and tried to convince him to patent his inventions, but X refused, so Y made

copies of this invention and carried it with him to USA. Y asked one of his followers to file

the patent for the invention in absence of X. X was the first person from the Indian

subcontinent to receive a US patent, in 1904.

16. His teachers in college were Jagadish Chandra Bose and Prafulla Chandra Roy. He had

worked with Louis de Broglie, Marie Curie, and Einstein. X translated Eintein's Theory of

Relativity to English.While giving a lecture, X discovered a result that he published in a paper. It was not published citing it was just a case of simple mistake. X then wrote to Einstein who agreed with him. Einstein then sent his won paper in support of X and asked them to publish it

together. It is known as X-Einstein statistics and led to a phenomenon called X-Einstein

condensate.

In particle physics, subatomic particles that obey X–Einstein statistics was named after X.

Satyendra Nath Bose and Boson.

17. On the main gateway an islamic inscription written in persian reads "Jesus, Son of Mary

(peace be upon them) said: 'The world is a Bridge, pass over it, but build no houses upon

it. He who hopes for a day, may hope for eternity; but the World endures but an hour. Spend

it in prayer for the rest is unseen.'"

Where?

18. I trust, you remember me as a fellow-traveller on your voyage from Japan to Chicago. I

very much recall at this moment your views on the growth of the ascetic spirit in India... I

recall these ideas in connection with my scheme of Research Institute of Science for India,

of which you have doubtless heard or read ”

Impressed by Vivekananda's views on science and leadership abilities, Tata wanted him to

guide his campaign.

19. Traditionally, they were snake handlers. The dance movements and the costumes of their

community bear a resemblance to that of the serpents. They are also known as Sapera, Jogira

or Jogi. Male participants take care of the musical part of the dance.

The dancers (mainly females) wear long black skirts embroidered with silver ribbons. As they

spin in a circle, their bodies sway acrobatically, sinuously to the accompaniment of the

Pungi, the Dufli and the plaintive notes of the "been", the wooden instrument of the snake

charmers. As the beat increases to such high pitch, free flowing voice, while others join in

the dance. Their dance movement resembles that of the snakes. They have found pride of place

in the UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Kalbelia.

20. RBI and Yakshini

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Flop SHow

25 paisa

Duranto

satyamev jayate

Anurag Kashyap

JUNGLE BOOK

P Sainath

Aruna Asaf Ali

Vetti Wars

What is it with Malayalam heroes and vettis (Dhotis). Superstar Mammootty pulls off some heavy duty moves to some very heavy music in his Vasantham vettis while the other superstar MohanLal ramp walks with his MCR vetti making the girls go gaga over it.Finally there is Jayaram who is able to keep everyone in his family copacetic all because of his Ramraj vetti. These are the ads that have been scouring the TV screens this festive season. In a way, its good that the big are acting small.

Ramanujam's Basava

"The sacrificial lamb brought for the festival
ate up the green leaf brought for the decorations

Not knowing a thing about the kill,
it wants only to fill its belly:
born that day, to die that day."

This English translation is alluring and alludes to a meaning that is different than it was actually penned for in Kannada.Not that i know Kannada but the notes that came with the original poem quite positively affirms the fact these lines are a sarcastic take on animal sacrifice. Whatever, the lines somehow collude that the sacrificial lamb is the human being, festival the life and all he wants to do is to fill up his belly pretending that death will be easy on him, maybe even miss him!

Can You Help Me, Occupy My Brain?

"I have paid 20 k.I can't afford to miss classes. You surely can't expect me to come on weekends.Maybe once or twice;but 7 weeks on trot. That's too much"
He said this with a contorted look on his face as though he was physically pained at the idea of spending so much money for the classes and then missing them. Someone clicked their tongue sympathetically, a few others commiserated with them. Not to be left behind, i too joined in. I could understand his situation. The amount of money weighs on one's head more than the possibility of missing classes. It was others turn. All others had good valid reasons(really so valid that even the skeptic in me couldn't doubt them) not to come on weekends. Suddenly it was my turn;
" What about you?"
They asked in unison probably expecting me to come up with some kind of excuse. I, for once couldn't think of anything.(Did i want to give an excuse, i very much doubt it)
"I have no issues".
"None whatsoever".
As long as there's something to occupy my brain, to divert its frustrating, possibly "nervous breakdown" leading thoughts, i am game.But i didn't say this aloud.
They looked slightly amused, i guess. But as it would turn out later at the meeting, the weekend shifts were not for us though the weekday graveyard shifts were very much for us.

And I think i have few issues with the weekday GRAVEYARD shifts.

To Un-Sleep

Step 1- Listen to "Paranoid Android" by Radiohead once.
Step 2-If time permits, perform this step else proceed to step 3. Listen to "Bangers and Mash" of Radiohead.
Step 3- Wash your face
Step 4-Drink a glass half full of water.
Step 5-Walk 250 meters.
Step 6-Find a comfortable seat from where i can see everyone in room.
Step 7-Don't restrain your mind, Let it wander.
Step 8-Keep a notebook handy, you never know you might forget what you think during those times.
These are the steps i follow to keep myself awake during sessions particularly when they happen over a phone. It worked for me for last 3 days.

By the way i read or thought(Hope it's mine, don't know for sure though) of a quote about Chris Martin-
If a team is made up of only No.11 batsmen of different teams or eras, still Martin would be batting at No.11.

:-( ))))

Yesterday was my first day in project. I was supposed to attend a phone conference call. It's in fact very difficult to follow even when the instructor is physically present in the room. So it was not very surprising that my mind wandered at the beginning of 3rd slide itself(around 3 minutes, i guess). Desperately trying to avoid sleep, i opened my notebook and pretended to write notes while i thought of drawing something in it. Now please don't think that i'm good at drawing or something like that(I liken my drawing skills to Chris Martin's batting skills).I'm probably good at scribbling. I thought and thought and thought and invented(or is it discovered???) a smiley- :-()))).
Suddenly the voice on the phone said "The session is over, does anyone have any questions". There was a hushed silence.A pin drop would have sounded like a ululatory(Tribute intended!!!) howl. Then the voice continued" I guess that means everyone understood" a brief pause then ,"right,Sidharth?"
I don't know why they called out my name, probably because i was last to introduce myself on phone and the name struck. I muttered a weak but audible Yes. Had a feel of "you can run, but can never hide" phrase. Fortunately for me they didn't ask me to explain.Phew...it was just 1st day...
P.S-Chris Martin is a New Zealand bowler who has more wickets than runs and took 48 innings to get a score in double digits.
P.S.S-I leave your imagination to sort out the smiley...;-)