 | Derek O'Brien |
Last week’s festivities reminded us again about the wondrous multi-cultural-lingual-religious country we are. We celebrated Id-ul-Fitr, Onam and Ganesh Chaturthi, all in the space of a few days. The birthday of Lord Ganesha is to Maharashtra what Durga Puja is to Calcutta. That Ganesh Chaturthi falls on Shukla Chaturthi of the month of Bhadrapada, lasts for 10 days and ends on Anant Chaturdashi are things we know. There is a mighty bit more to it. In 1893, freedom fighter Lokmanya Tilak propagated the event not only as a community celebration, involving non-Brahmins, but also as a national festival. Truly Lord Ganesh is the ‘God of Everyman’. Ganpati Bappa Morya!
YOUR QUESTIONS
1. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to shift his capital to Agra?
Hrindan Basu, Calcutta
2. Which first mass-produced item of daily use was made by William Addis around 1780?
Kinjalak Bhagowati, Assam
3. According to mythology, who stepped on the highest point of Kasauli, giving it the shape of his foot?
Mehuli Das, Bhubaneswar
4. Traditionally, with which Indian classical dance would you associate the movements kasak masak, utplavanas and bhramaris?
Ankhi Majumdar, Baidyabati
5. Which creature was named Bagheera kiplingi after the panther in Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book ?
Arka Guha, Calcutta
6. In English words like algebra, alkaline, and algorithm, what does ‘al’, derived from Arabic, mean?
Shailza Roy, Jamshedpur
7. In the 1800s, which famous painting was kept in Napoleon’s bedroom in the Tuileries Palace in Paris?
Moumita Banerjee, Howrah
8. According to legend, which festival of India is considered the day when King Mahabali comes from exile to visit his people?
Joymallyo Dhar, Calcutta
9. Who was the second woman president of the Indian National Congress?
Sumedha Roy Chowdhury, Calcutta
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According to legend, Ganesh wrote the Mahabharata dictated by Vyasa under the condition that he would not put down his pen, even once, until the epic was completed.
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Which city more or less lies in a valley in between two parallel mountains, Nar and Narayan Parbat?
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Which fictional place connects Albert Mission College, the Welcome restaurant and the Palace Talkies?
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