The Mixed Bag

by Harsh Utkarsh

Id the event being covered in this issue of the Indian Herald

X : Scotland YardY : London

Sugandha Bai was the muse of this painter

He represented something in a human form that had never been done before.

This led to a lot of controversy although he was patronised by the Maharaja of Travancore.

Who is this painter, subject of a recent movie?

Raja Ravi Verma

In continental Europe, it means a small hotel or lodging house

When used as a verb, it means to "discard something as it has bbecome old"

Incidentally, this word also alludes to the name of Chelsea Football club in the early twentieth century.

Historically , it meant the royal payment given to a royal favourite or a scholar or an artist to carry on the work of public interest.

Identify this word commonly found in the public sctor in India and quite often painfully missing in the private sector.

Pension

• The following text has been taken from the book "Euclid and his modern rivals by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known as X"

• This text was used as the first logo of Y(something we have relied upon for the major part of our student lives).

• Only a part of the text is visible due to fish eye form of the logo.

• Gimme X and Y

only the bolder part is visible in the logo

XX is Lewis Caroll if you were wondering

• The man shown in the picture is A.A.Milne, the creator of Winnie the pooh

• The character is said to be inspired from his son's stuffed teddy bear.

• Almost all other characters like tiger and piglet were made the same way.

• What was his son's name?

Christopher Robin Milne, after whom the character is named.

• The nonsense word "X" emerged in pop culture during the early 1930s first being used by cartoonist Bill Holman.According to Holman,X takes it origins from the Chinese word for fortune.

• The word "X fighter" was used by Allied pilots during World War II to describe UFOs that appeared over European and Pacific theatres of war.

• The terms "X" or "X bar" are often used as placeholder names in computer documentation.

• "X summit" is an annual hacker summit organised by publisher O'reilly

• X also forms part of a musical act that i listen to daily.

• Luxo Jr. is a 1986 American computer-animated short film produced by Pixar and directed by director John Lasseter

• It was the first CGI film to receive nominattion for Best Animated Short Film.

• What was the special contribution of this short film to Pixar?

• Legend has it that Mumtaz Mahal once visited the army barracks and found out that the soldiers were under-nourished.

• Hence, she ordered the chefs to come up with a dish that could be eaten in a single serving.

• The name of this dish means "fried before cooking"

• What?

British Physical Laboratories Ltd.

• People say that this profession dates back to Mughal period.People of this profession had special access to the king alongwith the barber.They are a vanishing breed now and remain limited to a few pockets in Ambala and Meerut.

• They carry "auzaar" like chimti,salai along with oil and have a distinctive headgear-a red skull cap that can be rolled backwards.They also carry a shoulder bag with them evrywhere.

• Who?

Kaan Saaf Wala

• After the battle of Kurukshetra, Yudhishthira performed the last rites of all his loved ones.Karna had no one to perform his last rites as all his sons had died in the battle and he had no relatives.Kunti couldn't bear this injustice so she revealed to Yudhishthira that KArna was her son.KArna was hurt to know of his brother's existence so late.So, he cursed Kunti with something that haunts women to this day.

• He cursed her by saying that women henceforth would never be able to keep a secret.

Cartoonist?

• This is a poster of which actor's first movie?

• Ze End