Rampur: Fast, ferocious and a favourite of the Rampur nawabs. One breed weakness, unable to turn at high speeds, these hounds often sustain leg injuries.
Culture Vulture
Pietá Michelangelo
What Marble sculpture of body of Jesus in his mother Mary’s arms, at St Peter’s Basilica, Rome.
Oddities The figures are out of proportion. If Christ is human scale, the Virgin would be nearly five metres tall. Also the only sculpture signed by Michelangelo (on Mary’s sash).
Vandalism Damaged in 1972 by Lazlo Toth, who broke its nose and other parts, while shouting "I am Jesus Christ."
So you thought you knew all about
Arundhati Roy
The book ‘An Ordinary Person’s Guide to the Empire’ has our resident Booker winner back in the news. Spot the error here.
A. Didn’t attend formal school till she was 10; studying in Corpus Christie, a home school run by her mom.
B. As a teenager, she made a living selling empty beer bottles.
C. Played a tribal in the film ‘Massey Saab’ (directed by husband Pradip Krishen).
D. In ‘98, featured in ‘People’ magazine’s "50 Most Beautiful People in the World".
F. She won a Supreme Court case granting Christian women in Kerala the right to their parents’ property.
Answer F. It was her mother Mary Roy who fought the case.
What Is
Spelunking
Adventure sport that’s created the clan of the modern cavemen. Amateur sportspersons who walk and climb into all the earth’s grottos. Not to be confused with cavers, who consider themselves pros in the game. The emerging destination in India for spelunkers and cavers: Meghalaya. Get there before the miners.
