#14 Shikari Shambu's new purpose, and what some women authors do
Also, Munshi Premchand - Bollywood Star
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Test cricket restarted recently and the IPL is set to resume, bringing some relief to sports-starved fans across the world. Last week’s Cricket Quiz had our largest turnout EVER - Thanks to the 300+ people who participated and shared interesting stories, fun facts and bad puns about the great game. As always, all proceeds from the quiz are going towards charity - this time to the Amphan Relief Fund
This quiz would not have been possible without our stellar and joyful host Joy Bhattacharjya and our esteemed panelists - Snehal Pradhan, Gautam Bhimani, Siddharatha Vaidyanathan and Amit Sinha. B̶o̶y̶s̶ Everyone played well 🏏
Next up another biggie. The legendary Dr Navin Jaykumar will take over the hosting mantle for a quiz on all things glorious about our country. Participate and win Amazon gift cards and Storytel vouchers. All proceeds from the quiz go towards charity.
Push-ups to help you prep for future quizzes:
Shikari Shambu doesn’t hunt anymore. He is involved in murky adventures and hilariously has to deal with wild animals, but he’s now focusessed on rescuing animals. These are among a host of changes the illustrator Savio Mascarenhas brought in since taking over after the retirement of Vasanth Halbe in 1998. A welcome change in our opinion.
Men mostly read books written by men and women read books by either sex. This unfortunately has led to women authors take up gender neutral sounding pen names or add unnecessary middle names as in the case of JK Rowling. Women authors such as MV Carey, EL James style their names like this in order to sound more gender neutral.
Check out our thread about the great Munchi Premchand and also his brief foray into Bollywood. ᵗʰᶦˢ ᵐᵃʸ ᵒʳ ᵐᵃʸ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵇᵉ ᵖᵃʳᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ˢʸˡˡᵃᵇᵘˢ ᶠᵒʳ ᵗʰᵉ ᵘᵖᶜᵒᵐᶦⁿᵍ ᴵⁿᵈᶦᵃ ᑫᵘᶦᶻ
Things we’re reading / watching / listening to:
Make Happy by Bo Burnham - This hour-long comedy special is more than *just* a comedy special. It is a joyful, reflective, meta, and laugh out loud show that you have to watch. Burnham is a prodigious talent who sings, plays multiple instruments and can write the best darn jokes. Don’t miss his ballad about the problems of being a Straight White Male™
Ponniyin Selvan - We are going back in time with Indian Literature and rereading Ponniyin Selvan (The son of Ponni) by Kalki. Set in 10th century Tamilnadu, spanning across five volumes, this series is about how Rajaraja Chola I became king. There is murder, conspiracy, lies, espionage, and power struggles. Way before A Song of Ice and Fire. It is also a complete series. Just saying.
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