Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Death Sentence

"La revolution n'a pas besoin des savants" (The revolution has no need of savants) is the apocryphal death sentence for?

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Sonar kella

Sonar kella is the first appearance of which famous Bangla literary character?

(Hint: the story, not the film)

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Change of name

Originating among the Dungans of China, it deals with the wooing, loss and reunion of Princess Badroulbadour. Her name was changed in a Disney film adaptation, and has since become the more common version. What tale, and what name?

Thursday, October 14, 2010

In the past too, there were Dynasties!

The kings of this dynasty were said to be a favourite subject of poetry as far as Malaya. The last ruler was Puloma the pious (Puliman) who after his conquests ended his life by drowning himself in the holy Ganges, emulating an ancestor. So the Chinese for some time referred to India as Poulomeun-koue, the country of Puliman. Name this dynasty which ruled for over 4 centuries.