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Alaska law forbids you to look at a moose from an aeroplane.

In Corpus Christi, Texas, it is illegal to raise alligators in your home.

In Virginia, chickens cannot lay eggs before 8:00 a.m., and must be done before 4:00 p.m

In Colorado, a pet cat, if loose, must have a tail-light.

The law states that more than 3,000 sheep cannot be herded down Hollywood Blvd. at any one time.

Why read Landmark political treatise. Focuses on realpolitik, governmental policy based on retaining power rather than pursuing ideals.

Why he wrote it To endear himself to the ruling Medici family of Florence by justifying the use of deceit to retain territorial control.

Should have been subtitled You Can Win. By Being a Two-Timer.

The Tulika crow is crowing again with a new title each in the WordBird series (Kolaba, based on a Marathi folktale) and in the Picture Book series (Look, The Moon!). Meant for children beginning to wonder about the mysteries of the universe, Look, The Moon! (Rs 70) is gorgeously illustrated by Trotsky Marudu. In Kolaba (Rs 80), Sandhya Rao retells a tale about Sonabai and Kolaba the fox she heard from her bua. Ranjan De’s papercuts bring Kolaba to life. Cross-cultural words like pallu, the Vindhyas, halwa and tava are annotated. Like other Tulika titles, Kolaba is available in other Indian languages as well. For details visit www.tulikabooks.com, or write to kaka@tulikabooks.com. Address: Tulika Books, 13 Prithvi Avenue, Abhiramapuram, Chennai 600 018.

The 6th Asian Cinema Festival pays tribute to Guru Dutt. Know the tragic icon?

A. Born in Mysore in 1925, educated in Calcutta, worked as a telephone operator.

B. Met Dev Anand when their shirts got exchanged by mistake.

C. His marriage with Geeta Roy ended badly, possibly due to his ‘affair’ with Waheeda.

D. Decided never to take director’s credits after ‘Kaagaz Ke Phool’ (1961) bombed.

E. Died (1964) of sleeping pill overdose. Sanjeev Kumar, Dharmendra replaced him in his unfinished films ‘Love and God’ and ‘Kaneez’, respectively.

Just an electric guitar—like Ferrari is just a car. Masters like Jimi Hendrix have coaxed the dirtiest, most wonderful sound ever committed to disc from its gorgeous shape. Eric Clapton’s famous ‘Blackie’ raised $950,000 at auction in June; new ones cost 1,500 times less.