Valles Marineris
The Ophir Chasm is a part of the biggest known canyon. It snakes some 4,000 km across the surface of Mars and is up to 10 km deep.
Grand Canyon
The most famous and by far the most accessible canyon of all. It’s much shallower than the other giants, but staggering none the less. And you can drive up to it.
Tsangpo Canyon
The largest on our planet. The Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) cuts almost 5.4 km deep into Tibet, creating a lush near-paradise that’s unlike anything else in Tibet.
Kali Gandaki Canyon
The waters of the Kali Gandaki cut through Dhaulagiri and Annapurna (the world’s 5th and 10th highest mountains). The view from Poon hill (Nepal) is breathtaking.
Culture Vulture
The Waste Land T.S. Eliot
What Epic confusing poem about decay of Western civilisation, spiritual exhaustion, despair as the only honest response to the post-WWI universe.
Why Confusing Myriad references to every major religion and mythology, and every obscure book that Eliot liked.
Be A Show-Off By mentioning that the poem ends with the words "Shanthi! Shanthi! hanthi!"
So you thought you knew all about
Lata Mangeshkar
Melody Queen Lata Mangeshkar turned 75 this week. What is amiss here?
A. Her family hails from Mangeshi, in Goa. She was born on Sept 28, 1929, in Indore. Her father christened her Hema. Later, the family began calling her Lata.
B. She sang her first song for composer Ghulam Haider—Angrezi Mera Chhora. However, producer S. Mukherjee rejected her ‘too thin’ voice.
C. Her latest is Yash Chopra’s ‘Veer Zaara’ where she has sung unused tunes of her favourite composer, O.P. Nayyar.
D. She was nicknamed tape recorder as she could memorise tunes.
Answer C. It’s Madan Mohan. O.P. Nayyar was sister Asha Bhonsle’s favourite.
what is
Philtrum
A term much beloved of quiz fiends and trivia freaks. It’s a part of your face, everybody’s face. It’s the little depression between the top of your upper lip and the base of your nose.
