The best part about our Sunday quizzes have been when people share interesting additional #FunFactz (yes, we give points not just for the right answers, but also for additional interesting facts!)
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On the question on MN Srinivas's The Remembered Village, one of our "athithis" happened to be RK Narayan's grand nephew, who spoke about the connection between Malgudi & Rampura.
Aparna spoke about Rukmini Srinivas's Tiffin, which featured both Srinivas & RK Narayan.
Wow. WOW!
Original question: Why is the book called "The Remembered Village", or why does it not have field notes?
Some interesting guesses including Dhanushkodi village to the Partition and finally the interesting right answer: he lost his notes in a fire, so wrote the book from memory.
Q: A director chose the name of his film after a legendary actor suggested to use what was written on the first page.
Answer: Upendra chose Om as the title, based on a suggestion by Dr.Rajkumar.
Wrong guesses & additional facts included celebs like @udupendra & Rajnikanth!
A question on @M_Raj03 Mithali Raj's (now famous) childhood pic led to some interesting facts about her, and we somehow landed on the interesting reason behind why @mandhana_smriti and @SGanguly99 became left-handed batsmen even though they are right-handed. Find out 👇
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