ANIRUDH RAVICHANDER

Anirudh Ravichander is an Indian film composer and singer, who primarily

works in Tamil cinema. He was born to veteran actor Ravi Raghavendra. He has also
worked in Telugu and Hindi. At 21, he made his debut in the Tamil industry. His
debut song, Why This Kolaveri Di, composed for the 2012 film 3, went viral across
the globe, etching more than 198 million views on YouTube as of 17 October 2019.
He then went on to compose numerous hits and became one of the popular composers
in South India.

He is often labelled as a viral prodigy, as his songs often go viral and earn
millions of views on digital platforms. He has won 9 South Indian International
Movie Awards. He has signed a record deal with Sony Music, which will be
publishing his independent albums and live concerts, it also presented a multi
platinum disc plaque for the successful collaborations with Sony. On the Diwali of
2016, he, along with international artist Diplo released the remix of Major Lazer &
MØ's hit 'Cold Water'. He won the Chennai Times Most Desirable Man 2017 poll and
became the first musician to win this poll. Anirudh is one of the bestselling recording
artist next to A. R. Rahman, with an estimated 20 million units sold worldwide.
 Anirudh is the son of actor Ravi Raghavendra and classical dancer Lakshmi
Ravichander and nephew of Surya PTS. His maternal grandfather S. V. Ramanan is a
multifaceted personality who has excelled in making documentaries, commercials and
music. Anirudh's great grandfather was director Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam, a
pioneering filmmaker of the 1930s. Anirudh was part of a band in school called Zinx.
At the age of 10, he started composing music and landed his first break with '3' at the
age of 22.

He was the School Pupil Leader at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, K.K. Nagar.
He graduated from Loyola College, Chennai in 2011, which according to him was just
a backup in case his music career did not take off. Anirudh learnt piano from Trinity
College of Music, London and did his sound engineering diploma from soundtech-
media, Chennai. He also learnt Carnatic music, and was part of a Carnatic fusion
band. He always loved music and composing music is his passion. His dream was to
make music his career and become a musician.

In his school days, Anirudh had entered a TV show that was judged by A. R.
Rahman, and his band was one of the winners along with 5 other bands. Anirudh was
awarded the Best Instrumentalist by his idol. Anirudh made his debut as a music
composer in his cousin Aishwarya R. Dhanush's directorial debut 3, starring Dhanush.
While pursuing his degree at Loyola College, he had done background scores for the
short films made by Aishwaryaa and his work on short films convinced her to have
him work on her first commercial venture.

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 NATIONAL RAIL MUSEUM DELHI

The National Rail Museum in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, displays exhibits on

the history of rail transport in India. The museum was inaugurated on 1 February
1977, and spans over 10 acres. It is open every day except Mondays and national
holidays. In addition to its vast galleries, the museum features simulations of coaches,
diesel, electric and steam engines. The National Rail Museum was first proposed in
1962, under the advisement of rail enthusiast Michael Graham Satow. Construction
began in 1970 and on 7 October 1971 the foundation stone was laid at the museum's
present site in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, by the then-President of India V. V. Giri.
The museum was inaugurated as the Rail Transport Museum in 1977 by Kamalapati
Tripathi, the minister for public transportation.
The National Rail Museum was originally intended to be a part of a larger
museum that covered the history of railways, roadways, airways, and waterways in
India; however, this never happened and it was officially renamed the National Rail
Museum in 1995.Patiala State Monorail Train ways: This unique steam monorail was
built in 1907. The train is based on the Ewing System and connected the town of
Bassi with the city of Sirhind Fatehgarh, approximately 9.7 km apart. This unique
train system consists of a single-rail track on which the load-carrying wheel runs,
while large iron wheels on either side keep the train upright.
 The train was built by Orenstein & Koppel of Berlin and ran until October
1927 when the line was closed. The engine and the chief engineer's inspection car
remained in the railways' scrapyard where they were discovered by railroad historian
Mike Satow in 1962. One of the engines was restored to full working order by the
Northern Railway Workshops in Amritsar. The Chief Engineer's private inspection
car was also reconstructed on an old underframe. The two are now in working
condition and are on display at the museum.
Fairy Queen: The world's oldest working steam locomotive in operational
service. Morris Fire Engine: The Morris Fire Engine was built by the fire engineers
John Morris and Sons Ltd of Salford, Lancashire, in 1914. The only other Morris-
Belsize fire-engine known to exist is preserved by the White ebbs Museum of
Transport, Clay Hill, London. It was converted to use pneumatic tires, while the fire
engine at the National Rail Museum runs on solid rubber tires. Saloon of The Prince
of Wales: This saloon car was built for the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII)
for his visit to India.
Saloon of The Maharaja of Indore: This was the saloon car of Holkar
Maharaja of Indore.Saloon of The Maharaja of Mysore: This was the personal saloon
car of the Maharaja of Mysore. The saloon is designed using teak, gold, ivory, and
other materials. Electric locomotive 4502 Sir Leslie Wilson: This 1928 WCG-1
locomotive belonged to the Great Indian Peninsular Railway.
Steam Locomotive A-885 HASANG. Steam Locomotive X-37385: This
engine was used for trains to Ooty. WDM2 18040: This locomotive was the first
WDM2 class diesel locomotive which was built by ALCO in the US. This is a highly
successful class and examples of WDM2 and other variants are still found hauling
heavy passenger and goods trains to this day.

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 SUSAN GLASPELL

Susan Glaspell co-founded the first modern American theater company, the
Provincetown Players, and was a Pulitzer prize winning playwright, actress, novelist,
and journalist. Most of her nine novels, fourteen plays and over fifty short stories are
set in Iowa, where she was raised. Trifles, her one act play based on the murder trial
she covered as a young reporter, is considered one of the great works in American
theatre as well as an important piece of feminist literature.

Glaspell was raised to value hard work on a farm in rural Davenport, Iowa.
She often wrote about being worthy inheritors of the land, and was greatly influenced
by the writings of Black Hawk, the Sauk American Indian chief, on whose former
land she was raised. Susan was a precocious student, becoming a journalist at 18, and
writing her own column at 20, using it to poke fun at Davenport's upper class. She
went to Drake University and excelled as a debater, representing the school at the
state debates her senior year.

In her early professional career, Glaspell excelled in a male-dominated field,

becoming a reporter for The Des Moines Daily News where she covered murder cases
and the state legislature. She quit the paper and began writing and publishing fiction
stories for Harper's and The Ladies' Home Journal, which financed her move to
Chicago, where she wrote her first book,
 The Glory of the Conquered 1909, which became a The New York Times
best-seller, allowing her to tour Europe for a year, extending her artistic range and
influences. Though well regarded for her short stories and novels, her plays earned
her the greatest prestige and recognition for their ground-breaking influence. Trifles
1916, was considered a feminist masterpiece and Inheritors 1921 was considered the
first modern historical drama, chronicling three generations of pioneer life. Glaspell
discovered Eugene O'Neil while scouting for her playwright company's productions.
Also associated with her company were Edna St. Vincent Millay, Theodore Dreiser
and Floyd Dell.

Though her the-`ater company was a critical success, it didn't earn enough to
pay the bills, so Glaspell continued to write and sell her short stories to make ends
meet. A Jury of Her Peers - 1927 was a short story version of her famous play, Trifles.
Glaspell won the Pulitzer Prize for her play, Alison's House in 1931. She lived out her
years in Provincetown, Rhode Island until her death in 1948. Interest in her plays
languished until the 1970's, when her works were rediscovered and are often featured
in the core curriculum of women's studies programs in U.S. colleges and universities.
Glaspell's work is featured in our Feminist Literature Study Guide, Pulitzer Prizes,
and Mystery Stories.

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