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Sarat Chandra Chatterjee wrote 'Parineeta' in 1914. It's a classic Bengali novel about a young woman's journey through love and social constraints. Bankim Chandra wrote 'Anandamath' and Rabindranath Tagore wrote 'Gitanjali' and 'Ghare Baire.'

Ilaiyaraaja composed the music for 'Cheeni Kum' (2007), a romantic drama starring Amitabh Bachchan and Tabu. The soundtrack includes memorable songs like 'Baaten Hawa Mein' and the title track. A. R. Rahman is another legendary composer but didn't work on this film.

Srinivas sang 'Kaisi Hai Yeh Rut' from 'Dil Chahta Hai' (2001). He's a prominent playback singer, especially known for his work with Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. Shankar Mahadevan sang 'Koi Kahe Kehta Rahe' and other tracks from the same album.

Prince of Persia, created by Jordan Mechner in 1989, featured animations based on photographs of Mechner's brother David running and jumping. This technique gave the game its remarkably fluid and realistic character animations for the time. Dangerous Dave, Pong, and Pac-Man did not use this motion-capture method.

Oracle was named after a CIA project code name that its founder Larry Ellison worked on before starting the company. Siebel was named after founder Thomas Siebel. Peoplesoft was founded by David Duffield and Ken Morris. Amazon was named after the Amazon River.

A 'mickey' is the smallest detectable movement of a computer mouse, named after Mickey Mouse. One mickey is typically about 0.005 inches (0.127mm). The unit name comes from the famous Disney cartoon character. Donald, Mortimer, and Daisy are also Disney characters but not associated with this measurement.

Kumar Sanu is the only singer to have received 5 consecutive Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singer (1990-1994). This record remains unbroken. Kishore Kumar, Mohd. Rafi, and Sonu Nigam have won multiple Filmfare awards but not five consecutively.

In music theory, a perfect fifth is an interval spanning 7 semitones. Counting up from F#: F# to G (1), G to G# (2), G# to A (3), A to A# (4), A# to B (5), B to C (6), C to C# (7). Therefore, C# is the perfect fifth above F#. C is a diminished fifth, Eb is an augmented fourth, and D is a perfect fourth above F#.

Gaborone is the capital and largest city of Botswana. Saint John's is the capital of Antigua and Barbuda. Bridgetown is the capital of Barbados. Manama is the capital of Bahrain.

Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Tirane (Tirana) is the capital of Albania. Bogota is the capital of Colombia. Brazzaville is the capital of the Republic of the Congo.