208.

Al Munajid was a former diplomat who once served in the Saudi embassy in Washington. In 2008, he issued a Faria (an Islamic Warning) against X.

Islamic law, he said, sees Y as "a repulsive, corrupting creature" while children today see Y as loveable and "awesome" because of X.

"X has become an awesome character, even though according to Islamic law, X should be killed in all cases," Al-Munajid says in this Faria.

He further says that "The sharia refers to Y as 'little corrupter,' and says it is permissible to kill it in all cases. It says that Y set fire to the house, and are steered by Satan. The X is one of Satan's soldiers"

Now, who’s this incredible X against whom this fatwa is issued by Al Munajid?

207.

The Summy Company registered for copyright of X in 1935, crediting authors Preston Ware Orem and Mrs. R.R. Forman. In 1990, Warner Chappell purchased the company owning the copyright for $15 million, with the value of "X" estimated at $5 million. Based on the 1935 copyright registration, Warner claims that the United States copyright will not expire until 2030, and that unauthorized public performances of X are technically illegal unless royalties are paid to it. In one specific instance on February 2010, these royalties were said to amount to $700. In the European Union, the copyright of X will expire on December 31, 2016. The actual American copyright status of "X" began to draw more attention with the passage of the Copyright Term Extension Act in 1998. When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Act in Eldred vs. Ashcroft in 2003, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer specifically mentioned "X" in his dissenting opinion. An American law professor who heavily researched X has expressed strong doubts that it is still under copyright.

Identify X

206.

Id the blanked out face...

205.

Most of the homes in South India display the images of Gods Lakshmi, Muruga(Skanda) and Saraswathi in the following form. Who portrayed them like this, ie, who portrayed their face like this?

204.

This is the visual brand language of which famous brand?

203.

This is the logo of which upcoming venture?

202.

Colonel X was a Welsh surveyor, geographer and Surveyor-General of India from 1830 to 1843. X was largely responsible for completing the section of the Great Trigonometric Survey of India along the meridian arc from the south of India extending north to Nepal, a distance of approximately 2,400 kilometres (1,491 mi). The survey was started by William Lambton in 1806 and lasted several decades. In 1865, Y was named in his honour despite his objections. It was surveyed by his successor, Andrew Waugh.

201.

This is Mark Cuban, the American internet entrepreneur and entertainment tycoon, who owns Landmark Theatres, the largest chain of theatres in USA and Magnolia Pictures. Of what other business entity, he is also the owner of, which was much in the news?

200.

First of all, a big thanks to all those people who visited this blog and encouraged me to keep posting!!

We have now reached question 200, which is great !!!!!

Now come to the question.

X attended a Jesuit school. As a teenager, X wanted to become a writer. Upon telling his mother this, she responded with "My dear, your father is an engineer. He's a logical, reasonable man with a very clear vision of the world. Do you actually know what it means to be a writer?" After researching, X concluded that a writer "always wears glasses and never combs his hair" and has a "duty and an obligation never to be understood by his own generation," amongst other things. At 17, X's introversion and opposition to following a traditional path led to his parents committing him to a mental institution from which he escaped three times before being released at the age of 20. X later remarked that "It wasn't that they wanted to hurt me, but they didn't know what to do... They did not do that to destroy me, they did that to save me."

Identify X. The theme of X’s masterpiece is what I would like to wish to all of you and to myself.

199.

Who started and is the chief of this charity organisation?

198.

What does the map depict?

197.

The Tyranny of numbers was a problem faced in the 1960s by electronics engineers. Engineers were unable to increase the performance of their designs due to the huge number of components involved. In theory, every component needed to be wired to every other one, and were typically strung and soldered by hand. In order to improve performance, more components would be needed, and it seemed that future designs would consist almost entirely of wiring.

Since each module was relatively custom, modules were assembled and soldered by hand or with limited automation. As a result, they suffered major reliability problems. Even a single bad component or solder joint could render the entire module inoperative. Even with properly working modules, the mass of wiring connecting them together was another source of construction and reliability problems. As computers grew in complexity, and the number of modules increased, the complexity of making a machine actually work grew more and more difficult. This was the "tyranny of numbers".

Now, what was the solution proposed to this problem which has made incredible wonders in this field?

196.

Avalokiteśvara is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. He is one of the more widely revered bodhisattvas in mainstream Mahayana Buddhism.

The original name for this bodhisattva was Avalokitasvara. The Chinese name for Avalokitasvara is Guānshìyīn Púsa, which is a translation of the earlier name "Avalokitasvara Bodhisattva." This bodhisattva is variably depicted as male or female, and may also be referred to simply as Guānyīn in certain contexts.

In Sanskrit, Avalokitesvara is also referred to as Padmapāni ("Holder of the Lotus") or Lokeśvara ("Lord of the World"). In Tibetan, Avalokiteśvara is known as Chenrezig, and is said to be incarnated in the Dalai Lama, the Karmapa and other high lamas.

He is also known as Padmapani, the holder of the lotus. He is invariably depicted as holding a lotus.

What is his claim to fame in the Indian Art arena?

195.

Continuing in the same line...

We all know who's represented in the statue. Tell me where is this located.

194.

Connect (Try guessing with the help of the tag)

(The most famous one)