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1. X, having lost his mother, his father, and his brother to our civilization’s most colossal moral failure yet, having barely survived himself, takes up the question of what makes life not only survivable but worthy of living in what now lives as Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything - a slim, powerful set of lectures he delivered a mere eleven months after the Y which was ineed a tragic event of mankind. At that time, he was just as he was completing the manuscript of the classic novel Z.
In a sublime sidewise testament to the singular power of music, which some of humanity’s vastest minds have so memorably extolled, X writes:
"It is not only through our actions that we can give life meaning — insofar as we can answer life’s specific questions responsibly — we can fulfill the demands of existence not only as active agents but also as loving human beings: in our loving dedication to the beautiful, the great, the good. Should I perhaps try to explain for you with some hackneyed phrase how and why experiencing beauty can make life meaningful? I prefer to confine myself to the following thought experiment: imagine that you are sitting in a concert hall and listening to your favorite symphony, and your favorite bars of the symphony resound in your ears, and you are so moved by the music that it sends shivers down your spine; and now imagine that it would be possible (something that is psychologically so impossible) for someone to ask you in this moment whether your life has meaning. I believe you would agree with me if I declared that in this case you would only be able to give one answer, and it would go something like: “It would have been worth it to have lived for this moment alone!"
In a sublime sidewise testament to the singular power of music, which some of humanity’s vastest minds have so memorably extolled, X writes:
"It is not only through our actions that we can give life meaning — insofar as we can answer life’s specific questions responsibly — we can fulfill the demands of existence not only as active agents but also as loving human beings: in our loving dedication to the beautiful, the great, the good. Should I perhaps try to explain for you with some hackneyed phrase how and why experiencing beauty can make life meaningful? I prefer to confine myself to the following thought experiment: imagine that you are sitting in a concert hall and listening to your favorite symphony, and your favorite bars of the symphony resound in your ears, and you are so moved by the music that it sends shivers down your spine; and now imagine that it would be possible (something that is psychologically so impossible) for someone to ask you in this moment whether your life has meaning. I believe you would agree with me if I declared that in this case you would only be able to give one answer, and it would go something like: “It would have been worth it to have lived for this moment alone!"
If you read the above paragrah, you can quite easily reach to the answer 😀
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2. On 17th December, 1931, X called a meeting with Pramatha Nath Banerjee (Minto Professor of Economics), Nikhil Ranjan Sen (Khaira Professor of Applied Mathematics) and Sir R. N. Mukherji. Together they established the Y. Y was initially in the Physics Department of Presidency College; it's expenditure in the 1st Year was just ₹238.
Give me X and Y.
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3. In simpler words, X means “God is with us”. The people associated with this name have often been termed as bright, stylish, and practical.
In context of a recent movie, the character X's entry scene is quite apt and similar as an "angel" or "god" entering the female lead's life.
What is X and the movie?
In context of a recent movie, the character X's entry scene is quite apt and similar as an "angel" or "god" entering the female lead's life.
What is X and the movie?
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4. Cristiano Ronaldo, recently, scored a brace against Lazio, and thus, came into the limelight, obviously not because of the fact that he did this at an age of 35, but because he also created another record: He became the first player to reach a half century of goals in Series A, La Liga, and the EPL.
However, this certain player "X" had achieved a similar feat years back, and did not receive as much publicity. This player was part of feat for a club that achieved it 44 years back!
Identify "X".
However, this certain player "X" had achieved a similar feat years back, and did not receive as much publicity. This player was part of feat for a club that achieved it 44 years back!
Identify "X".
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5. In 1841, a strapping man in his mid-50s stopped at the foot of Mount Kailash in Tibet, considered the abode of Lord Shiva, and took a dip in the holy waters of Lake Mansarovar. What distinguished him from the many pilgrims who head to this spot even today was that he had just conquered this harsh terrain, defeating the Tibetans on their own land.
General Z, Governor of Kishtwar and loyal lieutenant to Raja Gulab Singh of Jammu, was pursuing a vision few men in history would have dared contemplate. He aimed to extend India’s frontiers all the way to the edges of China.
Dubbed the ‘Napoleon of the East’, his legendary conquests helped draw the lines we still hold to today.
As India now pushes back against China on the edges of Ladakh, amid a military build-up in the Galwan Valley, few realise that India’s borders with Tibet and the Xinjiang province of China, the Wakhan corridor of Afghanistan and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, are all the legacy of the great General Z.
Who was this mighty Z?
General Z, Governor of Kishtwar and loyal lieutenant to Raja Gulab Singh of Jammu, was pursuing a vision few men in history would have dared contemplate. He aimed to extend India’s frontiers all the way to the edges of China.
Dubbed the ‘Napoleon of the East’, his legendary conquests helped draw the lines we still hold to today.
As India now pushes back against China on the edges of Ladakh, amid a military build-up in the Galwan Valley, few realise that India’s borders with Tibet and the Xinjiang province of China, the Wakhan corridor of Afghanistan and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, are all the legacy of the great General Z.
Who was this mighty Z?
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-SM
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