EK SAWAL

Q: Nicholas Breakspear was the first Englishman and Adriaan Floriszoon Boeyens was the first Dutch to hold the top post of this international body. Another common aspect is that Breakspear later adopted the name Adrian, which happens to be Anglicized first name of Boeyens. The post they held has also been held by few Frenchmen, Syrians, Greeks, Germans, Poles, Africans and large number of Italians. Name the international body and the post held by Breakspear and Boeyens.

A: Body - The Roman Catholic Church. Post - The Pope.

Nicholas Breakspear became Papa Hadrianus Quartus (Pope Adrian IV) from 4^th December 1154 to 1^st September 1159. Adriaan Floriszoon Boeyens became Papa Hadrianus Sextus (Pope Adrian VI) from 9^th January 1522 to 14^th September 1523.

BREAD OF LIFE

One of my cousins had come down for summer vacation to our place along with her parents and grandparents. We had a bakery next door which the cousin used to frequent to watch the bakers make biscuits, puffs, breads and buns, and the occasional cake. She learnt how to prepare the dough, to roll them, to cut them and she would watch the bakers prepare the big oven and feed the trays for baking.

One day she attempted to make a biscuit, locally known as the khari biscuit. This is made by rolling the dough, applying ghee on the dough, folding and rolling again, then applying ghee and folding again and rolling. This is then cut into small rectangles and fed into the oven for baking. The end result is a fluffy crunchy biscuit. The cousin prepared about five of these and on being successful was rewarded a loaf of bread. All excited she came running home with the biscuit and the bread and jumped on her dad displaying her trophy. Her smiling dad exclaimed, “My daughter has indeed earned her BREAD OF LIFE!”