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Hanif Kureshi ... that Hanif Kureshi transformed shadows cast by the Sun into street art? (collab)
Patricia Taylor ... that Canadian microbiologist Patricia Taylor helped American diplomats hide in her house in Tehran during the Iran hostage crisis?
Tenzin Doendrup ... that Tenzin Doendrup, the 68th Je Khenpo and chief abbot of Bhutan, issued a decree to stop the practice of animal sacrifices?
Hanif Kureshi Indian street artist and designer (1982–2024)
Yamini Krishnamurthy Indian dancer (1940–2024)
Anshuman Gaekwad Indian cricketer (1952–2024)
Alan Choe ... that Alan Choe was tasked with developing Queenstown, Singapore's first satellite town, after its British architects left the country in the mid-1950s?
Sreedharan Champad Indian Malayalam-language writer (1938–2024)
Alan Choe Singaporean architect and urban planner (1931–2024)
2024 Indian Premier League final Final match of the IPL 2024
Narayanan Vaghul Indian banker (1936–2024)
Thambi Naidoo ... that South African civil rights activist Thambi Naidoo was arrested along with Mahatma Gandhi and sent outside of Transvaal for refusing to register?
Shahryar Khan Pakistan diplomat (1934–2024)
Robin McLeod ... that Canadian surgeon Robin McLeod advocated for post-operative patients to get back on their feet and move around immediately, against the prevailing guidance that they should stay in bed?
Imtiaz Qureshi ... that according to Indian chef Imtiaz Qureshi, who is credited with reviving the cooking tradition of dum pukht, all biryanis are pulaos?
Umrao Singh Sher-Gil ... that Indian aristocrat and photographer Umrao Singh Sher-Gil left more than 3000 prints and negatives, including many of his daughter Amrita Sher-Gil, documenting life in Europe and India?
R. Champakalakshmi ... that Indian historian R. Champakalakshmi was a script consultant for Bharat Ek Khoj, a television series based on Jawaharlal Nehru's The Discovery of India?
Bernard Descôteaux ... that the Canadian journalist Bernard Descôteaux is credited with the economic revival of the independent newspaper Le Devoir?
Lewis Pragasam ... that Malaysian percussionist Lewis Pragasam was drumming to "Joy to the World" at a Christmas concert when he suffered a fatal heart attack?
Imtiaz Qureshi Indian chef (1931–2024)
Dean Crawford ... that Olympic gold medalist Dean Crawford was introduced to rowing when he found a rowing shell outside the students' union building at the University of Victoria?
Vincent Marks ... that pathologist Vincent Marks helped reverse the conviction of socialite Claus von Bülow in a case that was adapted for the film Reversal of Fortune?
R. Champakalakshmi Indian historian and social scientist (1932–2024)
Gurdev Singh Gill ... that Gurdev Singh Gill was the first Canadian physician of Indian descent?
Voice of Freedom ... that the Voice of Freedom had to counter venomous snakes, leeches, and other wildlife?
Sukhbir Singh Gill Indian field hockey player (1975–2024)
Bernard Descôteaux Canadian journalist (1947–2024)
J. P. S. Uberoi Indian sociologist and anthropologist (1934–2024)
Gurdev Singh Gill (physician) Indian-born Canadian physician (1931–2023)
S. Venkitaramanan Indian civil servant and economist (1931–2023)
Brian Merrett ... that Canadian photographer and architectural activist Brian Merrett's works prompted the preservation of Montreal's Shaughnessy House, now the Canadian Centre for Architecture?
D. J. Gokulakrishnan Indian cricketer (1973–2023)
Gita Mehta American writer and filmmaker (1943–2023)
Sudakshina Sarma ... that Indian singer Sudakshina Sarma sang in Assamese as Mahatma Gandhi's ashes were immersed in the Brahmaputra River?
P. Kodanda Rao Indian social and independence activist (1889-1975)
2023 Ashes series Test cricket series between Australia and England
Sylvester da Cunha ... that in 1966 Sylvester da Cunha modelled the Amul girl to contrast with the mascot of Amul's main rival, Polson?
Usha Sundaram ... that independent India's first female pilot, Usha Sundaram, holds the record for the fastest flight between England and India in a piston-engine aircraft?
Merrill J. Fernando Sri Lankan businessman (1930–2023)
Bruno Flierl Sri Lankan businessman (1930–2023)
Sudakshina Sarma Indian singer (1934–2023)
K. R. Parthasarathy (probabilist) Indian statistician (1936–2023)
P. Sabanayagam Indian civil servant (1922–2023)
Sylvester da Cunha Indian advertising professional (1930–2023)
Roger Payne American biologist (1935–2023)
Ivan Menezes Indian-born American-British business executive (1959–2023)
2023 World Test Championship Final Final match of Indian Premier League 2023
Robert Lucas Jr. American economist (1937–2023)
2023 Indian Premier League final Final match of Indian Premier League 2023
Padma Desai Indian-American development economist (1931–2023)
Ranajit Guha Indian historian (1923–2023)
Keshub Mahindra Indian businessman (1923–2023)
Bombay Sisters Indian Carnatic music singing duo
P. Kodanda Rao ... that Indian independence activist and author P. Kodanda Rao's correspondence with Mahatma Gandhi helped to clarify Thoreau's influence on Gandhi?
Janaki Ballabh ... that sinologist Janaki Ballabh was the first Indian to be given a long-term residency in China?
Siddeshwar Swami ... that Hindu religious leader Siddeshwar Swami declined the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honor?
Kenneth Powell (sprinter) ... that Anglo-Indian sprinter Kenneth Powell was the first sportsperson from Karnataka to win the Arjuna Award?
William S. W. Lim
Siddeshwar Swami
Martin Davis (mathematician)
Janaki Ballabh
R. K. Krishna Kumar
Kenneth Powell (sprinter)
Sir Srinivas Varadachariar ... that Sir Srinivas Varadachariar was the first Indian chief justice of the Federal Court of India?
Rajni Kumar
M. V. Seetharamiah ... that Kannada-language author M. V. Seetharamiah established that the Rashtrakuta emperor Nrupatunga did not write the classic Kavirajamarga?
Helen Potrebenko ... that according to Modern Times, a San Francisco–based bookstore collective, if there was only one book that you read in 1975 it had to be Canadian author and activist Helen Potrebenko's Taxi!?
Naresh Kumar (tennis)
Congress Radio ... that the Indian independence movement's underground Congress Radio once submerged their equipment in the Godavari River?
Tom Alberg ... that Seattle-based Tom Alberg, one of the earliest investors in Amazon, was convinced of the company's promise when he could not find a book by Peter Drucker in his local bookstore?
Helen Potrebenko
Congress Radio
Elizabeth Bailey
Abhijit Sen
Mary Roy
Narender Thapa ... that Indian footballer Narender Thapa played for both of Calcutta's football clubs Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan Sporting at different times in his career?
Barry Downs ... that Canadian architect Barry Downs contributed to the redevelopment of the Expo 86 site in Vancouver, the largest private development in North America at the time?
T. Mohandas Pai ... that Indian philanthropist and business executive T. Mohandas Pai has been called the "architect of modern Manipal"?
Ravish Malhotra
Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim
Mukundrao Pai
Kilvidi Seshachari
Robert E. Finnigan
Anshu Jain
Tom Alberg
Narender Thapa
Rudi Koertzen
Barry Downs (architect)
T. Mohandas Pai
P. Gopinathan Nair
Mahendra Raj ... that Mahendra Raj's engineering work on the Hindustan Lever pavilion resembled a crumpled sheet of paper?
Dorothy E. Smith
N. Sankar ... that cricketers Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh both played for the Chemplast cricket team under owner and industrialist N. Sankar?
George D. Gould ... that a 1 a.m. phone call resulted in financier George D. Gould joining the efforts to stave off New York City's near-bankruptcy in 1975?
David Walden ... that after developing the first packet switching network for the ARPANET in the United States, computer scientist David Walden went to Norway to develop a packet switching network in that country?
2022 Indian Premier League Final
Elvera Britto ... that Indian women's hockey player Elvera Britto and her sisters would stitch their own team uniforms while playing in the 1960s?
Shushma Datt ... that ethnic broadcasting pioneer Shushma Datt was the first Canadian woman to obtain a CRTC broadcast licence?
Ben Roy Mottelson
Baidyanath Chakrabarty ... that Indian gynaecologist and reproductive medicine pioneer Baidyanath Chakrabarty, who performed over 4,000 IVF procedures, was a cricket fan who thought Virat Kohli and Ashwin were "such good boys"?
Axel Leijonhufvud
Shivkumar Sharma
George D. Gould
Mahendra Raj
David Walden
Elvera Britto
Chibuzor Nwakanma ... that Nigerian footballer Chibuzor Nwakanma was among the first few foreign players to play for all the "big three" Kolkata-based football clubs, Mohun Bagan, East Bengal, and Mohammedan Sporting?
Tadao Takahashi ... that Brazilian computer science researcher and internet pioneer Tadao Takahashi negotiated with drug lords to install internet equipment in his country?
Umang Gupta
N. Sankar
David G. Barber
Bilquis Edhi
Baidyanath Chakrabarty
Chibuzor Nwakanma
Tadao Takahashi
Eleanor Munro
Bjarni Tryggvason
Surajit Sengupta ... that Indian footballer Surajit Sengupta was called Sócrates because of his beard and varied interests?
Nadungamuwa Raja
Richard J. Ferris ... that Richard J. Ferris, CEO of United Airlines, worked a financing plan with Boeing to prevent hostile takeovers of his company?
Lata Mangeshkar
Naren Chandra Das ... that Indian Army havildar Naren Chandra Das escorted the 14th Dalai Lama to safety in India after the monk made a 13-day trek across the Himalayas dressed as a soldier to evade Chinese troops?
Surajit Sengupta
Chennaveera Kanavi
Rahul Bajaj
Ibrahim Sutar
Lata Mangeshkar
Rashid Byramji
S. K. Paramasivan
John Arrillaga
R. Nagaswamy
William M. Ellinghaus ... that American business executive William M. Ellinghaus helped rescue New York City from bankruptcy in the late 1970s?
M. K. Prasad
Richard J. Ferris
Birju Maharaj
Ravish Malhotra ... that after training for the Soyuz T-11 mission, Indian Air Force pilot Ravish Malhotra (pictured) stayed on the ground as a backup astronaut for Rakesh Sharma, who became the first Indian in space?
John Toye (economist) .. that development economist John Toye said free-market proponents "first turn liberty against equality and fraternity, then overthrow liberty itself"?
Vella Pillay ... that economist and anti-apartheid activist Vella Pillay arranged for South African revolutionaries to receive military training in the Soviet Union and China?
Terry Teachout
Maria Aurora Couto
Neil Nongkynrih
Chris Wilkinson (architect) ... that British architect Chris Wilkinson redeveloped Victorian-era industrial gasholders in Kings Cross, London into modern residential apartments?
Ken Lyotier ... that Vancouver-based binner turned social entrepreneur Ken Lyotier took the 2010 Winter Olympics torch with him so that other binners could take photographs with it?
Robert J. Birnbaum
Gerson da Cunha
William M. Ellinghaus
Sindhutai Sapkal
Jack Lemley ... that American engineering manager Jack Lemley, credited with rescuing the Channel Tunnel project, flew over 7 million miles (11 million kilometres) or about 300 times around the globe?
Indian cricket team in England in 1911 ... that the 19-year-old Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala (pictured) was the captain of the first all-Indian cricket team to tour England in 1911?
The Sporting Spirit ... that according to George Orwell, "serious sport has nothing to do with fair play ... it is war minus the shooting"?
Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim ... that South African anti-apartheid activist Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim (pictured) confused warders at the Robben Island maximum security prison by playing Bollywood music?
Naren Chandra Das
Naren Gupta
Manikka Vinayagam
Vella Pillay
2021–22 Ashes series
Michael Smith (diplomat) ... that trade negotiator Michael Smith's negotiating style was summarized by a sign at his office door that read "This is not Burger King"?
P. A. Ibrahim Haji
Kekhashru Mistry ... that cricketer Kekhashru Mistry, an all-rounder in the first all-Indian cricket team that toured England in 1911, had to return after three games because he was also the aide-de-camp to the maharaja of Patiala?
Joan Ford ... that mountaineer Edmund Hillary asked Canadian doctor Joan Ford to take her "Adidas runners, a stethoscope and an umbrella" and get to the Himalayas?
Madhur Kapila
Richard Rogers
Chris Wilkinson (architect)
Kilvidi Seshachari ... that Kilvidi Seshachari, the wicket-keeper for the first all-Indian cricket team to tour England, was recruited by the Maharaja of Natore to defeat the all-European Calcutta Cricket Club?
Mukundrao Pai ... that Indian cricketer Mukundrao Pai's altercation with a British army major, J. G. Greig, resulted in the Bombay Quadrangular introducing neutral umpires in 1916?
Jack Lemley
Suresh Jadhav (biotechnology executive) ... that Suresh Jadhav led the development of the COVID-19 vaccine marketed as Covishield?
Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim
Marie-Claire Blais
Reginald Green (economist) ... that in a study for UNICEF, Reginald Green found that more than two million children under the age of five had died in Angola and Mozambique due to the South African apartheid regime's economic policies?
Pamela McCorduck ... that Pamela McCorduck, who chronicled the evolution of artificial intelligence, regretted not recognizing the technology's potential for misuse?
Gurmeet Bawa
Cedric Robinson (guide)
Geert Jan van Oldenborgh ... that climatologist Geert Jan van Oldenborgh's work was instrumental in proving that the 2021 European floods were made more likely by climate change?
Jay Last
Pauline Bart ... that according to American sociologist Pauline Bart, "everything is data, but data isn't everything"?
B. Jayaram ... that Indian cricketer Bangalore Jayaram's English styled Mashie Lodge, was named after his favourite golf club, the Mashie Niblick?
Gerd Ruge ... that Gerd Ruge received a twelve year entry ban to the Soviet Union for having helped his friend Boris Pasternak financially?
Ed Beauvais ... that Ed Beauvais co-founded the "darling of deregulation"?
David Kennedy (advertising) ... that David Kennedy, co-founder of the agency that came up with Nike's Just Do It campaign, was once gifted 50 pairs of Levi's denims by his employees?
Adolfo J. de Bold
Tarak Sinha
Jean Pierson
Pauline Bart
Anthony Downs
Sonny Venkatrathnam ... that anti-apartheid activist Sonny Venkatrathnam smuggled a copy of the Complete Works of Shakespeare into a maximum security prison by covering it with old Deepavali greeting cards?
Anthony Downs
David Kennedy (advertising)
Gerd Ruge
2021 Indian Premier League Final
Martin J. Sherwin
Myriam Sarachik
Guido Imbens
Yesudasan
Jan Hecker
Chandan Mitra
Edmond H. Fischer
T. S. Shanbhag ... that bookseller T. S. Shanbhag started Bangalore's landmark Premier Bookstore on the site of a burned-down clothing store in 1971?
S. G. Neginhal ... that Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi sought plant species from Indian forest conservationist S. G. Neginhal to be planted at the memorial of his mother, former prime minister Indira Gandhi?
B. V. Nimbkar
Rand Araskog
Najma Chowdhury
R. Aravamudan
Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)
Dilip Kumar
Lambert Mascarenhas
S. Ramesan Nair
Parassala B. Ponnammal
Diego Cortez
Milkha Singh
Farhad Humayun
Lois Ehlert
Mythili Sivaraman
H. S. Doreswamy
Ki. Rajanarayanan
M. S. Narasimhan
Sunil Jain
Farooq Qaiser
Manas Bihari Verma
Spencer Silver
K. V. Anand
Ronnie Govender
Jagdish Khattar
Leela Nambudiripad
M. Narasimham
Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy ... that United Nations diplomat Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy's anti-apartheid efforts were driven by a chance encounter with African National Congress activist A. B. Xuma?
Wolfgang Clement ... that German minister Wolfgang Clement said that the secret to drinking a glass of beer in 1.5 seconds was to fold back the uvula?
M. Narasimham
Ranjit Sinha
Kakarla Subba Rao
Vivek (actor)
Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty
José Baselga
Chao Kuang Piu
Laxman Pai
Stephen Bechtel Jr.
Robert R. Glauber ... that American financial executive Robert Glauber could watch an opera "infinite times"?
Jarnail Singh (physician) ... that aviation medicine pioneer Jarnail Singh's work launched the first ultra long-haul flight between Singapore and New York in 2004?
George T. McDonald ... that philanthropist George McDonald founded the advocacy group Doe Fund after his homeless friend "Mama Doe" died in the cold on Christmas day after she was ejected from New York's Grand Central?
Alberto Corazón ... that Spanish designer Alberto Corazón was considered one of the fathers of graphical modernization in Spain with the advent of democracy after the death of Francisco Franco?
Mathoor Govindan Kutty ... that Indian Kathakali artist Mathoor Govindan Kutty specialized in Kathakali Stri Vesham, the portrayal of female characters on stage?
D. Pandian
Manfred Gerstenfeld
Maria Guarnaschelli ... that the first cookbook edited by Maria Guarnaschelli helped introduce American cooks to Indian cuisine?
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Heinz Hermann Thiele
Arturo Di Modica
M. Bala Subramanion ... that the biography of Singapore's first Asian postmaster-general, M. Bala Subramanion, was released at The Fullerton Hotel, the site of the old General Post Office where he had worked for 35 years?
2021 Australian Open
Jarnail Singh (doctor)
Robert R. Glauber
Arne Sorenson (hotel executive)
William Macpherson (judge)
Constance Isherwood ... that British Columbia's oldest practicing lawyer, Canadian Constance Isherwood, who died at 101, closed her last case hours before her death?
James Ridgeway
Rupert Neve
J. Hillis Miller
Maria Guarnaschelli
Isadore Singer
Leslie E. Robertson
Charan Gill ... that Canadian social activist and human rights pioneer Charan Gill started his career working in a sawmill?
Monika Tilley ... that fashion designer Monika Tilley's nipple-baring white mesh swimsuit worn by Cheryl Tiegs in the 1978 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is an exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
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David Washbrook ... that British historian and South-Asian history expert David Washbrook called the UK Home Office out on its misrepresentation of slavery and British colonization?
M. Bala Subramanion
AlphaFold ... that DeepMind's protein-folding program AlphaFold 2 has made significant progress towards solving a decades-old grand challenge of biology?
Bansi Kaul
Ruth Dayan
D. N. Jha
Mathoor Govindan Kutty
Suhail Zaheer Lari ... that Pakistani historian Suhail Zaheer Lari and his wife, architect Yasmeen Lari, threatened to elope to Scotland to get married because the legal marriageable age there was lower than in England?
Charan Gill
Ricky Powell
Andrew Brooks
Lorraine Monk ... that Canadian photographer and producer Lorraine Monk's book Between Friends / Entre Amis was Canada's gift to the United States on their bicentennial in 1976 (pictured)?
Lewis Wolpert
Paul J. Crutzen
Sonny Fox
Godfrey Hodgson
Constance Isherwood
Shaibal Gupta
David Washbrook
Juan Guzmán Tapia
Walter Bernstein
Sharon Begley
Sandy Grant Gordon ... that the Scottish distiller Sandy Grant Gordon pioneered the creation of single malt Scotch as a whisky category?
Indira Joseph Venniyoor ... that Travancore Radio's first English-language broadcaster, Indira Joseph Venniyoor, was paid 69 rupees (then equivalent to US$14.50) for her broadcasts in 1949?
Minoru Makihara ... that Japanese business executive Minoru Makihara credited his association with activist shareholder Robert Monks, his roommate at Harvard, for some of the reforms at Mitsubishi Corporation?
Joseph Bachelder III ... that Joseph Bachelder III, pioneer of the golden-parachute executive compensation structure, represented John Sculley at Apple Inc., Jamie Dimon at Citigroup, and Louis Gerstner at RJR Nabisco and IBM?
Jackie Saccoccio ... that gestural abstract painter Jackie Saccoccio experimented with randomness in her works by pouring paint, tilting canvases, and even pressing wet canvases together?
Pierantonio Costa
Narendra Kumar (mountaineer)
Lorraine Monk
Joseph Bachelder III
Deb Price ... that pioneering lesbian columnist Deb Price's same-sex wedding announcement in The Washington Post was one of the first in a major national newspaper?
Robin Jackman
Barry Lopez
Geoffrey Massey ... that Canadian modernist architect and urban planner Geoffrey Massey was part of a movement that prevented freeways from being built in Vancouver?
Minoru Makihara
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
Sugathakumari
Guido Goldman ... that academic and philanthropist Guido Goldman convinced West German chancellor Willy Brandt to set up and endow the German Marshall Fund on the 25th anniversary of the Marshall Plan?
Jack Lenor Larsen
Udyavara Madhava Acharya ... that Udyavara Madhava Acharya is credited with the modernisation of the theatre form Yakshagana?
R. N. Shetty
Jack Steinberger
Roddam Narasimha
Anjum Singh ... that the final exhibition of Indian artist Anjum Singh (pictured), titled I am still here, was an autobiographical depiction of her struggles with cancer?
John Le Carré
Charley Pride
U. A. Khader
Astad Deboo
Manglesh Dabral
Udyavara Madhava Acharya
Doug Scott
Douglas Stuart (writer) ... that Douglas Stuart's Booker Prize–winning debut novel, Shuggie Bain, was rejected by 32 publishers before being picked up?
Priscilla Jana ... that Priscilla Jana, a South African human-rights lawyer of Indian descent, was the first woman to hug Nelson Mandela in 13 years of imprisonment on Robben Island?
Narinder Singh Kapany
Mary Fowkes ... that Mary Fowkes's autopsies on COVID-19 victims helped identify long-term debilitating effects of the virus, including its impact on the heart and the brain?
Dharampal Gulati
Walter E. Williams
Lee Hyo-jae ... that social activist Lee Hyo-jae's efforts helped abolish South Korea's patriarchal naming system, allowing people to use both parents' surnames?
Edward Lazear
Marguerite Littman ... that in 1997, Princess Diana donated her entire wardrobe to a charity auction organized by AIDS activist Marguerite Littman, which raised more than $3 million?
F. C. Kohli
James Wolfensohn
Christophe Dominici
Ahmed Patel
Hamish MacInnes
Alan Ramsey
Tarun Gogoi
Patrick Quinn (ALS activist)
Shuggie Bain
Ajay Desai
Jorge Horacio Brito
Digamber Hansda
Anjum Singh
Soumitra Chatterjee
Masatoshi Koshiba
Howie Meeker
2020 Indian Premier League Final
J. Michael Lane ... that epidemiologist J. Michael Lane, who played a leading role in the global eradication of smallpox, trekked across the country from Atlanta to Seattle at the age of 79?
Vijayalakshmi Ramanan ... that Vijayalakshmi Ramanan, the first woman officer of the Indian Air Force, custom-tailored her uniform as there were no specific uniforms for women when she joined the force?
Alex Trebek
Seymour Topping
Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy
H. G. Somashekar Rao
Betty Dodson
T. N. Krishnan
Cecilia Chiang
Lee Kun-hee
Frank Horvat
J. Michael Lane
Vijayalakshmi Ramanan
Hiroh Kikai
Robert B. Wilson
Tom Maschler
Ed Benguiat
Bhanu Athaiya
Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
John Richard Reid
Conchata Ferrell
Jim Dwyer (journalist)
Vijay (director)
Ram Vilas Paswan
Roger Penrose
Gerhard Weber (designer) ... that Gerhard Weber signed tennis player Steffi Graf, at age 17 and before her international success, as an ambassador for the fashion brand Gerry Weber that he co-founded?
Quino
Wolfgang Clement
Isher Judge Ahluwalia
Jaswant Singh
Sekhar Basu
Gerhard Weber (designer)
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Suresh Angadi
John Turner
Joe Ruklick
Bill Gates Sr.
P. R. Krishna Kumar
Agnivesh
Diana Rigg
Kesavananda Bharati
S. I. Padmavati
Jack Sherman
Ben Cross
Madhav Prasad Ghimire
Cesare Romiti
Chilla Porter
Murtaja Baseer
Adin Steinsaltz