Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre both for the stage and on film. Lerner won three Tony Awards and three Academy Awards, among other honors. == Early life and education == Lerner was born in New York City to a Jewish family. He was the son of Edith (née Adelson) and Joseph Jay Lerner, whose brother, Samuel Alexander Lerner, was founder and owner of the Lerner Stores, a chain of dress shops. One of...

Kumbh Mela () is an important Hindu pilgrimage, celebrated approximately every 3, 6, 12 and 144 years, for each revolution of Brihaspati, attracting the largest recorded public gatherings of Hindus and the largest human gathering on Earth. Kumbh is held at four riverside pilgrimage sites, namely: Prayagraj (Ganges-Yamuna-Sarasvati rivers confluence), Haridwar (Ganges), Nashik (Godavari), and Ujjain (Shipra). In 2022, after a 700 year break, Bansberia (Hooghly), hosted the pilgrimage again. The festival is marked by a ritual dip in the waters, but it is also a celebration of community commerce...

A dog-leg is a configuration of stairs between two floors of a building, often a domestic building, in which a flight of stairs ascends to a quarter-landing before turning at a right angle and continuing upwards. The flights do not have to be equal, and frequently are not. Structurally, the flights of a dog-leg stair are usually supported by the quarter-landing, which spans the adjoining flank walls. From the design point of view, the main advantages of a dog-leg stair are: To allow an arrangement that occupies a shorter, though wider, floor area than a straight flight, and so is more compact...