Today’s question CLXXXVIII
Recognise the following (no extra points for it, duh!) and connect.
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1. Amir Khan and Raju Hirani (sets of 3 Idiots)
2. Richard Gere and Dalai Lama
3. Brad Pitt
Connect- Ladakh
The Druk White Lotus School in Shey, Ladakh.
The connect – The school was ‘Rancho’s school’ in “three idiots”. Richard Gere I guess contributed to some of its funding, and Brad Pitt narrated the episode in which it was featured in the documentary e2.