The whole world in her hand. . .

Sure does look like that does it not?
Here she says Egypt and points to the Mediterranean Sea

Anush loves to point to Africa and Australia, everyplace else is just one big renaming ceremony. It is great fun to watch an dlistent o her and of course we do not correct her.

I think love for geography, singing and jig saw puzzles has been passed on from me to her.
And yes, she sings the complete Jana Gana mana and most of Vande Mataram now.

Geo Genius

I have always though of it as Illiad's Beach - the one in Besant Nagar, Chennai. Because that is how people pronounce it. . Imagined that some general from the British era must have named it so after Illiad.

I found out today that it is infact Elliot's beach. The name comes from another Literary giant. The very native Tamilian often replaces T with D and we end up with ElliaDs and DeDecDive and DiscounD

As a child, Kashi, Varanasi & Benaras at one time seemed like three different towns, all by the river Ganges though.
Hubli and Hoogly also caused some howlers.
Vadodara and Bagdogra was another problem area, though only for a brief while.
I was always confused as to whether Stanford was in the US or the UK.

And to think I was brilliant in Geography- possibly the confusion led to clarity and there on enlightenment!!