'Kolaveri Di' Song:
Earlier, Abhishek Bachchan had praised ‘Kolaveri di’ song on his Twitter page. He wrote, “How cool is Kolaveri di!!! slamming it LOUD! Well done Dhanush and Aishwarya. big up guys!” Later, he wished Anirudh and tweeted, “Hi Anirudh. Just got ur handle. Kolaveri di is outstanding. Very well done!!! You just made me a huge fan. All the best..”
Dhanush recently met with Abhishek Bachchan and asked about Abhishek’s interest to sing Kolaveri di Hinglish version. The Tamil actor recently expressed that Abhishek Bachchan has the perfect voice for the Hindi version of the song.
Dhanush quoted, “ I am not so informed with a language, though if we harmonise a Hindi chronicle we will certainly get Abhishek to do a vocals”.
Abhishek said that ‘Koleveri Di’ is a great track but belongs to Dhanush. Bachchan added that Dhanush himself should sing the Hindi version also.
Abhishek said, “It’s a great track, but it belongs to Dhanush. He’s the singer so, why would I want to sing it?”
Abhishek said that he will not be singing the Hindi version of the popular song ‘Kolaveri Di’. Dhanush’s ‘Kolaveri’ is a song which has now become like a national anthem for the people across the country.
He has known the Tamil actor since the time he got married to Rajinikanth’s daughter Aishwarya.
“I have known Dhanush since he got married to Aishwarya, not to my Aishwarya but to Rajini sir’s daughter Aishwarya Rajinikanth. He’s a very talented actor and a great singer.” added Abhishek.
Now, playback singer Sonu Nigam’s four-year-old son Nevaan has created a milk version of ‘Kolaveri Di’, which was recently uploaded on YouTube by Sonu Nigam. The milk version is circulating on the internet, is also set to become another rage.
Narendra Modi:
Pak business delegation invites Modi to KarachiAhmedabad: A business delegation from Pakistan met Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Friday and discussed issues pertaining to trade and industry between Gujarat and Pakistan.
The delegation of Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), which has come here to participate in 'Asia Colour Chemicals Mega Exhibition', invited the chief minister to Karachi.
The meeting with the KCCI delegation was held at Modi's residence in an extremely cordial atmosphere, official sources said.
Ahmedabad: A business delegation from Pakistan met Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Friday and discussed issues pertaining to trade and industry between Gujarat and Pakistan.
The delegation of Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), which has come here to participate in 'Asia Colour Chemicals Mega Exhibition', invited the chief minister to Karachi.
The meeting with the KCCI delegation was held at Modi's residence in an extremely cordial atmosphere, official sources said.
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They invited Modi to visit Pakistan and also to address the corporate heads of Pakistan's industries and business on the 'Gujarat model' of development through video-conferencing to be arranged by the KCCI, sources said.
The delegates also held a detailed discussion about how to improve relations between the two regions, they said.
According to sources, considering the long association between Gujarat and Sindh regions, the delegates urged Modi to use his good offices to start a direct flight between Ahmedabad and Karachi.
The five-member delegation that held talks with Modi included Zafar Ahmed and Asif Iqbal Hada.
High Court notice to Narendra Modi for remarks against Jawaharlal Nehru
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court has issued a show cause notice to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, seeking his explanation as to why he should not be booked for criminal defamation for his remarks against the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
The court has fixed February 6, 2012 for the next hearing in the case.
Justice Mahesh Chandra Sharma issued the notice on a petition filed by Charmesh Sharma, a Youth Congress activist in Bundi district. During a public rally at Gandhinagar on June 5 this year, Modi had said that Nehru had "done nothing for children". The court on Wednesday observed, "Before passing any order, we wish to hear Narendra Modi."
Virender Sehwag:
The type of batsman who keeps an opposing captain awake at night is one who makes big scores quickly. Among current batsmen, Virender Sehwag is the one most likely to bring on an epidemic of insomnia among captains. While Sehwag has had more success as a Test batsman than in the shorter
forms of the game, it came as no surprise he surpassed Sachin Tendulkar to become the highest scorer in ODIs. Sehwag is like a time bomb ticking in the One-Day International arena; the opposition know he's going to explode at some point but they just hope they're not nearby when it happens. This time the West Indies copped the full brunt of the detonation.
Working The field
One of the reasons why Sehwag has had more success in Tests than ODIs is the field placings. In a Test match, the field is attacking at the start of the innings and consequently there are plenty of gaps. Sehwag doesn't need a second invitation, and in those circumstances he finds the boundary regularly. This generally gets his innings off to a flying start and when the opposition then resort to containment he has them at his mercy. The opposition become reliant on Sehwag gifting them his wicket and his record of big Test scores suggest he's not always magnanimous.
One of the reasons why Sehwag has had more success in Tests than ODIs is the field placings. In a Test match, the field is attacking at the start of the innings and consequently there are plenty of gaps. Sehwag doesn't need a second invitation, and in those circumstances he finds the boundary regularly. This generally gets his innings off to a flying start and when the opposition then resort to containment he has them at his mercy. The opposition become reliant on Sehwag gifting them his wicket and his record of big Test scores suggest he's not always magnanimous.
In ODIs, the field is more defensive right from the start of an innings, and sometimes in attempting to establish dominance over the opposition, Sehwag errs. Even when he gets off to a flyer in an ODI, Sehwag often fails to put the nail in the coffin, as he did against the West Indies in Indore, because he tries to maintain an extremely high run rate throughout his innings. In a Test match, he doesn't feel the need to maintain a helter skelter approach throughout his innings and consequently he tends to score quickly in spurts, with the odd lull thrown in so he can "take a breather".
Great gambler
Sehwag's gambling instincts regularly push him to score at breakneck speed in ODIs. If he accepted a similar run rate to what he produces in Test cricket, he'd be a regular match winner in the 50 over game.
Sehwag's gambling instincts regularly push him to score at breakneck speed in ODIs. If he accepted a similar run rate to what he produces in Test cricket, he'd be a regular match winner in the 50 over game.
Part of Sehwag's charm is his refusal to conform. It was illuminating when Sehwag told dashing David Warner he had the opportunity to be more effective as a Test player than as a T20 batsman because of the field placings in the longer game. This was when the pair were opening for Delhi in the IPL and it is confirmation that while Sehwag may have a lot of natural talent, his batting isn't totally devoid of thought.
Despite his penchant for making huge scores in Test cricket, Sehwag hasn't really threatened the double-century barrier in ODIs until recently. He had a chance in the first match of the World Cup when he slaughtered the Bangladesh attack and had a double century at his mercy. As so often happens with an audacious stroke maker like Sehwag, he squandered a glorious opportunity.
Sehwag has conquered yet another batting peak, and importantly, it's come on the eve of the Australia tour. Sehwag is crucial to India's chances of success in Australia. Michael Clarke leads an inexperienced attack and they could wilt under an onslaught from the Master Blaster, which would make things so much easier for the experienced batsmen who follow.
Sehwag is the batsman who strikes the most fear into opponents. If Clarke is suddenly sleeping fitfully it'll be because the marauding Sehwag is on the prowl again.
Anna Hazare:
Kisan Baburao Hazare 
pronunciation (help·info) (Marathi: किसन बाबुराव हजारे, Kisan Bāburāv Hajārē ?) (born 15 June 1937), popularly known as Anna Hazare pronunciation (help·info)(Marathi: अण्णा हजारे, Aṇṇā Hajārē ?) is an Indian social activist and a prominent leader in the2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, using nonviolent methods following the teachings ofMahatma Gandhi.[1][2] Hazare also contributed to the development and structuring of Ralegan Siddhi, a village in Parner taluka of Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan—the third-highest civilian award—by the Government of India in 1992 for his efforts in establishing this village as a model for others.[3]
pronunciation (help·info) (Marathi: किसन बाबुराव हजारे, Kisan Bāburāv Hajārē ?) (born 15 June 1937), popularly known as Anna Hazare pronunciation (help·info)(Marathi: अण्णा हजारे, Aṇṇā Hajārē ?) is an Indian social activist and a prominent leader in the2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, using nonviolent methods following the teachings ofMahatma Gandhi.[1][2] Hazare also contributed to the development and structuring of Ralegan Siddhi, a village in Parner taluka of Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan—the third-highest civilian award—by the Government of India in 1992 for his efforts in establishing this village as a model for others.[3]Anna Hazare started an indefinite hunger strike on 5 April 2011 to exert pressure on the Indian government to enact a stringent anti-corruption law as envisaged in the Jan Lokpal Bill, for the institution of an ombudsman with the power to deal with corruption in public places. The fast led to nation-wide protests in support of Hazare. The fast ended on 9 April 2011, a day after the government accepted Hazare's demands. The government issued a gazette notification on the formation of a joint committee, consisting of government and civil society representatives, to draft the legislation.[4][5]
Anna has been ranked as the most influential person in Mumbai by a national daily newspaper.[6] He has faced criticism for his authoritarian views on justice, including death as punishment for corrupt public officials and his alleged support for forced vasectomies as a method of family planning.
Bodhidharma:
Bodhidharma was a Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th/6th century and is traditionally credited as the leading patriarch and transmitter of Zen (Chinese: Chán, Sanskrit: Dhyāna) to China. He was the third son of a great Tamil king of the Pallava Dynasty [1][2]. According to Chinese legend, he also began the physical training of the Shaolin monks that led to the creation of Shaolinquan. However, martial arts historians have shown this legend stems from a 17th century qigong manual known as the Yijin Jing.
Little contemporary biographical information on Bodhidharma is extant, and subsequent accounts became layered with legend, but some accounts state that he was from a Brahmin family in southern India and possibly of royal lineage. However Broughton (1999:2) notes that Bodhidharma's royal pedigree implies that he was of the Kshatriya warrior caste. Mahajan (1972:705–707) argued that the Pallava dynasty was a Tamilian dynasty and Zvelebil (1987) proposed that Bodhidharma was born a prince of the Pallava dynasty in their capital of Kanchipuram[3] Scholars have concluded his place of birth to be Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu, India.[1][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
After becoming a Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma traveled to China. The accounts differ on the date of his arrival, with one early account claiming that he arrived during the Liú Sòng Dynasty (420–479) and later accounts dating his arrival to the Liáng Dynasty (502–557). Bodhidharma was primarily active in the lands of the Northern Wèi Dynasty (386–534). Modern scholarship dates him to about the early 5th century.[11]
Throughout Buddhist art, Bodhidharma is depicted as a rather ill-tempered, profusely bearded and wide-eyed barbarian. He is described as "The Blue-Eyed Barbarian" in Chinese texts.[12]
The Anthology of the Patriarchal Hall (952) identifies Bodhidharma as the 28th Patriarch of Buddhism in an uninterrupted line that extends all the way back to the Buddha himself. D.T. Suzuki contends that Chán's growth in popularity during the 7th and 8th centuries attracted criticism that it had "no authorized records of its direct transmission from the founder of Buddhism" and that Chán historians made Bodhidharma the 28th patriarch of Buddhism in response to such attacks.
Known in English as: Bodhidharma Tamil: போதிதர்மன் Telugu: భోధిధర్మా Sanskrit: बोधिधर्म Persian: بودیدارما Simplified Chinese: 菩提达摩 Traditional Chinese: 菩提達摩 Chinese abbreviation: 達摩 Hanyu Pinyin: Pútídámó Wade–Giles: P'u-t'i-ta-mo Tibetan: Dharmottāra Korean: 달마 Dalma Japanese: 達磨 Daruma Malay: Dharuma Thai: ตั๊กม๊อ Takmor Vietnamese: Bồ-đề-đạt-ma
Bill Gates:
William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955)[4] is an American business magnate,investor, philanthropist, author, and former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. He is consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people[5] and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009, excluding 2008, when he was ranked third.[6] During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the largest individual shareholder, with 6.4 percent of the common stock.[7] He has also authored or co-authored several books.
Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. Although he is admired by many, a number of industry insiders[who?] criticize his business tactics, which they consider anti-competitive, an opinion which has in some cases been upheld by the courts.[8][9] In the later stages of his career, Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors, donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established in 2000.
Gates stepped down as chief executive officer of Microsoft in January 2000. He remained as chairman and created the position of chief software architect. In June 2006, Gates announced that he would be transitioning from full-time work at Microsoft to part-time work, and full-time work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He gradually transferred his duties to Ray Ozzie, chief software architect, and Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer. Gates' last full-time day at Microsoft was June 27, 2008. He remains at Microsoft as non-executive chairman.
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (
i/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th andcurrent President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.
i/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th andcurrent President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004.
Following an unsuccessful bid against the Democratic incumbent for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 2000, Obama ran for United States Senate in 2004. Several events brought him to national attention during the campaign, including his victory in the March 2004 Illinois Democratic primary for the Senate election and his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. He won election to the U.S. Senate in Illinois in November 2004. His presidential campaign began in February 2007, and after a close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries against Hillary Rodham Clinton, he won his party's nomination. In the 2008 presidential election, he defeated Republican nominee John McCain, and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009. In October 2009, Obama was named the2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
As president, Obama signed economic stimulus legislation in the form of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009 and the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act in 2010. Other domestic policy initiatives include the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, theDon't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act and the Budget Control Act of 2011. In foreign policy, hegradually withdrew combat troops from Iraq, increased troop levels in Afghanistan, signed theNew START arms control treaty with Russia, ordered enforcement of the UN-sanctioned no-fly zone over Libya, and ordered the military operation that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden. In April 2011, Obama declared his intention to seek re-election in the 2012 presidential election.
Wedding wows! 120-year-old man marries 60-year-old
Silchar (Assam), Oct 28 (IANS) If their respective ages were to be added up, they'll date back to India's first war of independence in 1857. So, when 120-year-old Hazi Abdul Noor tied the knot with 60-year-old Samoi Bibi, the 500 guests at the wedding ceremony were bound to be left gaping.
A former contractor, Noor of Assam's Satghori village Sunday married Bibi, a resident of North Foolbari village in adjoining northern Tripura.
Over 500 guests, including religious heads, gathered at the sleepy Satghori village in Karimganj district, around 400 km from Assam's main city of Guwahati, to witness the rare marriage ceremony.
'Homemade sweets were passed around when Maulana Khairuzzaman, a senior Madrasa teacher, asked for a 'Kubool' (agreeing to marry) and a smiling Noor replied in confirmatory by nodding his head,' said Saiful Ahmed, a local government school teacher who was one of the guests at the ceremony.
'Noor might very well be the oldest person to get married in this part of India as far as my memory goes,' Ahmed told IANS.
Displaying his documents, Noor said: 'My age in the electoral list of the election commission is 116 years, but I am 120.'
In fact, this is not his first marriage.
Salima Khatun, Noor's first wife, died in 2005. 'I married Salima when I was 40,' he said.
Today, he heads a family of 122 members, including two sons, three daughters and numerous grandchildren, most of whom are married. Noor's eldest daughter is 79.
The centenarian used to work as a contractor in southern Assam during the British regime. He met with a deadly accident in his 50s, the pain of which he still carries in his back.
'Soon after my mother's death, my father asked us to find him another wife who would look after him as he needs full-time support,' said Noor's eldest son Hazi Azir Uddin, a retired teacher.
'With the help of one Abdul Hamid of Tripura, we found a new mother, though she's half his age. She was married once. Long back her husband died and she has no children,' the son said.
Hamid, the match-maker and also a relative of Noor, has interesting stories of his own to tell.
'So far, I have arranged 14 such marriages in which the ages of all the 28 brides and bridegrooms were 60 or above. The first such marriage was in 1984 in northern Tripura in which the ages of the brides and bridegrooms were 65 and 90,' he claimed.
'For arranging such marriages, I've never sought any money or any favour. This way, I acquire happiness,' said Hamid, who works at a government office in Tripura.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી; (Devnagari मोहनदास करमचंद गांधी), pronounced [moːɦənəd̪aːsə kərəmətɕənd̪ə ɡaːnd̪ʱi] (
listen). 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. A pioneer of satyagraha, or resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience—a philosophy firmly founded upon ahimsa, or total nonviolence—Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.[2] Gandhi is often referred to as Mahatma ([məɦaːt̪maː]; Sanskrit: महात्मा mahātmā or "Great Soul," an honorific first applied to him by Rabindranath Tagore).[3] In India, he is also called Bapu (Gujarati: બાપુ, bāpu or "Father") and officially honoured as the Father of the Nation. His birthday, 2 October, is commemorated in India as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday, and worldwide as the International Day of Non-Violence.
listen). 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. A pioneer of satyagraha, or resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience—a philosophy firmly founded upon ahimsa, or total nonviolence—Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.[2] Gandhi is often referred to as Mahatma ([məɦaːt̪maː]; Sanskrit: महात्मा mahātmā or "Great Soul," an honorific first applied to him by Rabindranath Tagore).[3] In India, he is also called Bapu (Gujarati: બાપુ, bāpu or "Father") and officially honoured as the Father of the Nation. His birthday, 2 October, is commemorated in India as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday, and worldwide as the International Day of Non-Violence.Gandhi first employed non-violent civil disobedience as an expatriate lawyer in South Africa, in the resident Indian community's struggle for civil rights. After his return to India in 1915, he set about organising peasants, farmers, and urban labourers in protesting excessive land-tax and discrimination. Assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, increasing economic self-reliance, but above all for achieving Swaraj—the independence of India from foreign domination. Gandhi famously led Indians in protesting the British-imposed salt tax with the 400 km (250 mi) Dandi Salt March in 1930, and later in calling for the British to Quit India in 1942. He was imprisoned for many years, on many occasions, in both South Africa and India.
Gandhi strove to practice non-violence and truth in all situations, and advocated that others do the same. He lived modestly in a self-sufficient residential community and wore the traditional Indian dhoti and shawl, woven with yarn he had hand spun on a charkha. He ate simple vegetarian food, and also undertook long fasts as means of both self-purification and social protest.
Dada J P Vaswani
The spiritual head of Sadhu Vaswani Mission in Pune, Dada J P Vaswani was born on August 2, 1918, at Hyderabad-Sind. Being a brilliant student, he was given a number of double promotions and thus passed the the B.S. examination when just seventeen. A masters degree and fellowship at a leading college followed and Dada seemed poised at the threshold of a brilliant academic or civil services career. It was at this stage that he gave it all up and decided to follow his uncle and guru, Sadhu T.L. Vaswani, a mystic and philosopher on the spiritual path. Reaching out to people with a message of spirituality became his life mission. As editor of Excelsior magazine, he was initially met with opposition as not everyone related to the spiritual dimension. Still, he took it upon himself to write, proof read, print, get advertisements, package and post the magazine all by himself. The publications popularity grew to the extent that it surpassed the circulation of the leading daily newspaper, The Sind Observer.
A prolific author, he has written over thirty books in English and several more in Sindhi. Committed to education, he is the honorary principal of St. Miras College in Pune that was established in 1962. The college which started out with just sixty two students has since grown to accommodate over five thousand students today.
A gifted orator, he has spoken on Universal Peace at the United Nations, a World without Wars at the House of Commons, London and was a keynote Speaker at the Centennial Celebrations of the World Parliament of Religions in New York.
He shall answer your queries and dilemmas in life.
A prolific author, he has written over thirty books in English and several more in Sindhi. Committed to education, he is the honorary principal of St. Miras College in Pune that was established in 1962. The college which started out with just sixty two students has since grown to accommodate over five thousand students today.
A gifted orator, he has spoken on Universal Peace at the United Nations, a World without Wars at the House of Commons, London and was a keynote Speaker at the Centennial Celebrations of the World Parliament of Religions in New York.
He shall answer your queries and dilemmas in life.
Martin Brofman
A pioneer in vision improvement, spiritual healing, and exploring the nature of the body/mirror interface, Martin Brofman is the author of the revolutionary books Anything Can Be Healed - a manual for the Body Mirror System of Healing, which he developed through his research and experience while healing himself of terminal illness in 1976 - and Improve Your Vision, showing you how to use your mind to correct your eyesight. He and others he has trained present these healing tools and his original vision improvement techniques worldwide He has facilitated tens of thousands of individuals in their healings on all levels. Martin is the founder and director of the Brofman Foundation for the Advancement of Healing.
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu[1](pronounced [aɡˈnɛs ˈɡɔndʒa bɔjaˈdʒiu]), was a Roman Catholic nun of Albanian[2][3] ethnicity and Indian citizenship,[4] who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, in 1950. For over 45 years, she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries. Following her death, she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.[5][6]
In the 1970s, she became well-known internationally for her humanitarian work and advocacy for the rights of the poor and helpless. Malcolm Muggeridge documented this favourably and wrote a book Something Beautiful for God. Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity continued to grow during her life-time, and at the time of her death, had 610 missions in 123 countries, including hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis, soup kitchens, children's and family counselling programs, orphanages, and schools. Governments, charity organisations and prominent individuals have been inspired by her work. She received numerous awards, including the Indian government's Bharat Ratna (1980) and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. She remains, on the whole, one of the most admired figures in recent history, with even such religiously indifferent figures as Scott Adams and Dave Barry using her as an archetype of virtue.[7][8] In 2010 on the 100th anniversary of her birth, she was honoured around the world, and her work praised by Indian President Pratibha Patil.[9] Mother Teresa's philosophy and implementation have faced some criticism. Catholic newspaper editor David Scott wrote that Mother Teresa limited herself to keeping people alive rather than tackling poverty itself.
Pakistan
Pakistan (i/ˈpækɨstæn/ or i/pɑːkiˈstɑːn/; Urdu: پاکِستان) (Urdu pronunciation: [paːkɪˈst̪aːn] ( listen)), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Urdu: اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکِستان) is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a 1,046-kilometre (650 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west,India in the east and China in the far northeast. The Kashmir region is disputed by Pakistan and India. In the north, Tajikistan lies adjacent to Pakistan but is separated by the narrowWakhan Corridor. In addition, Oman is also located in maritime vicinity and shares a marine border with Pakistan.[7] Strategically, Pakistan is located in a position between the important regions of South Asia, Central Asia and the greater Middle East.[8]
i/ˈpækɨstæn/ or i/pɑːkiˈstɑːn/; Urdu: پاکِستان) (Urdu pronunciation: [paːkɪˈst̪aːn] ( listen)), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Urdu: اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکِستان) is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a 1,046-kilometre (650 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west,India in the east and China in the far northeast. The Kashmir region is disputed by Pakistan and India. In the north, Tajikistan lies adjacent to Pakistan but is separated by the narrowWakhan Corridor. In addition, Oman is also located in maritime vicinity and shares a marine border with Pakistan.[7] Strategically, Pakistan is located in a position between the important regions of South Asia, Central Asia and the greater Middle East.[8]The region forming modern Pakistan was the site of several ancient cultures including theneolithic Mehrgarh and the bronze era Indus Valley Civilisation. Subsequently it was the recipient of Hindu, Persian, Indo-Greek, Islamic, Turco-Mongol, Afghan and Sikh cultures through several invasions and/or settlements. As a result the area has remained a part of numerous empires and dynasties including the Indian empires, Persian empires, Arab caliphates, Mongol, Mughal, Durrani Empire (Afghan Empire), Sikh and British Empire. Pakistan gained independence from the British Empire in 1947 after a struggle for independence, led by Mohammad Ali Jinnah, that sought the partition of British colony of India and independence for the Muslim majority populations of the eastern and western regions ofBritish India.[9] With the adoption of its constitution in 1956, Pakistan became an Islamic republic.[10] In 1971, an armed conflict in East Pakistan resulted in the creation ofBangladesh.[11]
Pakistan is a federal parliamentary republic consisting of four provinces and four federal territories. With a population exceeding 170 million people, it is the sixth most populous country in the world[2] and has the second largest Muslim population after Indonesia.[12] It is anethnically and linguistically diverse country with a similar variation in its geography and wildlife. With a semi-industrialized economy, it is the 27th largest in the world in terms of purchasing power. Since gaining independence, Pakistan's history has been characterised by periods ofmilitary rule, political instability and conflicts with neighbouring India. The country faces challenging problems including terrorism, poverty, illiteracy and corruption.
Pakistan has the eighth largest standing armed force and is the only Muslim-majority nation topossess nuclear weapons. Pakistan is the first nuclear power country in the Muslim world, and second in the South Asia, while first being India.[13][14] It is designated as a major non-NATO ally of the United States and a strategic ally of China.[15][16] It is a founding member of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (now the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation)[17] and a member of the United Nations,[18] Commonwealth of Nations,[19] Next Eleven economies and the G20 developing nations.
MARY ROBINSON BLAIR 1911 – 1978
Watercolors
Mary Blair began her lifelong multifaceted art career in the 1930’s as a member of the prestigious California Watercolor Society. Examples below are from the eary 1930’s:
South American
By 1940, Mary was working for Walt Disney and in 1941 her passionate “explosion of color” style began to emerge during the Disney Studios “South American Goodwill Tour”:
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Disney
Mary continued to make extensive contributions to the “world” of Walt Disney off and on for a period of over 30 years. Below are some of the films she influenced:
Mary Blair (October 21, 1911 - July 26, 1978), born Mary Robinson, was an American artist who was prominent in producing art and animation for The Walt Disney Company, drawing concept art for such films as Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Song of the South and Cinderella. Blair also created character designs for enduring attractions such as Disneyland's It's a Small World, the fiesta scene in El Rio del Tiempo in the Mexico pavilion in Epcot's World Showcase, and an enormous mosaic inside Disney's Contemporary Resort. Several of her illustrated children's books from the 1950s remain in print, such as I Can Fly by Ruth Krauss. Blair was honored as a Disney Legend in 1991.
Personal
Mary’s passion for painting children began at home, with her own two sons – Donovan, born in 1947 and Kevin, born three years later in 1950:
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