Monday, 25 November 2019
Dabang Delhi to face Bengal Warriors for PKL title
Notably, Bengal Warrior's coach B C Ramesh was a national player when Hooda was the chief coach of the Indian team. 'For tomorrow's match, I believe that both raiders and defenders need to give their best. Along with hard work, luck also plays its role. I am glad that two new teams are playing the final. We will show the world how to play real kabaddi,' Ramesh said. Dabang Delhi KC made to the final by defeating defending champions Bengaluru Bulls 44-38 in the semi final, hile in the second semi final Bengal Warriors edged past U Mumba 37-35 in a tightly-fought contest to book a place in the summit clash. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttp://milportal.ncor.buffalo.edu/projects/Poster%20shops
The tiger and the nightingale
His company had bought the music rights of Radha Ka Sangam and Anuradha felt that her younger voice suited heroine Juhi Chawla better than Lata's did. Before its release, this Govinda film was considered hot property and everything connected with it was labelled prestigious. It was a prestige issue therefore to release the music with Anuradha leading the team. In Gulshan Kumar's mind, there was no question of putting out the music of Radha Ka Sangam in anybody's voice but Anuradha's. However, the partners had not reckoned with a force called Balasaheb Thackeray. When news of what was brewing in the recording rooms of the music company reached Balasaheb's ears, he sat up incensed. Lata Mangeshkar was the pride of Maharashtra. How could anybody commit the sacrilege of erasing her voice and replacing it with another? It was said in the 90s that when Thackeray (the original, not the current paper tiger) roared, the whole of Mumbai trembled. So when he roared, "How dare you?" Gulshan Kumar quaked. The music of Radha Ka Sangam was thus one of the rare films of those times that was released without Anuradha dubbing all the songs. If you go on the Net, you'll find Lata Mangeshkar's originals of Radha Ka Sangam and Anuradha's version of all the numbers. Gulshan Kumar did ultimately do justice by his partner - she did get to dub the songs. But only after the music was officially released in Lata Mangeshkar's voice. Politics, power and passion, thus, played their parts in Maharashtra in the naughty 90s too."I am here because of her, feeling helpless and restless," said Nitin Mukesh, who was on a concert tour of the US when Lata Mangeshkar was hospitalised for a lung infection last fortnight. It was because she was so prone to infection that the 90-year-old never stepped out of her Prabhu Kunj apartment to meet anybody. "I've been in love with her since I was a child," enthused Nitin over the mobile phone. "There's a picture of Lataji with my parents and me in my mother's stomach. That's how close our families have been and for so long. I can't imagine a life without her, I don't even want to think about it," he said when Lata was in hospital. It was Lata who was by Nitin's side when his father, legendary singer Mukesh, had collapsed and died in Detroit in 1976, when they were on a concert tour. Lata and Mukesh had a rakhi relationship. "Lataji was with me at the worst point of my life," remembered Nitin as he pointed out, "I inherited my father's name but it was Lataji who held my little finger and gave me platforms across the world. She has shown me the world, taken me to countries one wouldn't even have heard of. She'd introduce me to audiences as Mukeshbhaiya's son who's so talented. That's how I am in the US today on a concert tour. I owe my existence to her. I spoke to her at length before I came on this tour. She was all there, alert and lively."And, say her relatives, she's been throwing a tantrum that she wants to go home. Tathastu! Bharathi S. Pradhan is a senior journalist and author 1708130 1691438 DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttps://jobboard.usw.edu/employers/341256-guessyleague
In Ladakh's landscape, shaped by a formidable nature, people find strength in community
She went near and coaxed the cow to get closer to the calf, who grasped the mother's teat eagerly. The cow wasn't hers and, in fact, neither was the village. You can't teach such empathy and kindness. But how easily it came to Angmo, a Ladakhi woman and the quietest person in our team of six, that had set out to electrify the 600-year-old monastery in Markha, the biggest village in the Markha Valley. Thirty-six-year-old Angmo was one of the two engineers who helped us put up a 250W solar panel, 20 3W bulbs, and one 18W streetlight, complete with holders, wiring and switches. The other engineer, Stanzin Jigmet, was a shy Ladakhi who became my go-to person when it came to queries about Buddhism in Ladakh, wiring and electrical fittings, how to say 'thank you' in Ladakhi, why people kept saying chikchik while offering us momos, and whether he could source some chhang, the local alcoholic beverage made of barley. He told me how Bon religion preceded Buddhism in Ladakh; that the wiring we got done was DC (direct current) and not the usual AC (alternate current); there are two ways to say thank you — jullay (which also means hi, please, okay, goodbye) and thugdzetche, which is more formal and respectful; that people were actually saying tchik tchik while offering us food — tchik meaning the numeric one — insisting we have one more; and there would be chhang for us. At an altitude of 3,770 m, Markha village is on a popular trek circuit in Ladakh. And yet, the village and its monastery have little access to electricity. Although there are solar panels in some households, the technology allows for only four hours of power every day, from 6-10 pm. The light bulbs aren't of any use on rainy and overcast afternoons either. Our expedition was organised by Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE), a social enterprise that takes responsible travellers to unelectrified villages, where they help provide solar energy to remote communities and create a life-long impact. At least six women were supposed to be a part of GHE's Women Leaders Expedition, but only two of us made it. There was a bright 24-year-old management graduate from Singapore, who is interning with an international energy company. And there was me, a middle-aged, pre-menopausal, podgy, white-haired woman hell bent on denying she gets her adrenaline dose from doing laundry, preparing frantic meals, juggling writing-editing deadlines, and handling a tea-addicted husband, the maid's passive-aggressive personality, and a tween daughter's mood swings. Apart from giving me the happy-hormone rush, I crave for treks and expeditions because they let me be myself. Walking among the colours of autumn, passing through the tiny hamlets and vast open spaces, I don't have to worry about my hairstyle or if my muddy worn-for-three days Navy blue pants matched the purple fleece jacket. No one asked me my marital status or my age, and none volunteered to help until I asked for it. Nature isn't sexist or ageist either, and the freak snowfall one afternoon chilled all of us to the bone. Boasting of some of the most stunning scenery, the newly-formed Union territory of Ladakh is also one of the world's harshest landscapes. It has an average temperature of 5 degrees Celsius. July is the hottest at 17 degrees Celsius, and in January, the temperature can fall to -8 degrees Celsius; the cold and dry land has an annual precipitation of just 80 mm. Surviving in such harsh conditions means the people of Ladakh have to bow to the whims of nature and rely heavily on each other on a daily basis. Harvest time — barley and wheat, apart from local seasonal vegetables and potatoes — means entire populations of nearby villages pitch in to help each other; remember the empty tea shop I mentioned earlier? We were fortunate enough to witness a harvest, a communal festival of sorts — people sang and whistled, urged the winds to blow favourably so that winnowing the grain could become less tiresome, and took periodic breaks to sit in the sun and drink chhang. In the village, people moved freely in and out of each other's homes, knowing exactly where the reserved-for-guests cups were kept, and serving us chhang, khunak (black tea with salt), gur-gur cha (butter tea), milik tea (regular milk tea) or momos. It was impossible for me to figure out whose house it really was. Just like the homes that are open to all — literally, since few people use locks — the monastery, too, is a place for people to come together to celebrate, discuss village matters, or to simply express gratitude. As Manjiri Gaikwad, GHE's representative who accompanied us on the expedition, told me, 'Without exception, the villagers always request that the monastery be electrified before their own homes.' For a people whose lives rely on so much they have no control over, most Ladakhis in rural areas put unshakeable trust in their religion and its seat — monasteries. Whether this faith will remain unshakeable with climate change hitting the fragile ecosystem in the form of flashfloods and cloudbursts, receding glaciers and drying rivers and streams and a rise in average temperature, is a question I hope they never have to answer. The optimist in me did see positive change afoot as well. For instance, no shops I visited in Leh market gave out single-use plastic bags, and in my five days in Markha Valley, I didn't see any bottled water for sale, with all homestays offering filtered water and a refill of the same at tea shops for Rs 20. The most treasured moment of our trip remains the blurred-by-tears half-hour when the lights came on in the monastery at 7.30 pm. With whoops of joy and silent prayers, we offered the khatak (silk scarf offered as a mark of respect) to the MCB box (miniature circuit-breaker box). Villagers prostrated themselves in front of the idols and looked at the old fresco paintings on the walls with mouths agape. And, then, we all sat together that chilly evening and had black tea and biscuits together. 'Usually, there is much dancing and singing after such ceremonies,' said Sonum Norbu, constituency area councillor, 'but not this time. A villager's sister died two months ago and we are in mourning.' Thugdzetche, for all the lessons in kindness, Ladakh. The writer is a coordinator for Earth Day Network in India. The expedition was a carbon-negative one. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. 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Woman gang-raped on Yamuna Expressway, two arrested
The woman asked them to stop and tried to raise an alarm but the suspects held her at knife point. Upadhyaya said the suspects drove the Swift Dzire to one kilometre from Zero Point on Yamuna Expressway and gang-raped her. 'They fled the spot after the gang rape,' he said. Ranvijay Singh, superintendent of police (rural), Gautam Budh Nagar said the victim informed police and filed a case in Sector Beta II police station. The suspects were identified as Monti, a cabbie who drives for a private cab aggregator and a native of Mainpuri, and his accomplice Rajeev, a resident of Noida Sector 51. The victim, a native of Meerut, works with a private IT firm in Gurugram and lives in Kashmere Gate area in Delhi, said police. SP Singh said police launched a search and received information about the suspects' movement near Chuharpur underpass on Tuesday 8pm. 'A police team signalled them to stop for checking but they tried to accelerate in order to flee after opening fire at the police personnel. The police team chased the suspects and forced them to stop. The criminals then abandoned the car and tried to run,' he said. The police opened fire in which the two suspects received bullet injuries in their legs and collapsed. The police personnel later apprehended them, SP Singh added. Singh said the criminals were rushed to a government hospital in Greater Noida for medical treatment. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttps://justpaste.it/7t1ui
The Good 'Hill'
I've never been there and I want to come there. I'm excited about that prospect," he says, while settling down for a chat over the phone.Over the years we have seen many popular medical shows like Grey's Anatomy or House. What's different about The Good Doctor?That's actually a great question. I think one thing that makes The Good Doctor very different from other medical shows is the fact that it's about a character attempting to overcome some very serious obstacles. In most of those other shows, there's a cute or funny lead personality but in our case he is almost the anti-hero. Dr Shaun Murphy doesn't say the right things at the right time, he doesn't do the right thing when he's supposed to. But ultimately he is a genius and it is about overcoming obstacles, about celebrating difference... the reason why I think the show is so popular around the world is because many people around the world can relate to it.What's going to be new this season?The residents are taking up leadership positions themselves. Part of the storyline is that you're going to see that they are going to lead in surgeries. I think what's going to be very interesting to explore is how Shaun Murphy or any of the residents for that matter - who have always been mentored - now shift to surgeries and how they behave with each other. I think that's something really interesting we will explore on the show.How do you think this show has started a conversation not only about people with autism but also how they are treated at the workplace?I think very specifically, at least from the people who have reached out to me on social media, people tell me, 'Hey my son or cousin or daughter deals with autism or issues about autism'. I hear it consistently that they are able to look at the show and say, 'That's how I see the world!' and it helps people understand that different people who are dealing with different issues see the world differently. It doesn't mean that they are wrong, it just means that they look at things differently and seeing something differently is okay. We don't always have to look at the world in the exact same way.Your character Dr Marcus Andrews is a mentor to Dr Shaun Murphy in the show. Did you research or work with kids with autism in order to prepare for such a role?Yes, I met with a number of young people who are dealing with autism. That was a huge educational experience for me because it really opened my eyes in the same way I think it did for people watching the show. I'm very proud of the writing because at the end of the day it's really about one of the best writers taking this on in such a beautiful way.How do you think your character has evolved from the first season till now?Oh, I'm so happy to see the evolution of the character. It started out as definitely the complete antagonist and now he's developed a respect and empathy for Shaun. He's moved into more of a mentorship role but he still believes in tough love. The foundation elements of the character hasn't changed. But the elements that has to do with the way he sees Shaun and whether Shaun deserves to be there or not, there's that evolution. In most shows, once the character is established in one way, they keep it that way the whole time. But there's great writing in this case, they really allow a character to grow and evolve and that's wonderful.Dr Marcus Andrews was fired after the events of season two and now been re-hired as an attending surgeon. What can the audience expect from him now?I think that's a great question. In the first two seasons, my character was trying to be a leader in the hierarchy scale. Now, he is actually working for people he used to be the boss of. He's not going to be striving to go to the next level, he's going to be more relaxed, more humble. At the same time, he goes back to the essence of why he became a surgeon in the first place... it was to help people. He can just help patients now and I think that's exciting for him.Can you give us a glimpse of what really happens behind-the-scenes on the sets of The Good Doctor?Behind-the-scenes is actually really wonderful because all of us are dear friends. In these three seasons, we have become good friends. A number of us are parents of young kids, three of us have kids under four years old and we have all become dear friends. I like to do contests, some days it's like 200 push-ups over the course of a day or something fun just to stay active. Recently, I was able to get bikes from a friend that we can ride from our trailer to the set. We just try to treat each other well and have fun, it's a really fun set and has a family feel. It's really nice. I hear about all the horror stories about other shows that has people yelling and screaming and complaining and all the drama but our set is not like that at all.The show seems to really celebrate diversity...The fact that we are so diverse without ever really talking about it. It doesn't impact the story per se but it's a reflection of how the real world looks. And I think that sends a powerful message. In fact, my friend Gabriel Union who's an actress, said to me, 'Wow the show is so diverse. I'm so not used to seeing that.' If you go to a real hospital in the US, they are super diverse. The thing is we tend to under-diversify images on television. Like, a show like Friends set in New York City, is ridiculous. That is fiction. If you're in New York City, you would never see a coffee shop that is so non-diverse. Our show is depicting the melting pot that the United States is. This talk of race and non-diversity that you see around you is just politics. But our show is about opening your heart, celebrating diversity, celebrating different mindset, view points and there's an impact that's really positive.How is Freddie Highmore to work with?I think that right now, in playing Dr Shaun Murphy, he is doing the best work of any actor on television. Period. I've been working with him on a daily basis and the level of commitment in how he plays the character... I'm just so impressed by him in how he is as a person onscreen and off it. He deserves to win all the awards and all the Golden Globes. He is doing phenomenal work and I love working with him.Who's been your favourite best guest star on the show so far?Joshua Malina guest stars on the show this season. He was on The West Wing and my dear friend Dulé Hill was on the same show. I met Josh in Dulé's wedding and we became friends. So it was great to see him on our show, he's such a good actor. He plays a wonderful character on the show and is wonderful to work with.You met Barack Obama while a student at Harvard Law School and became good friends. Does he watch your show?(Laughs) No, but since it's the so-called number one show in the world, I gotta believe he DVRs it at least. He is pretty busy so I don't know how much he is sitting there watching. But my hope is, he binge-watches it... like he records and then watches it all at once.Your Instagram bio reads 'Actor, Author, Activist, Father'. How have all these experiences shaped you as a person?Well, the most recent one being a father to a three-and-a-half-year-old son has shaped me the most without question. It has certainly taught me empathy and my heart has opened up. That's why I'm so fortunate to be on a show like The Good Doctor because in many ways my character is revolving around to be a father figure to Shaun. I really like that and I think I bring that naturally because I'm experiencing being a father in real life.You have three Ivy League degrees. Do you miss the world of academia as an actor?You sound like my parents. Like, 'You have a law degree! Why aren't you using it?' I'm kidding (laughs). I think the beautiful thing about the education experience is that it opens you up to have more options. I love the fact that I can play characters as an actor and do what I love but at the same time I have a social justice law firm that I work for. I have businesses that I have opened that creates jobs and my books are motivational in nature that hopefully are empowering. I'm writing another book now that I'd like to put out in 2020 but I don't know if I'd have it finished by then. We'll see.Do you enjoy watching other medical dramas?I'd be honest. I do not watch any of the other medical dramas because I don't see how they could be as good as The Good Doctor. But I'm sure they're wonderful. I live near the set of New Amsterdam (an American medical drama on NBC) in New York City. If Dr Marcus Andrews worked at that hospital, he'd have had a really easy commute (laughs). DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttps://onmogul.com/michealseans
Bengalis must show family tree to get passport?
However, as per recent accounts of city denizens hailing from West Bengal, it was not only their own nationality that they had to prove but also that of their parents. Recently, a passport holder from the city was asked by the police to furnish his father's valid ID proof, in addition to a proof of employment - such as a pension card. The police had even enquired about the religion and caste of the applicant. Speaking to Express, P Ravikiran of the Passport Verification Cell of City Police's Special Branch, said, "Ascertaining a person's nationality and whether they have a criminal record are the most important aspects of passport verification. We are checking the nationality of Bengalis and those from the North-Eastern states by also verifying their family tree." Ravikiran says that they only verify the family tree in 'suspected cases' - if the individual has been in the city for four years or less and also has an accepted identification card that they have procured locally. "It is very easy to get an identification card here," he said. This level of verification comes as a consequence of, as Ravikiran says, an influx of Rohingyas and illegal Bangladeshi migrants, especially in the Old City area of Hyderabad. It was initiated also because three to four passports were mistakenly issued to illegal immigrants in the city, a police official says. According to a police official, Bangladeshi migrants and Rohingya refugees enter through West Bengal. They then allegedly make their way to Hyderabad, where they stay for a certain period of time. Following that, the official says, these immigrants apply for passport from the city and travel to other countries. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttps://www.magcloud.com/user/besantreddy
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Out of nowhere Samsung reveals exciting new Galaxy smartphone
This will go on to set the bar for 2020 smartphone as it would provide rivals with enough impetus to upgrade their flagships to 5G technology, including Apple that will feature wide-band support. The second revelation from Samsung isn't that great as the brand has revealed that the Galaxy S11 will only be capable of supporting a maximum fast-charging speed of 25W. Although this is a step-up from the 15W fast-charging found on the Galaxy S10, it pales in comparison with the Note 10 Plus that boasts 45W fast-charging speeds. A related report by Forbes states, 'I suspect the reality is Samsung will again save 45W charging for the larger Galaxy S11 Plus, but with big rivals like OnePlus, Honor and Huawei all offering phones with 40W+ charge capabilities, it's surprising to see Samsung be so unambitious with Galaxy S11. It also confirms that revolutionary new battery tech Samsung is working on will not make it into the phone.' Apart from this step-back, Samsung is fitting the Galaxy S11 with class-leading features as they will be adding a ground-breaking camera that's codenamed Hubble because of its extreme zoom capabilities. The handset will also come with new shooting modes, a brand new design, big performance upgrades, enhanced memory, as well as a super-sized fingerprint sensor. Lastly, it will also come with much larger batteries, which is sure to be a crowd-pleaser. ... DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttp://hax.netserwer.pl/member.php?action=profile&uid=157
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