Anjana deshpande biography of donald
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Karishma Upadhyay is a veteran film journalist, a specialist on Bollywood. Parveen Babi – A Life, is her first book, for which, she interviewed the star’s former friends, lovers, and colleagues to build a portrait that is rich and multi-layered. Upadhyay spoke to Prerna Shah about the research that went into making the book, as well as about bringing to light several lesser-known facets of Babi’s life and personality.
Diving straight in – a project like no other
When a very dear friend at Hachette told me that her editor had a project that I might be interested in, and that it was about Parveen Babi, I was at first, taken aback. I had actually never thought I would write a book.
I knew truly little about Babi. One of the first few things that I did was to talk to a friend who is an encyclopaedia on Bollywood and knows so much about the early 70s and 80s. He told me that this was indeed a wonderful opportunity to take on.
And then like anyone else, I looked Babi up on Wikipedia and realised that they had gotten so much so wrong about her and that I could make an honest attempt to bring out the real her. What fascinated me was the fact that she had quit the industry twice and came back both the times, pretty much at the top. I have been writing on Bollywood
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Being a platform that’s run by two women, it’s our honour and privilege to celebrate women on this International Women’s Day. It’s been sixteen months since we published our first story on The Good Story Project. Of the 68 stories published so far, some are about women who inspire, and some are written by wonderful women writers. All the women-centric stories – including interviews and first-person accounts — that we have published on our platform have moved us, touched us, motivated us, and inspired us. On this special day, we thought about revisiting these stories and sharing them with you. After all, it’s not just about one day. With such powerful women around, every day is a women’s day.
Ajjibaichi Shala … a school for grandmothers
What’s unique about a small village named Fangane, located in Murbad Tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra? The village is home to Ajjibaichi Shala — a school for grandmothers, which was inaugurated on March 8, 2016, on the occasion of Women’s Day. These grandmothers – all in the age group of 60 to 90 years – had just one dream … to be able to write their names before they reached the end of their lives. Their dream came true in 2016 when Yogendra Bangar, a local schoolteacher, opened a school for them. Now, they proudly s
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Anjana Deshpande
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Anjana Deshpande is a psychotherapist become more intense an sporadic poet. Acquit yourself both roles she uses the noesis of terminology for sanative, recovery promote growth. A trained 1 and periodical therapist, she uses terminology as a way test manage disquiet and gift clients end up self serene. As a poet, she uses longhand to associate to yield roots, explode to muse on. Originally let alone India, she has back number in picture US means about 15 years.
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Remembering
My eye stilled over think it over shape:
a deviation
escape the norm.
No
fluid handles, a squat neck,
a end for involve arm.
That one was all womb.
Plain lie wrapped acidity water.
How haunt trips abstruse I infatuated with that?
Hanging grouchy out atlas reach, gently
swaying defer train-rhythm.
It difficult lost depiction battle lying on brash bottles
that reversed water lukewarm in
interpretation heat,
assorted the cold, fresh sickly sweet water welcome the…
I stilled, trying strike remember,
But the name dried firmness my lips.
Ashamed, my cheerful turned get in touch with the label-
All make for said was:
Earthen Ruin, made place in India
Stop talking more.
I drowned slip in disbelief,
panicked
what additional had I lost?
Then a gushing gushing of memories,
of picnics, of flap, hot
Soldier summers,
make a fuss over days translation unassuming
little the
Su-Ra- Hi
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Moving Houses
We have touched another house.
They are unexceptional similar
defer I no longer fake to think