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Khushbu Khatoon of Begusarai in Bihar was a happy bride after her nikah was solemnised with Kanpur's Imtiyaz on March 21.

Three back-to-back road accidents on Agra-Lucknow Expressway on Friday left one dead and many injured.

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Delhi government on Friday said it would bear the cost of train travel of migrant workers if their home states didn’t respond on the issue.

The temperature in Delhi is likely to touch 40 degrees Celsius on Saturday, followed by two cloudy days, Met official said on Friday.

District magistrate Suhas LY issued a set of guidelines, primarily on fees, for schools on Thursday night and said flouting any of the norms could lead to a school being fined up to Rs 5 lakh.

As governments think of ways to ease lockdown curbs, reviving the economy and opening up offices and shops, residents of Noida find themselves asking a question that involves the most basic of liberties.

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It is also the largest asteroid expected to zoom by Earth within the next two months.

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'I can do slice-of-life kind of films anytime; But playing a cop is different. It's difficult to maintain that intensity on screen. That's where the real acting comes in place.'

'Mumbai is very different from the rest of India. It can be ruthless if you don't have work or friends. The struggle time and times of disappointment are horrific and can break you.'

'People may frown upon things like role play or the fact that the father is talking to his daughter about sex. But slowly, shows like this will shift the conversation to our homes.'

'Comedy comes naturally to me.'

'In our textbooks, we never had chapters where a woman does something. We had one Rani Laxmibai chapter, the rest only the men did. We have been trained like that but, now, things have to change.'

'I work a lot because I am greedy for good scripts. I have worked really hard to reach this level, where I can say yes to a good script and it will happen.'

Vidya Balan's candid confession.

'I've been tagged as a Punchnama girl, where I break everyone's hearts. I wanted to be a heroine in that film but what did they make me?'

'I would love to be a part of Bollywood. Sadly, only glamorous roles have been offered to me until now, where I have nothing to do, just be a glam-doll.'

'I don't watch my films more than once, otherwise I will fall in love with myself.'

'When a person is poor, no one asks him anything, fearing that he might ask for a loan. But when he gets rich, everyone comes. So that changeover is happening and it is nice that it is happening.'

'Since my dad is the director and producer of the film, the environment at home is quiet, nervous, excited and honestly, I just want it over with. Then I can relax and move on with my life.'

'Films were made on a very low budget, so if there was a small defect, we would let it pass, and audiences often didn't catch those defects.' Shyam Ramsay tells us his 'horror' story.

'We got to know about Bard of Blood coming up on Netflix, just a week after The Family Man's release. So suddenly there are comparisons between the two.'

'I am learning good things and trying to avoid the bad. I am moving ahead with a positive attitude. That is my biggest achievement.'

'You have to sell yourself as a product in Bollywood.'

'The most difficult thing in the world is to convince someone to put Rs 20 crore on your movie script.'

'Akshay Kumar takes care of each and every person on the sets. He does not waste a second of a producer's time and money. It's no wonder that he is doing films back-to-back because people love him so much.'

'If anybody wants me to act in their film for free, just make me sing all the songs!''I don't even care about the script.'

'We should not forget the sacrifice these men made.'

'Kriti Sanon is a superb actress, she looks Maharashtrian, and has not done a historical either.''Sanjay Dutt has gone to another level of persona. He hasn't done a historical either.'

'I want to be that actress who does everything. I want to be that actress who does Lootera as well as Dabangg,' says Sonakshi Sinha.

'I have started a series called Unsung Warriors.''This time, the film is about Tanhaji. The next film will be on someone from Rajasthan or maybe Punjab.''I don't want to pick a warrior that everyone knows about.'

'A lot of people struggle to become a part of this industry, but I was lucky that I did not have to really struggle.''My struggle started after becoming a part of this industry, and, Oh my God, the struggle!'

'That's the way it should be -- people should see your work and then want to work with you, not because you are a celebrity's child.'

'This is the first time when you see the story of the Azad Hind Fauj through the eyes of the soldiers.'

'I know rapes haven't stopped after PINK, but now the topic of 'No means No' has become a table discussion at every home. And this is a big thing.''Thappad will at least start a discussion.'

'I just have to go on set with conviction and honesty and portray the characters. Whether it is the consumption of alcohol or premarital sex or bad language or whatever that my character indulges in the film, are these the things I stand for? I don't know.'

'Now, I am receiving so much love. Producers can rely on me now.'

'Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan will make you go home and think.'

'With Malang, I knew I had a chance to give the audience a new version of myself which they hadn't seen before.'

'I miss my grandparents the most. Though they are no more, I wish they were here. Quarantine would have been heaven.'

'Everyone's going to come out on few kilos (heavier).'

'Count your blessings, feel gratitude for the medical and essential services providers and police forces who are staking their lives to fight this invisible enemy.'

'We don't know when things will get back to normal, even if the lockdown gets over.'

Please join us for a day-long symposium:

Women Documenting the World
Women as Folklorists, Ethnomusicologists & Fieldworkers
Thursday, September 26, 2019 
9:30 am -5:00 pm
Mary Pickford Theater, James Madison Building, Library of Congress

The American Folklife Center launches its multi-year initiative to highlight, explore, and celebrate the contributions of women as ethnographic fieldworkers and scholars with Women Documenting the World, a day-long program of talks, interviews, and discussions on Thursday, September 26. 

The free event, which is open to the public, calls attention to the role of women in establishing many of the foundational collections that enrich the American Folklife Center archive as well as other ethnographic archives throughout the world. It features presentations by contemporary researchers who are currently engaged in both national and international fieldwork, and includes brief presentations by American Folklife Center staff about important fieldwork collections in the American Folklife Center archive that were created by women, and that are too often overlooked.

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Let's begin with the Folklife Today Podcast, since a new episode was released today for Halloween! Folklife Today tells stories about the cultural traditions and folklore of diverse communities, combining brand-new interviews and narration with songs, stories, music, and oral history from the collections of the Library of Congress's American Folklife Center. The new episode features scary stories for Halloween, including Jackie Torrence's "The Golden Arm," Mary Celestia Parler's "The Witch who Kept a Hotel," and Connie Regan-Blake's "Mr. Fox." The very first episode, from a year ago, featured spooky songs. In between, there was a whole year filled with audio goodies!  Find it all at the link.

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