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Signs That Are Close... But Not the Same - Set 12
Interpreter Tips
Close But Not the Same
By Brenda Cartwright
This article is written by Brenda Cartwright (BC). Brenda is a seasoned interpreter, a master teacher and a well known author. BC also contributes numerous blog articles for Signing Savvy. Look for them on the "Articles" tab on our website.
This article is part of our "Signs That Are Close... But Not the Same" series, which highlights signs that look similar, but have different meanings.
The ASL signs shown below look similar, but are not the same. There are many ASL signs that when produced look similar, but in fact have a completely different meaning. Below you will find examples of such signs. Watch closely to see if you can see the difference. In addition, watch my eyebrows, look to see when I tilt my head or lean my body in a certain way, even what my mouth is doing. These nuances are called inflections and trust me, inflections matter.
1. Thrilled vs. Excited
THRILLED and EXCITED both use two hands in the 25 handshape with a similar placement with palms facing the body, in front of the torso. However, THRILLED has both hands move up the body in a single motion, while EXCITED has the two hands move upward in a circular motion.
Think of using one motion when signing THRILLED because your emotions bubble up and out from your stomach. When signing EXCITED, think of your heart beating rapidly with anticipation in a repeated motion because you are so EXCITED.
2. Print vs. Newspaper
When signing PRINT and NEWSPAPER, the dominant G handshape starts open and then closes completely on top of the non-dominant open B handshape. PRINT is a single movement, while NEWSPAPER repeats the movement twice. The sign PRINT symbolizes the old style method of hand-setting type. NEWSPAPER repeats the sign for PRINT twice.
3. Sold vs. Selling
When signing SOLD and SELLING, both hands in flat O handshapes move in an outward motion. SOLD has one movement, while SELLING has two movements.
The sign for SOLD is a very old sign, first recorded in the U.S. in the late nineteenth century.1 The sign originally symbolized holding up an item, like a piece of cloth, to show it off to the person you are selling to. It is also said to symbolize the old custom of merchants shaking handkerchiefs to attract customers.
The single, firm movement when signing SOLD signifies the completion of the sale, while the repeated movement of SELLING indicates the action of SELLING is still taking place.
4. Signature vs. Contract
The dominant U handshape is placed on the non-dominant open B handshape when signing both SIGNATURE and CONTRACT.
The dominant U handshape, which is also the handshape used when signing NAME, represents the name, and the non-dominant, palm up, open B handshape represents the paper. So the sign represents the name going onto the paper.
SIGNATURE uses one, single movement while CONTRACT is a double, repeated movement.
You can remember SIGNATURE uses one, single movement because you sign your name one time on a piece of paper to make your signature.
You can remember CONTRACT has multiple movements because sometimes a CONTRACT requires you to add your signature in multiple places.
5. Government vs. Federal
The location and movement of the signs for GOVERNMENT and FEDERAL are the same, but the handshapes used to form the signs are different. GOVERNMENT uses a 1 handshape, while FEDERAL uses a F handshape.
One way to remember the location and movement of GOVERNMENT is by the head is to remind yourself that governments are supposed to be people "thinking" about what is best for everyone. This sign was originally made with more of a circular motion and some historians have said the circular movement was meant to symbolize "people as a whole, and by touching the temple, indicated that they are of one mind."1 However, the sign was originally derived from the French sign for RÉPUBLIQUE (republic) and the true origin of the circular movement (which is less pronounced in the modern day sign) was from circular, tricolored badges worn on the hats of republicans during the French Revolution.
FEDERAL is signed the same as GOVERNMENT, except it uses a F handshape. You can remember it uses an F handshape because the word FEDERAL starts with the letter F. Although this is an initialized sign, it is an accepted ASL sign. Similarly, POLITICS, is also the same sign, but uses the P handshape, and is an accepted ASL sign. An exception to this pattern is the accepted ASL sign for GOVERNMENT uses the 1 handshape. You may see a G handshape used when signing GOVERNMENT, but that variation is considered Signed English.
How can I figure out the difference between signs on my own?
If you see two signs that look close, but not the same, and you're not sure, you may use Signing Savvy features to help you figure out the difference. All of our signs have sign descriptions and memory aids that members may access. Reading the sign description and memory aids for the signs will help you figure out the small differences between them that your eyes don't catch at first. We also recommend using the pause and slow motion feature to slow down the video, so you may take a closer look. These features are available to Signing Savvy members.
Take a look, it's in a book!
These examples are aligned with the Visual Discrimination section of Lesson 7 (page 85) from Lessons and Activities in American Sign Language by Brenda E. Cartwright and Suellen J. Bahleda. Check out the book for more ASL Activities and watch for more examples from this series: "Signs That Are Close... But Not the Same."
Shaw, E. & Delaporte, Y. (2014). A Historical and Etymological Dictionary of American Sign Language. Washington: Gallaudet University Press.
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Savvy User AnnettaThursday, October 31, 2019
This is exceptional to learning sign language. You have just about everything I need: the word, its picture, using it in a sentence, and of course the sign. Speaking as a beginner, I just wish you offerred some signs in slow motion. It helps thatbyou give a writen description of what to do. I just catch on easier [sometimes] as a visual learner.
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Jillian @ Signing SavvyFriday, November 1, 2019
Thank you so much for your kind words Annetta!
Good news - you can slow down the video. There are two ways to do it.
To slow down the sign video you are watching when using the website, hover your mouse over the video and you will see a little bar with some video controls appear on top of the bottom of the video. On the right side of the bar will be a "1x" which is the regular speed. You can hover on the 1x and then select a different speed. To slow it down, choose less than 1, like .25x, .5x, or .75x. If you're feeling adventurous, you can even select 1.5x or 2x to speed up the video.
You can also adjust the video speed by clicking on "Options" directly under the video. Then scroll down to "Default Video Speed" and select the option you want.
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Savvy User JessicaSaturday, July 18, 2020
Very informative for a beginner, like myself. Thanky you!
Close But Not The Same series
Brenda CartwrightSunday, July 19, 2020
I am so glad you find this series of posts helpful!
Brenda Cartwright is a seasoned interpreter, a master teacher, well known presenter, and author of several best selling sign language and interpreting textbooks from the RID Press. For 35 years Brenda was the Chair of the Sign Language Interpreter Program at Lansing Community College in Lansing, Michigan.
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Melanotus turkmenicus is een keversoort uit de familie kniptorren (Elateridae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1986 door Dolin & Atamuradov.

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29 Oct Overcoming the J Visa Foreign Residence Requirement
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The 'J' or exchange-visitor visa is a broad visa category designed to enhance cultural exchanges with other countries. Aliens coming to the U.S. with a J visa can engage in teaching, studying, internship and other training programs. While 'J' visas afford many unique opportunities for non-immigrants; for some, these opportunities come at a high cost. This is a result of the foreign residence requirement which attaches to some exchange visitors and requires them to return to their home country for a period of two years before they are eligible to obtain a different type of non-immigrant visa or a green card. Not all J visa recipients are subject to the two-year residency requirement. However, many are. Those exchange visitors who are subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement may be able to avoid having to leave the United States for two years through the grant of a waiver.
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A handle just needs to be an integar with enough bits to hold the information you want to store. At a minimum, the handle will contain a magic number, and an index.
Internally you will have an array of objects. The index from the handle is used to retrieve the correct element from the array.
The magic number is to prevent handle clashes. For instance, The user has a handle, which is then released. The underlying object then has a new handle assigned. Without the magic number, it is not possible to distinguish between the old and new handles.
Verifying the validity of a handle can be done by storing a copy of the current handle in the internal object. The supplied user handle and object handle are then compared, with failure indicating that the provided handle is stale.
Packing the handle with the magic and index is done through bit operations. This is much the same as the way flags are often implemented.
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Fonuafo'ou, o també Falcon Island, és un volcà submarí situat a l'oest del grup Ha'apai, al regne de Tonga.

En diverses ocasions el volcà ha format una illa que ha tornat a desaparèixer sota l'aigua. El 1865 el vaixell anglès HMS Falcon va trobar uns bancs d'esculls a prop de la superfície de l'aigua. S'han registrat erupcions els anys 1781, 1865, 1877, 1885, 1894, 1921, 1927, 1928, 1933 i 1936. L'illa havia arribat fins a 6 km d'ample i 145 m d'altitud. El 1949 l'illa es va col·lapsar i va desaparèixer sota de la superfície del mar. Actualment es calcula que està a –17 m. Les últimes activitats volcàniques a la zona són del 1970 i 1993.

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Wielka Borkowszczyzna (biał. Вялікая Боркаўшчына, ros. Великая Борковщина) – wieś na Białorusi, w obwodzie mińskim, w rejonie mołodeczańskim, w sielsowiecie Lebiedziewo.

W XIX w. siedziba okręgu wiejskiego. Należała do gminy Bienica.

Przynależność państwowa i administracyjna
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Filemon Vela, D-Brownsville, and Cameron County Judge Pete Sepulveda today announced that State Highway 550, from I-69E to Old Alice Road, has been approved as I—169 by the U.S. Department of Transportation. This interstate artery creates a direct passage to the Port of Brownsville.
"This designation will allow for continued investment of federal dollars to grow and expand the economy along transportation corridors like I-169 in Cameron County and South Texas," U.S. Rep. Vela said. "Working with Cameron County Judge Sepulveda, the Cameron County Commissioners Court, the Texas Department of Transportation and the U.S. Department of Transportation, we secured swift approval of I-169. I'll continue to work with the Alliance for I-69 Texas to ensure more highways in South Texas gain interstate approval."
The segment is part of High Priority Corridor #18 that Section 1105(e)(5) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, as amended, designated as a future part of the Interstate System, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Hiring Plans for Next Year Are Scaled Back Across Globe
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Dec. 9, 2008 12:01 am ET
LONDON -- The outlook for the global labor market is deteriorating markedly as companies struggle with the credit crunch and weaker consumer demand, a quarterly report by Manpower Inc. showed.
The employment group's survey of more than 71,000 employers in 33 countries found most expected to cut hiring in the first three months of next year. Employers in 21 of the countries reported the weakest hiring intentions on record.
The weakness that had been seen in the U.S. labor market has now spread to Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, with most employers taking a "wait-and-see" approach before changing staffing levels.
"Hiring is a bit of a confidence index when you do a forward-looking survey and this is showing extremely weak confidence," Jeffrey Joerres, the chief executive of Manpower, said in a telephone interview.
Employers in all but three economies surveyed -- the U.S., Canada and Switzerland -- expect to slow the pace of hiring from this year's final quarter, Manpower said.
A government report released Friday showed U.S. companies shed more than 1.2 million jobs in the past three months alone.
Still, hiring intentions in the U.S. are expected to just creep higher in the next quarter, not surge ahead, Mr. Joerres said. "I wouldn't want to characterize the U.S. as a bright spot, though if you look at the graph there is this little tick up," he said. "That's not a bright spot, that's a slight pause bouncing off the bottom."
Mr. Joerres also said the trend outside the U.S. is looking worse.
The survey showed that the outlook for hiring in the U.K. fell to a 15-year low, while hiring plans in France turned negative for the first time in 20 years. The outlook in Italy, Spain, and Ireland sunk deeper into negative territory. In Germany, the hiring outlook held in positive territory, but at an extremely low level.
"It's a global marketplace and when there's a downturn everybody is going to get it," Mr. Joerres said.
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It's always good to see things through fresh eyes. If you're part of the Bay Area tech community, you can take for granted the constant news about clever inventions, flush financing rounds, and intriguing jobs rising from this concentrated region of innovation.
My antidote to that ho-hum mood was talking to three of the 30 MBA students from the MIT Sloan School of Management who had just finished a tour called the "Silicon Valley Tech Trek," an annual opportunity for students to check out one of the U.S. technology clusters where they might like to work.
There are Boston and Seattle tech treks too, and some of the MIT students had experienced those as well. After all, Boston, with its own dynamic tech community and world class universities such as MIT, has been holding on to more of the graduates who used to emigrate routinely to the Bay Area, says Brittany Greenfield, part of MIT's MBA class of 2016.
But Greenfield, after visits to big companies including Google, Facebook, and Netflix, as well as smaller ones like San Francisco-based App Annie, has definite leanings for the location of her summer internship and first job post-graduation.
"I would absolutely love to end up in the Bay Area," says Greenfield, who had already gained tech company work experience in Boston and in Australia before coming to MIT. Her two fellow Tech Trekkers, Rachit Parekh and Daniel Glogowski, also named the Bay area as their top geographic choice, if the decision were based solely on the region's advantages and not on other factors such as family preferences.
Now, to be fair, the weather has something to do with it. Boston can't help it that its low temperatures were in the teens when Glogowski, a native of balmy Israel, arrived back at MIT after enjoying spring-like January days on the Bay Area trek. "I've started my campaign to convince my wife," he says.
But the goals of the MIT trio have a lot more to do with how they see the future of tech evolving in the many years ahead of them in their careers.
"I mean that in the most positive way," she says. On the East Coast, startups tend to be judiciously developed one step at a time, while Bay Area startups are encouraged to take risks, quick-start their projects, and seek customer feedback right away. That's the innovation wellspring she hopes to tap into.
"You sort of want to go back to Mesopotamia and see that original stream that brought it all," Greenfield says.
Greenfield also wants to pick up a second part of the Bay Area skill set—the ability of large companies such as Google and Apple to re-invent themselves continually, even though their first major growth spurts are well behind them.
These companies are part of a radical re-definition of the meaning of technology itself, she says. Google, founded as a "pure tech" search engine, is now a consumer service company with offerings such as the shopper's delivery option Google Express, Greenfield says.
On the flip side, consumer businesses are becoming technology-centered companies, she says. The trek provided good examples: the students visited Walmart eCommerce in San Bruno and Los Gatos, CA-based Netflix, which started out putting DVDs in mailboxes and is now streaming videos on the Web.
Increasingly, consumers themselves are driving innovation because they expect technology to be part of all their activities, says Greenfield, 29.
Parekh noted this as well. He's interested in the connectivity of non-computing devices to the Web, and its potential for industrial use. But it's the consumer products, such as San Francisco-based Fitbit's wearable exercise tracking devices, that are leading the charge in this area, he says.
"Typically, your industrial and large enterprises are at the back end of any new changes that happen," Parekh says.
An attraction to startup employers was part of the buzz among students on the Silicon Valley trek, Parekh says.
"The attitude now is to be involved with whoever is going to be the next Google or the next Facebook," Parekh says. This feeling was common in spite of the wow factor of big tech campuses studded with yoga studios and other amenities, such as Google's site in Mountain View and Facebook's location in Menlo Park.
Glogowski says that while the big companies can offer more resources to their employees, an individual can often make a bigger impact at a smaller company as part of a product development team with only a few members.
"At a big company, there may be less of a sense of ownership," Glogowski says.
Parekh says he's been struck by how easy it's become in recent years to launch a startup "in your room, with just a credit card and a laptop." He traces this to the market traction gained by companies like Google that can offer small businesses affordable services, such as e-mail and Web-based data storage, at low rates that only increase as the startup scales up.
"You can pay more as you grow," Parekh says.
The MIT Sloan class of 2016 may have more opportunities and more freedom to take risks in their early careers than students who graduated into a much grimmer U.S. economy in the aftermath of the financial crisis in 2008, Greenfield says.
As students consider the rewards of helping a young company grow, tech giants are facing more difficulty attracting the best talent, Parekh says. That competition may be driving the proliferation of yoga studios, rock climbing walls, and other perks on Silicon Valley's expanding corporate campuses, he says.
"Each of them has to keep up with the Joneses," Parekh says.


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"Are you okay?" The Queen looked at the wound on Han Sen's back in fright.
From shoulder to waist, his back had been sliced entirely open. The gash was so deep, his spine was visible.
On Han Sen's neck, there was another wound that oozed blood. Fortunately for him, it wasn't so deep as to touch the bone or windpipe. If the raven had been allowed to go any deeper, he'd most likely have been decapitated.
The wounds were scary to look at, but the blood loss wasn't too severe. Han Sen's Ice Skin allowed him to control his body, whereas his Heresy Mantra allowed him to control his blood flow. If it weren't for those talents, he'd most likely have bled out and died.
"I can hold it," Han Sen hissed from his gritted teeth. His back was in agony, and he knew he had a damaged spine. But fortunately, it wasn't too bad. If he had been a second slower with his jump, his spine would have been shredded and nothing could have saved his life.
The Queen retrieved some medicine from her satchel and applied it to his wounds, which made Han Sen cry out in pain.
Then, all of a sudden, a screech pierced the air. The black raven, tangled and restrained by the vines, didn't look so fearsome as it once did. The ends of the vines were spiked, and they drove themselves deep into the raven's body. The vines seemed alive, as if they had a thirst for the raven's blood. As they absorbed the scarlet, the vines themselves turned a deep shade of red.
The dried-up vines writhed with renewed vigor, and they started to grow longer and larger than before.
The black raven called out twice. Its body contorted and twisted as plumes of feathers puffed out to dress the air like snowfall. With great strength, the raven squirmed its way free from the clutch of the vines and took off into the air in fear. It was gone for good.
Han Sen froze when he saw that. He did not expect the raven to be strong enough to escape the grasp of the vines.
After the raven escaped, the gourd vines retreated, wrapping their way around the bones just as they were earlier. The vines that had turned red now became yellow like before, as well. However, many of them started to sprout green leaves.
The gourd in Han Sen's hand continued to pulsate, but this sensation did not disappear like it had before. Han Sen held onto it, unsure whether or not life existed inside it.
If it contained something like the blood crystal wasps, Han Sen would rather discard it right now. But because he was unsure, he wasn't willing to let go of some potential treasure just yet.
Aside from the strange beating pulse, nothing in particular stood out. As he fingered it, his eyes drifted to the raven's feathers that now carpeted the ground.
The black feathers of the raven were of its outer-coat. It wasn't a great number that had fallen, but there were around thirty. Each feather was about one foot long. He reached to grab one and his eyes lit up.
The black feathers belonged to a super creature and did not look normal. Rather than enabling flight, they were more like weapons the raven could employ.
Every feather was like steel, and it was frightening to simply hold.
"This cannot be the treasure the raven dropped." Han Sen told the Queen to gather up all the black feathers for him.
After an accurate count, there were thirty-six feathers. It was a number that could be evenly split. With each feather being the same size, Han Sen considered the possibility of crafting a fan with them.
Han Sen's back was in terrible pain. He looked at the Queen and said, "How about you try out the sturdiness of the feathers?"
The Queen nodded. She drew her sacred-blood beast soul sword and chopped one of the feathers with a direct hit. Nothing. Not a single scratch was left upon it.
"This really is some good stuff!" Han Sen looked happy. If he managed to modify the feathers a certain way, he'd be able to craft a new type of bolt. If he used them alongside his peacock crossbow, he might be able to slay a super creature with them.
"How about we split them up evenly? Eighteen feathers each," Han Sen suggested to the Queen.
"It is useless for me to own a bunch of silly feathers. You can have them all." The Queen passed all of the feathers to Han Sen.
Earlier, the Queen took notice of the strange crossbow Han Sen had used to fire at the red-cloud donkey. Strangely enough, it looked quite similar to the Deadeye Peacock. The Queen was starting to wonder if the crossbow was the peacock's beast soul.
Han Sen was certainly not going to admit anything on such a subject, so the Queen didn't ask. If Han Sen wanted those feathers, it'd be to make bolts. Such bolts and a crossbow would come in handy for the slaying of super creatures, so she preferred not saying anything and simply giving all of the feathers to Han Sen outright.
Han Sen gave the Queen a strange look as he accepted all the feathers.
He believed from the way the Queen looked back at him that she knew there was something up with his new crossbow. Yet she hadn't said a word about it. Her giving him all the feathers just made him confused.
"We have to leave while the raven is gone. If the donkey returns, our escape will be difficult with you unable to run due to your injury." After the Queen said this, she picked Han Sen up and supported him in his descent down the rest of the mountain.
Han Sen was being carried on the Queen's back. He felt incredibly privileged and cared for, for this was the first time anyone else had helped him in such a way. The fact that it was a woman made him feel odd, however.
Luckily enough, no more dangers arose during their time on the road. They managed to descend the mountain without interruptions. The Queen summoned an elephant ride and took Han Sen to the nearest shelter so he could return to the Alliance and recover. His wounds were incredibly grievous, and healing would not come quick or easy with only medicine.
But he didn't return to the Alliance, in the end. He had the silver fox, and it was better than any potion or remedy the Alliance could provide. Therefore, there was no reason to return.
Han Sen continued thinking about the gourd, as well. He did not want to return to the Alliance yet, because he did not want to leave the gourd unattended.
He went straight to the silver fox and it immediately approached Han Sen to lick his wounds. It was as strange as ever, to watch the wounds seal up with each passing lick. Even the damaged bones straightened, their gashes filling in.
With Han Sen's wounds recovering, the Queen booked another room so they could live there temporarily. After leaving his room, Han Sen pulled out the gourd and presented it to the silver fox, so he might determine if it was good or bad.
Examining the gourd, the silver fox looked upon it strangely. It continued to observe the gourd closely, circling it and sniffing it every way it could.
Han Sen looked at the gourd for a while, as well. But soon after, the silver fox just turned around and went to sleep on the carpet.
"Hey, you better tell me what this thing is." From the silver fox's behavior, he could not tell whether the gourd was a good thing or a bad thing.
But the silver fox just remained sleeping on the carpet, ignoring the commands of his master. Han Sen knew the silver fox wasn't human, and it would not understand the complex lexicon of the human language, so he stopped talking.


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"Aankhon mein humne aap ke sapne," Thodisi bewafaii
Today's Shabana-gaana is another song from a film I haven't seen, 1980's Thodisi bewafaii. You might recognize this trippy dream-sequence song as the source of the picture in the "One blingin' tiara" banner that Beth made for SLP. Of course in the video it's apparent that it's a full-on crown, not just a tiara, that tops the absurd, striped, spangly horror of a gown that poor Shabana ji had to wear in the first half of the song. Enjoy!
All this can be yours
Isn't that lovely?
The original print is available on eBay. I have been known occasionally to buy Shabana Azmi memorabilia on eBay - mostly old gossip magazines that I will write about here some time - but I'm not really motivated to buy a print like this one. It's yours - at the moment for only Rs. 90 - if you want it.
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Gratuitious screencaps: Adharm (1992)
Has anyone seen this masala movie in which Shabana Azmi appeared with Sanjay Dutt? I haven't, but Gebruss from the BollyWHAT? forums, a staunch Sanju fan, did, and shared some screencaps with me.
It's well established that I am deeply partial to 1990s Shabana; I think she looks just gorgeous here, even though I'm not that eager to see the film.
Kibosh on Sadiyaan
This news report from the gossip rag Mumbai Mirror says that Shabana Azmi will not be costarring with Rekha in Raj Kanwar's next film as was previously rumored. The article takes the opportunity to dish more snark, reporting without basis that Rekha ji herself is the reason Shabana ji has "walked out" of the film. "What else could be the reason for her sudden decision?" it asks.
Javed sahib supplies some possible answers: dates, or money. I'll provide some others: perhaps on reflection she decided she didn't like the character, or the script.
Or, maybe she doesn't want to work with Rekha after all. Only the principals know for sure. Here's what I know: I don't much care if Shabana ji is friendly with Rekha ji, or not. I would be happy to see Shabana ji signing for a new film, though, even if it's not Sadiyaan.
(Thanks to JodhaBai at BollyWHAT for the link.)
Labels: javed akhtar, news, shabana azmi, upcoming films
November poll: results
Sorry for the radio silence here, folks. I had a house full of relatives for the past week, and there hasn't been much Shabana news on the wires, so it got a little quiet here at SLP.
The November poll - Shabana films from an alternate universe - collected a total of 24 votes, and the results were pretty interesting.
A plurality of you want to see Shabana ji in more comedies. Hema Malini's role in Seeta aur Geeta won the poll with 8 votes, and Meryl Streep's role in The Devil Wears Prada picked up a healthy four.
Beyond that, poor Seema Biswas takes a beating, as 7 of you wanted to see what Shabana ji could do as Phoolan Devi in Bandit Queen, and four more were pining for the original casting of Water, with Shabana ji in Seema ji's role.
I was in a weird mood the day I wrote the poll, and perhaps that is why mine was the only vote for Shabana ji as Sigourney Weaver's Ripley in the Alien series. And finally, Jaya ji's role in Hazaar chaurasi ki maa didn't get any votes at all - perhaps that is because no one has seen the film - and neither did Eva Peron (were she alive she would perhaps have sought a way to rig the election in her favor).
Thanks for being sporting - I know this was an odd poll - and I have something a little less peculiar planned for the December Poll.
I'll be back in the next couple of days with some more screencaps and any news that turns up at SLP's internet stalking headquarters. In the meantime, I'd like to call your attention to the rich discussion happening in the comments on an earlier post.
Labels: polls
It's time for some gratuitous pretty pictures! (As always, click on the pictures for the full-size view.)
This, I think, is a promotional still from Godmother - isn't it lovely!
A recent commenter had not known that Shabana ji was originally intended to play Seema Biswas's role in Water, along with Nandita Das (in the role that became Lisa Ray's) - here they are together on the eve of the doomed shoot:
And this is just exquisite (please click because shrinking has been very unkind to this one):
And finally, a portrait that struck me as very nice, but is not of Shabana Azmi at all - rather, it is her father, Kaifi Azmi:
Labels: family, screencaps, shabana azmi
The *Om Shanti Om* cameos
The clips featured in today's Shabana-gaana, I assume, will not be up on YouTube very long. But since the clips are there now, I thought I would link them for those of you who have not been able to see Om Shanti Om.
First, there is the hilarious Filmfare awards sequence, possibly the funniest segment of the film. Shabana ji makes her appearance early in this one, only about 30 seconds in. (The clip is unsubtitled: what she says is, more or less, "A slum was displaced for the site of this award function, and I have come here to protest that.")
Next, there is Shabana ji's giddy turn (literally) in the party song "Deewangi deewangi" - you have to wait a little longer, as she appears a little over two and a half minutes in, but there are plenty of other stars to keep you amused while you wait.
Child of a poet, spouse of a scriptwriter, method actor
Believe it or not, the title of this post does not refer to Shabana Azmi. Last week's New York Times magazine had a very interesting profile of the excellent actor Daniel Day-Lewis, and if you can forgive me for meandering somewhat off mission I'd like to highlight it here.
The title hints at some superficial, but slightly spooky, similarities between Shabana ji and Mr. Day-Lewis. Like Shabana ji, Daniel Day-Lewis's father was a famous poet, Britain's Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis. Like Javed sahib, Mr. Day-Lewis's wife Rebecca Miller is a scriptwriter (though not as famous for it as Javed sahib), and also like Javed sahib she is the child of a famous writer herself, American playwright Arthur Miller. And Mr. Day-Lewis is an actor in the tradition of the Stanislavski method.
As a method actor, though, Daniel Day-Lewis is perhaps more in the American mold than Shabana ji, taking the techniques made famous by actors like Robert DeNiro and Dustin Hoffman to a mind-boggling extreme. Mr. Day-Lewis almost seems to lose his own identity in transforming himself for a role. This may be not so much a difference in acting philosophy between Mr. Day-Lewis and Shabana ji, but rather a difference in the filmmaking styles of Mumbai and Hollywood. Notwithstanding some recent trends in Hindi films, Hollywood still tends to adopt a grittier sort of realism; as mentally centered and emotionally present as Shabana ji is in a role, I don't think I've ever seen her unwashed or sleep-deprived when performing, as Mr. Day-Lewis often is.
Still, while it's hard to imagine Shabana ji staying in character when not in front of the camera, her approach to acting does require a lot of meticulous study and thought about what it would really be like to be her character, and the struggles of her characters do stay with her when she goes home after a day's work. So the differences between Shabana ji's studied approach and Mr. Day-Lewis's all-consuming one may be a difference in degree rather than in kind.
It may also be a difference in personality. Shabana ji has a lot going on besides acting, and even earlier in her career, when more of her life was spent in front of the camera, she often worked on several films at once (as was the practice in the industry). Mr. Day-Lewis, in contrast, only does one film every couple of years, and seems to suspend the rest of his life in service of his perfectionism when creating a character for a film. Mr. Day-Lewis shuns the movie-star aspect of his position, retreating from public view unless he absolutely must appear. In contrast, Shabana ji thrives on her fame, and both cultivates and utilizes her public image in a variety of contexts, from film promotion to activism to commercial endeavors - though she prides herself on being a fine actor, she also seems to love being a movie star.
I do recommend that you have a look at the article; Mr. Day-Lewis is insightful and very well-spoken (though he claims not to value the latter), and his story makes for interesting reading.
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A quickie video interview
A reader let me know about this video, in which Shabana Azmi talks a little about her film Loins of Punjab Presents, which I still haven't seen after canceling my planned trip to New York last month.
The video was taken at a premiere of the film; there is loads of background noise, as you will hear, and so I wasn't quite able to decipher the whole thing. What follows is my best effort at translation:
I am playing the role of a socialite, who enters a singing contest in New Jersey - Desi Idol - she wants to win the $25,000 prize for her charity in any way she can.
She's quite a wicked character.
For that reason I put work into my appearance, my hair was different, my costume was different. I really enjoyed it, and I hope that people like the film too.
Since it takes place in New Jersey, everyone in the singing contest is different - someone from Punjab, someone from Gujarat, I am from Delhi, various types. There's an American boy too who performs in it. Actually there's an actor, a female actor whose career is going nowhere and she decides that she too will be in the contest.
(Something about the film's script) and my character, I tried not to make her like a caricature, but it was very delicious, lovely
Manish Acharya is a very promising director, he worked hard on the script and making the film. He's an NYU graduate, who has already won an award at the New York Film Festival. I am particularly struck by the fact that he loves Hindi cinema, he loves international cinema, and he's very good at comedy. I have great expectations for him.
It seems to me that if this film is given a chance people will really like it, and I hope that the audience is pleased by the film.
That's the best I could do, after listening to the clip over and over at a deafening volume in my headphones. I fear I am going to have nightmares tonight in which Shabana ji yells at me in Hinglish!
Labels: interviews, shabana azmi, video
Om shanti om (2007)
Sometime in the next day or two I'll have something to say on Filmi Geek about Farah Khan's fun new film Om shanti om. (ETA: Here it is.) For now, I'll just say this: I can't wait for the DVD to come out, so that Beth can make me a banner using a screenshot of Shah Rukh Khan on his knees at Shabana Azmi's feet.
When life gets too busy
I thought this news snippet was bittersweet and cute:
Javed Akhtar is very upset with his wife. "And rightly so. We're in the same city and we haven't seen each other's face for nearly a week. It's okay if we're in different cities. But come on, not meeting one another in the same city is a bit too much," Shabana laughs without amusement.
The article goes on to enumerate some of what Shabana ji is up to at the moment. (I can't vouch for the source; the blog it was on provided no source info. ETA: Thanks to Sally for the real source.)
The most eye-popping aspect, though, is the accompanying photo, reproduced below. Pardon me a superficial moment: If it's current, it means she's had a haircut, but also look how slim she is! (ETA: Again thanks to Sally, not current, rather two years old.)
Perhaps this goes hand-in-hand with being a brand ambassador for a fitness company. I feel I should do something about my own lard-butt issues before the next time I meet her.
Labels: family, javed akhtar, navel-gazing, news, shabana azmi
"There is so much pressure to love your neighbor as yourself. It is not necessary to love your neighbor as yourself; it is okay to love yourself more. Just don't kill your neighbor, and don't destroy his property."
(Source: my notes from Shabana ji and Javed sahib's appearance at Harvard, November 9, 2006.)
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Another Dubai interview
Well, maybe the November poll wasn't such a hot idea after all. I put a lot of work into it; I hope you enjoyed reading it, even if you're not inspired to vote. (ETA: either this petulance was premature, or it was effective. Thanks for the comments and votes.)
No matter, there are other things to share, like another interview from Dubai, this time from Gulfnews. It doesn't cover any new ground, but it's worth a quick look.
Labels: interviews, shabana azmi
Two ghazals from In Custody (1993)
I stumbled across this week's Shabana-gaana about a week ago, and I've already watched the clip four or five times. It's simply outstanding.
In this clip, in addition to Shabana Azmi, you will also see Om Puri and Shashi Kapoor (looking a little rounder than he was in the song I posted last week - I didn't recognize him at first; I found myself thinking "That fellow looks rather like a KapooOH MY GOD."). It's from Ismail Merchant's In Custody, yet another film sitting in my to-be-watched pile. The dialogue toward the end of the clip provides some context; it seems quite bitter and sad.
In case you weren't sure, Shabana ji is singing her own ghazals in this clip. Having listened to the ghazal "Gulab jism ka" from Anjuman an unholy number of times (it's available on iTunes), I'd know her singing voice anywhere, especially singing a ghazal. (ETA: And the mind plays tricks; I was completely wrong about that. I should have said "I'd hear her singing voice anywhere" rather than "I'd know ...." See the comments.) What a clip - outstanding!
November poll: alternate universe
I've had a stay of execution, as it were.
The reason I've been so overwhelmed with work the last couple of weeks is that I was preparing for a trial that was scheduled for the end of the month.
The trial has been postponed to the spring, which means I can breathe a little easier, and it also means: you get a November poll!
Last month's poll was a warm-up. This month things get really weird. I invite you to step into an alternate universe, and ask yourself the question: What role do you wish you could have seen Shabana Azmi play? Maybe it's something that was offered to her, but didn't work out. Maybe it's something someone else did that you think she could have done better. Or maybe it's just something that would put her skills to use in an altogether different way.
I offer a few choices here - neutrally, with no judgment intended against those who performed these roles originally - and invite you to vote in the sidebar at the right. If none of these choices strikes your fancy, then step through the looking glass and offer up your own "what if?" scenarios.
Seema Biswas's role in Water. Shabana ji was originally slated to play the role of Shakuntala in the third installment of Deepa Mehta's trilogy; she was shaven and ready to go when the Varanasi sets were attacked and destroyed on the eve of the first day of shooting, and when the production was finally resurrected some five years later in Sri Lanka, Seema Biswas took over, for a variety of reasons. Seema Biswas is an outstanding actor and she did a fine, fine job, but I couldn't help pining for the casting as originally envisioned.
Jaya Bachchan's role in Hazaar chaurasii ki maa. Not really a stretch here; it's easy enough to imagine Shabana ji taking the reins in this art-house film about a woman digging into the dark side of a political movement in order to understand why her son was murdered. That is not to say that Jaya ji did not do a fantastic job, and it was a terrific movie as it was.
Meryl Streep's role in The Devil Wears Prada. Just ruminate on it for a minute. I haven't seen Loins of Punjab Presents, but my gut tells me that Shabana ji can do evil bitch very convincingly. And really, is there anyone in Hollywood this side of Meryl Streep who even comes close?
A "mother role" in a Karan Johar flick. On Koffee with Karan Shabana ji said she's turned down "big bucks" (her words, not mine) for simpering doormat mother roles. But something tells me that in her hands, these roles might be transformed. What do you think?
Seema Biswas's role in Bandit Queen. Not to pick on Seema Biswas here by listing her twice; I don't begrudge her any of her roles, especially this one, in which she turned in a chilling and outstanding performance. I wonder how Shabana ji would have handled the crazed, damaged, and terrifying Phoolan Devi in this harrowing film.
Sigourney Weaver's role in the Alien films. Shabana as Ripley - so good it almost hurts to imagine it. Someone once sent me a screencap of Shabana ji wielding some kind of strange weapon (or perhaps it was a firehose) in Mardon wali baat, and that image is what I have in mind when I think of Shabana ji stepping into Sigourney Weaver's space suit for this role.
Patti LuPone's role in Evita (on stage; Madonna's role in the movie).- Seriously, hear me out. Eva Peron is like Rambhi from Godmother, writ on a national instead of a local canvas. Can't you just see Shabana ji on the balcony of the Casa Rosada with the updo and the pearls? It's a delicious thought. She might not quite have Patti LuPone's singing chops, but then - neither does Madonna.
Hema Malini's roles in Seeta aur Geeta. Because I just really want to know if she could pull off this kind of pure comedy.
I'll leave it there for now - I'm sure I could think of more - but I really look forward to all your thoughts. Oh: my vote goes to Ripley - I just cannot resist Shabana Azmi kicking ass and taking names - but it was a tough choice.
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OnePlus 8 Pro just got leaked by Iron Man himself
The OnePlus 8 Pro cameras were just leaked by Robert Downey Jr.
(Image credit: Sam Jones/Phone Arena)
The OnePlus 8 Pro has managed to keep itself pretty well under wraps despite an impending launch date. However, the Chinese company couldn't account for a real-life superhero.
Spotted by Phone Arena, a now deleted Instagram post made by director Sam Jones showed Robert Downey Jr. on the set of a OnePlus commercial, holding what is almost certainly the OnePlus 8 Pro.
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You can see it's not last year's OnePlus 7 Pro because of the secondary camera module off to the side of the main central camera bump. This is expected to contain a time-of-flight sensor and the flash, while there will once again be a main, ultra-wide and telephoto camera combo down the middle.
The ToF sensor would be a new addition for a OnePlus phone. With a more accurate measurement of depth, the other cameras can then apply photography effects like bokeh more effectively. There's also a benefit for AR apps that place virtual objects within the real environment recorded by your device's cameras. It's the same feature that Apple is rumored to be planning for the iPhone 12.
The fact that Iron Man himself is responsible for this leak is not too surprising. Downey has endorsed the OnePlus brand since 2019, showing off the OnePlus 7 Pro in some shots published on his Weibo page.
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What we can't see from this unintended leak are the display or internal specs. These will be just as exciting as the new camera tech on the OnePlus 8 Pro, as we're expecting a 120Hz refresh rate display with a punch-hole camera notch, a Snapdragon 865 SoC, wireless charging and other fun upgrades to OnePlus' OxygenOS Android 10 launcher.
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You are in section News and Events, in section Lecture Series, in section Spring 2018, on page Kate Cullity / Taylor Cullity Lethlean.
Kate Cullity will present a lecture entitled "Botanical Stories from the Antipodes" in Knowlton Hall's Gui Auditorium at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 21. The talk is free and open to the public. Cullity is a founding director of Taylor Cullity Lethlean (TCL), one of the world's most highly acclaimed landscape architecture and urban design firms, based in Australia.
Cullity's presentation will examine the primary role plants play and the narratives they convey in TCL's varied projects. Projects discussed will include the elemental landscape of the Uluru Aboriginal Visitors Centre in the Central Australian desert, the constructed and distilled landscapes of the recently completed Cultivated by Fire display garden for the Gardens of the World IGA–Berlin and the The Australian Garden, a botanic garden dedicated to the display of Australian plants and the abstraction of the Australian environment, as well as the regenerative program of The National Arboretum in Canberra, an arboretum and seed bank of "100 Forests" of the world's endangered tree species.
Kate Cullity is an internationally recognized and awarded landscape architect and environmental artist, with particular skills in the integration of public art with landscape and urban design. She has worked as both an artist and designer for a number of international art and garden festivals both in Australia and overseas. Cullity is experienced in the design of residential and public gardens and parks and her work in this area has been extensively published internationally. Her background in botany and her strong personal interest in horticulture have resulted in her involvement in the planting design of sites throughout Australia.
Cullity has been a member of the core design team in many of TCL's award winning projects including the Redevelopment of North Terrace and Victoria Square in Adelaide and The Australian Garden, which won the 2013 WAF, "Landscape of the Year" award. She was one of four inaugural recipients of the AILA National Edna Walling Award for Residential Design in 2006.
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The Caddy's Review – keeping golf simple.
Man-of-the-hour Sergio Garcia continues to hold the headlines as he defends his title at the AT&T Byron Nelson this week.
Just over a month after winning his first major at the Masters, the now world-number-five returns to Dallas as defending champion after overcoming a three-shot final-round deficit for a play-off win over Brooks Koepka last year.
In his first start since Augusta National last month, the Spaniard went well at THE PLAYERS Championship – including a well-enjoyed ace on the 17th during the first round – before a final-round 78 dropped him down to tied 30th.
Garcia, who also won this event in 2004, is not the only returning champion from inside the world's top 10 as Jason Day (2010) and Adam Scott (2008) also make their way to Texas this week. Day is another who, defending his title, began strong at TPC Sawgrass last week only for a final-round 80 to ruin his card; whilst Adam Scott had a solid week finishing in tied sixth.
World-number-one Dustin Johnson, whose complete dominance came to an end with a tied 12th at the weekend, is joined by fellow world-top-20 players in Dallas-native Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed, Charl Schwartzel, Louis Oothuizen, Matt Kuchar and last year's runner-up Koepka. The star-studded list makes up a surprisingly strong field immediately after golf's 'fifth major'.
It's the swansong year for the host course, TPC Four Seasons Resort at Las Colinas, as the event moves to the Trinity Forest Golf Club next year. Designed by the tournament namesake Byron Nelson and Jay Morrish, it's a fairly average 7166 yards relative to its par of 70. However, there's a tense finish for all players through the final two holes as the 200-yard par-three 17th builds an atmosphere to challenge the likes of the 16th at TPC Scottsdale and the 18th features green-side water guaranteed to spoil a few rounds.
On the back of one of the golfing calendar's biggest events at THE PLAYERS, the AT&T Byron Nelson should be proud of the strength of field they have attracted and golf fans worldwide should be excited for a highly competitive week ahead in Texas.


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  bool IsDangerous();

  std::string DebugString() const;

  // The URL from which we are downloading. This is the final URL after any
  // redirection by the server for |url_chain|.
  const GURL& url() const;

  // DownloadItem fields
  FilePath path;
  // The chain of redirects that leading up to and including the final URL.
  std::vector<GURL> url_chain;
  GURL referrer_url;
  FilePath suggested_path;
  // A number that should be added to the suggested path to make it unique.
  // 0 means no number should be appended.  Not actually stored in the db.
  int path_uniquifier;
  base::Time start_time;
  int64 received_bytes;
  int64 total_bytes;
  int32 state;
  int32 download_id;
  bool has_user_gesture;
  int child_id;
  int render_view_id;
  int request_id;
  int64 db_handle;
  std::string content_disposition;
  std::string mime_type;
  // The value of the content type header sent with the downloaded item.  It
  // may be different from |mime_type|, which may be set based on heuristics
  // which may look at the file extension and first few bytes of the file.
  std::string original_mime_type;

  // True if we should display the 'save as...' UI and prompt the user
  // for the download location.
  // False if the UI should be supressed and the download performed to the
  // default location.
  bool prompt_user_for_save_location;
  // Whether this download file is potentially dangerous (ex: exe, dll, ...).
  bool is_dangerous_file;
  // If safebrowsing believes this URL leads to malware.
  bool is_dangerous_url;
  // The original name for a dangerous download.
  FilePath original_name;
  // Whether this download is for extension install or not.
  bool is_extension_install;
  // The charset of the referring page where the download request comes from.
  // It's used to construct a suggested filename.
  std::string referrer_charset;
  // The download file save info.
  DownloadSaveInfo save_info;
};

#endif  // CHROME_BROWSER_HISTORY_DOWNLOAD_CREATE_INFO_H_

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A little of your time could make a big difference.
Public consultation on the Tomorrow's Schools Review report, Our Schooling Futures, Stronger Together l Whiria Ngā Kura Tūātinitini, is open until 7 April 2019.
It is VITAL that we have as many people as possible having their say in these submissions and meetings. MENZA's Advocacy Working Group has prepared the supporting documents below as an aid for those who would like to make submissions or advocate for the place of quality music education opportunities for all tamariki in Aotearoa / New Zealand.
Submissions can be emailed to tomorrows.schools@education.govt.nz. Please feel free to use any of the arguments in the supporting documents below.


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Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
Christine Wilson 15 February 2015 5 March 2020
George Edalji is a vicar's son from Staffordshire. A quiet, precise person, he never really fits in with the local community, even as a boy. After qualifying as a solicitor, George begins work at a law firm in Birmingham, and produces a book on railway law, so that the ordinary 'man on the train' might know his rights. He is the original 'upstanding member of the community'.
When a series of events, 'The Great Wyreley Outrages', begin, George falls under immediate suspicion. Animals are mutilated under cover of darkness, and a series of poison pen letters implicating George are sent to the police. The local police focus all their efforts on finding evidence against him, and he is eventually arrested. George's faith in the legal system means he is confident that he will be acquitted, but instead he is convicted and serves three years in prison.
Many people, however, believe in his innocence. As part of the campaign to clear his name, a summary of the case is sent to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who takes up his cause. Conan Doyle is a trained doctor, but is far more successful as an author.
Conan Doyle is a complete contrast to Edalji. Born in Edinburgh, he is a larger than life character, and after studying the material he proclaims that he does not think, nor believe, George to be innocent – he knows it. He throws his full weight behind the appeal and carefully constructs a case that he takes to the Home Office, which he is certain proves beyond doubt that George is innocent and deserving not only of a pardon but of compensation.
The one point on which they differ is that Conan Doyle is convinced that George's race is central to the issue – George's father is Indian, although his mother is Scottish. George, on the other hand, believes that, as he was born in England and lives according to English values, that he is completely and utterly English, and he refuses to admit that his father's country of birth may prejudice people against him.
This is based on true events, and it marked the birth of the Court of Appeal. The two stories intertwine, beginning with the childhoods of both men, and provide a detailed account of their early lives. It paints a very vivid picture of the two men and their completely different backgrounds. There is a lot of detail that isn't directly relevant to the story at hand – much is made of Conan Doyle's interest in and devotion to spiritualism, for example, but it all serves to build a complete portrait of the two men.
This book provoked a bit of a 'marmite' response from the group. Most loved it, but those who didn't really disliked it! It is in many ways a very frustrating book as the miscarriage of justice is so blatant, and the police so prejudiced, that it is uncomfortable to read, but Barnes moves the plot along fairly swiftly, and in many ways it reads in a not dissimilar way to one of Conan Doyle's own detective novels.
The book for next month is The Round House, by Louise Erdrich. We will meet on Thursday 12th March.
Withiel Book Circle – reading list
A Partisan's Daughter by Louis de Bernières
Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self by Claire Tomalin
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Mannan Foundation has been hosting free health camps since 2011. This is our first free health camp in our new Rajapur Community building. Our trustee Dr. Nilufar Fatema has led the healthcamp with additional doctor Dr. Mahbub Alam who has kindly volunteered his services.
The free healthcamps are extremely popular. We were able to distribute free medicine which were donated by several Pharmaceutical companies.
We thank all our volunteers who kindly gave up their time to help organise the healthcamp.
Our Trustees Mrs. Razia Begum, Ms. Tumpa Husna Yasmin Fellows and Mannan Foundation Trust's supporter David Fellows travelled to Rajapur village to help organise the event. Our gratitude to them all.