Amitabh Bachchan: Bollywood’s elder statesman
After 40 years of appearing on the silver screen, actor Amitabh Bachchan is the elder statesman of Indian cinema and is possibly the most recognized man in India. Born to a famous Indian poet, Bachchan made his screen debut at the age of 27 and has gone on to star in over 180 films. As such an established star he has seen Indian film making change over the years, weathered changing audience tastes and the evolution of Bollywood cinema.
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Pravasi Herald's Kusum Singh speaks to the Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Meera Shankar on November 18, 2009
200 Countries, 200 Years, Everyone can make it to the healthy and wealthy corner
Hans Rosling, a guru of data animation, is at it again. Here is a very cool video showing 200 years of mortality/wealth progress in just four minutes:
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