ANDREW GARFIELD

at the "In Conversation With Andrew Garfield" during the Red Sea International Film Festival 2023.

“Inshallah”

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Today my eyes were vividly vibrant due to my green hijab, and it made me miss my Sitti tremendously الله يرحمها. And miss my Jido.

I have the eyes of my Jido الله يرحمه which are a little hazel? green sometimes? and out of all of my aunts, uncles, and cousins - no one besides me inherited them. Genuinely not a single one, and there are well over 80 of us all together. They all had gotten my Sitti’s eyes which are this beautiful rich brown, allahumabarak. And a few blue eyes because of my aunts and uncles spouses who had married into the family - but not a single with green.

My Jido passed away when I was four years old and I never got the chance to meet him yet I felt so close to him, as if I knew him for my whole life. Which was because for all the years of my life from then on my Sitti would call my dad and ask for me. She would phone my baba and would start the call and say so sternly to him:

أين م؟ إئتي بها.

“Where is (my name)? Bring her.”

And I would come, and my Sitti would ask me “please show me your eyes” and so I would get super close to the camera and just stare so intensely at it, I won’t lie I felt a bit silly the first few times. But then her exclamations of love and happiness would immediately erase that! She would remind me everytime “you have the eyes of your Jido. They are exactly like his. It’s as if he’s still here through you” and I felt so joyful about being able to remind my Sitti about my Jido, and to allow her to feel him through me.

As a young child it made me feel so important lol, and in elementary school I had learned about carrots and their importance to eye health and my ammi was so confused at my sudden intent on consuming as many carrots as I could. And I would respond with childish foolishness and tell her “ammi you wouldn’t get it. It’s between me and Sitti okay”

And on the day I met her for the first time, in her home in Lebanon, I said Assalaamu-A’laykum to her and immediately I knelt down in reply to her tug on my sleeve and she said close your eyes and so I did and then she kissed them, the right one first and then the left.

We did not have a common language between us yet regardless I still felt so close to her that entire trip? I think the reason why I treasured this so deeply is because despite the language barrier, there was so much love between grandma and granddaughter. Oh guys you really should have seen the way her face would soften upon seeing mine. It really did something to me at that young of an age. It felt like she was embracing me just by looking at me.

May Allah SWT protect them both and allow me and my father and my family to be reunited with them in Jannah inshAllah

Hi, Alice. I know this isn't really your usual sort of ask, but seeing you talk so lovingly to people just beginning to work out their gender feelings has made me feel sort of melancholy because I feel like I'm on the opposite side. I've been out for almost a decade, I'm coming up on seven years on T and I just kind of feel like I've lost the joy in being trans. I'm dealing with some health stuff, probably related to my hormone levels but as yet undetermined, which has basically eradicated my ability to have any sort of sex life (this is on top of other, much more long-term chronic illness). I might have to start taking estrogen as well which is terrifying the absolute shit out of me even though I know intellectually that taking a very low dose won't have any of the effects I'm afraid of.

I feel like a walking embodiment of the shit TERFs say about how taking hormones will ruin your life and fuck up your genitals. I'm utterly broken down by the relentless transphobia of this shitty fucking island. Sometimes I scare myself into thinking that I want to detransition, even though I know I wouldn't be happier as a woman, but god damn, when I think about that hot little 18 year old lipstick lesbian I was a decade ago it makes me want to cry. I don't know how to feel good about my body anymore. The days of feeling excited about playing with my gender expression feel like they happened a thousand years ago on Mars. The semblance of 'community' I had before COVID sort of disintegrated and I'm still mostly too riven with COVID anxiety to get it back. I'm very sorry for dropping this enormous shedload of feelings on you but I guess I just don't know how to take joy in being trans anymore.

I've been there - sometimes I am there. As a community, we're pretty good at getting people through the early years of transition, but after that you're supposed to just be good, which might be fine except that all the other parts of life keep going. Not only does transition not solve all your problems, but you keep getting new problems and they're all weird - my top left rib pops in and out of place a bit when I sit down now, it's great. We don't have a good set of ways for talking or thinking about aging, including for cis people. And on top of everything else, the world is getting harder and hotter and more bigoted and we survived a fucking pandemic. But: we survived a fucking pandemic. And we survived all the other things. We're tough, tougher than anyone gives us credit for, including us. Under the circumstances, we're doing pretty good. So that's the first thing: what you're feeling is normal.

Second part: is that feeling helpful or realistic? I don't think that it is. You can't know that you'll always be unhappy with your body, or that you'll never rebuild community. I don't believe that people can be ruined. Okay, you can't go back to being 18, and that's painful, but neither can cis people and they get upset about it too. And 18 year olds are really annoying, imagine being one.

All in all what I'm getting at is that stuff happens to us, like it does to everyone. We took an uncommon step to enforce the correct version of ourselves on the stuff, that's all. And you don't always have to be happy or picture-perfect about it, you don't always have to love it. But if that version of you is the right one, I suggest there is something there beyond joy. The joy can be beautiful, but time has given me the chance to understand my transness as a solemn, clear declaration of myself.

And that joy can and most likely will come back. Even if you have to find new things or think in new ways, inshallah we will all get our joyful moments. Despite everything.

be courageous when the mind deceives you be courageous

in the final account only this is important

I’m not a BruceBabs shipper but people who get so scandalized by it or any other non-DickBabs ships are so annoying. And it’s usually Oracle fans who think the only people only like something else is because they are anti Babs. Babs used to be married to Bruce in the Superman universe and has even dated Clark Kent. They were literally only 3-4 years apart compared to Barbara and Dick who are 6-7 years apart and Barbara was literally older than Talia al Ghul at one point. DickBabs always is held to like this moral standard but honestly to me it’s like the writers settled for the the most boring and safest option which sucks because I wish that the one canonically disabled wheelchair user that DC has would have had a grand romance but yet… like it grates on me that when fans talk about reasons to like DickBabs it is because it’s a disabled woman in a relationship but like she would be a disabled woman in a relationship in whatever relationship she was in because she is a disabled woman. I don’t care for DickBabs and I honestly don’t even care for the age gap like let Babs have a younger guy and have fun, but the ship itself is just boring to me. Anybody else but that please.

i think the biggest mistake was to downgrade babs down to a dick’s contemporary when there were a hundred other ways (albeit none of them even slightly appropriate 😂) to get to the dickbabs agenda, but like, none of it was leveraged…. it’s always irked me, personally, bc there was nothing cookie cutter about their romance to begin with, and there were multiple layers of complexity that didn’t directly involve bruce getting between them, but i feel like in the current era, most of what made them dickbabs even remotely complex was straight up eliminated and or sterilized…. For what? for dick and barbara to be each other’s halal soulmate? forgive my language, but their relarionship’s entire conception was haram 😂 erasing and downplaying what made their relationship ‘theirs’ does nothing but diminish their personal histories and the fact that they each literally brought out the worst in each other at times.

and it’s not to say either are or were perfect. they are not. they are so fucked up i have to actually laugh bc they are both my mentally ill babus and i truly wish dc creative slt could SEE that they can be their best weirdo selves WITHOUT falling into the trap of reducing them to the kind of couple conservatives love to tout as “true love” when we know the only true love in dc comics is kon el and bart allen. also, break dickbabs up 5ever!

and ur absolutely right that babs deserves her fun! personally, i think brubabs is the answer to freeing selina kyle from all the straight woman allegations (i would like her to peacefully fuck other men abd women for at least ten years without hearing a single word about broose) and barbara from the dick-is-your-soulmate garbage. reality is that dickbabs has been as bust as dickkory for the last nine million years (as much as i love dickkory muah muah). one of my biggest critiques of dc comics writing is that motherfuckers cant commit to a character development point for their life. we were over both dickkory and dickbabs in 2010. not bc people didn’t enjoy their ships, but bc the writing staffs went out of their way to slander every single character. i recently saw a post that dickkory only looks good in elseworlds stories cuz the main comic runs fucked his ass UP. and i agree! the same should be applied to dickbabs, bc they lost their appeal eons ago as well. they want nightwing’s ass ate so damn bad, they need to get him a new girlfriend. a boyfriend, even! but leave babs and kory out of it 😭😭😭

Inshallah, hopefully dc creative SLT will understand the great fuckup they’re committing these days. if i cant get brubabs, i would like to see barbara go on a lil date with one of the many beautiful men and women in gotham. if she slept with selina, i would support it.

12th of Spring

Waking up early this morning (at 5), I felt the smell, the smell of a spring trip – when the whole family gets up at five in the morning to be high in the mountains by nine; when you take pancakes cooked last night with your mother; when you decide which of the knitted hats to wear....this is the smell of a family spring trip, but then I remembered that it's February and no one cares about trips.

Today is the day my grandfather died. He was a good man. My grandfather was the same age as my grandmother, not too tall, loud and very dark. I don't remember him with hair, but in old photos he has saturated black hair, and he looks like some kind of general. Grandfather was an honest man (sometimes even too much) and he was also stubborn. Sometimes he drank and after that he smelled of vodka. I loved my grandfather, but when he smelled of vodka, I really didn't want to approach him, and especially to say hello – it meant getting a peck on the cheek.

I think Grandpa noticed it sometimes himself, but when I was ten years old, I thought I was able to hide this kind of disgust.

He died in 2019, I remember when we were still studying at Redbridge and we were taken home early, and there....there was a lot of work, a lot of tears, a lot of everything...

Grandma loves Grandpa, I think she misses him very much. In general, sometimes I feel sad too, but more often I'm scared. When I think about the fact that the person I once knew is currently lying in a kafan and most likely only his bones are lying there....I'm starting to be afraid, afraid that I won't make it—that I'll also be bones someday.

And K. finally returned from Vietnam (with gifts: she gave Fz. a small cat souvenir, she gave me a white bracelet (made of river pearls), and she gave As. the same bracelet, only dark.)

As and Fz congratulated her with her bd which was on 7tg of Feb, and she was not at school that day. I would also congratulate her, but I do not celebrate birthdays so I decided not to congratulate her either. (They all need to wait till Ramadan, I will congratulate them all inshAllah)

But actually, I really want to make all of us volleyball keychains (I already made myself one🏐)

I want to send a bunch of gifts to F-n from Malaysia, I hope it works out. I really do not know what, but something, after all, we have been friends for 3 years... This is a long term online friendship

Recently, I got very freaked out because of a runny nose, I mean how is it possible to live like this when you can't breathe through your nose, and then it hurts a lot because your throat hurts?!

that's it....still, it's not right that instead of thinking about my future, I'm writing diaries here. At least I'll read them in the future. (In general, a vlog/diary is cool, who knows, what if I suddenly start to lose my memory, I can't forget about a flu I had back in 2024)

P.s: сегодня ТАКОЙ красивый месяц, мне постоянно кажется что это улыбка Чеширского кота.

Okay, time for the monthly newsletter in which I check in, beg for your forgiveness, and write a convoluted introduction!! I’ve decided to change the style from letter to newspaper— in honor of your recent ventures into the newspaper with your club!! WHICH IS SO COOLLLLLLLLLL FOR THE RECORD

En specifique, I’m writing this as a Letter to The Editor! (Journalism class is coming in clutch for this, our first unit was on all the different types of news in a newspaper)

Well, if I really wanted to make this look like a letter to the editor, I guess this would have to be formatted into a tiny column on the sodes of the opinion section of the newspaper. Hm…

Anyway!

I’m looking through my inbox to catalog the things you’ve told me that I didn’t get a chance to reply to that I’m so sorry for but also very excited to reply to and this is a run on sentence stopping it here let’s go:

YOUR SUNFLOWER SNEAKERS ARE ADORABLE, AND YOUR FIT WAS ADORABLE THAT DAY. I love the floral, you looked stunning, Dream. Well, you always look stunning, so that’s not a surprise

Newspaper. Details. Now. (Please, Pretty, Pretty, Please) How’s it going? Who’s joined? Do you like it so far?

My Carrd only speaks the truth! Maybe I should make that part in a bigger font. Can never express how much I love you with words, but maybe the size of the words will help.

THANK YOU for the happy birthday <3 I appreciate it. That day was not a good one, but you did make it better. I managed to make my first quarter grades look decent in the end!

Perennially I concern myself with whether or not you’re overworking, so I think I’m gonna start including “please let dream be having a good, restful day inshallah” in my my daily mantras

I JUST FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO THE THE HOTSPOT THING YOU DID WITH MY NAME. Well, not exactly. I am gonna change my airpods’ name to something referring to you, though

How’s debate going? Oh, and the moves? Oh, and school?! Honestly. How are you, Dream? Answers optional to any of the points brought up in this ask, but I’d love to hear <3

I love you,

Lusy

The newspaper writing style is terrific thank you <33

I will say that tumblr does format this into tiny writing so I can certainly imagine this on the side of a newspaper

Thank you I love those sneakers and I love that you love them 🥺

The newspaper!! Well my partner Jack has been great, I’m hoping he falls in love with me because that’d be aesthetic. I’m kidding, but we’ve got a few members, less than I’d hoped but we’re still spreading the good news 😌 I’ve been glad of the progress we’ve seen though, and we’ve got great ideas going :))

Oh you should absolutely make it in into a bigger font, declare to the world your love, and I’ll spend some time making a card too so we can match~

I’m glad I’d made your birthday feel a little better <33

Awwwwwww Lusy 😭 you’re so sweet I’ll cry, I’m going to do that too you’re so terrific

I love that for us, my hotspot is named after you and I, and your AirPods are named after us, positively adorable

The debate stuff is going meh, and school is also kinda meh. I’m just paying attention to the little things in life and finding joy where I can, it’s how I’ve found easiest to keep sane.

Recently I’ve realized something about how I would want a relationship if I was interested in it. (I’m both scared of parental retribution and relatively ok with the arranged marriage thing and also dislike guys my age and I couldn’t date a girl because that’s far too risky with my parents around)

I’d probably like a reverse friends with benefits. Instead of just unholy things without romance (and commitment because it’s friends), I’d like to have purely a romantic agreement, no s*x (and still no commitment). I’m not going to exactly go out and look for it or try to have it, but I have found I dislike the idea of a relationship and I dislike s*x, but I crave hugs.

My friends are all unfortunate not super big huggers and I’m sort of looking for a 30 minute hug, so I’m unfortunately out of luck haha

I also went to my cousins wedding, and I figure an arranged marriage wouldn’t be that bad, but it brought to mind that talk we had. I saw my cousin who married last year with his wife, I love her she’s wonderful, except. How does marrying someone immediately qualify them as more important than your friends. Or that you trust them? It seems to be working just fine for all the 20-something Muslim adults I know who are marrying, the system of finding someone relatively compatible and just marrying them and I get why. Making a choice to commit to someone is more important than simply chasing feelings because relationships are about dedication, but I don’t understand how other relationships are considered less of a priority because of it, or how people view romantic relationships as tangential to platonic ones, they share some things but they ultimately diverge.

Anyways I’ll send a few pictures from the wedding later :))

In conversation With Madiha Ifthikar

Madiha Ifthikar is a proud daughter of Iftikhar Ahmed and Rehana Iftikhar, born in Islamabad. She started her career at the age of 17, known for her breathtaking acting and lovely smile. Her eye-catching expressions made people hooked to TV screens. She has done quite a several dramas which include: Souteli, Kaise Yeh Junoon, Dil Dard Dhuan, Andata, etc.

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Madiha Ifthikar has work with the renowned actors of her time but now happily married and settled in Dubai.

We recently had a conversation with her and which is as follows:

SP: How are you spending your quarantine? Madiha. Well, we had time to spend with our family, we cook together, eat together, play together, we value the time Allah has given. He has given us the chance to connect with him. We try to do as much for the people as we could( without posting it on social media ;). So I am enjoying my quarantine.

SP: Tell us about your journey in the entertainment industry. Madiha: It was a beautiful journey, most people know how I got into media. I was the luckiest young girl back then who has worked with almost all the senior renowned actors and learned a lot from them. I made amazing friends who are my family now. My fraternity is always there for each other.

SP: One difference you have observed in the entertainment industry after you left. Madiha: That’s a difficult question. When I joined media our seniors use to say their time was the best time now that I am senior I’ll say our time was the best time so I think people change, thinking change, behaviors change according to the period. So I have seen a lot of difference now there’s positive and negative. The only thing I want to see is to be professional and be sincere with your work. SP. What are your favorite new age actors? Madiha. I am not a good person to ask this question as I don’t watch dramas a lot and have very little knowledge about new actors, but recently I like Yumna for her role in Pyar k Sadqay. She has a great margin to act and she is doing justice to it. SP: Any actor of the current era, you want to work with. Madiha: I want to work with all the new actors. Because every actor has it’s own style and character and you get to learn new things and methods. SP: What is your opinion on the streaming of Turkish content? Madiha: This is a good step, I am and was never against the content from other countries. I agree that We should promote our culture and traditions but showing other cultures and that too from the golden era which is giving you awareness about your religion about your forefathers isn’t a harm. Turkish dramas are binge-watching. We should on air such projects which are not based on extramarital affairs, sister enemies, love triangle. We need to see the bigger picture now.’

SP: Where do you see the future of the entertainment industry? Madiha: I was expecting a change of scripts and concepts a little bit, when I came back I was surprised that the new era is also working on the same scripts which we have done many times. There is a different cast but the same story, unfortunately, we are out of stories and no one has the courage to experiment on new stories. We need to come up with different subjects which could help the young generation to be a better person. Life is not about love, revenge, betrayal there’s more to it.

SP: What is your opinion on films currently made in the country? Madiha: I am glad that our film industry is reviving and we get to see Pakistani movies in different countries now. I feel proud at least we are taking small steps to make our film industry run in the whole world, InshAllah.

SP: Who is your inspiration in life?

Madiha: My parents are my biggest inspiration. I’ve seen my parents work selflessly for the betterment of our deaf community. They have started ‘Bolty Hath’ to make normal people communicate easily with differently Abled and they have encouraged them not to take their disability as their weakness but make it their strength. I want to be like my parents one day.

SP: One thing you love/hate about yourself. Madiha: I love that I am very selfless I can’t see anyone in distress. I hate that I expect a lot from the people who are close to me. I should stop expecting to make my life easier. SP: Any regret in life? Madiha: Nt really, I did what I always wanted. I have lived my life the way I pictured when I was young, I got married to the person I love the most. I don’t have any regrets, Allahmdullilah.

SP: Three things about you the world doesn’t know.

Madiha: There’s no such thing that people doesn’t know about me. I am an open book .

SP: The most underrated and overrated drama/film you recently saw. Madiha: Joker was overrated and IT was underrated.

SP: any message to your fans who miss seeing you on screen. Madiha: My fans who are missing me I miss you all too. you can follow me on Instagram:http://www.instagram.com/madihaiftikharofficial.You will not miss me anymore because I’ll be more connected to you there then dramas.

Thank you Madiha for being a great sport through out the interview. Wish you all the best for your future ahead.

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There’s always a lot going in my mind. I want to say that all and make people aware of what I have experienced through life. But then comes my age, I know most of the people wouldn’t listen to me keenly and ignore each and every word I would utter. Living in this culture is sometimes very perplexing as people wouldn’t let you speak on certain matters just cux of the stereotype that if u are not 35+ you are too young to talk like a mature person. But I don’t wanna die like this I wanna tell people about certain things that are very harmful for one’s life. I don’t want em to make the mistakes that I made. I wanna make everyone aware of certain things that I have observed. I hope I get the courage to let out what I have been keeping inside me for a long time now. InshAllah, ONE DAY!

★ Salman Khan: We have Dabangg part 4 written too !

Salman Khan on plans to take the Dabangg franchise forward even after a prequel; bringing Chulbul, Radhe and Devil in a crossover film and being approached by Farhan Akhtar with a script...

Roshmila Bhattacharya | December 12th 2019

He arrives like the star he is. And instantly, the slumbering parking lot of Mehboob Studio comes alive. Flashbulbs pop as Bhai strikes a pose. There are journalists waiting to meet Salman Khan and a Bangladeshi cricketer too. He obliges some of those waiting, before beckoning you to take two chairs, one stacked on top of the other so you are at his eye level. Excerpts: This time, we believe you have been credited with the story, screenplay and dialogue. What makes Dabangg 3 diff erent from the earlier two films? When I heard the story of the first Dabangg, which Dilip Shukla had written, I liked the plot but thought the character wasn’t noble. There were no songs, he was grey, corrupt and ruthless. I changed him into the Chulbul Pandey you see, and it worked. There was a lot of angst. The mother passes away, after which he accepts his father and brother as family. That script was not mine; we retained the mota mota plot and made the scenes more massy and today, with a different kind of swagger. If you were to meet Chulbul on the road, toh aap usey maroge because he’ll appear arrogant and badtameez. But on screen, you like him. He does tedha things but for the right reasons. Like the zehreela sharab scene in Dabangg was negative but uska fayda was positive. In Dabangg 2, they wanted just Chulbul, without the family. I argued that Chulbul worked because of his mother, father, Makkhan Chand Pandey, Bobby ji, Tiwari ji, Pichkari ji, Rajjo, everyone. How could I take them out? So, we retained them. The third part is about how Chulbul became the man he is. We’ve dug up his past, there’s pain. It’s an emotional vendetta story. At a time when filmmakers are struggling with sequels, you’re coming with a prequel… We have Dabangg 4 written too. Yeah you are going up to Dabangg 743 as you mentioned in our last interview. Seriously, how do these ideas happen? (Laughs) They just come about. Sometimes, one film gives you an idea for the next. In Dabangg 3, we explore why Rajjo’s father was an alcoholic and how Chulbul met her. Aap jab picture dekhoge toh aapko samajh mein aayega kahan kahan se nikle hain hum. After two films, today, the minute I walk into the Dabangg set, I stop being Salman Khan, the actor, and become Chulbul Pandey. Ditto, Sonakshi who transforms instantly into Rajjo. That’s how it is with the whole cast; we’ve become a real family. Do you have a personal connection with Chulbul? Well, I’m writing it, playing the character, so there has to be some thought behind it. The director this time is Prabhudheva and he knows the pulse of the audience… Yeah, that’s why he’s in the film. Arbaaz (Khan, brother and the director of Dabangg 2) would take time to understand, his BP would shoot up and down. So, this time, the first thing he said was that he wouldn’t direct the film and we should get someone else. I suggested Prabhu, and his reaction was, “Fantastic!” Prabhu is very receptive, he gets what I want to say in a second. Language is a problem with him, so I have to explain things to him, but once he gets it, he executes it beautifully... Largerthan-life, with humour and emotion. Bang on! With a film like Dabangg, we go from high point to high point. We’re not pakaoing anyone. The message comes through the scenes. Even before Dabangg 3 was complete, you announced Radhe with Prabhu. Obviously, you have a lot of confi dence in him and he reiterates you share a great equation, which is rare... Yes, we have a good working relationship and I believe one shouldn’t spoil that. We were looking for a director for Radhe. My friend Prashant suggested Prabhu. I recalled he had told me that after Dabangg 3, he was going on a twomonth holiday, but Prashant urged me to speak to him and Prabhu agreed. The script was halfway through. I was working on a film at the time... I don’t remember the name... and it was to come out on Eid, which didn’t happen… Inshallah with Sanjay Leela Bhansali? Wasn’t that the film? Inshallah… Inshallah… Radhe is happening Inshallah on Eid. We are working day in and day out to put it out on Eid. You were saying Radhe’s script was ready… With us, plots are always ready, then, they evolve. You write at home, in a hotel or an office. But then, when you come on the sets, the story changes with the setting. Radhe is also your story? No, but we have made a lot of changes. Eid is your date… No, it’s not, it’s nobody’s date, anyone is welcome to release a film on the day. It’s just that my films happen to come on Eid. Actually, my last film, Bharat, released during Ramadan, three days before Eid. And now, Dabangg 3 is arriving on Christmas. I’ve had releases during Diwali and Republic Day too. Any festive day is a good day. Next Eid, Akshay Kumar’s Laxmmi Bomb is releasing with Radhe... Yes, and there is scope for another two-three films to come on that day. Then, the audience decides which film to spend on. Agar picture achhi lagi, they will watch it. If they don’t, toh nahin dekhenge, festive date ho ya koi bhi date ho. Bharat has made a lot of money at the box-office. But do you think the scale of the film magnified the expectations? Not really. I just thought towards the end, the father should have come back. That was my problem with the film. But aaj kal ke yeh new people think that a reunion with the father is a cliché. Father ki age kya hogi? Uski story kya hogi? I don’t give a damn, he should have come back. Yes, the film did phenomenal business, my sister (Alvira) is happy, we’re happy with the product. But if we had shown a 70-yearold man and a 90-year-old man having a conversation, it would have been a more emotionally satisfying film. Bharat’s whole journey was about him waiting for his father to come back to him. So, for me, the film looked incomplete. Talking about fathers, Salim Khan saab recently said that Farhan Akhar has come to you with a script and you have liked it. Is the film happening? I don’t know. Farhan has come to me with a script and I like him. He is like a kid brother; he has grown up with us. That bond will always be there with Zoya (Akhtar) and him. They are like my younger siblings. Rohit Shetty and you have been talking too. Will Chulbul Pandey join Rohit’s cop universe, with Singham and Simmba? Chulbul is a universe within himself. So is Singham. This is a separate film, then? Nothing’s finalised. We’ve been talking about other things too. But Kick 2 is definitely happening and we are told it could arrive in December 2021? It could. How does it feel to bring Devil back? He has his own fans... Yeah, one thing I want to do later is bring Kick’s Devil, Dabangg’s Chulbul Pandey and Radhe together. That’s a wonderful idea. If The Avengers can do it, why not Salman Khan. Are you joking or is it a possibility? No, I have something in mind. Kick is Sajid’s film. He is not just a producer but a good friend... Yes, he’s like a brother to us. And what is it like bringing him back as a director? (Laughs) He didn’t even know he was directing Kick, he got to know on Twitter. You have introduced several newcomers to Hindi cinema, not just technicians but actors, too. From Sonakshi Sinha to Saiee Manjrekar now... Saiee is a sigh of relief for the industry. Watch out for her. ' We have heard that she is playing a mute in the film, no dialogue, speechless… True? Nooo, you guys will be speechless when you see her. I’d introduced Sonakshi at an award show and this time too, I took Saiee along. As soon as we faced the paparazzi, they started saying, we want solo pictures of her. So, I thought, ho gaya Saiee ka. Rocket Singh, straight out! Then, I heard this comment, “Saiee, tu sahi aahes.” We thought you were introducing Saiee’s sister, Ashwami? Are you? We don’t have anything right now, but she is very talented. How does Bigg Boss feel after all these years? It’s become a part of you? Yeah, a part of mine wants to cut that part and throw it out and the other part wants to keep it. And the latter is haavi on the part that wants to throw it out. You don’t like the show? I like it. It gets stressful, but I learn a lot. And I get to know where the country is going, what is happening to values, morals, scruples and principles. We see it right there, with celebrities. The beauty is once they are out of the house, they are not like that at all. It’s not as if they are giving performances, the house makes them like that. Has being in a particular place changed your personality? No. What’s happening with Sohail Khan’s film Sher Khan? That film requires a lot of visual effects. After it is shot, it will take six-eight months, almost a year, for it to be ready. After the next two-three films, Sher Khan goes on the floors. It’s beautiful. I’m not going to ask you about marriage this time… Okay. …But whenever I see you with kids, I feel a child is missing out on a really good father. Even I feel that way. Are there plans of having a child through adoption, surrogacy, though that’s outlawed... No, not yet. So, no plans? No, when it happens, it happens. How will it happen? (With a straight face) I can’t describe the whole process to you. What I mean is that you don’t want to get married or adopt… There are enough kids in the house. Another child will be born now, in December. Would you like to raise your sister Arpita’s child? No, Arpita does a fantastic job of raising her child, in fact, she is raising all of us correctly right now. Your dad, even at 84, is all there… Yeah, because there were five of us, and now many more, so he has to be all there. It’s wonderful how he knows everything that is happening with all your projects. I share things with him when he is sitting across the table, tell him the basic plot. He will say, “Yeh galat hai, isey nikalo.” When he sees the film, too, there are times he says, “Yahaan mazaa nahin aa raha hai, isey nikalo.” Some bits we do listen to. Did he have any suggestions for Dabangg 3? No.

Mumbai Mirror

Malcolm X Lecture

Alright y'all, this took me a little longer than I was hoping it would, but here you go. These are some of the things I learned in the Malcolm X lecture I attended last week:

The Smithsonian has a special called The Lost Tapes of Malcolm X which has lost of amazing clips of the legend

A little background on the man. His dad was killed by the KKK, his mom was institutionalized, and he had no higher than an elementary school education. His time in prison is what brought him to the Nation of Islam.

Malcolm X used the bad press to his advantage--sounds like something that can be recycled, huh? Pretty much, he used it to garner attention from those who connected to his message

The honest big difference between MLK and MX is that MLK was working in the Southern Civil Rights movement, which focused on integration and MX was in the Northern Civil Rights movement which focused on Black pride and equality.

Malcolm X's philosophy was: economic independence leads to political and cultural independence.

Malcolm X distanced himself from the Nation of Islam before his trip to hajj, main contributing factors include:

First, something to keep in mind, Hoover's FBI focused on tearing apart the Black movement nationwide. They would question leaders working on getting them to say something about another and publish it, wire-tap, highlight indiscretions, infiltrate letters that were being sent, etc.

Elijah Muhammad's indiscretions

Seven unarmed black men were killed by police in LA, one being Malcolm's friend, Ronald Stokes. Malcolm asked the Nation to do more in regards to them stating their condemnation of the murders, but they refused. He was hurt by their lack of fight for justice (he ended up going to LA alone and speaking out)

Malcolm spoke on the murder of JFK, which the Nation forbid him to do, stating that it wasn't a surprise to him considering all that the US has done to destabilize other countries, why wouldn't they do it to themselves (iconic)

The most important, is theology. Malcolm began to lean towards Sunni Islam in 1959.

MSAs (Muslim Student Associations AKA college/University clubs). That's right, MSAs! They were much smaller back then, as immigrant Muslims were in much smaller numbers back then and were mostly there for schooling. Students challenged Malcolm's ideologies and for the first time, Malcolm found himself umcertain.

Muhammad Ali, when he was still Cassius Clay, was a mentee to Malcolm X. After winning a championship, he declared his conversion to the Nation of Islam. He was told by the Nation not to talk to Malcolm, and that is when he realized there was no reconciliation.

After being, for a lack of a better term, excommunicated, he went to live with his sister Ella Collins, who at this point was already Sunni. She gave her Hajj savings to Malcolm stating that he needed the pilgrimage more than she did.

1964: Malcolm's hajj.

One of the rituals in hajj, is to throw 7 pebbles at the devil. He realized that his concept of the devil being the white man was incorrect. (I mean, it's a little correct)

He made a supplication to God, stating that when he goes home, he will reconcile with the Nation of Islam and work to bring them to true Islam.

Now, let's go over a couple of gems that he states about Arabs.

He was shocked that Islam was not known well in the West when he saw the vast number of people making the pilgrimage. He would tell Arabs that they should do more to spread the beauty of it. They would say inshallah. He said, that Arabs would say this, and as they moved with no sense of urgency, the world passed them by (which is still true to this day)

He also said if Suadi focused less on the modernization of Mecca and more on the modernization of spreading the message, it would be better for Islam (Mecca has been modernized more in the past 10 years than in the thousands of years of its existence and the perception of Islam worldwide is crap, so yet again, spot on)

Now, he has Sunni Islam as his faith and Pan Africanism as his political view

He got to visit several African countries, building relations before heading back

When he came home, he formed the OAAU (Organization of Afro American Unity) so that people could pursue the political work, without feeling like they had to convert to Islam

This is when the real fun stuff begins, so Malcolm (like a boss) uses the US' fears of bad foreign press (oh how times have changed) to pressure the world to prosecute the US for their racial violence (apparently, the world was relatively ignorant to this because of how great the US has always been at hiding their indiscretions)

About the US' racism, Malcolm X predicted a Black president would be elected in 2000 to prove to the world that they are not racist.

By any means necessary: let's break this bad boy down. So, Malcolm X was asked to have Blacks be nonviolent. He retorts, don't ask oppressed people to commit to something the oppressors are not committing to themselves. And like, all the snaps. If you notice, Malcolm was never violent himself. However, and rightly so, he felt it was unjust for him to tell Black people to be all peaceful and nonviolent when faced with violence. And, racial justice by any means necessary, I mean yes. Can you imagine, just IMAGINE, what our country would be like if this occurred. There has never been huge change without upturning the whole system, js.

Now, Malcolm X really begins to go global. He was the first Black man to talk about Vietnam. He connected Black struggle in the US to other struggles worldwide, including--Palestine!

That's right, Malcolm is the first American to ever bring up the Palestinian struggle, and this was before the war of 1967! He published a whole essay on Zionism, where he talked about the US being in Israel's pocket AND successfully got African nations to stop working with Israel if it was to the detriment of Palestine--just, wow.

Malcolm X, again with no more than an elementary school education, was invited to the Oxford Union Debate. The topic: "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue."

Main mission of his at this time, was to dismantle international racial exploitation

As you can imagine, at this point, Malcolm X was an international threat to the US government. The FBI, NSA, and CIA were all working to bring him down. There is a letter from Hoover to the FBI that stated that they need to "Do something about Malcolm X"

Malcolm X purposefully played bad cop to Martin Luther King Jr.s good cop. His idea was, that if White people saw him as the alternative, they would agree to MLK's less intense views, therefore making a difference. There was a time he went down to the South to speak when MLK was in jail. He spoke to Coretta telling her to tell MLK that what he was saying was only to help him.

When his house was firebombed, he was shaken because never did he think his family would be attacked. Countless Black celebrities offered him a place to stay, the Suadi crown prince at the time, after him and his whole family Saudi citizenship (!!!). He refused, continuing to speak for justice.

He was killed with a smile on his face, and it was lead to believe that he knew what was coming that day

So yeah, this is just a bit that I learned and had to share. Malcolm X was an amazing man and my mind boggles to imagine what could have been if had not been murdered before the age of 40.

Tag Game: Twenty Questions

Tagged by: @chaibeauty (thanks girl 💕💕)

Rules: Answer the questions (which you can change if you don’t feel like answering certain questions), then tag twenty followers you want to know better!

1. Nickname(s): Butter & Makkhan Mom (by my close friends), Dumbass & Ass (by my best friends lmaooo), Mano (by my Naani and my Dad) (I can’t think of anymore but people also pronounce my real name like 10 different ways so, ya)

2. Gender: Female

3. Star sign: Aries 🔥🔥🔥 (which means ke seene ch hamesha agg lagi haundi eh)

4. Height: 5′3″

5. Favourite feature(s): My curlyass hair, my naturally thickass brows, and my eyes (whenever I do BOMBASS wing liner, which is all the time 👅👅)

6. Favourite colour: I don’t really have a favourite tbh, but if I have to choose some they’d be black (obviously), red, blue, and purple

7. Favourite animal: Again, don’t have one 

8. Average hours spent sleeping: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA WHAT’S SLEEP (my sleep schedule is LITERALLY nonexistent, regardless of whether I’m busy or not) (if I have nothing to do I will literally sleep more than half the day away, but if I’m super busy then its somewhere around zero hours [no joke], to 4 hours ??)

9: Dogs or Cats: I’m gonna lose followers over this, or offend literally everyone, but I’m not a dog OR cat person, whoOps (if I HAD to choose, I would choose dogs, although anyone that knows me knows how insanely afraid I am of them, which goes to show how much I don’t like cats)

10. The number of blankets you sleep with: 1 (but I sleep with 1 or 2 pillows, depending on my mood and how much by back and neck are hurting) (yyyikes I just made myself sound like a middle-aged woman)

11: What’s your dream trip?: I wanna see all of Pakistan, and I really wanna see Turkey (I wanna see places with Islamic history, so Turkey is on the top of my list), and Inshallah Saudi Arabia for Hajj and Umrah

12. What’s your favourite show?: I got tons bitches: The Office, This Is Us (I haven’t started season 3, so no spoilers pls), Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Jane the Virgin, Stranger Things, Friends, and right now I’m binging New Girl before Netflix Canada gets rid of it in a month (rippp) (Feel free to dm me if you wanna talk about any of these showsss)

13. When is your birthday?: Not comfortable saying, sryyy (but if you’ve been paying attention, you should know my age by now loool)

14. Favourite city that you’ve visited: I’ve been to a lot of places, but nothing can beat Pakistani cities 💚 (Lahore and Islamabad were so amazing in their own ways, I wanna go back all the time)

15. What is your favourite flower?: Highkey I’ve been trying to find a favourite flower for years, and I think my favourite is peonies, but I’m still iffy about that

16. Best place to visit in your town or country: (Y’all know imma rep Canada) Everyone needs to visit Vancouver and Banff at least once in their life!!!

17. Favourite ice-cream flavour: Mint chocolate chip

18. How often do you read?: This is a triggering question (thank u, next)

19. Favourite place to shop: I don’t really have a favourite store, but the mall where I live cannot be beattt

20: What does your name mean?: If we’re talking about my username (Kashmiri Chai with Mehr), it’s literally a shameless ripoff of Koffee with Karan, but with my favourite drink (which is also an ode to my ethnicity) and my ‘name’. If we’re talking about my real name, I have no idea what the exact meaning is (it literally could mean either sunlight or moonlight, I wouldn’t know)

I tag: @pineapplepond5 @zaynseyelash @chaibeauty (even tho u already did this, but I wanna get to know u girlll) @violattesss @nafsiyyatikutiyya @j1ya @x-reverie @pink-chai @mallika-e-jahan @so-not-snow-white @thatrepentingsinnerr @what-is-this-bakwaas @venxsangel @keemasamosa @baawri [sry if I missed anyone!!! My door is always open so if u wanna get to know me anyways, just send me a message :)))]

Hey girl, as a revert (and one who’s parents dont approve, hijab just out of the question currently), how can i do the process of getting a husband in a halal way? I go to the mosque for converts meeting, and stay for night prayers during ramadan, but run me thru what should i expect, how to keep things halal. My dads involvement in this would b really strange for him, so w out a wali..... let me know ur thoughts mwah xoxo

Assalam alaykum gorgeous 🌸Let’s talk hijab and then we can get into the marriage thing. 

Hijab is an obligation upon Muslim women. Just like prayer. Even if your parents were Muslim, and forbade you from wearing hijab, you’ll still have to wear it. 

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “ There is no obedience if it involves sin, eat her obedience is with regard to that which is good and proper.” Narrated by Al Bukhari 7257 and Muslim 1840. 

They won’t welcome you with open arms, but wallahi you’ll be rewarded greatly for it inshallahh. They might be convinced that hijab makes you less of a woman, or that it’s domineering and what not. Talk to them about its empowerment, reassure them that you’re still the same daughter they know and love. Talk to them how in Islam, treating your parents good, with love and respect is an obligation. I know how you’re feeling and know what you’re going through, but this is a trial and inshallahh you’ll walk out of it stronger than ever. 

 Now about marriage 🙆. Your father can’t really be your wali, and a woman in Islam needs a wali for marriage, so, 

“If the woman does not have any wali who can give her in marriage, then that role may be filled by the Muslim qaadi (judge), if there is one. If there is no qaadi, as is the case for Muslim communities living in the West, then the director of the Islamic centre may give her in marriage.If there is no director of an Islamic centre, then the imam of the mosque, or a scholar, or a Muslim man of good character may give her in marriage.

Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If the woman is in a country where there is no wali – no brother, no father, and no paternal cousin – then the ruler takes the place of the wali; her wali is the ruler, because the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “The ruler is the wali of the one who does not have a wali.” So the ruler takes the place of her wali and becomes her wali; he may give her in marriage or appoint someone else to give her in marriage. If she is in a land where there is no (Muslim) ruler, qaadi or wali, as in the case of Muslim minorities in non-Muslim countries, then the director of the Islamic Centre may give her in marriage, if there is an Islamic centre, because his position is like that of the ruler for them. The director of the Islamic Centre may look at her case and give her in marriage to one who is compatible, if she does not have any guardians of her own and there is no qaadi. If the wali lives far away, he should be corresponded with ot spoken to until he appoints someone as his proxy (wakeel). But if it is not known where he is, then the next closest wali takes his place; the one who is most closely related to him takes his place. If she has no wali except this absent one whose whereabouts is unknown, then the ruler takes his place.” Islamqa. Fatwa no. 208700 

Before you even start looking for a spouse learn about your rights in a Muslim marriage, and learn about your duties.You can learn more about them here. 

Keep attending events at the masjid, and perhaps you can talk to your imam’s wife and if she isn’t around you can talk to the imam and ask him to look for a suitable spouse for you. If you know righteous women from the masjid or halaqas that you attend, you can drop hints (or be direct about it, whatever) that you’re looking for a spouse. Now before you meet anyone, get background information. His name, age, occupation, family, what he’s looking for. If you initially approve of that and would like to know more about the person, ask for a meeting. 

The first meeting is usually preetttyyyy awkward.You should initially be physically attracted to him. This is your chance to look at each other all you want, so this isn’t the time for lowering your gaze and it’s totally halal, 

It was narrated that: Mughirah bin Shubah said: “I came to the Prophet and told him of a woman to whom I had to propose marriage. He said: ‘Go and look at her, for that is more likely to create love between you.’ So I went to a woman among the Ansar and proposed marriage through her parents. I told them what the Prophet had said, and it was as if they did not like that. Then I heard that woman, behind her curtain, say: ‘If the Messenger of Allah has told you to do that, then do it, otherwise I adjure you by Allah (not to do so)’. And it was as if she regarded that as a serious matter. So I looked at her and married her.” And he mentioned how well he got along with her. [Grade: Sahih (Darrussalam) Sunan Ibn Majah- Book 9- Hadith 1939]

So during the first meeting, keep it casual and don’t get into the whole “100 Questions To Ask A Potential” just yet. After your first meeting, ask your wali to ask around about the guy. He should ask his friends, his colleagues, employer, the guy he’s renting his place from, the masjid he attends, halaqa mates, the security guard at his work place. You need to make sure that he’s actually a good guy, don’t be fooled by the looks. And you’ll know the type of man he’s by how he deals with people around him. 

If you like what you see and hear, ask for a second meeting, and now ask your questions. There’s no limitations to meetings, but when you do accept him, and come to a conclusion that you’re interested in each other and would like to get married, thats when you should both lower your gaze, because you’re still non-mahrams. During all stages till you’re finally married, you shouldnt meet up with him alone.  

During the getting to know each other stage, take it slow, put the physical aspects aside, and focus on his mentality. Get to know the person, ask as many questions as you can, even go to couple’s therapy, meet his family. Questions like his expectations of marriage and of his wife, and his understanding of qawwammah (The Salafi Feminist has a great series on that, it’s called True Qawwam, check it out). If he’s from a different culture, ask questions about it, know how a marriage plays out in his culture. Basically know what you’ll be getting yourself into. 

After you agree on marriage, the mahr (dowry) is agreed upon. “If the girl and her family agree, then a mahr has to be agreed upon, and the wedding expenses and the wedding date, and so on. This also varies according to local customs, and what the man can afford and what preparations he has made for getting married. Some people do the proposal and the marriage contract in one sitting, and some delay the marriage contract after the engagement, and some they delay the consummation after the marriage contract. All of that is permissible.” Islamqa. Fatwa no. 88130

You can find out what’s mahr here. Engagement according to the shari’a.  Wedding/marriage celebration in Islam.  Conditions of a valid marriage.  

Please choose wisely. Don’t let anyone take advantage of you. And don’t settle for less. Remember that no one’s perfect. You won’t find anyone who ticks all of your conditions. It’s a package deal, so choose the closest to your ideal. What’s crucial is deen and  adab (behavior, good manners). 

I’ll leave you with these websites that discuss challenges of converts’ marriage, 1, 2, 3. Check them out and try to avoid them inshallah. 

From the moment someone tells you about a potential, till the day of your wedding, pray istikhara. Like I cant stress this enough. 

Lastly and most importantly, keep praying. Duaa is magic wallahi. Be sincere, and have faith that Allah will accept your duaa inshallah. 

May Allah make you righteous and may He grant you a righteous, loving spouse who would be the coolness of your eyes inshallah. Take care beautyy, and if you’re still confused about anything else, let me know xoxo 

THE PRESIDENT: Zia offered me to be a minister

"At the identical time, she threatened to catch me because 25 years if I did not admit in accordance with the proposal," that said.

President M Abdul Hamid has pointed out to that amount afterward the bestial assassination regarding minister concerning the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the then military regent Ziaur Rahman proposed he after grow to be a minister. The President gave such records in a recorded interview devoted over Bangladesh Television about the the occasion of National Mourning Day regarding Saturday (August 15). Recalling Bangabandhu, the President said, “Zia proposed me according to emerge as an adviser thru Colonel Mahfuzur Rahman. He threatened in conformity with capturing me for 25 years salvo I did now not agree in conformity with the offer. ” Referring to Ziaur Rahman's proposal, Abdul Hamid said, "I formally protest against the assassination concerning Bangabandhu at a dialogue past between Kishoreganj regarding February 21, 1978. In my speech, I suggested to that amount no dictatorship has survived because of Hitler-Mussolini, nor intention dictatorship into this country. At so much time, that hinted at misery yet misery in the jail. ” Hamid, the after pupil leader, added, "I was arrested because it faults a not many days later. Inside the jail, Ziaur Rahman sent an inspiration in conformity with becoming an adviser through his navy cabinet member Colonel Mahfuzur Rahman. It was once speaking of as a condition she did no longer be given the offer, that would bear after spending 25 years of jail. I became beneath the provide because I could not betray Bangabandhu's blood. I hold desired in accordance with maintaining over in imitation of his ideals as an army concerning Bangabandhu for the rest of my life. ” The President said, “On the forty-fifth martyrdom anniversary about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the creator of the biggest Bengali country concerning the entire time, I offer my respects in accordance with his memory. I afford my deepest respects according to the martyrs inclusive of Bangabandhu's spouse Sheikh Fazilatun Nesha Mujib, his three sons Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal, infant tuft Sheikh Russell anybody at once or in a roundabout way helped the anti-liberation yet anti-independence conspirators over this time in 1975. August 15 is a scandalous book in the history of the nation. ” The President said, “The defeated legion about the liberation battle desired after receive outdoors the consolation or republican rights over the Bengalis through murder Bangabandhu. They commenced the flip of distorting the records regarding Bangabandhu, Liberation War yet Independence. The assassins exceeded the notorious 'Indemnity Act' to end the experiment regarding the infernal murders about history. " Abdul Hamid said, “The primary presence about August 15 is uncommon now not solely between the history of Bengalis however also into the history of the world. Although the anti-independence clique was sterile into the battle concerning liberation among 1971, theirs complot in opposition to the. or the human beings not at all stopped. The infernal bloodbath of August 15 is the final expression concerning the conspiracy about assassins in opposition to seclusion yet Bangabandhu. ” The President said, “Bangabandhu has worked because of the united states of America or the human beings until his death. He has cherished the people regarding the united states of America more than his own life. He not ever thinking to that amount somebody Bengali may want to cabal in opposition to him yet deadens him. But the fruitless host of the liberation war is continually looking because of opportunities. Even salvo some baby incidents took location at to that amount time, Bangabandhu would not at all absorb them within account. ” Abdul Hamid said, “New yet future generations are a commodity because of someone country. So proviso we need after construct to them as resources, we hold after construct them namely priceless citizens. You hold in accordance with telling as regards your country, records, or heritage. If ye necessity in conformity with is aware of Bangladesh, ye have after recognized Bangabandhu. And condition we want in conformity with recognize Bangabandhu, we bear in accordance with understanding the actual history of liberation conflict yet liberation war. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is no longer just a name. Bangabandhu is an institution, an ongoing history, or an entity. Bangabandhu is not including us, however, she has left his political philosophy, standards then beliefs who intention exhibit the route over the light in accordance with whole from generation after generation, desire hand over heart according to move leading over the route on development yet development. ” He mentioned, “Bangabandhu has hooked up an independent-sovereign Bangladesh because to us into rejoinder because of imprisonment, trouble yet dense sacrifices. Bangabandhu has left an outline over-development yet growth for us by using restructuring the financial system of the war-torn country. Along together with political independence, institution about Sonar Bangla fair out of starvation or lack was a lifelong want about Bangabandhu. He desired Bangladesh in conformity with continually lie tearing among the ball court. But through slaughter Bangabandhu over August 15, 1975, the anti-independence assassins did no longer permit his dream after come true. ” “The defeated power over the liberation war notion so much via blood Bangabandhu his policy and view could keep erased. But their plot did not enable the freedom-loving people of this. to succeed. That is in what the Mujib of Antral is tons more suitable than the dwelling Mujib. Bangabandhu's ideas or beliefs exhibit to us the course in anybody's collision regarding the country than the people. ” The President similarly said, "Bangladesh is currently a 'role model' because of development and development of the world. Today, under the presidentship of Hon'ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the helpful marriageable girl over Bangabandhu, of a is moving in advance of entire sectors including walks of life and investment, social, cultural, art yet technology. On the centenary about Bangabandhu's birth, the. is about the border regarding becoming the white Bengal regarding his dreams. Bangabandhu has attached to freedom or a hunger yet poverty-free Bangladesh desire stand set up underneath the leadership regarding his child Sheikh Hasina. This is the expectation of every person on the 45th martyrdom anniversary regarding Bangabandhu. ” The President mentioned that Bangabandhu shaped Muslim Seva Samiti in imitation of assist poor boys out of his student life. Besides, Manvantar regarding Panchasher has engaged a unique precedent with the aid of devoting himself according to attitude including all herbal and man-made disasters, together with the Hindu-Muslim riots of 1947. And in this course, Bangabandhu grew to become the play over the persecuted then tortured human beings about the world. If we additionally study from the life over Bangabandhu yet bust initiative beside our personal role in imitation of back Kovid-19, afterward honestly the choice remains fair from this peril inshallah. Amisha's dark will stay reduce afar or everyone's existence choice stand enlightened. ” At as time, President Abdul Hamid prayed because of the forgiveness on the held souls regarding entire the martyrs of August 15, which include Bangabandhu. The President recalled, “The assassination about Bangabandhu was once the just lamentable chapter concerning my life. How plenty I cried when I heard the news beside MP Hostel in the morning! Regret arose, I individually warned Bangabandhu. As far as I remember, I went according to Ganobhaban over the afternoon on August 11, 1975, or instructed Bangabandhu to that amount I had half personal matters. After on foot within the backyard of Ganobhaban among the evening, that asked me, ‘What operate thou want according to say?’ I informed him something suspicious. Bangabandhu laughed then said, ‘There used to be baby trouble, the whole lot was once fine; Don’t worry. ’I got here again reassured. This is my closing meeting along with him. Now I recognize so nothing was once correct then. ” President Abdul Hamid mentioned, “In 1984-85, I aged in accordance with continuing in conformity with the camp beside the MP hostel. At the residence of Mahbubur Rahman. From that place, the DGFI workplace is entirely close. I old according to study the conduct regarding many regarding to them together with my brother-in-law Masum. Didn't like it. Repeatedly I thinking something incorrect would happen. But I ought to no longer hold imagined so those would deaden Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father regarding the Bengali nation. ” He said, “Even afterward I decided in accordance with announce Bangabandhu in relation to the conversations yet secret behavior on the human beings in the DGFI office. As a way so I remember I went in imitation of Ganobhaban of the postmeridian regarding August 11, 1975. The since secretary Korban Ali used to be at that place then. I instructed Bangabandhu I have some personal things. He motioned because of me in conformity with taking a seat beneath and did vile things. He took me out in the evening. Walking into the garden about Ganobhaban, he requested me, 'What slave ye want in conformity with say?' I informed the DGFI workplace about the problems and observed as I did no longer as their behavior. Bangabandhu laughed and said, ‘There was tiny trouble, the whole lot was once fine, don’t worry.’ I got here again reassured. This is my final assembly together with him. Now I understand, the duck was correct then. Unbeknownst in accordance with the assassins had been getting ready after color their arms fuscous along with the gore of the deviser over the nation. ” Abdul Hamid addition mentioned, “On the night time of 14th August, the MP lower back in imitation of the hostel afterward chatting into more than a few places. I heard a couple of noises before current to bed at 3-4 o'clock. I idea in that place was once joy between Dhaka University, crackers had been exploding. Khandaker Nurul Islam (MP concerning Rajbari) beside the next panel got here around viii am or started knocking concerning the door. I slept advanced at night, then then I awakened the outlet along a bunch about annoyance, I heard within his mouth, 'Destroyed'. He ran and fetched the radio. There are repeated calls, 'I am Major Dalim.' I can't hear the words after that. My ears are closed. Dizziness. It is strong to believe that she holds killed my leader, my Bangabandhu, the author regarding the Bengali nation. We recommend tanks transferring outdoor to the MP hostel. I call deep MPs yet leaders, however, I don't reach many. I came abroad into fear concerning an attack over the MP's hostel. Sandals go to Farmgate over the foot. Then from so to a relative's house within Mohakhali. I went after Kishoreganj later. ”

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He said, “I bear been in a position in imitation of hold the bed about the President over the People's Republic on Bangladesh. There is absence left in my life. I simply necessity Bangabandhu's view to stay continuously of it beyond technology in imitation of generation. Bangabandhu's exploit in conformity with our countrywide records is immense. He has conveyed it state of each career or struggle in accordance with accomplish the hopes then aspirations over the people. For it, he had in imitation of suffer inhuman torture along with imprisonment deep times. Inspiring the humans about that us of a with a nationalist heart because extra than twin decades, it tremendous leader declared the particularity about Bangladesh over March 26, 1971. For that he has in conformity with remain imprisoned again, that has according to continue according to the gallows. Yet he did now not compromise with the enemy. He has upheld the hobbies concerning the country then the human beings during his life. Has labored because of the blessing regarding miserable people. So the assassins killed the father over the kingdom but could not break his beliefs yet principles. He dreamed about 'Sonar Bangla'. Our responsibility pleasure lie in accordance with fulfilling the colorful yet prosperous. and fulfill up to expectation be keen on about the creator over the nation. Only afterward desire his spirit locate league then we desire remain capable in conformity with exhibit due to honor in accordance with it the vast leader. ”

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Alia Bhatt breaks silence on being part of Aamir Khan's project based on spiritual leader Osho's life, Inshallah and RRR

Alia Bhatt breaks silence on being part of Aamir Khan's project based on spiritual leader Osho's life, Inshallah and RRR - Was never too confident to be part of Sanjay Leela Bhansali, SS Rajamouli's films: Alia Bhatt Alia Bhatt, touted as one of the most sought-after young actors in Bollywood, says she was "never confident" of being part of two eminent filmmakers Sanjay Leela Bhansali and SS Rajamouli's films. Alia feels overwhelmed to be directed by two renowned directors Bhansali and Rajamouli in Inshallah and RRR respectively. She finds both of them similar, when it comes to their passion for cinema. "For me the bigness, the high is to be working with these two directors. There is a similarity between them, I think they are both obsessed with their films. They have got such a clear vision with what they do. They are so creative, it is all artistic. I was never too confident that I will be part of either of their films," Alia Bhatt said. It was a long wait for Alia, who had auditioned for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 2005 movie Black at the age of nine, but was rejected. She adds, "I was hoping for many years to work with him. When one day news came up that he is doing a film I was like why isn't he coming to me. When he did come to me, I was over the moon." https://www.instagram.com/p/Btfq4aGHUaF/?utm_source=ig_embed Inshallah will see her sharing screen space with superstar Salman Khan for the first time. Talking about how her pairing with Salman will be presented in the film, Alia says, "I don't want to talk much about it. I would just say let's wait for the magician being, Mr Bhansali to reveal its traits. He has a certain idea and vision for this film and he will put it out there in front of the world. Till then we should not say much. This film is lovely in every aspect -- be it the story or the world that he is creating." The shoot for the film is likely to begin from August. And it will be co-produced by Salman and Bhansali's production banners and is reportedly set to arrive in cinema houses during Eid next year. https://www.instagram.com/p/BtCv5GFgXTB/?utm_source=ig_embed The 26-year-old actor was also rumoured to be working with Aamir Khan on a project based on the life of late spiritual leader Rajneesh, popularly known among his followers as Osho. Commenting on the film, Alia says, "That is not like a confirmed thing so we should not talk about it. I don't want to talk about the details of what is happening. It is all underway." The Kalank actor is equally excited about RRR, her first Telugu film. And she has started learning the language. "The Telugu lessons are hard but I am picking it up fast," she adds. Recollecting her chance encounter with SS Rajamouli, Alia reveals, "I had bumped into Rajamouli sir at an airport and I begged him that whatever part he has (for me) I will do it. That time he had not casted for the girl yet. He said he was anyway talking about my timelines. So I told him whatever be the timelines, I will make it happen. We made it happen." https://www.instagram.com/p/BvONlQmHnGg/?utm_source=ig_embed The film stars N T Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan Teja in the lead and Ajay Devgn in a cameo appearance. It is scheduled to release on July 30, 2020. Alia Bhatt breaks silence on being part of Aamir Khan's project based on spiritual leader Osho's life, Inshallah and RRR Read the full article

Friday the 4th

Today started as most have this past week-iced coffee. I may not stop with this addiction even though I should. It's $1.00 for a grandé – with ice! Should I back up and say it feels like 98 degrees with humidity. Woof! Walking back to the dorm with coffee in hand-I'm done talking about it after this- I found the Self-Study Team Leader. We are hoping to make our bulletin board fun and pop with ideas. We decided to have a quote hung up for discussion and inspirational purposes.  I am in favor of J.K Rowling's:

     “Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.”

However, as I learned in the Peace Corps and most definitely true for these three months is, it is not what I want, but rather what will inspire the students to take ownership of this bulletin board and continue to make it fun and pop.

It may sound insignificant, but I honestly believe small moments and small successes are where the character is built. I'm sure big incidents also contribute, but you can't fake who you are in the minute detail of a small responsibility. That is where people see and feel, if I may sound hippy, your spirit.

So back to my spirit...We will see what quote is hung up, and a photo of it next week! On Monday two LR's( Leadership Residents) are leaving. I want to give them time to debrief their thoughts and feelings while concluding with the students- Then I'll rush in and take over!

After my morning was turning into the afternoon, it gets a bit hazy-forgive me. I talked with management. I draw a flower photo and gave it to the Country Director- not to suck up, but to give her the Flower Power.  This amazingly strong woman was alive and effected Khmer Rouge(KR). At age 11 she was forced to leave her home. The KR lied as they passed the next town over and she was actually sent to live in the woods for 4 months. No shoes, no food, she witnessed her family members die before her eyes, and she forgot what being full was. Eventually, she got to the Thailand border and stayed at a refugee camp for 13 years. Bombs, war, and bunkers were familiar to her. Thank goodness she got an education, learned English, and was strong enough to return to her city at age 28. I cannot do her words justice and as I sat speaking to her yesterday we both were in tears. She actually lived through this misery and I thought no words can make me understand this. Back up-yesterday I went to the S21 genocide museum. This is where prisoners were tortured secretly by the KR in hopes to expose them as KBG, CIA, or other anti-Cambodian people. It's a lot, so I recommend reading up on it, or just being aware that some history is not taught in our American school system. Okay, now if I recall the afternoon is fairly young. I did some computer work and printed some things out, made photo copies for the girls of coloring pages. Simple tasks that take longer than anticipated,. I ate rice and followed an LR to the local kindergarten. I will-inshallah (god willing)- be the new P.E. teacher every Friday. I may do Wednesdays and Thursday, but until I get oriented I do not want to travel too far without getting reimbursed for my adventure.

The kindergarten was more colorful and understandable than I thought! The kids were adorable! I'm pretty sure I can design activities to get the kids wiggle out. It seems there are enough supplies and room to have fun and get my gym class on! After that, a bike ride to Dominoes Pizza seemed like a likely Friday activity. One LR, who is leaving soon, loves going out and seeing the town. God bless her! She tries to show me the roads and fun places. On our way back we biked through a lovely non-city street full of modern-ish statues. Once back at the dorm I was able to social media a bit. My finally "thing" of the day with substance was a Cambodia Daily Discussion. Or should I say 2 of these. One in the local language where I just sit and smile or color in my book, the other in English. This one I give 100% attention to. I am so impressed with the presenters, students, and the questions from the audience, students.  The topic was about South Korea and its low birth rate. I wanted to ask what interested them about this topic, but it turned into more of a women's thoughtful discussion. "How many children would you have one day and what would impact this number?" The students are fairly young and hopeful so they want a good husband to share the responsibilities. They also believe kids are no more an asset, but a liability. I laughed at this and said if the right man comes along and you communicate your needs you will all be just fine. I also talked about the past how people had big families and struggled. We seem to be afraid these days because life can be difficult. However, I suggested if you cannot provide the newest iPod or cool sneakers maybe the love and bravery you have as a woman is enough to give any child a good life.

Now, I'm hot and sitting in the library. I may say my good nights, maybe eat some rice, and go head to bed until tomorrow! A daytime movie as our cultural exchange activity with the students and maybe some iced coffee.

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★ “Stardom will go away. It is not permanent. ” – Salman Khan!

He is Bollywood’s evergreen lover boy ‘Prem’, favourite action star, ‘Chulbul Pandey’ and without any doubt, the ‘Tiger’ of the film industry. We are talking about the man who needs no introduction, Salman Khan. After ‘Race 3’ in 2018, Bollywood’s beloved ‘Bhaijaan’ is all set for the release of his next film ‘Bharat’ on the occasion of Eid 2019 and gets candid with CineSpeaks on the film, it’s plot and much more. Read to know further.

Q) So Salman, the film is about to release, the songs are amazing and the trailer is fantastic is well. So tell us something. How are you feeling inside?

Salman – Everything is there in the film which we look forward to. Action, comedy, thrill, drama everything but the main reason why the film has been done is because of the ‘plot’ of the film. The fact how a 9 year old boy has been given the task to take care of his mother, 3 siblings and how he does that to ensuring they finally settle down and marry. From the age of 9 to 72,his journey and everything. It’s lovely.

Q) Seems like it pretty much reflects you in reality because you are always so supportive towards your parents and friends?

Salman – It’s actually ‘ulta yaar’. They have been supporting me throughout. I need the support. (Laughs)

Q) Do Fridays make you nervous anymore?

Salman – Hahaha. If 2-3 go wrong, I will be.. But till now, inshallah has been good. Even though we talk about ‘Race 3’, it did more than 170 crores. So inshallah going good as of now.

Q) We heard there were changes in the story and script. Tell us about that.

Salman – See, I had narrated the story to Sooraj(Barjatya) and he made a very nice suggestion. After that when me and Ali spoke, I told him that they should not get married. Otherwise the whole thing gets diluted. Him taking care of the mother, siblings, father etc, the whole point gets a little diluted. So bass itna nahi.

Q) Salman, you are the only actor whose presence itself just makes the audience go wild..they clap, whistle and what not and due to this, you are still at the top. Do you think you are still the biggest heavyweight in front of the new stars?

Salman – Uparwaale ne mujhe nawazaa hai.. Fans ka support hai bass and undying support. Pata nahi wo mujh mein kya dekhte hai ki unka wo side nikal aata hai. Also the kind of films I do or have been doing till now, I have been seeing them since childhood and used to react the same way. So now when I am on the other side of it on screen, I feel I am sitting there with my fans and watching it and it somewhere gives me a feel that I would want my hero to do these things. So that’s it.

Q) Do you watch shows on the web as in digital?

Salman – When I start, I end up finishing 4 seasons. It’s dangerous and addictive man.

Q) So which are the ones you watched?

Salman – I saw ‘Game of Thrones’ till the 4th episode and then couldn’t see it after that because ek break lag gaya tha aur phirr ho nahi paya. I finished ‘Vikings’ recently. Then ‘Taboo’, ‘Arrow’, Then I watched ‘Peaky Blinders’ as well. I want to now watch ‘Money Heist’. There are 3-4 more.

Q) You are a magnanimous superstar today. You have name, fame and everything today. Is there anything still on the dream list?

Salman – Hahah sadly enough, dream karne ka utna time hai nahi mere paas kyunki main utna sota nahi hoon. Toh yeh chakkar hai. Kaise dream karu?

Q) Salman, where do you think your stardom is heading? You are confident of it being there always?

Salman – Stardom will go away. It’s not permanent. I think fortunately enough, Me, Shah Rukh, Aamir and Akshay are the only ones who have been able to hold it for so long. Otherwise it’s not easy to keep it going for such a long time. I am sure after a few years, our box office collections too would end up being 8%, 10% etc. But thankfully enough, that phase hasn’t started yet.

Q) Salman, a few days back, Akki told us that he can do action oriented movies till 56 57 maybe. How long do you think you will be able to do it?

Salman– Not too long I guess. Another 30-35 years max. (Grins)

Q) Coming to marriage, have you been approached for marriage by anyone till now?

Salman – No man. I am dissapointed. I haven’t been approached for marriage.

Q)  Are you upset with Priyanka regarding leaving the film?

Salman – No, not at all. I think it was a very brave, bold and great decision that she chose to get married at a time like this when she got a big film like ‘Bharat’.  She had also come to the house once to talk about it where she said she is going to get married.. So I initially asked her if she wants adjustments in the dates or not. Then I got the vibe that she isn’t willing to do the film anymore so I said fine enough and fair enough. At a time when people wait to get married for a major film in their career, she has gone ahead to marry and left a film. So it’s such a bold thing to do. Damn good man.

Q) Your mother, Salma aunty said that ‘Film mein 70 age mein wo jitne handsome lag rahe hai reality mein bhi 70 mein wo itna hi lagenge’. What do you have to say on that?

Salman – She said that? Wow.. Nahi pata tha yaar. I mean what can I say? Have you seen her husband at 84? The way he looks. (Smiles hinting at his father Salim Khan)

Q) Salman, you think your change in look will be widely accepted or are you nervous?

Salman – See, I heard throughout my life that ‘Agar hero ke baal chale gaye toh wo nikal gaya hero bracket se’.  In ‘Tere Naam’, I removed my hair and that look was accepted. Not just once, I have done it 2-3 times. So I am sure it will be well received.

Q) Last but not the least, whose idea was it to cast Jackie Shroff?

Salman – Mera. I know kal Ali isska credit leke bhaag jayega issliye maine pehele se bol diya haan. Mera idea tha. (Laughs)