Lata – Allah Yeh Ada Kaisi Hai – Mere Hamdam Mere Dost [1968]
“Mere Hamdam Mere Dost” or “Mere Humdum Mere Dost” is a 1968 film. It stars Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Rehman, Mumtaz and Om Prakash. The music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal and the lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri………..
Lata Mangeshkar (Marathi: लता मंगेशकर; born September 28, 1929) is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known playback singers in the Hindi film industry. Mangeshkar’s career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She sang in over a thousand Bollywood movies and has sung songs in over twenty regional Indian languages, but primarily in Hindi. She is the elder sister of the equally accomplished singer Asha Bhosle and lesser-known singers, brother Hridayanath Mangeshkar and sisters Usha Mangeshkar and Meena Mangeshkar. Lata is the second vocalist ever to have received the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour.
Mangeshkar was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records from 1974 to 1991 for having made the most recordings in the world.
Awards and recognitions;
Lata Mangeshkar has won several awards and honors, including Padma Bhushan (1969), Padma Vibhushan (1999), Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1989), NTR National Award (1999), Bharat Ratna (2001), three National Film Awards, and 12 Bengal Film Journalists’ Association Awards. She has also won four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards. In 1969, she made the unusual gesture of giving up the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award, in order to promote fresh talent. She was later awarded Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993.
In 1984, the State Government of Madhya Pradesh instituted the Lata Mangeshkar Award in honor of Lata Mangeshkar. The State Government of Maharashtra also instituted a Lata Mangeshkar Award in 1992.
Government of India Awards * 1969 – Padma Bhushan * 1989 – Dada Saheb Phalke Award * 1999 – Padma Vibhushan * 2001 – Bharat Ratna [1] * 2008 – “One Time Award for Lifetime Achievement” honour to commemorate the 60th anniversary of India’s independence.
Maharashtra State Awards * 1966 – Best Playback Singer for Sadhi Mansa (Marathi) * 1967 – Best Playback Singer for Jait Re Jait * 2001 – Maharashtra Ratna (First Recipient)
National Film Awards; * 1972 – National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for Parichay * 1975 – National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for Kora Kagaz * 1990 – National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for Lekin
Filmfare Awards
The Filmfare Awards for playback singing first started in 1958. In 1956, the song ‘Rasik Balma’ from the film Chori Chori won the Best Song Filmfare Award. Lata refused to sing it live in protest of absence of a Playback Singer category. The category was finally introduced in 1958. Though, separate awards for male & female singers were introduced later on.
Lata Mangeshkar monopolized the best female playback singer award from 1958 to 1966. In 1969, Lata made the unusual gesture of giving up Filmfare awards in order to promote fresh talent………..
[Wikipedia & IMDb]
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kanye west Mom passed away R.I.P THIS WAS HER FAVORITE SONG
Donda West, the mother of Kanye West and former chairwoman of Chicago State University’s English department, passed away Saturday from undisclosed causes, according to a spokesman for the family. She was 58.
According to multiple sources, West was in Los Angeles and her death may have been the result of complications from a surgical procedure; more specific information was unavailable at press time.
Although widely known as the mother of Kanye, Dr. West was a noted scholar and an active college professor for 31 years; she left the profession in 2004 to assist with Kanye’s career, according to her biography on the Web site of the Kanye West Foundation, an educational nonprofit of which she was chair. She was also chief executive of West Brands, the parent company of her son’s businesses.
She began her teaching career in the early 1970s at Brown College in Atlanta and began working at Chicago State University in 1980, according to the site; she was also a Fulbright Scholar, among other awards. Dr. West raised Kanye in the Chicago area along with her husband, from whom she separated when Kanye was 3.
She also recently published a book dedicated to her son titled “Raising Kanye: Life Lessons From the Mother of a Hip-Hop Star.” The book and subsequent interviews have left little question about the source of Kanye’s outspoken nature.
The importance and influence Dr. West had in her son’s life is profound. When Kanye appeared on MTV News’ “You Hear It First” in 2003, one of his first rhymes was about his mother — he dropped to his knees during the performance to get his point across. Those rhymes later turned up in a full-blown dedication to her, Late Registration’s “Hey Mama.”
“Hey Mama, I wanna scream so loud for you/ ‘Cause I’m so proud of you/ Let me tell you what I’m about to do … I appreciate what you allowed for me, I just want you to be proud of me.”
Kanye has dropped references to his mom on all of his albums.
Kanye’s love for his mom was undoubtedly reciprocated tenfold, not only did Dr. West act as in part as a co-manager, she was also his biggest cheerleader, appearing at many events throughout his career. At the Video Music Awards in September, she was in Kanye’s suite at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas, joining in the party and wearing the white shades celebrating his show. She also attended his 30th birthday party in New York last summer and his appearance on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”
A spokesman for Kanye West released this brief statement when contacted by MTV News.
“The family respectfully asks for privacy during this time of grief.”
A spokesman for the rapper confirmed Dr. West’s death Sunday afternoon and released a one-sentence statement reading: ”The family respectfully asks for privacy during this time of grief.”
A spokesman for the rapper confirmed Dr. West’s death Sunday afternoon and released a one-sentence statement reading: ”The family respectfully asks for privacy during this time of grief.”
Beyond her son’s international fame, Dr. West had carved out her own niche as a well-respected educator in Chicago — long affiliated with Chicago State University where she rose to the chairmanship of the school’s English department.
I also didn’t know that Kayne West had a foundation dedicated to decreasing the dropout rate in the nation’s public high schools, and that his month oversaw that foundation:
“…Two years ago, she relocated from Chicago to Los Angeles to take over her son’s business operations, where she served as Chief Executive of West Brands LLC. She also chaired the Kanye West foundation, an organization dedicated to decreasing the dropout rate in the nation’s public high schools.”
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AIC 2009 Local Government Cooperation Award: Grant County, Indiana
The Association of Indiana Counties created this award was created to encourage cooperative relations, to improve productivity and efficiency, and to reward such actions between and among local units of government. Those local units of government include county and municipal governments and their subordinate units. One nominee must be a member of the Association of Indiana Counties (AIC). Awards will be presented at the AIC annual conference. Grant County, Indiana is one of two winners this year. They won for their success with teamwork and technology.
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Kathy Cunningham-2008 Outstanding Performance Award
As the Senior Program Manager and Nutritionist for Boston Steps for almost five years, Kathys job has involved a broad range of responsibilities, from contract management for community organizations having Steps contracts, to leading our community Healthy Eating team, to program development of various initiatives, including our Boston Best Bites restaurant initiative and the Beyond the Burger Workshop campaign and Ways to Enhance Childrens Activity and Nutrition (WE CAN). Kathy also represents Boston Steps in various community coalitions and meetings. She has also provided support and advice to the Public Health Van. In all of these efforts, Kathy shows her dedication, team spirit, flexibility and willingness to do whatever it takes to make our programs work. Through all this, she inspires people to become healthy. . Kathy has been recognized by NIH and asked to present on their behalf at multiple national conferences because of the success that her WE CAN workshops have had in the community.
[Video by Margaux Joffe, Boston Public Health Commission]
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DMC: NSF Grant announcement
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $5 million grant to Del Mar College (DMC) and project partners to establish the National Geospatial Technology Center of Excellence at DMC.
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2006 Nobel Prize for Physics
Dr. John C. Mather of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has won the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physics
Mather and Smoot analyzed data from NASA’s Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/starsgalaxies/nobel_prize_mather.html
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Einstein’s Messengers 1
‘Einstein’s Messengers is an Award-winning 20-minute documentary on LIGO, NSF’s Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory. The video examines how LIGO is spearheading the completely new field of gravitational wave astronomy and opening a whole new window on the universe. It explains how LIGO’s exquisitely sensitive instruments may ultimately take us farther back in time than we’ve ever been, catching, perhaps, the first murmurs of the universe in formation. Above all, Einstein’s Messengers is a compelling, thought-provoking production about the drama of the scientific quest.’ Date- July 2006. Source- http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/index.cfm?s=2 wiki page- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIGO
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Nobel Peace Prize 2006: Documentary
The Nobel Peace Prize 2006 was awarded to Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank for their efforts to create economic and social development from below. This is a short clip about the life and work of Mr. Yunus. For the complete documentary, visit: http://nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=146
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Chakra lullabye 2
3D graphics with Grammy award winning lullabye from the album “A Child’s Gift of Lullabyes”.
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