Kal Ho Naa Ho (Tomorrow May Never Come) is a 2003 Indian romantic
comedy-drama film directed by Nikkhil Advani, starring Jaya Bachchan,
Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, and Preity Zinta (pictured). It tells the
story of Naina Catherine Kapur (Zinta), a pessimistic and uptight
business administration student. She falls in love with her neighbour
Aman Mathur (Shah Rukh Khan), a terminally ill patient who fears she
will grieve for him if he reciprocates her feelings. The film was
written by Karan Johar, who co-produced it with his father Yash Johar
under their Dharma Productions banner. The film received positive
critical feedback, and was the highest-grossing Indian film of the year.
Its themes include inter-caste marriage, terminal illness, and the
depiction of non-resident Indians. It won two National Film Awards,
eight Filmfare Awards, thirteen International Indian Film Academy
Awards, six Producers Guild Film Awards, three Screen Awards, and two
Zee Cine Awards.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kal_Ho_Naa_Ho>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1844:
The Rochdale Pioneers opened their store in Rochdale, England,
forming the basis for the modern co-operative movement.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochdale_Society_of_Equitable_Pioneers>
1919:
After serving two years in prison for encouraging people to
resist military conscription, anarchist Emma Goldman was deported from
the United States to Russia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Goldman>
1963:
An attempt by Greek Cypriot police to search certain Turkish
Cypriot women in Nicosia escalated into island-wide violence, leading to
538 deaths and the displacement of nearly 27,000 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Christmas_%281963%29>
1995:
In accordance with the Oslo II Accord, Israeli troops withdrew
from the city of Bethlehem in preparation for the transfer of its
control to the Palestinian National Authority.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Sherman necktie:
(US, rail transport, historical, chiefly plural) A segment of rail that
has been heated and twisted into a loop, as a means of destroying a
railway.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sherman_necktie>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Fascism … is a headlong flight into fantasy from the necessity
for political thought … persons supporting Fascism behave as if man
were already in possession of principles which would enable him to deal
with all our problems, and as if it were only a question of appointing a
dictator to apply them.
--Rebecca West
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rebecca_West>