Shefali Shah (born 22 May 1973) is an Indian actress who appears in
Hindi films. Respected for her acting prowess, she has received several
accolades, including a National Film Award and two Filmfare Awards.
Shah's acting career started on the Gujarati stage before she debuted on
television in 1993. She gained wider recognition in 1997 for her role in
the popular series Hasratein. A supporting role in Satya (1998) started
her focus on film work, mostly in character parts and often to
appreciation from critics, including in the drama The Last Lear (2007).
Shah's career surged in the late 2010s as she transitioned to leading
roles, including in two Netflix projects: the romantic drama Once Again
(2018) and the International Emmy Award–winning miniseries Delhi Crime
(2019). Shah wrote and directed two short films in 2020: Someday and
Happy Birthday Mummyji. She gained further recognition with five
projects in 2022.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shefali_Shah>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1816:
A riot broke out in Littleport, England, over high unemployment
and rising grain costs, spreading to Ely the next day before being
quelled by troops.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ely_and_Littleport_riots_of_1816>
1856:
Senator Charles Sumner was assaulted by Representative Preston
Brooks in the United States Senate chamber in retaliation for a speech
in which Sumner fiercely criticized slaveholders.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Charles_Sumner>
1939:
Germany and Italy signed the Pact of Steel, a military and
political alliance.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pact_of_Steel>
2010:
Upon landing in Mangalore, Air India Express Flight 812
overshot the runway and fell down a hillside, killing 158 of the 166
people on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_Express_Flight_812>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
biodiversity hotspot:
(ecology) A place with a significant level of biodiversity, particularly
if the flora and fauna are threatened with loss of their habitat.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/biodiversity_hotspot>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We need to unite and make Russia the last aggressor. So that only
peace reigns after the defeat of its invasion of Ukraine. We, people,
have different cultures, different views, different national flags. But
we equally want security for ourselves, our children and grandchildren.
And our lives are equally burned to ashes if, God forbid, war comes.
Everyone in the world must do everything possible to ensure that wars
leave only shadows on the stones of history and that this can only be
seen in museums. Everyone in the world must respect other nations.
Everyone in the world must recognize state borders. Everyone in the
world must defend justice. Everyone in the world must care about life.
Everyone in the world must take peace as their duty.
--Volodymyr Zelenskyy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy>