Margarita with a Straw is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Shonali Bose. It stars Kalki Koechlin (pictured) as an Indian teenager with cerebral palsy who relocates to America for her undergraduate education and comes of age following her complex relationship with a blind girl, played by Sayani Gupta. Revathi, Kuljeet Singh, and William Moseley play supporting roles. Produced by Bose in partnership with Viacom18 Motion Pictures, Margarita with a Straw was co-written by Bose and Nilesh Maniyar. The film deals with the concepts of sexuality, inclusion, self-love, and self-acceptance. Bose conceived the idea for the film in January 2011, during a conversation with Malini Chib—her cousin and a disability rights activist—about the latter's desire to have a normal sex life. After winning Sundance Institute's Mahindra Global Filmmaker Award for the draft, she modified the script to reflect her own perspective, incorporating several personal experiences into the narrative.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1910:

Freda Du Faur became the first woman to climb Aoraki / Mount Cook, the highest peak in New Zealand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freda_Du_Faur

1968:

American singer Elvis Presley's first television special and first live performance in seven years, Singer Presents ... Elvis, was broadcast by NBC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_%281968_TV_program%29

1976:

Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley survived an assassination attempt by seven gunmen in Kingston. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley

1994:

Sony released the PlayStation, the first computer entertainment platform to ship 100 million units. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_%28console%29

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built different: (originally African-American Vernacular, idiomatic, slang) Able to do things which others cannot; extremely talented or unusual. [...] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/built_different

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.   --Lord Jim https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lord_Jim