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.

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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

_____________________________ 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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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