Kalki Koechlin (born 10 January 1984) is an Indian actress and writer of French descent who predominantly works in Bollywood. After studying drama at Goldsmiths, University of London, she made her screen debut in the drama Dev.D in 2009, winning a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. She starred in and co-wrote the screenplay for the crime thriller That Girl in Yellow Boots (2011). She has starred in two top- grossing films, the coming-of-age film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011) and the romantic drama Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013). Her work in the independent drama Margarita with a Straw (2014) earned a National Film Award – Special Jury Award. Her commercially successful films include the political drama Shanghai (2012) and the supernatural thriller Ek Thi Daayan (2013). She won The MetroPlus Playwright Award for co-writing the dramatic play Skeleton Woman (2009), and made her directorial debut on stage with the tragicomedy Living Room (2015). She hosted a travel show entitled Kalki's Great Escape in 2016. Koechlin promotes causes ranging from health and education to women's empowerment and gender equality.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

9:

The Western Han dynasty of China ended after the throne was usurped by Wang Mang, who founded the Xin dynasty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_dynasty

1776:

Common Sense, a pamphlet by Thomas Paine denouncing British rule in the Thirteen Colonies, was published. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense_(pamphlet)

1923:

Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebelled against the League of Nations decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaip%C4%97da_Revolt

1985:

Sir Clive Sinclair launched the Sinclair C5 personal electric vehicle, "one of the great marketing bombs of postwar British industry", which later became a cult collector's item. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_C5

2007:

A general strike began in Guinea as an attempt to force President Lansana Conté to resign, eventually resulting in the appointment of two new prime ministers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Guinean_general_strike

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

yucca: 1. Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long, pointed, and rigid leaves at the top of a woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms. 2. (now proscribed, obsolete) The yuca (cassava). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yucca

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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.   --John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Dalberg-Acton,_1st_Baron_Acton