A political leader who effortlessly changed hats he wore for Bharat and India, died today. Ajit Singh, 82, variously known as leader of farmers, Jats and representative of the area loosely known as western Uttar Pradesh, several-term union minister and a trained engineer from IIT who worked at IBM for a brief period, had been politically inactive in recent years. But he inherited a strong political legacy left behind by his father, former prime minister Charan Singh, that he has bequeathed to his son, Jayant Choudhary, former MP from Mathura.
Ajit Singh cut his teeth on non-Congress politics, though he did steer his party into an alliance with the second Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government till 2014. His primary constituency was farmers of western UP, both Hindu and Muslim. This region, that sends one of the largest contingents of MPs from UP to the Lok Sabha, made him an essential part of many of the coalition governments in the 1990s and 2000s. Through his
Nominations open for Allied Arts Council awards
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The Allied Arts Council is seeking nominations for the annual awards recognizing contributions to the city arts community.
Nominations are open until June 1 with recipients to be honoured in September. The ceremony this year will be a virtual one.
The awards were started in the mid-2000s when the late Joan Waterfield was honoured in a ceremony at the Yates Centre for her contributions to the city’s arts.
Any resident of Lethbridge can nominate a person, organization or business to be honoured by the AAC which will be handing out awards in five categories.
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.comThe Allied Arts Council is seeking nominations for the annual awards recognizing contributions to the city
Defining The Bane Problem in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
When superhero stories try to address real-life social and political issues, conflicts of interest may occur.
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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is a series that really immerses itself in contemporary sociopolitical issues, namely racism and American policing. As superheroes have become increasingly ubiquitous as a genre and directors seek to fictionalize complex and multifaceted real-life matters,
“The Bane Problem” is something that media-savvy viewers will want to keep in mind, from the narratives it cultivates to the eerie convergence of factors that brings it about.
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And in This Corner: Cassius Clay-Community Listening Party - Every hero starts somewhere. For 12-year-old Cassius Clay Jr., who would become the sports legend known to the world as Muhammad Ali, it was a boxing gym in Louisville, Kentucky. This is the swift and vibrant origin story of how a determined young boy growing up in the Jim Crow South took on all challengers in his path to becoming.The Greatest. An unlikely hero is a classic story, but And in This Corner goes an extra, exhilarating round by exploring how remarkable communities help to create them. And in This Corner: Cassius Clay features Danté Crichlow, Sinclair Daniel, Langston Darby, Anthony Holiday, Franck Juste, Jacquelyn Landgraf, Eric Lockley, and Andy Schneeflock, all of whom are alumni of Atlantic Acting School! click here