In the 30 years that she lived in slums around Delhi, India, Syeda X, a destitute migrant woman, worked more than 50 occupations. She sewed tea strainers, door knobs, picture frames, and toy guns in addition to trimming denim threads, cooking, and shelling almonds. Along with making jewelry and beadwork, she embroidered school bags. Her […]
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The former CEO called Amazon “famously unprofitable company” in an exclusive 2000 BBC Newsnight interview. After over 25 years, the ubiquitous corporation is one of a few $2 trillion companies worldwide. BBC presenter Jeremy Vine was seen behind the Newsnight desk on June 8, 2000, reading a story on a struggling ecommerce market. Amazon.com CEO
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Industry, a Gen-Z Succession set in UK high-finance, is brutal and entertaining. Here’s why you should watch it. Does anyone enter high finance for charity? Ha! That is absurd in Industry, the most cynical show on TV. Thanks to its cynicism, it’s one of the best. The show about young professionals at Pierpoint, a big
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Claire Danes and Jared Leto debuted their careers in 1994 with a drama about high school girl Angela Chase, which explored puberty like never before on TV One of autumn’s most anticipated films is the two-part film adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s Wizard of Oz prequel Wicked. Wicked is a sweet and nuanced story of an
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Cities hosting the Olympics have developed enormous tracts of purpose-made housing for athletes since 1924. These are widely used for urban redevelopment, but do they benefit local communities? Pierre de Coubertin, co-founder of the IOC in 1894, proposed the first Olympic village in Paris for the 1924 Summer Games. The athletes would sleep and eat
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In this devastating depiction of war’s atrocities, the protagonists “march towards annihilation” and there is no one to cheer for After all, “Perhaps all men are corrupt,” Ser Cristen Cole remarks in the House of the Dragon conclusion. “And true honour is a mist that melts in the morning.” Although it is “a bleak philosophy”
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On August 2, 1939, Albert Einstein wrote to Franklin D. Roosevelt. His letter led to the Manhattan Project, one of history’s most deadly innovations. Had a two-page letter from 2 August 1939 never been written, the 2023 blockbuster film Oppenheimer’s harrowing description of the lethal harnessing of atomic power might have been science fiction. Albert
Latest Industry and Only Murders in the Building to Jeff Goldblum’s dark comedy Greek god drama. 1. Mr. Throwback In this mockumentary-style sitcom, NBA champion Steph Curry plays a version of himself. Non-sports fans know him from his Subway sandwich advertisements. The middle school basketball star Danny, played by Adam Pally, was Curry’s childhood pal.
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It has been reported that there have been 8,200 individuals who have expressed their discontent with the program that is being presented on Good Morning Britain More than 8,200 complaints have been registered against the edition of Good Morning Britain that was shown on ITV on Monday, according to the information that was provided by
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With bows everywhere, coquette style is becoming more trendy. Does it look problematic or joyful and empowering? Our dogs, rooms, and makeup are coquette in 2024. Bows are appearing in previously unthinkable settings including the office and gym. Gen Z and younger millennials have found a way to wear Sofia Coppola films, from Marie Antoinette’s
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