Modi Cabinet celebrating Raksha Bandhan in a unique style By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Published:August 18, 2016 8:37 pm Prasoon Joshi pens a beutiful poem on Raksha Bandhan, and sends across an important message. (Source: Facebook)
Raksha Bandhan celebrates the sacred bond of siblings, with the brother getting a rakhi tied on his hand as a symbol of ensuring his sisters safety from all evil. Centred around this auspicious festival, renowned lyricist and ad man Prasoon Joshi has written a poem on sisters, sharing it on his Facebook page.
She, who might be younger to you in age, but cares for you no less than a parent.She, who leaves the door quietly open when she knows you are coming in late. She, who only smiles dismissing what you are saying, knowing very well that they are lies.
Joshi pays a tribute to all the sisters across the world on Raksha Bandhan through his heart-touching poem.
Written in Hindi, the poem talks about how a sister does those little things that show just how much she loves you. Her acts of kindness show how big her heart is. Yet, on Raksha Bandhan, Prasoon writes, the brother becomes the more responsible, the elderone, because of the sense of responsibility that is imbibed into him by the simple tin thread of the rakhi she ties on his wrist. Yet, thats only for a moment
Prasoon reminds us how the sister through her acts of love will remain the elder one, even if shemight beyoungerin age.
Heres the Facebook post titled Raksha Bandhan poem by Prasoon Joshi.
Tell us what you think about the renowned screenwriters poem.
Ariel Winter On Breast Reduction Surgery, "Modern Family" Fame | EXCLUSIVE
Ariel Winter, Joey King, and Harley Quinn Smith step out on the carpet while attending the Variety Power of Young Hollywood event held at NeueHouse on Tuesday (August 16) in Hollywood.
The young ladies were joined at the event by Sophie Turner, Danielle Campbell, Liana Liberato, Ryan Guzman, model Dylan Jagger Lee, Stranger Things Joe Keery, Transparents Emily Robinson, Captain Fantastics Annalise Basso, Modern Familys Nolan Gould, Hairspray Lives Garrett Clayton, Sharknados Ryan Newman, Ray Donovans Kerris Dorsey, Pierson Fode, Madison Pettis, and Bunkd co-stars Peyton List and Skai Jackson.
Social media influencers like Logan Paul, Jake Paul, Connor Franta, and Lia Marie Johnson were also at the party.
FYI: Joey is wearing a Vince Camuto dress. Emily is wearing a Vince Camuto dress, Jerome C. Rousseau shoes, and Chanel jewelry. Annalise is wearing a Disaya dress, Via Spiga shoes, an Emm Kuo clutch, and Montblanc jewelry. Sophie and Dylan are wearing head to toe Dolce&Gabbana.
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John Hopkins UniversitysShannon Frattaroli sees danger in gun ownership among senior citizens, and pointed out Thursday that Californias Gun Violence Restraining Orders (GVROs) provide a way that families can have guns confiscated from older relatives.
Senior citizens have been among the most adamant Second Amendment advocates in recent years, such as the late Otis McDonald (above), who challenged Chicagos handgun ban at the U.S. Supreme Court and won.
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But Frattaroli, who works at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, has expressed concern over what an grandparent with a gun might do to him or herself via suicide, or the danger that may befall a grandchild who finds the gun.
According to New America Media, Frattaroli said:
So much of the dialogue around guns in this country has been around crime, and lately, mass shootings. And the older population is not part of that. But when you look at the suicide issue, its impossible to ignore older Americans. With that in mind, any conversation about guns has to include a conversation [about] gun ownership among older adults. Theres definitely more to be done on that issue in the United States.
She indicates lawmakers in many states have enacted laws requiring older Americans to show proficiency before being allowed to continue driving, but points out that laws requiring proficiency in firearms are not a topic of discussion. Instead, such citizens continue to own guns and cite self-defense as a common reason for so doing.
But Frattaroli believes the dangers posed by armed older citizens far outweighs any safety they otherwise gain by owning firearms. She said:
Older adults need to consider the risk whether an actual home invasion is likely to occur, versus the likelihood that the [older] person would use that gun to do harm to themselves, or a grandchild would find that gun, or they would harm someone coming into the home whos not there for a home invasion, someone there for a legitimate purpose like a caretaker.
She ultimately cites Californias GVROs as a way that concerned family members can have guns taken from older family members.
Breitbart News previously reported that GVROs can be issued without the gun owner having any say in the process. KPCC reported, [GVROs]could be issued without prior knowledge of the person. In other words, a judge could issue the order without ever hearing from the person in question, if there are reasonable grounds to believe the person is a threat based on accounts from the family and police.
AWR Hawkins is the Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Twitter: @AWRHawkins. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.
Nia Ali Wins Women"s 60m Hurdles Final IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016
RIO DE JANEIRO They couldnt know the result immediately, not in a race decided by a fraction of a drum beat, so the three Americans stood near each other, waiting. There was some measure of celebration and certainty only for Brianna Rollins. Yet even she stared up at the giant scoreboard above one end of Olympic Stadium, wondering.
I knew that I got the gold, Rollins said. But I just wanted to make sure that my other teammates medaled as well.
It took Rollins just 12.48 seconds to cross the finish line in the womens 100-meter hurdles Wednesday night. The next few moments had to feel 10 times as long. But when the numbers and names flashed up Nia Ali, 12.59 for silver, Kristi Castlin 12.61 for bronze the three women jumped spontaneously and squealed, because no celebration for a sweep could be planned. No three American teammates, in any womens event in the history of Olympic track and field, had taken all three medals. Rollins, Ali and Castlin, understandably, fell into a deep and deserved hug.
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Weve talked about it, but its not something that we focused on, Rollins said. We just wanted to focus on being our best, and being our best would get us on the podium.
The podium was a popular place for Americans on Wednesday, a day that provided almost unsurpassed glory and one major hiccup, which well get to. But not long before the hurdles ended the evening, Tianna Bartoletta, who turns 31 later this month, managed to power past 2012 Olympic gold medalist Brittney Reese in the long jump, a back-and-forth battle between teammates that ended with a gold-silver American finish.
And that followed Tori Bowie in the womens 200. The silver medalist in the 100 meters, Bowie couldnt catch the woman who vanquished her there Jamaicas Elaine Thompson won gold in 21.78 seconds nor could she catch up with Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands, who won silver 0.1 seconds back. But put Bowies bronze-medal sprint of 22.15 seconds in with the rest of the program, and it was a six-medal night and seven-medal day, considering the afternoon silver from Evan Jager in the steeplechase for USA Track and Field.
It was an awesome hour, for sure, Bartoletta said.
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There was but one exception: Justin Gatlin. The 34-year-old is a secondary act on the national sprint stage to Jamaican legend Usain Bolt, and that was his lot Wednesday night. Bolt ran in the second of three semifinal heats in the 200 meters, Gatlin in the third. Bolt won his race easily in 19.78 seconds, though as he jogged the final 30 meters, he looked quizzically at 21-year-old Canadian Andre de Grasse, running in an adjacent lane.
Why, Bolt wanted to know, had de Grasse raced so hard given that the top two finishers in each heat advance to the final?
That was really unnecessary, Bolt said. I dont know what he was trying to do. But hes a young kid. Hes great. He has a lot of talent. Im looking forward to the competition.
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The competition the final is Thursday night. On another night, Gatlins race might have been the undisputed U.S. story line. The five-time Olympic medalist, who was second to Bolt in the 100 meters Sunday night, led his heat of the 200 as the runners came out of the turn Wednesday.
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Gatlin, though, was dealing with a problem: a right ankle he twisted early in the season, one he said affected both his schedule and his training. As he warmed up Wednesday night, it stiffened. When the gun went off, it still wasnt loose.
Coming off the turn, felt pain in the last 20 meters, Gatlin said. I looked over and I tried to hold on as long as I could.
The glance was at Panamas Alonso Edward, who won the heat in 20.07 seconds. It was at Churandy Martina of the Netherlands, who finished second in 20.10. Gatlin thrust out his chest at the finish line, but his time of 20.13 wasnt among the remaining two fastest from those who didnt finish 1-2 in their heats. Thus, Gatlin will be a spectator for Thursdays final.
At the end of the day, Im just glad I was able to walk off the track without such a real harmful injury, Gatlin said. So it will be left to Bolt to try for a historic sweep of both Olympic sprints races he won in 2004 and 2008 as well. He also has another number in mind: 19.19 seconds, a number he set in 2009, a number no one has matched or surpassed since.
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I definitely think I can try for the world record, he said.
That might trump the performance of the American women, should he pull it off. The sweep stole the night. You would think something like that happens on the collegiate level, Gatlin said.
The ping-pong match of Bartoletta and Reese was mesmerizing as well. On her fifth of six attempts, Reese, the favorite, launched a leap of 7.09 meters.
I expected that from Brittney, Bartoletta said.
Bartoletta had her own expectations, too. She won world championships in 2005 and 2015, so there is savvy earned over a decade. She responded immediately with a 7.17. Reeses final leap was powerful, and she gestured confidently to the crowd afterward. Alas, it was two centimeters shy.
To win that medal after all that time, and still be here and be a more mature athlete, a more serious athlete, more deliberate in my approach to the sport, more businesslike, Bartoletta said, its really validating for sure.
Rollins and her mates did the final bit of validating for the Americans. The three hurdlers are remarkably close. Its like a sisterhood, Rollins said. They also compete in an event that is so tightly contested in the U.S. that the woman who finished sixth at trials, Kendra Harrison, responded to that disappointment and resulting failure to make the U.S. team by setting the world record in the event at a July meet in London.
It just shows you how strong our event is, Rollins said.
The strength, though, was apparent during the race, which each executed cleanly. And it was apparent afterward, when Rollins, Ali and Castlin each grabbed an American flag from the crowd, each draped it over her shoulders, and each made her way around the track, soaking in the final bit of adulation on a night full of such for the Americans.
Members of the white nationalist alt-right may be cheering Donald Trumps hire of Breitbart News Executive Chairman Steve Bannon, but some of Bannons own former staffers have expressed concerns about their onetime boss.
Several ex-Breitbart representatives and editors warned that Bannon, who was officially brought on as the Trump campaigns CEO on Wednesday, was a combative, volatile figure who would intensify the Republican nominees fraught relationship with the press.
Two of those staffers departed from the conservative news site in March after then-Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields accused then-Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski of aggressively grabbing her arm. Fields and other Breitbart employees said that senior staff, including Bannon, sided with the Trump campaign and effectively threw their own reporter under the bus.
It signals a dangerous and, even more so, combative and divisive turn, Former Breitbart News spokesman Kurt Bardella told Media Matters on Wednesday about Bannons hiring by the Republican nominee. Its an indication that this campaign, as negative as it has been, is going to be even more so going forward. If the media thought that their relationship with the Trump campaign was challenging before this, its going to be 10 times worse now."
Bardella called Bannon pathological liar who has a temperament that governs by bullying and intimidation and functions very much like a dictator at Breitbart.
Former Breitbart Editor-At-Large Ben Shapiro, who also left the site over the Fields incident, wrote a blog post for the Daily Wire repeating his claim that Bannon turned Breitbart into Trump Pravda.
While Shapiro makes the specious claim that site founder Andrew Breitbart, who built his brand on sensationalist, race-baiting stories, despised racism, he said the sites embrace of extremist white nationalist views blossomed under Bannons leadership.
Breitbart has become the alt-right go-to website, with Yiannopoulos pushing white ethno-nationalism as a legitimate response to political correctness, and the comment section turning into a cesspool for white supremacist mememakers, Shapiro wrote.
Former Breitbart editor Dana Loesch, who sued the website to be freed from her contractual obligations in 2012 over the hostile work environment she experienced, said that Bannon"s hire spelled trouble for those hoping for a Republican victory in November.
One of the worst people on Gods green earth was just instituted as the chairman and CEO of the Trump campaign, Loesch said Wednesday on her St. Louis-based radio show, in comments flagged by Mediaite. And if you are, as I am, not wanting to see Hillary Clinton in the White House, you need to seriously, seriously be concerned about that.
Brianna Rollins wins 100m hurdles, makes first Olympic team
When Brianna Rollins was a skinny kid growing up in Liberty City, she used to race the neighborhood boys down her street. First one to the mailbox was the winner.
Rollins was always the first one to the mailbox.
There was a bunch of us on the block, Rollins said. I was the only girl. Everybody wanted to race me. Id beat them and theyd want to go again. I just loved running.
But Rollins had no Olympic aspirations. She knew nothing about track and field, had no idea what a hurdle was. She and her six younger brothers crammed into their grandparents house when their father was sent to prison. Their mother worked long hours as a security guard. The Olympic Games were something on TV, a distant fantasy for a little girl in Miamis impoverished inner city notorious for its gangland killings and gunfire.
But Rollins never stopped running. Shes not racing boys to the mailbox anymore. Shes racing for a gold medal in the 100-meter hurdles at the Rio Olympics.
Rollins gift for speed carried her to a college scholarship, a professional career on the international track circuit and the starting line of Tuesdays qualifying heats at Olympic Stadium.
Rollins, 24, was a late bloomer but in the last three years she has become NCAA champion, national champion, world champion and now gold-medal favorite.
Ive worked really hard, but I feel blessed, like this was destined for me, she said.
Rollins, who owns a personal best of 12.26, will try to keep the U.S. streak of success alive in the event. Americans have won at least one medal in every Olympics since 1984 except for 1996, when Gail Devers, attempting to make up for her famous fall over the final hurdle in 1992, finished fourth.
She reminds me of Gail Devers with her combination of speed and power, said Rollins coach, Lawrence Johnson. I always had a feeling about her I couldnt shake. Adversity fueled her fire. Today, shes a superstar.
When Rollins got up the nerve to try out for the Northwestern High track team as a freshman, she did not impress coach Carmen Jackson, who has won 13 state titles in creating a dynasty at the school.
She was a shy, frail-looking thing, Jackson said. I didnt take her seriously. I said, Why would you want to pick this sport? Its hard. Its very hard.
She reminds me of Gail Devers with her combination of speed and power. I always had a feeling about her I couldnt shake. Adversity fueled her fire. Today, shes a superstar.
Lawrence Johnson, Rollins coach
Rollins came back to ask Miss Carmen four times if she could join the Bulls before Jackson relented.
I put her in a beginner sprint group, Jackson said. One day she pointed to the hurdles and said, I want to jump over those things. What are they called? I said, Are you kidding me?
It took a year for Rollins to learn the footwork of the 100 hurdles, which requires eight strides into the first hurdle and three between the remaining nine.
I didnt really know what I was doing but I was fearless, Rollins said.
Injuries held her back. But Jackson saw potential.
What distinguishes Brianna is shes flat-out fast, Jackson said. She didnt have a whole lot in her life but she had a passion for the sport.
Rollins remembers how she was always wanting for shoes during her childhood in the Robin Hood section of Liberty City.
We were not fortunate enough to have all the electronics and toys, she said. I hung out with my cousins and brothers. Wed climb trees, play basketball and football, and challenge each other to races.
When her father, Brian, was imprisoned, her mother, Temperance, had trouble paying the bills. They moved in with grandmother Mae Moore, a postal worker, and grandfather Barney Moore, who owned a lawn-care service.
We didnt want them on the street, so we opened our house and made room, said Mae, who raised five children of her own. She made sure the children went to church and didnt skip school. Rollins helped take care of her brothers.
I told them, No matter what you do, do your best. Be the best little frog on your side of the pond, Mae said. Brianna never let any obstacles stop her.
Jackson honed Rollins talent and encouraged Johnson to sign her at Clemson.
She was inexperienced and didnt have the top time in her recruiting class, but Coach Jackson told me so much about her I became intrigued, he said. The first couple years were a test of perseverance for her. She had nagging lower back injuries. She came from a very humble background and she was homesick. She would sit on the track and cry, Whats wrong with me?
Her grandmother encouraged her to be patient.
She had some stumbles at Clemson but I told her that sometimes the bad is what gives you a push, Mae said.
Her breakthrough year came in 2013 when she won NCAA indoor and outdoor titles and the world championship in Moscow in 12.44 ahead of Australias Sally Pearson and Great Britains Tiffany Porter.
She has a special skill set of speed, power, rhythm and coordination, Johnson said. She has deceptive foot speed. She could be world class in the open 100 or 200.
Rollins won the U.S. Olympic Trials in July by a wide margin in 12.34, just .01 shy of Devers meet record. Her training partner Kristi Castlin was second in 12.50 and Nia Ali third in 12.55.
I was sitting on my sofa and when they got in the blocks I had to stand up, said Jackson, who is in Rio to attend her first Olympics and watch one of her protgs. I held my breath. It was an incredible field. By the second hurdle I knew it was over. I could see the killer instinct on Briannas face.
It was first time in a national meet that the top seven runners clocked 12.75 or better. Ex-Olympians Queen Harrison and Dawn Harper-Nelson were left out in the cold, as was Keni Harrison, who subsequently set a world record.
I told them, No matter what you do, do your best. Be the best little frog on your side of the pond. Brianna never let any obstacles stop her.
Mae Moore, Rollins grandmother
Were the best in the world, Rollins said. Hopefully all three of us end up on the medal stand.
Johnson transferred to a coaching job at Cal State-Northridge and brought his stable of hurdlers with him. Rollins lives in Los Angeles with her two English bulldogs. Her boyfriend, former Clemson wide receiver Bryce McNeal, moved west, too. She spends most of her time at the track or with training partners Castlin, Dalilah Muhammed and Maria c*x.
This is my job and all I do is train, Rollins said. It can get lonely sometimes but we treat each other like family.
Rollins misses her family back in Liberty City, where shes remembered as the scrawny girl racing boys in the street. Shes tried to set an example for her brothers and her hometown.
She can tell them, Hey, look at me, see where Im going. Reach down and pull the best out of yourself, Mae said.
Rollins brother Matthew predicts that his sister wont lose in Rio.
Shes set the bar high for her brothers, he said. She was always the fastest.
Rio Olympics 2016: Interview of Sakshi Malik "Sultan" of Indian Wrestling
The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday announced to honour Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik who won a bronze at the Rio Olympic Games with the prestigious Rani Laxmi Bai Award.
Ms. Malik (23), who hails from Rohtak in Haryana, became only the fourth woman athlete from India to win an Olympic medal after she clinched a bronze in the 58-kg category.
Congratulating her, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said she had made the nation proud, as he decided to honour her with the Rani Laxmi Bai Award, meant to signify bravery and outstanding achievement of women.
The award carries a cash prize of Rs 3 lakh. The Samajwadi Party government is deeply involved in the promotion of sports and has constantly provided various kinds of facilities to sportspersons, Mr. Yadav said, at a Raksha Bandhan function at his official residence here.
Girls and women from different communities tied rakhi to him on the occasion.
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