Pradeep Thakur's Blog, page 4
September 3, 2010
PREFACE
Madonna entertained, inspired, provoked, astonished, and outraged for more than 20 years, and her achievements are legendary. Madonna Louise Ciccone is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time with sales of more than 200 million records that have helped to net her a fortune somewhere in the region of $400 million. While many of her contemporaries have faded into the background, the global icon and all-conquering brand is currently on her 11th studio album Hard Candy.
At 52 years ...
CONTENTS
Preface (vii-viii)
Chapter-1: Introduction (1-14)
• Brief Profile • Awards and achievements • Madonna as gay icon • Madonna: The marketing genius
Chapter-2: Early Life and Beginnings (15-42)
• Background • Mother's death • Father remarried • High school & Cheerleading • Losing virginity • Meeting to her mentor Christopher Flynn • Michigan University and Guy Community • Move to New York • The Breakfast Club • The Emmy Band
Chapter-3: Superstar Career (43-64)
• Rise to fame (1982–1985) • Artistic...
Chapter-1: Introduction
Brief Profile
Name: Madonna Louise CicconeBorn: August 16, 1958; Bay City, Michigan, USAOrigin: New York City, USAGenre: Pop, rockOccupations: Singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, film producer, film director, fashion designer, author, actress, entrepreneurInstruments: Vocals, guitar, percussionVoice type: Mezzo-sopranoYears active: 1981–presentLabels: Sire (1982–1995); Maverick (1992–2004); Warner Bros. (1982–2008); Live Nation Artists (2008-)#1 on 2009 Music Money Makers...SATYAJIT RAY: Film director, producer & screenwriter
Chapter-1
Born: 2 May 1921, Calcutta, India
Died: 23 April 1992 (aged 70), Calcutta, India
Years active: 1950–1991
Spouse: Bijoya Das (1949–1992)
Son: Sandip Ray ((born 8 September 1954)
Awards: 32 National Film Awards including Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1985), Bharat Ratna (1992); and Academy Honorary Award (Oscar, 1992)
Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. Ray is regarded as one of the greatest Auteurs of 20th century cinema. Born in the city of Calcutta (now Kolkata) into a Bengali...
ANGELINA JOLIE: Is She the Word?s Most Powerful Celebrity?
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She's rich. She's talented. She's beautiful. And Angelina Jolie became the most powerful celebrity in the world. Thanks to the release of several blockbuster movies and an endless sea of media buzz, ...
MADONNA: The World?s Most Powerful Musician
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Madonna entertained, inspired, provoked, astonished, and outraged for more than 20 years, and her achievements are legendary. Madonna Louise Ciccone is one of the best-selling...
TIGER IN WOODS: The Story of World?s No.1 Sports-Brand Tiger Woods
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Tiger Woods' fall from global sports icon to tabloid fodder was stunning. He saw Accenture, AT&T and Pepsi drop him as a pitchman, but he remains the highest-paid...
The Shining Star Of America & The World: Barack Obama
Compiled & Edited by: Pradeep Thakur ISBN: 8190870505 ISBN-13: 9788190870504 Publisher: Pradeep Thakur & Sons Binding: Paperback Dimension: 5.5 x 8.5 x 1.5 Inches Pub. Year: 2009
From the preface of the book:
The Family of Barack Obama is an extended clan of African American, English, Indonesian, and Kenyan (Luo) heritage… and his story is the American story- values from the heartland, a middle-class upbringing in a strong family, hard work and education as the means of getting ahead, and the conviction that a life so blessed should be lived in service to others.
Many aspects of the public image of U.S. President Barack Obama are unusual among American politicians, and stand in stark contrast to those of many of his former opponents. During his candidacy for President, his international and biracial background was unprecedented and engendered questions of racial authenticity and religious affiliation. Obama's lack of experience on the national stage became a recurring theme used by former rivals Hillary Clinton and John McCain. His perceived combination of political savvy, calm and even temperament, and conservative support have all been credited with his ascendancy to the Presidential office.
Obama is of biracial background, the son of a Kenyan Luo father and a Kansan White American mother of English descent. With his upbringing in Honolulu and Jakarta and his Ivy League education, Obama's early life experiences differ markedly from many of the African American politicians who launched their careers in the 1960s through participation in the civil rights movement.
Obama is a Christian, but July 2008 polls showed that some Americans believe incorrectly that he is Muslim or was raised Muslim (12% and 26%, respectively, in Pew and Newsweek polls). Citing the latter poll by CNN's Larry King, Obama responded, "…I wasn't raised in a Muslim home," and said that advancement of the misconception insulted Muslim Americans. Some conservative opponents of Obama featured his middle name "Hussein" and the similarity of his last name with "Osama" to suggest that he has Muslim heritage or possible associations with terrorists, or to question his loyalty to the United States (both "Barack" and "Hussein" are names of Semitic origin that mean, respectively, to bless/blessing and good/handsome).
The moment Barack Obama became a contender for the US presidency on July 27, 2004, until then he was just a local politician from Chicago. Twenty minutes later, after a brainstorming, nationally televised speech to the Democratic party convention in Boston, Obama was catapulted into the front ranks of his party.
Barack Obama carved out a exclusive political image–the testimony is that he being a member of the Democratic Party, was endorsed or supported by so many members of the Republican Party and political figures holding conservative views in the 2008 election. Just as in the 1980s many Democrats became known as "Reagan Democrats", in 2008 Republicans who supported Barack Obama became known as "Obama Republicans", or "Obamacans". Republican and conservative supporters of Obama included elected officials, former elected officials, retired military officers, and intellectuals. According to exit polls on Election Day, 9% of those who identified themselves as Republicans voted for Barack Obama.
As one of many points of sharp contrast between him and his 2008 opponent John McCain, Barack Obama has been perceived as having a calm and even temperament, which has been praised by former presidential candidate Chris Dodd as well as numerous media sources as "cool" and "unflappable". True, Obama proved himself to have the highest powerful seat of the political world: the 44th President of the United States of America…and Obama's leadership is set to influence the whole world.
The book before you– The Shining Star of America & The World: BaracK Obama-tries to cover the series of events related to Obama's development as a person and the new face of American leadership.
–Pradeep Thakur
