Lance Armstrong to Oprah: Story was 'one big lie'

Oprah Winfrey is best known for her multi-award winning talk show ‘The Oprah Winfrey show' The show was once the highest rated program and was nationally broadcasted from 1986 to 2011. According to some assessments, she is also, the most influential woman in the world. In 2013, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama and honorary doctorate degrees from Duke and Harvard.On 18^th January, 2013, Oprah Winfrey interviewed the famous cyclist Lance Armstrong, who won seven consecutive Tour de France titles, inspiring others with his cancer survival. In 2012, the U.S Anti-Doping Agency stripped Armstrong of all his honours he had achieved till 2005, and also, banned him from cycling for life, saying that Armstrong had used banned performance-enhancing substances during those years. The cyclist strongly denied the claims for number of months thereafter, but in January 2013, in ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ he admitted to doping throughout his cycling career.In this interview, Lance Armstrong admitted that the all seven of his Tour de France titles, were won after doping and that it would have been impossible for anybody to win all the Tour de France titles without such thing. He also admitted that his storied career at the top of competitive cycling was fuelled by drugs, lies and bullying.

Winfrey, who discussed the interview on CBS said, "We were mesmerized and riveted by some of his answers. I feel that he answered the questions in a way that he was ready. … He certainly had prepared himself for this moment. … He brought it. He really did."

Boot Polish (1954)

Director: Prakash Arora

Boot Polish (1954)

This movie beautifully portrays the bond of a family and how the love of a brother and sister remains undeterred even after facing a world of difficulties at such a tender age. The elder, Bhola, and his sister, Belu, are orphaned and left to stay with their aunt, Kamla, who forces them to beg on the streets. Having lost their childhood innocence to living the life of a beggar, the children are helped by a friend, John Chacha. He doesn’t have much to offer but he provides them with emotional warmth and the lesson, “Starve, die, but don’t beg. Do something with your two hands”.  Songs like “Nanhe Munne Bachche” and “Tu Badhta Chal” keep you enthralled throughout the movie. Things take a turn for the worse when Bhola and Belu get separated and Belu is adopted by a rich family while Bhola is left on the streets.
But like ever cloud has a silver lining, the two are finally united again and with their new family.
I went through a thousand emotions while watching the movie. And just like every other lesson in life, the movie taught me the real meaning of the quote “this too shall pass!”
The movie was yet another masterpiece under the RK Banner and received a deserving Filmfare award for ‘The Best Film’. A movie that will always be in my heart, “Boot Polish” holds something special in store for everyone who watches it.
  

Still life or death?

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"Fear has many eyes and can see things underground" -Cervantes
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Victims of forced love.
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The purest relation in the wholw wide world.
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Punk and the Monk
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Roger Stonehouse (National Geographic)

"The Falling Soldier"
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"The marine and  the kitten"
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Marilyn Monroe- Rare Radio Interview 1955

Norma Jeane Mortenson (later, Marilyn Monroe) worked at the Radio Plane Company in Van Nuys, California, but she was soon discovered by photographers. She enrolled in a three-month modelling course, and in 1946, aware of her considerable charm and the potential it had for a career in films, Marilyn obtained a divorce from Dougherty.

Marilyn Monroe, in her radio interview, talks about her personal opinions on the world’s views about blondes being dumb. “You know it’s interesting that people associate if you happen to have blonde hair, naturally or not naturally, however, or you’re not in shape in some way, then you’re absolutely dumb and you’re considered dumb. I don’t know why that is. It’s a very limited view. I mean, it doesn’t matter what a person looks like, what color hair they have or if they happen not to be out of shape. My point is that, gravity catches all of us.”

Brooklyn was her favourite in the world and she planned on retiring to Brooklyn; she explained the reason why- "I just like walking around. I think the view is better from Brooklyn—you can look back over and see Manhattan. That's the best view, but it isn't only the view. It's the people, and the streets...and the atmosphere, I just like it."

For all the years that she was alive, she was objectified in one way or the other. In spite of being an amazing person by heart, people used to look at her as a sex symbol.

She was just 36 years old when she died. And now, half a century later, her legend remains alive and well -- and quite lucrative.

The link of her interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab0PvSbocs8