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Lewis Pragasam: The Drum God Who Was Too Human
Macaques, the most brilliant of monkeys, have a habit of intimidating uninvited guests by beating the trees they…
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Tony Bennett: The Crooner Who Left His Heart With You, Not San Francisco
Twenty Grammy awards over nearly a century of living. Tony Bennett, the singer loved not just in America…
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Malaysia’s Mother Mangalam: New World Care in Old-School World
The 15-year-old was about to put the buttered slice of bread into her mouth, when it was yanked…
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Tina Turner: “Simply The Best” Female Rocker We Knew
The limo was headed to the Hilton Statler Hotel in downtown Dallas. Seated at the back was one…
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Elyse Bree Nantha: A Go-Getter Extraordinaire
It is rare for undergraduates to be awarded honours in competition with tenured staff. The University of Nottingham…
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Harry Belafonte: The Man Who Married Pop With Politics
Music has often intertwined with politics, sometimes striking the right chord with it and sometimes being not so…
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Vani Jairam: The Indian Nightingale Who Never Sung About Herself
The year was 1971. The Hindustani music world — the epicenter of what the world calls Bollywood —…
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Benedict: He Who Showed Popes They Can Resign, Apologize For Their Faults
What measures the greatness of a pope? A Time magazine cover? Millions of Twitter followers? Pope Benedict XVI,…
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Pele: If Football Had A Face, This Had To Be The One
He was named Edson Arantes do Nascimento, after Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb. If his…
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‘Remembering America’s Gun Victims’: Grace Audrey McDonnell (Sandy Hook, Connecticut)
Grace Audrey McDonnell was the love and light of her family's lives. Every year on November 4th, balloons…
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‘Remembering America’s Gun Victims’: James Radley Mattioli (Sandy Hook, Connecticut)
James Radley Mattioli used to be first in his family to wake up each morning, ready to go…
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‘Remembering America’s Gun Victims’: Ana Marquez-Greene (Sandy Hook, Connecticut)
Ana Grace Marquez-Greene’s love for singing was evident before she was even able to talk. “In a musical…
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‘Remembering America’s Gun Victims’: Jesse Lewis (Sandy Hook, Connecticut)
Jesse Lewis had just witnessed his teacher getting shot in the hallway of the first grade classrooms of…
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‘Remembering America’s Gun Victims’: Chase Kowalski (Sandy Hook, Connecticut)
The Kowalskis could seldom focus on the birthday of their son Chase Michael-Anthony because Halloween fell on that…
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Remembering America’s Gun Victims’: Catherine Violet Hubbard (Sandy Hook, Connecticut)
On a quiet street in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, Catherine Violet Hubbard was being remembered lovingly by her mother.…
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‘Remembering America’s Gun Victims’: Madeleine Hsu (Sandy Hook, Connecticut)
Madeleine Hsu loved music, was always in motion and had a strong personality. “Petite princess” — that’s how…
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‘Remembering America’s Gun Victims’: Dylan Hockley (Sandy Hook, Connecticut)
To the world, Dylan Hockley was a beautiful, joyous, loving boy who often would laugh himself silly by…
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‘Remembering America’s Gun Victims’: Josephine Gay (Sandy Hook, Connecticut)
Josephine Grace Gay was on the autism spectrum and was nonverbal. Despite not communicating, Joey, as she was…
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‘Remembering America’s Gun Victims’: Olivia Engel (Sandy Hook, Connecticut)
At six years old, Olivia Engel was already a leader to her family and those who knew her. …
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‘Remembering America’s Gun Victims’: Daniel Barden (Sandy Hook, Connecticut)
Daniel Barden was fearless in his pursuit of happiness and life. He was a budding athlete, a member…
