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Bengaluru start-up strives to bridge India’s genomics data gap to aid precision oncology

The company, 4baseCare, has come up with a gene panel for the Indian population after extensive research. This, according to the founders, will allow doctors to provide more evidence-based and data-backed treatment for cancer patients in the country




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'Scale at which this scam operates is shocking'

'There is an eminently fertile ground that perpetrators must be finding in our society.'




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'Nothing honorable about this killing'

'Find a name that changes the words honor killing and hopefully it includes the word murder.''If you use the words, you are trying to justify the murders.'




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'Happy film-makers are rediscovering me'

'Whatever you see of me on celluloid will be with the idea of wanting to push the envelope.'




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'Emotion is missing in today's times'

'You have to fight your own battles and I fought mine.'




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A Must Watch Film About Sexual Awakening

'I went to a school in Baroda, where if the boys harassed us, the teachers pulled the girls aside and said, "Oh, your skirts are too short".' 'They made us feel ashamed of having any sexual feelings or having bodies that were growing up to be a young women.'




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WATCH Seepi Sing Sabki Baaratein Aayi 2!

'There was this music director who approached me for a song. He called me to his house for practice.''I took my mother with me and I felt he did not like that.''It took me a while to gauge his intentions.''That really scarred me.'




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The Musician Making History

'I will always cherish the fact that I received the first big award of my life, actually two, in the company of legends for an incredible collaboration.'




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'I don't like people messing with me'

'Television actors are people who play with fire.'




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The Indian Film Making Global Waves

'I thought of a suppressed country and a free world.''If we travel from one to another, what will that road look like?''What colours, music there will be? What kind of people would you see?'




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Aditi Sings Ang Laga De, Noodle Sa Dil!

'There must have been some wonderful genetic disorder due to which I was attracted towards filmi songs.'




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'Playing tipsy is difficult to enact'

'Bahut mazaa aaya tha doing Agneepath. When you are working with good actors, it enriches your acting.''Amitabhji and I had done Shahenshah before, but that was a fun film.'




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'I'm not blaming fathers, but...'

'I'm talking about that predator in your house, and how one should protect one's children from him.'




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Making Waves In India And Hollywood

'On the set, Ranveer and I got along really well. Ten days after the release, Ranveer messaged me and said, you have killed the scene! For someone like him to message me just says how supportive person he is of newcomers.'




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'Women don't have to only sing and dance'

'When you are new, you don't know how the industry works'. 'But when you know where you are headed, the possibilities of being conned or facing unpleasant instances is reduced.'




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'Girls Are Becoming Suicide Bombers'

'When I am doing a film, that film is not propaganda for me. That's a true thing.'




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What's This American Doing In Bollywood?

'In India, I'm able to work with the biggest stars on creating a scene, creating that emotion, without being too hung up on their persona.'




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'My Life Was In Danger'

'I received many threatening calls and letters.''A fatwa was issued against me.'




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The Busiest Firang Actor In India

'There have been and will continue to be, so many captivating stories in colonial India.''Obviously, most of the white people were British, so if I am going to take on a role in a film set in one of the most turbulent periods of Indian history, then it only stands to reason that my character would be of British descent.''But that doesn't mean all my roles are negative.'




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'The Songs Have Already Become A Craze'

'When it was confirmed that I would do the song, Manishaji walked up to me and asked, "Please Vijayshree, tell me how are you planning to do the song. Give me a rough idea so that I am mentally prepared".'




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Why I Won't Mind Campaigning For Kangana

'Since we are in the same party now, there has to be political camaraderie if nothing more.'




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'Directors Weren't Noticing Me'

'Money was pouring in after Movers & Shakers. At the turn of the millennium, I was voted one of the top 10 Mumbaikars. People joked that even when they switched off their TV sets, I was there! I would ask God if he was compensating me for the loss of Ayush, the greatest tragedy of my life.'




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'Oh My God! We've Done Something Great'

'The real change will happen when more powerful roles come to me.''I am looking forward to that change.'




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Revealed! Shatru To Attend Sona Wedding

'He can't remain upset for long, not with Sonakshi.'




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'The Way We Express Love Has Changed'

'We are the kids from the '90s who have grown up watching Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol romancing on Suraj Hua Maddham.' 'At the same time, we are also the same people who text our partner and tell them, 'I am breaking up with you'.'




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'Love Keeps Evolving But...'

'Love in today's time is very fast-paced, whereas I seek calmness in love.'




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'Bombay Has An Intoxicating Personality'

'It's such a mishmash of wonderful things, so many different cultures, subsections of society and weird histories.'




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'Aishwarya And I Are Dying To Work...'

'We are just waiting for the right script.'




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'Hope Bigg Boss Brings Me Fame'

'My only aim would be to entertain my audience and show them that boxers are lovely people.'




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'I Don't Preach About Keeping Two Wives'

'My primary reason to participate was -- and I told my wives as well -- that the three of us would live happily together on the show and create history. We would make sure that people remember us for the longest time.'




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'Social Media Has Complicated Everything'

'I would have become a big star 11 years ago if things had worked as per my plans.'




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'Can't Say Bigg Boss Promoting Polygamy'

'Ranvir will run out of steam pretty soon.''The way he is reacting or rather, overreacting to things, I am sure he will be exhausted soon.''You need to chill at times to play a game like Bigg Boss.'





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Making Prabhas And Diljit Dance

'Diljit and Prabhas are so similar -- very humble, down-to-earth, extremely shy introverts and at the same time, extremely talented guys.'





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'People Said A Lot Of Things Against Me'

'I believe one should never disrespect their elders but if the person does not know how to talk to people, then I am sorry, I cannot take it.'




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'I No Longer Need To Work For Money'

'I used to think I'll become a big heroine by 21-22, then I'll make a big, successful movie and then I would buy a house.''But when this was not happening for me, it was heartbreaking.'




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'Worst Human Beings Are Those Who...'

'Now I have understood that an actor needs to switch on and off between action and cut.''I take my characters only from the vanity van to vanity van.''When I put on the makeup and wear the costume, I'm in character.''The minute I remove the makeup and take off my costume, I am out of it.'





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'You're Putting Your Personal Life Out For Butchering'

'The kind of things they were writing, 'Oh, what is this, she's overacting at her wedding.' 'Why is she not covering her head?''The kind of liberty people take to comment on what I should be doing in my personal life is not something I'm okay with.'




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'There Is A Fear Of Disappearing'

'God can you get work, but once you get it, you have to do it with honesty and put your 100 percent into it.'





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'Nothing Can Keep Akshay Down'

'Mohanlal and Akshay are two actors who trust me implicitly.'




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'We Lost So Many Things In This War'

'The war ended in 2009 and I believe the new generation of Tamils don't know what was going on there.''I felt it was my duty to tell our story.''Since 2009, it seems like we are sleeping.'




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When Karan Fainted Directing Mr Bachchan

'It must have been the nervous excitement of shooting with THE Amitabh Bachchan. I had kept tossing and turning all night. The next morning, I promptly fainted in my choreographer Farah Khan's arms. When I came round, I heard Amitji saying, 'Please don't faint. I promise I'll dance well.''







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60fps scrolling using pointer-events: none

Paul Lewis did an interesting article a while back about avoiding unnecessary paints through disabling hover effects as the user scrolls, which is a great approach. The down side being managing all your hover states through a parent class. UPDATE: I’ve done a follow up article which demonstrates a more robust technique. .hover .element:hover { … Continue reading "60fps scrolling using pointer-events: none"




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A follow up to obtaining 60fps scrolling performance

60fps scrolling article got quite a few people excited but also a few smart people to point out some flaws in the approach. I was planning to just update the original article but I’ve compiled so much info about this topic that I thought it would be better to do a follow up article and … Continue reading "A follow up to obtaining 60fps scrolling performance"