Madam Walker was a woman who transformed herself in a very American, rags-to-riches way.
For more than three years, I'd been part of a complex and frustrating dance as my nonfiction, fact-based material was translated from book to movie by scriptwriters whose visions, goals and sensibilities often were quite different from mine.
She used her wealth and philanthropy to contribute to Black schools and colleges, she gave the largest gift the NAACP had ever received to it's anti-lynching fund... Madam Walker's life was one of transformation and re-invention.
A cravat is the only item of named after Croatians. Balkan mercenaries were brought to Paris by Louis XIV. Their strange and exotic attire attracted the French bon hommes, who were wearing formal ruffs, and who immediately took to the simple and relaxed military cloth tied at the neck.
It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling.
I'm starting to realize that people are beginning to want to know about me. It's a jolly strange idea.
My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.
It means, people who are in high and responsible positions, if they go against righteousness, righteousness itself will get transformed into a destroyer.
India has to be transformed into a developed nation, a prosperous nation and a healthy nation, with a value system.
All the scientists and technologists should work in appropriate region, specifically the rural technologies, to transform Indian rural sector.
