THE NP CHRONICLE : 29TH AUGUST

The NP Chronicle 

29th August

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 20th century. His musical achievements broke American racial barriers and made him a dominant figure worldwide. Through his songs, music videos, concerts, and fashion, he transformed visual performance in popular music, popularizing street dance moves such as the moonwalk, the robot, and the anti-gravity lean. Jackson is often deemed the greatest entertainer of all time.

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"Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons." 

— Michael Jackson

"We have to heal our wounded world. The chaos, despair, and senseless destruction we see today are a result of the alienation that people feel from each other and their environment."

-- Michael Jackson

"All of us are products of our childhood."

-- Michael Jackson

"Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed."

-- Michael Jackson

"Sometimes the heart is so heavy that we turn away from it and forget that its throbbing is the wisest message of life, a wordless message that says, "Live, be, move, rejoice -- you are alive!" Without the heart's wise rhythm, we could not exist."

-- Michael Jackson

"When children listen to music, they don't just listen. They melt into the melody and flow with the rhythm. Something inside starts to unfold its wings - soon the child and the music are one."

-- Michael Jackson

"They say that parenting is like dancing. You take one step, your child takes another."

-- Michael Jackson

"But for me the sweetest contact with God has no form. I close my eyes, look within, and enter a deep soft silence. The infinity of God's creation embraces me."

-- Michael Jackson 

Major Dhyan Chand (29 August 1905 – 3 December 1979) was an Indian field hockey player. He is widely regarded as the greatest field hockey player in history. He was known for his extraordinary ball control and goal-scoring feats, in addition to earning three Olympic gold medals, in 1928, 1932 and 1936, during an era where India dominated field hockey. Dhyan Chand's influence extended beyond these victories, as India won the field hockey event in seven out of eight Olympics from 1928 to 1964.

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"To demand more of yourself than you do of others is the first on any ladder of success."

-- Dhyan Chand 

John Locke (/lɒk/; 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism". His important works include A Letter Concerning Toleration (1689), Two Treatises of Government (1689/90), both published anonymously, and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689/90). His writing on toleration contends that religion is a matter for the individual and that the churches are voluntary associations, ruling out religious coercion and uniformity; these lead to the idea of separation of church and state. His Two Treatises on Government argues for government based on the consent of the governed and the right to revolt against tyrannous government which has lost consent. The Two Treatises are believed to have influenced the language that Thomas Jefferson chose in his drafting the July 1776 Declaration of Independence during the War of American Independence.

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"The only defense against the world is a thorough knowledge of it."

-- John Locke

"We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us."

-- John Locke

"Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves poison the fountain."

-- John Locke

"Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues."

-- John Locke

"Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses."

-- John Locke

"The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves."

-- John Locke

Ingrid Bergman (29 August 1915 – 29 August 1982) was a Swedish actress. With a career spanning five decades, Bergman is often regarded as one of the most influential actresses in the history of cinema. She won numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award; these accolades made her the youngest performer to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting and one of only four actresses to have received at least three acting Academy Awards (only Katharine Hepburn has four).

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"Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better!"

-- Ingrid Bergman

Akkineni Nagarjuna (born 29 August 1959) is an Indian actor best known for his works primarily in Telugu cinema, as well as in a few Hindi and Tamil films. He has appeared in over 90 films and is a recipient of two National Film Awards for Ninne Pelladata (1996) and Annamayya (1997). Nagarjuna has also won ten Nandi Awards and three Filmfare Awards South. In 2013, he represented the Cinema of South India at the Delhi Film Festival's 100 Years of Indian Cinema's celebration. In 1995, he ventured into film production, with a production unit operating in Seychelles, and was a co-director of an Emmy Award-winning film animation company called Heart Animation. Nagarjuna is the co-owner of Annapurna Studios and is also the president of the non-profit film school Annapurna College of Film and Media based in Hyderabad.

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Today is:

▪︎ International Day against Nuclear Tests

▪︎ Individual Rights Day

▪︎ National Sports Day in India 

▪︎ Birth anniversary of Michael Jackson, Major Dhyan Chand, John Locke, Ingrid Bergman, Akkineni Nagarjuna