THE NP CHRONICLE : 13TH OCTOBER

The NP Chronicle 

13th October

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (née Roberts; 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013), was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold the office. As prime minister, she implemented policies that came to be known as Thatcherism. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style.

"Watch your thoughts, for they will become actions. Watch your actions, for they'll become... habits. Watch your habits for they will forge your character. Watch your character, for it will make your destiny."

-- Margaret Thatcher

Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan[a] (13 October 1948 – 16 August 1997), also known as NFAK, was a Pakistani singer, Hindustani classical vocalist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and music director. While primarily being associated with qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music from Pakistan and India, he belonged to the historic Qawwal Bachchon ka Gharana (Delhi Gharana) and was trained in pure classical khayal architecture under his father Ustad Fateh Ali Khan and later uncle Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan and Ustad Salamat Ali Khan. Though widely celebrated for his qawwali performances, his standing as a master of Shastriya Sangeet (classical music) was validated by the classical community when he received the Hafiz Ali Khan Award in 1997. He ranks as one of the most influential South Asian singers of all time. Widely recognised as the "Shahanshah-e-Qawwali" (lit. 'the King of Kings of Qawwali'), he has been recognised as one of the 50 Great Voices by NPR and 200 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone. The New York Times named Khan the greatest qawwali singer of his generation. while Credited with introducing Qawwali music to international audiences, he was known for his vocal abilities and could perform at a high level of intensity for several hours.

Jeet Thayil (born 1959) is an Indian poet, novelist, librettist and musician. He is the author of several poetry collections, including These Errors Are Correct (2008), which won the Sahitya Akademi Award. His first novel, Narcopolis, (2012), won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, and was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize and The Hindu Literary Prize.

Today is:

▪︎ International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 

▪︎ English Language Day 

▪︎ World Thrombosis Day

▪︎ Breast Cancer Awareness Day

▪︎ Herpes Awareness Day

▪︎ National Train Your Brain Day

▪︎ International Day for Failure 

▪︎ Birth anniversary of Margaret Thatcher, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Jeet Thayil

▪︎ Death anniversary of Kishore Kumar, Dario Fo