To put it into perspective, Adele's weight loss has had almost more press coverage than Pippa Middleton in *that* bridesmaid dress which, if you remember, was a helluva lot.

And, as with any good media storm, a bevy of rumours about what exactly she did to achieve such a transformation followed shortly thereafter. From ex-trainers coming out of the woodwork explaining what they did when they worked with the mega-star to hypotheses of certain diets, the rumour mill around Adele's weight loss is having a ~moment~. Especially as it's been compounded by the fact Adele hasn't confirmed or denied any of the theories. Big Area 51 energy, indeed. The only thing she has said has changed her life recently is a book namely, Untamed by Glennon Doyle. Sharing her love for the read to her 38.5 million Instagram followers, Adele said, 'if youre ready this book will shake your brain and make your soul scream. I am so ready for myself after reading this book! Its as if I just flew into my body for the very first time.' If ever there was a review to give, Adele's bloody given it.

So, instead of diving into the maelstrom of conjecture-ville around her weight loss we asked trusted experts to unpick the rumours surrounding her weight loss and why, in some cases, the suggested methods are not only unsustainable, but dangerous in the long term.

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Similar to the pictures in America's Next Top Model, these rumours are going to be inspected, unpacked and unravelled by the experts. On the bench today we have:

We so hope you're with us when we say that restrictive diets are absolutely not the way to achieve sustainable, safe weight loss. Not only will you most likely regain the weight you lost, the swing between restriction and normal eating can damage your metabolism and even your fertility.

Whilst there is no solid evidence that Adele (or her team) used this approach to lose weight (only hearsay), we're going to unpack exactly why it shouldn't be the way you choose to either. K?

To do some quick revision on what the baseline is for daily consumption, adult women should aim to consume 2000 kcals per day, according to NHS guidelines. Now, everyone is different and this figure could change based on activity level, age and goal.

Studies have shown that restrictive diets can lead to muscle loss and significantly slow down metabolism,' explains Dr Rekha Tailor of Health at Aesthetics. 'So, whereas consuming too many calories can stop you from losing weight, too few calories can also have a negative impact and reduce your metabolism and muscle mass.'

Yikes. This means that eating too few calories could be undoing any work you've done to sculpt and build muscle during all those home workouts. No, thank you.

Other side effects of overly restrictive diets include:

However, this list is not exhaustive as Dr Tailor explains:

'Restrictive diets can, over a long period of time, reduce fertility, especially for women as their ability to ovulate depends on hormones. It can weaken bones due to the reduction in estrogen and testosterone levels and it may also lower your immunity against virus and infection, thus increasing your risk of becoming ill.'

Basically: too few calories has a wide-reaching detrimental impact on your body and can lead to long-term consequences. If a diet asks you to remove entire food groups, ignore your natural hunger cues or restrict to a point you feel weak or fatigued label it for what it is (an unhealthily restrictive crash diet) and kick it to the curb!

'Health is a journey and everyone's on their own journey and that's how people should look at it: as a healthy lifestyle, not necessarily as weight loss,' says Dr Tosin Sotubo. 'The term weight loss can put a lot of pressure on someone to get to a certain number of a certain look and it should be more about living a healthy and sustainable lifestyle.'

To figure out how to fuel yourself properly on a weight loss journey, calculating your macros can be a great way to start. It'll help you figure out what to eat and how much of it.

If you're not familiar with macros, peep our super handy explainer to get clued up.

This rumour might be the one with the most traction and for good reason the sirtfood diet is one that Adele has actually said she's done before. Whether she's definitely eating from this regimen has not been confirmed. If she is, this is what it entails:

'The sirtfood diet is a diet which promotes sirt foods, these foods are believed to contain specific enzymes known as sirtuins,' explains nutritionist Jenna Hope. 'Sirtuins are a select group of proteins which have been claimed to promote metabolism and reduce inflammation. In addition to consuming these foods the diet also recommends a calorie intake of just 1000 kcal per day.'

Uh oh. The dreaded 1000 calories a day rumour rears its head again. Hopefully, if the songstress is abiding by this diet, she's doing so with expert guidance to ensure her bod and brain fuelled correctly.

So, the science on this one is... shaky.

'Its claimed that the specific sirt foods may help to increase metabolism and reduce inflammation,' says Hope. 'Although, there's no scientific evidence to support these claims. In reality its the significant calorie restriction which induces the initial weight loss.'

Hmmm. So, it might not be the sirt-ness of the foods that causes rapid weight loss but the fact it mandates such a small daily calorie intake.

As we delved into before, overly restrictive diets such as this are not advised to be a healthy mechanism for long term, safe, sustainable weight loss. Not only can you cannibalise your own muscle tissue, you'll probably also be miserable as hell while doing it. Not safe, not fun, not healthy. Hard pass.

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If you've ever tried to wean yourself off sugary tea, you'll know it goes from tasting like a sweet treat to bitter dishwater. Basically, it's hard AF.

However, small changes like drinking tea sans sucre or putting the kibosh on fizzy drinks can make a big difference in improving your overall diet and help in achieving weight loss goals.

'Cutting out added sugars from fizzy drinks or tea may contribute towards weight loss as you will be reducing overall calorie intake,' explains nutritional therapist Marilia Chamon. 'In addition, added sugars, also called "free sugars", are calories which are quickly absorbed into the bloodstream and create an insulin peak in the body. That messes up your blood sugar levels and appetite hormones, making you feel more hungry, more quickly.'

Whether removing these drinks from your diet will be enough to cause noticeable weight loss will depend on the overall balance of your entire diet. And, when healthy eating is balanced, there can be room for occasional less nutritionally dense foods, however as the basis of a healthy diet, probably not.

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The other thing Adele's been reportedly doing is swerving caffeine and alcohol, two stimulants known for their impact on the body.

'Both alcohol and caffeine are a diuretic and promote dehydration and blood sugar imbalances which lead to false hunger and a bigger appetite,' describes Chamon. 'Cutting them out can be helpful as you'll be able to maintain blood sugar levels that are more stable. This can lead to increased satiety after meals.'

As stimulants, alcohol and caffeine can also affect our sleeping habits, causing a poor night's rest that can impact how we feel (and eat) the next day.

'Good sleep is essential to maintain balanced appetite hormones. You're less likely to make good food choices if you're sleep deprived and studies even suggest that individuals who didn't get a good night's sleep consume an extra 380 kcals per day,' says Chamon.

Don't look at us like that: we know the biscuit jar/snack cupboard/toaster gets some extra love when you've slept less than forty winks. Practicing good sleep hygiene, which could include nixing caffeine and alcohol, might be the balance you need to keep on your healthy journey. It can't hurt!

Hypnotherapy for weight loss is a large area that many who feel they've tried everything consider as an option. However, as Dr Elena Touroni, a consultant psychologist and co-founder of The Chelsea Psychology Clinic, will unravel for us it shouldn't be the be all and end all of a weight loss journey. In fact, it should just be one building block.

Put aside your visions of a dark room and gently swinging metal balls hypnotherapy is about as woo woo as drinking water. Basically, it's not. And as a therapeutic approach it does have its benefits.

'There is some evidence that hypnotherapy can be effective for weight loss,' explains Dr Touroni. However, she continues: 'Whilst it can help aid the initial weight loss, in order to make long-term change, its important for someone to understand what might have caused their difficulties in managing their weight in the first place.'

And, what's more, it won't necessarily mean you'll keep the weight off for good.

'The danger of relying on a strategy thats meant to create subconscious change is that it doesnt equip you with the tools to manage relapses,' explains Dr Touroni. 'Most people have more difficulty maintaining weight loss rather than losing the weight in the first place so might find that they revert back to old behaviours.'

In order to lose weight safely and for good, identifying and addressing your triggers such as using food to self-soothe or entering cycles of bingeing and restricting; managing proper stress control; and ensuring you're eating enough (and of the right things) is just as important as getting started on the journey.

'There's a difference between weight loss and a transformation,' explains trainer, ex-Olympian and founder of ROAR Fitness, Sarah Lindsay. 'It should be a standardised, progressive plan so that it's measured, you know where you're going, you know what the plan is and you can record it and keep moving it forward. It's about nutrition and training combined.'

So, remember: with your health and fitness, we're here for a long time, not just a good time! Safe, sustainable measures to achieve a transformation like Adele's are always the way to go.

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Dillan the Asiatic Bear has become something of a celebrity at The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colorado. These days, he is known for his remarkable resilience and playfulness, which is particularly notable when you consider the circumstances he used to endure.

In January 2020, Dillan was rescued from the Union County Sportsmens Club in Pennsylvania, where he was kept in a tiny concrete and steel cage and badly mistreated. He was subjected to the sound of constant gunfire from the shooting ranges and with no enrichment, Dillan suffered from severe zoochosis where he rocked rhythmically against a concrete wall hours on end for years. The situation was terrible. He also suffered from morbid obesity due to his poor diet and lack of exercise and had rotting teeth and gums.

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With pressure from many fronts (including from PETA and actor Alec Baldwin) for the club to either provide better care for Dillan or let him go to an accredited sanctuary, the club ownership finally agreed to release him to the USDA, which then released him to the Wild Animal Sanctuary, the oldest and largest accredited carnivore sanctuary in the Western Hemisphere located just 30 minutes from Denver.

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When Dillan first arrived at the Sanctuary, he was treated for several severe medical issues at the Sanctuarys veterinary clinic. Besides being morbidly obese, he had severe gum and teeth infections, raw skin from living in a continuously damp environment, and disfigured toes from being declawed. Once Dillons dental issues were repaired and his multiple infections cleared, he moved into a large acreage natural habitat where he began losing weight through exercise and a correct diet.

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Dillans recovery at the Sanctuary has been nothing short of incredible. He now lives with Lily, another female Asiatic bear and together they roam freely in a large acreage habitat and enjoy a healthy life and get to do all of the things that bears enjoy like playing with logs, taking a dip in the pool, jumping on tires, napping, and eating delicious and healthy food

Dillan and Lily are wonderful examples of how older bears that have lived in terrible enclosures for decades can be safely rescued and properly rehabilitated.

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Located near Keenesburg, Colorado, The Wild Animal Sanctuary is the largest nonprofit carnivore sanctuary in the world, with over 500 rescued animals including lions, tigers, bears, wolves, leopards and other large carnivores living in large-acreage natural habitats. Established in 1980, the Sanctuary operates two locations with more than 10,000 acres for abused, abandoned and confiscated carnivores and specializes in rehabilitating captive wildlife so they can be released into natural habitats where they can roam freely and live with others of their own kind.

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Veggie Grill rolled out its new menu that balances whole plant-based foods and clean, health promoting proteins. The company has developed a variety of flavorful menu items that make it easy for people to eat responsibly and indulge on familiar items with a twist.

Veggie Grill provides guests with an accessible way to enjoy a plant-based diet with savory ingredients. The new menu features appetizing creations such as the Chili Burger, Reuben on Rye, VG Classic, Masala Curry Bowl and a variety of salads that can be topped with different plant proteins.

"Our passion is to help people begin, advance and embrace their conscious food journey, and empower them to make the world better one plant-based meal at a time," says T.K. Pillan, founder and executive chairman, Veggie Grill. "Veggie Grill strives to deliver the best the plant-based world has to offer in familiar and accessible menu items. Food can help us heal the planet while also leading to a healthier and kinder future. There has never been a better or more important time to lean into plant-based eating."

The plant-based diet movement is growing rapidly with non-vegans and non-vegetarians alike seeking alternatives to meat and dairy as a way to compliment a healthy and balanced diet. An estimated 40 percent of Americans now incorporate plant-based meals into their regular diet. Additionally, due to current events and environmental concerns, perceptions around food are also shifting and further propelling plant-based food consumption across the United States and the world.

The new menu offerings include:

Masala Curry Bowl roasted butternut squash, turmeric cauliflower, and braised cabbage over masala-spiced chickpea curry and wild rice.

Immunity Bowl packed with immunity boosters that include roasted yams, dark leafy greens, roasted brussels sprouts, tempeh, quinoa and lentils with a miso mushroom sauce.

Classic Romaine Caesar crisp romaine hearts tossed in Veggie Grill's signature Caesar dressing, flatbread croutons, parmesan and grilled lemon. Top off with tempeh for a clean, whole food, health-promoting protein boost.

Kale + Quinoa Power Salad - Organic quinoa and black lentil salad with cucumber, shredded carrot, dried currants, gigante beans, pickled onions and 3-seed crunch; served on a bed of marinated baby kale and grilled tempeh

The Deli Sub deli-style cold cuts, provolone cheese, lettuce, tomato, pepperoncini, pickles, dijonaise, oil and vinegar on a soft wheat roll or wrap.

Reuben on Rye Mrs. Goldfarb's corned beef, special sauce, whiskey dill sauerkraut, provolone cheese, grilled rye bread.

House Veggie Burger wild mushroom burger, arugula, baby tomatoes, basil aioli, pickled onion on a whole grain sesame bun.

The Griller beyond burger, lettuce mix, sliced tomato, American cheese, special sauce on a whole grain sesame bun.

Chili Burger grilled tempeh burger topped with white bean chili, dill pickle, crispy onion strings on a whole grain sesame bun.

Veggie Grill crafts food that is good for our lives and our future, and is free of animal products, antibiotics and hormones. Its mission is to bring 100% plant-based goodness to the world.

Veggie Grill is open and serving local communities safely and following all necessary COVID-19 precautions

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Since elective surgeries have resumed, more patients are seeking help at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute for a wide range of conditions, from peripheral artery disease and complex valve repairs to minimally invasive cardiac bypass surgery, the specialty of Joseph McGinn, M.D., the Institutes chief of cardiac surgery. He is relieved to see patients avoid delays in their care.

With any planned surgery orprocedure, we must weigh the risk of delay against the benefit of movingforward, Dr. McGinn explains. In some situations, it may not be safe to delayfurther.

Taking proactive steps can increasepatients chances of recovering safely and returning to good health. In mostcases, full recovery after a heart procedure takes a few weeks; more complexsurgeries may require several months.

Here are some guidelines to helppave the road to recovery during these extraordinary times:

Avoid Exposure

Following surgery, the body is morevulnerable less able to fight off infection, including COVID-19. Coronavirus isspread mainly from person-to-person through tiny droplets in the air whenpeople cough, sneeze or even talk. The best way to prevent infection is toavoid exposure to the virus in the first place.

As you recover, remember to:

Stay at home as much as possible. Avoid public spaces, especially if they are crowded or enclosed.

Cover your mouth and nose with a face mask if you must be around others, and stay at least six feet away.

Wash your hands often, either with soap and water for 20 seconds or a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60 percent alcohol.

Cut Down on Caregivers

Having someone at home with you inthe days and weeks after surgery can be very helpful. Still, its best to limityour caregivers to one or two people.

If possible, its best for yourcaregiver to be someone youre already in frequent contact with, such as aspouse or adult family member.

Caregivers should follow guidelinesto prevent the spread of infection, including wearing a mask outside the home,washing hands frequently, distancing from others and avoiding crowded publicspaces where they might be exposed to the virus.

If your caregivers go out or are exposed to others, you may wish to ask them to wear a mask at home when they are near you. Deborah Birx, M.D., coordinator of the White Houses coronavirus task force, recently suggested wearing face masks at home can prevent transmission of the coronavirus to vulnerable individuals in a household.

Keep Your Circle Small

Visiting someone who is convalescingis a normal custom, but these are not normal times. Every visitor who comesinto your home increases your risk.

Unless they already share yourhousehold, avoid close contact with other people even if you know them wellor they are family.

Maintaining distance doesnt justapply to those who appear sick. Be wary about getting too close to anyone. Somepeople, including children, are asymptomatic carriers, which means they notshow signs of carrying the virus and can pass it on to you unknowingly.

If you do get visitors, do nottouch, hug or kiss them. Do not shake hands or bump elbows. Wave and greet themfrom a distance.

If you do allow visitors, keep alist of their names and when the visit occurred. This will help with contacttracing if someone becomes sick. Memory alone can be unreliable.

Stake Your Space

Especially if you live in a multi-generational household: Those who share your home may be going out for various reasons, such as work or errands. As much as possible, stay in a specific room and away from them. If possible, use a separate bathroom.

If you need to be around otherpeople (or even pets), wear a mask or covering over your nose and mouth.

Avoid sharing personal householditems, such as dishes, drinking glasses, cups, eating utensils, towels, orbedding with other people in your home.

Frequently clean and disinfecthigh-touch surfaces such as phones, remote controls, counters, tabletops,doorknobs, bathroom fixtures, keyboards, tablets, and bedside tables.

Know the Trouble Signs

Keep an eye out for symptoms ofCOVID-19 and post-surgical complications. Dont be afraid to seek medical helpif things seem out of the ordinary. If you are showing any of these signs,consult your physician or seek emergency care:

Feed Your Recovery

Watch for Stress

Heart surgery can bring on arollercoaster of emotions. This is normal. Concerns about COVID-19 may add toyour stress and anxiety. Take breaks from social media and news coverage, whichcan increase distress. Instead, stay connected with family and friends viaphone and video chats. Rest, relax and do something you enjoy. If recommendedby your care team, go for walks outside. If you start to feel overwhelmed,share your feelings with people you trust.

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Cape Town - Their owners will be arrested if restaurants not comply with the curfew, Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane says.

She urged businesses in the tourism sector to comply with regulations, including the curfew. We hold regular engagements with the restaurants on this. Everyone must comply with the curfew; the consequences (of non-compliance by a restaurant) will be that the manager and the owner will be arrested, she said.

Under the rules for level 2 of the lockdown, travel between provinces and use of beaches and parks are permitted. Our road to recovery as a sector has begun; we will in the coming weeks consolidate inputs received on the Tourism Recovery Strategy before we submit our plan to Cabinet, Kubayi-Ngubane said.

Our intention is to start as soon as possible with the implementation of the recovery plan. We are mindful that this is critical as tourism is one of the pillars for the broader South African economic recovery and growth.

The regulations for accommodation include establishments keeping occupancy rates at 50% in reception and breakfast areas, and on-site use of alcohol is permitted in licensed restaurants and bars, with the curfew starting at 10pm.

For weddings, venues must comply with the limit of 50 people in attendance. Also permitted to open are amusement parks, family entertainment centres, zoos, aquariums, science centres and nature and game reserves and national parks.

Tourism has been the hardest-hit sector during the lockdown, with over 600000 jobs under threat. Tourism Business Council of SA chief executive Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa said: We want patrons to know that coming to establishments is safe.

The idea of being out and about again may seem daunting; however the protocols ensure a great, uncompromised experience, with appropriate safety processes embedded ... Patrons now have the option to look for establishments displaying the Travel Safe Eat Safe decal, indicating they are adhering to these ... protocols.

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A Parsee is no more a representative of Indians, than a Nestorian Christian would be of Ottomans.

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Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinyar Patel writes in this splendidly researched, elegantly written book, made at least two whistle-stop tours across most of India. Neither of these tours touched the South but there is no mistaking the fact that he was a respected figure across India.

The great Tamil poet Subramania Bharati wrote a four-stanza poem on the occasion of Naorojis 80th birthday: the Grand Old Man of India, Bharati said, battled with words rather than with weapons. (A few years later, Bharatis weekly, India, published in exile from Pondicherry, carried Naorojis portrait on its front page.)

Dinyar Patel, Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism, Harvard University Press, 2020.

A more apt encomium could not have been paid: for Naoroji ripped apart the legitimacy of British rule in India with his searing polemics founded on statistics from British reports themselves using the strategy of the turning of defence witnesses.

As Patel points out, despite the ravages of time and the apathy of our record-keepers and archivists, that some thirty thousand documents from his collection have survived themselves tell a tale of the indefatigable work that he did with his pen and his tongue.

His untiring work prompted one contemporary observer to remark: Here Mr Naoroji paused to perform an operation known as breathing, which, I am informed by medical friends, is a process that human beings cannot safely neglect for any length of time.

The foremost pioneer and proponent of the drain theory that Indias poverty and British rule were causally linked Naoroji has not been the subject of a biography since Independence. The Publications Division of the government of India only republished an abridged version of Rustom P. Masanis 1939 biography in its Builders of Modern India series.

To students of Indian history Naoroji is known by the title of his 1901 compilation of writings on the drain theory, Poverty and Un-British Rule in India and as someone who had the unique distinction of presiding over three sessions of the Indian National Congress.

The art of biography in India is a neglected child of both history and literature, and Patel deserves praise for thumbing his nose at the vagaries of academic fashion to write this extensively researched and well-paced book. Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism not only extends our understanding of early Indian nationalism but also throws light on the world of Victorian Britain and the intellectual and political currents that fed into it.

Patel traces Naorojis life in three phases. Born more than three decades before the Great Revolt of 1857, Naoroji belonged to the first generation of modern educated Indians in Western India centred mostly in Elphinstone College. Brought up on a diet of liberal thought it did not take long for Naoroji to see through the hypocrisy of the British. In the first phase of Naorojis career, he was for some time the diwan of Baroda state.

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Even by this time, in the early 1870s, Naoroji had begun to articulate his ideas about the economic exploitation of India. In the subsequent years and decades, these ideas were buttressed by even better data and more forceful exposition.

This was no mere academic argument, for this was foundational to early Indian nationalism, and it must have taken much courage to articulate, as when he said, as early as in 1867: No prophet is required to foretell the ultimate result of a struggle between a discontented two hundred millions, and a hundred thousand foreign bayonets.

As Patel points out this was a period of staggering intellectual activitythat had a deep and last impact on early Indian nationalism especially at a time when there was no clear dichotomy between economic nationalism and its political variant.

In the second phase of his career, Naoroji turned to Westminster and tried to seek entry into the British parliament. After his first abortive attempt to win from Holborn he ultimately succeeded, in 1892, to win from Central Finsbury by a margin of just five votes and earning the moniker Dadabhai Narrow Majority.

Naoroji won against heavy odds. Racial prejudice was rife with no less than the British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury stooping low to publicly draw attention to the colour of Naorojis skin. As a member of a miniscule minority, his credentials to represent India were questioned. It speaks for Naorojis tenacity that he secured a liberal party ticket against bitter inner party rivalry. Naoroji forged alliances with Irish home rulers, the working class and women suffragists. Patel reconstructs the story in much detail.

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Readers may wonder if it adds any value to his story but it is a masterly exercise in delineating and understanding the underbelly of a limited democracy at work. In the parliament Naoroji, despite the indifference shown by members to his demands and arguments in the cause of India, kept up the pressure and tried to win concessions for Indians. Simultaneous examinations for civil services in both India and Britain were a priority for him. If his parliamentary efforts did not produce much concrete results at least it demonstrated to the next generation of Indian nationalists its futility and the sham of British fair play.

The chapter preceding the Central Finsbury campaign uses a huge trove of ephemeral receipts and brochures and letters to demonstrate the wide respect that Naoroji was able to command among the Indian diaspora of Victorian times not only in Britain but across the empire and even outside. Particularly impressive is the wide respect that Naoroji commanded from Bulgaria and Shanghai, the Cape Colony and Zanzibar.

The last phase of Naoroji was marked by profound bitterness but it was also the time when [h]e spoke in the bold, unfettered language of constant protest. Naoroji took racist politics head on; his horizons were global and he struck alliances not only with Irish home rulers but black activists in the US and socialists and anti-imperialists.

Also read:Celebrating the Champaran Satyagraha, a Hundred Years On

The crowning moment was his president-ship of the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress in 1906. It could be said that Naoroji delayed the split between the Moderates and Extremists by a year, and committed the Congress to a demand for Swaraj, unqualified by ifs and buts. The Calcutta Congress session was Naorojis swansong. Naoroji was now a grand old man of 81 and he retired only when further exertion would have meant certain death. For a man who was born a full generation before the great revolt to have been relevant, even respected, until he was past 80 was no mean achievement.

Patel is evidently in awe of his subject, and one can imagine his face lighting up as he pores over the fading documents to reconstruct and interpret Naorojis life. Some years ago, in collaboration with the fastidious scholar of early Indian nationalism, S.R. Mehrotra Patel, produced an edited volume of Naorojis correspondence which will now stand as a companion volume to this engaging biography.

For all his admiration, Patel is even-handed and does not paper over Naorojis flaws. He draws attention to Naorojis soft-pedalling about British imperialism in the early part of his parliamentary tenure, calling it cloyingly moderate. Patel also points out his silence on caste, untouchability and minority representation.

When Naoroji died in 1917, after some well-deserved years of rest and quiet, Bombay city came to a near standstill with Congress and Muslim League volunteers clearing the path for the funeral hearse. Dadabhai Naoroji was a Gujarati of whom all Indians can be proud.

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Stranger Things is back. On the heels of the Duffer Brothers announcing two more seasons of the Upside Down thriller, Netflix is promoting the upcoming fourth season with a pandemic-friendly experience. The Stranger Things Drive-Into comes to L.A. this fall for fans of the series ready to safely explore Hawkins, IN.

Netflix has partnered with event platform Fever and Secret Cinema, an immersive theater company famous for its recreations of famous sets, to bring to life iconic locations from season three. Visitors can drive through the Starcourt mall, the Upside Down, and the underground Russian lab, according to The Verge. The UK-based production company is known for it's true to life performances from its staff of actors and will adapt their interactive plays for the drive through. The event's website touts audio and visual effects that can be experienced from the safety of your own car.

Tickets start at $59 for the hour-long interactive experience and promise familiar sights as well as "unforeseen and unusual occurrences" for new fans and series regulars alike. Visitors are encouraged to sign up for the waitlist before ticketing opens at noon on August 26th.

Ready to drive through 1985? Thrown on a Hawaiian shirt and sign up for the waitlist to score tickets to the live event here. Stranger Things: The Drive-Into Experience opens in October in downtown L.A.

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We proudly present part 56 of our open call, non-juried, online exhibition entitled "Artists in the time of Coronavirus!" A huge thank you to our 300+ participants! The deadline to submit has passed and we thank everyone who participated in the series. This is our last post in this series, at least for now.

Our fifty-sixth post of the series, Artists in the Time of Coronavirus includes Chau Nguyen, Juno Rosenhaus, Milicent Fambrough, William Hannum, and Clio Herbert! Thank you for sharing with us and the Philly art community!

Submissions are closed as of July 29, 2020 at 11:59 PM, and this is our final post (at least for now) Thanks for followingArtists in the Time of Coronavirus. We have a wonderful community and are so proud of being able to share everyones art.

The last few months for me resulted in lots of life change, mood swings, not to mention a newfound concern for COVIDs impact on the arts in Philly and worldwide. I miss seeing my art network. I miss walking into an art gallery and being confronted with a thought-provoking piece that shifts the space around it. Hell, I even miss doing art fairs and pop-up events, where I might feel too introverted to initiate a conversation.

Some days I like to think this is a historic moment that I would remember for years to come. Other days, I think about my increased carbon footprint, altered diet, physical fatigue, and ambiguous prospects. Then I would paint landscapes. There is something absolutely reassuring about immersing myself in a single moment in time, remembering its simultaneous tranquility and intensity, and understanding how light guides my perception of colors. These landscapes keep me going. In this act of painting is a small declaration: I am still here, observing life through brushstrokes. I am not required to be strong and outspoken all the time; I just need to live.

I am a Vietnamese immigrant artist based in Philadelphia. My visual language draws from memory, cultural roots, and landscape elements to convey frictions at the intersection of cultural identity, domestic trauma, mental illnesses, and transnational belonging. My IG is @chauspace and my website is https://chauspace.com.

I am a lesbian photographer in my late-50s living in the Mantua neighborhood of West Philly.

Waking Under Shelter was my response to the early shelter-in-place time period. Every morning for two and a half months I took a selfie upon waking. This resulted in 73 separate images which I made into a montage of nine images every week or two, culminating in a ninth and final montage containing the eight prior montages and one new central image.

Making montages out of my daily selfies was a way to share a part of myself with friends during the pandemic and also share the images with the wider community on social media in support of my photography practice.

The second image, Left Hand, is one of the 73 images in black and white.

Based on responses from my Waking Under Shelter series I began a project focusing on lesbians during the pandemic titled Visible Under Shelter: Lesbians During COVID, a virtual exhibition of lesbian lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.

I receive selfie submissions from lesbians worldwide which I share on Instagram and Facebook. The in-progress series is on IG @visiblelesbians. Readers can help spread the word about the Visible Under Shelter: Lesbians During COVID project by sharing @visiblelesbians and/or Visible Under Shelter with their networks.

Website: https://www.junorosenhaus.com/IG: @junorosenhaus + @visiblelesbians

I am a contemporary artist and writer from San Antonio Texas.Instagram handle @milicent210

Hi, my name is William Hannum and Im an artist working in Philadelphia. Last year I moved to the area to start working here, as it seemed like an affordable and rigorous environment for artists. So far I absolutely love it! My main focus is sculpture, and recently I have been working on projects involving 3D printing and fiberglass, which I use to create large honeycomb forms. To finance my work (and life) I started a business in Philly doing home repairs and improvements. With the onset of social distancing, that contractor work has completely dried up, but Im hopeful Ill be able to weather the financial situation with some of the government aid. Now I have lots of time to do my artwork, but its a tough time to be buying the necessary materials. Once everyone can safely gather again, I would love to put together a show with another Philadelphia artist or two!

If you would like to support me by buying a smaller work on paper, please reach out and I will send over some images!

Email: williamtaylorhannum@gmail.com

My current body of work deux focuses on the dichotomy between our need for connection and fear of vulnerability. The work reflects an understanding that we each have our own set of personal armour built up over time through our encounters with others, with the intention of keeping us safe. The pieces are activated when worn, their relationship to the wearer exposing this frictive dualism.

The two pieces shown were completed in February just before shelter in place was implemented and wearing a mask in public was mandated. The heightened necessity for human connection during shelter in place continues to further contextualize the importance of this work for me. I find myself continuously asking: How can we navigate these boundaries (both personal and social) to fulfill our inherently human need for connection?It has been inspiring and comforting to read all the other posts from this project. A welcome reminder that we are not alone.

artist website http://www.clioherbert.com

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