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Meenu Vadera helps Indian women become taxi drivers and offers them essential training in driving, English, and self-defense, while challenging the gender norms and boundaries of freedom of movement within Indian society. #Vrouwenemancipatie #IndiaseVrouwen #SocialeOndernemingen (translated)

Isa Yusibov wrote that October 17, 2003, was a day of conflicting feelings for him: he wished it had never happened, but he was also proud of it. He was 14 years old at the time and said his family had considered him an adult since then. The day after the presidential elections in Azerbaijan, in which his father played an important role according to him, Yusibov claimed to be one of the first victims of the repression against the pro-Western opposition. He wrote that he was beaten, humiliated, and spat on in front of about 300 to 400 students. Afterwards, he received his school file and was informed that he was no longer welcome because his father was considered a state enemy. Yusibov said that on his way to the exit, he made eye contact with teachers who had treated him kindly before the elections. Several teachers reportedly gestured for him to leave quickly. He wrote that the experience made him proud of his father and convinced him that the dictatorship would continue. A month later, his family reportedly fled to the Netherlands. The event compelled him to focus on geopolitics. Yusibov argued that the power transition surrounding Aliyev was a consensus among the West, Putin, Erdogan, and Iran. According to him, the West, led by Bush, had betrayed the democrats in Azerbaijan in favor of authoritarian stability. He also wrote that great power interests dictated politics in the Caucasus and that this situation had not changed 23 years later. Yusibov stated that his experiences had taught him how difficult it was to stand up for democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. He wrote that he had seen the first signs of undermining democratic principles in the Netherlands as well, by parties that he believed targeted democracy. He referred to a previous interview with NRC and said he would not allow the Netherlands to become a country where the government disregarded fundamental rights. #Democratie #Mensenrechten #Geopolitiek (translated)

Billie Holiday, geboren als Eleanora Fagan (Philadelphia, 7 april 1915 – New York, 17 juli 1959), wordt algemeen beschouwd als een van de belangrijkste en invloedrijkste Amerikaanse jazz zangeressen. Billie Holiday was de dochter van gitarist Clarence Holiday (Baltimore, 23 juli 1898 - Dallas, 1 maart 1937) en Sadie Fagan (Baltimore, 16 augustus 1895 - New York, 6 oktober 1945). Haar vader was 16 en haar moeder 19 toen Billie Holiday als Eleanora Fagan geboren werd. De artiestennaam Billie ontleende de zangeres aan Billie Dove, een actrice die zij bewonderde. https://hvdommelen.nl/jazz/HolidayB.html

Denkewel wrote that the Battle of Leipzig of 1813 was commemorated, in which the French Empire of Napoleon faced coalition troops from Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Sweden. According to the author, Napoleon had to retreat and the father of the newly born Richard Wagner was one of the 90,000 victims. https://t.co/C4pZx1sAmB #geschiedenis #Napoleon #SlagbijLeipzig (translated)

Mats Yxhäll accused SVT of once again missing the connection between shut down and halted nuclear power and the water reservoirs. He claimed that more of the old reactors, as well as two new reactors since last year, would have been in operation if the Social Democrats had not given the Green Party free rein. According to Yxhäll, this electricity production would have reduced the need for hydropower and made the reservoirs fuller. He wrote that the shutdown of what he called the world's best electricity system and the dependency on weather-dependent wind power now had consequences. #Kärnkraft #Energipolitik #Sverige (translated)

Janis Ian, geboren als Janis Eddy Fink (Farmingdale, 7 april 1951), is een Amerikaans singer-songwriter en auteur. Ian leerde al op 3-jarige leeftijd pianospelen van haar vader, een muziekleraar. Op 14-jarige leeftijd debuteerde zij met een zelfgeschreven liedje, Society's Child, dat haar in de Verenigde Staten van 1966 meteen nationaal bekend maakte (top 15-notering in de Billboard Hot 100). De tekst ging over een relatie tussen een blank meisje en een zwarte jongen. De discussie of zoiets wel kon, brandde los en Ian stond in het middelpunt van de belangstelling. Haar carrière kreeg verder vorm toen zij het album Between the Lines uitbracht. Het nummer At Seventeen, over de gevoelens van iemand van die leeftijd die zich eenzaam voelt, werd een van haar bekendste liedjes. https://hvdommelen.nl/i/IanJ.html

Ziggo Sport Football reported that Nico Paz had received his father's shirt, which he once exchanged with Kees van Wonderen. Paz's shirt would be auctioned off; the broadcaster asked followers to keep an eye on the channel. #ZiggoSport #UCL #FEYCOM #Voetbal #NicoPaz #Veiling (translated)

Marianne Zwagerman wrote that hidden homelessness should not be forgotten. She mentioned young people living in boats, carpenters staying illegally in their storage sheds, and divorced fathers in caravans. https://t.co/3Qme4bncV7 https://t.co/C73P2jBGck #dakloosheid #sociaalekwesties #steunverlies (translated)

James Wesley Voight (Yonkers (New York, 21 maart 1940 – 23 maart 2026) artiestennaam Chip Taylor, was een Amerikaanse zanger en liedjesschrijver. Zijn bekendste composities zijn Wild Thing en Angel of the Morning. Hij is de broer van acteur Jon Voight, en de oom van actrice Angelina Jolie en acteur James Haven. Hij werd geboren in Yonkers, New York, zijn vader was een professioneel golfer. Taylor was ook van plan om golfer te worden maar een blessure gooit roet in het eten. Hij ging aan het werk als liedjesschrijver voor pop en rock artiesten. https://hvdommelen.nl/ru/TaylorC.html

Celine Cairo (Amsterdam, 1990) is een Nederlands singer-songwriter. Cairo werd in 1990 geboren in Amsterdam. Ze groeide op in een muzikaal gezin. Haar vader was drummer en van jongs af aan ging ze regelmatig naar zijn optredens. Op 11-jarige leeftijd begon ze zangles te nemen. Als tiener begon ze liedjes te schrijven en na de middelbare school reisde ze door Frankrijk waar ze inspiratie opdeed en meer muziek schreef. Ze studeerde zang aan het Conservatorium van Amsterdam. https://hvdommelen.nl/c/CairoC.html

Mick van Wely wrote that his Dutch grandfather worked as an optician for the resistance in Leiden and took photos for forged documents. According to him, his father grew up with a strong aversion to Germans. When, as a five-year-old, he received an apple from a German soldier, he thanked him with a curse word for Germans, Van Wely said. His Hungarian mother, he said, grew up under communism, which he described as just as bad as fascism. Van Wely wrote that he had been raised at home with love for and respect for freedom. This, he said, explained why he sometimes reacted angrily when he saw that the carefully built Western lead and achievements, which had long been taken for granted, were coming under heavy pressure and were slowly being rolled back. #vrijheid #geschiedenis #verzet (translated)