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Each January, nearly half a million people visit the small town of Saundatti for ajatre or festival, to be blessed by Yellamma, the Hindu goddess of fertility.

~Beeban Kidron

Topics: Blessed Each Fertility Festival Goddess Half Hindu January Million Million People Nearly People Small Small Town Town Visit

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The devadasis have a multilayered story, a story in which poverty, deprivation and injustice against women is central - but what has happened to them is absolutely an outcome of imperialism and the impact of British rule in India.

~Beeban Kidron

Topics: Absolutely Against British Central Deprivation Happened Impact Imperialism India Injustice Outcome Poverty Rule Story Them Which Women

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Whether in cave paintings or the latest uses of the Internet, human beings have always told their histories and truths through parable and fable. We are inveterate storytellers.

~Beeban Kidron

Topics: Always Beings Cave Fable Histories Human Human Beings Internet Inveterate Latest Paintings Parable Storytellers Through Truths Uses Whether

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We think that there is this terrible idea that the kids are digital natives... and they know what they're doing, but all the evidence says that they're hanging around going, 'Where are you, I'm here, can I post my picture?' They're not actually writing wikis; they're not actually listening to great poets live.

~Beeban Kidron

Topics: Actually Around Digital Doing Evidence Going Great Hanging Here Idea Kids Know Listening Live Natives Picture Poets Post Says Terrible Think Where Writing You

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Life is really hard for some people.

~Beeban Kidron

Topics: Hard Life People Really Some Some People

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Everything a teenager does, says or looks at, however transitory, contributes to an aggregated virtual self that might one day have consequences for its real-life counterpart. How many of us would keep all our relationships and reputations intact if every transgression, mistake or youthful folly was held in public view?

~Beeban Kidron

Topics: Consequences Day Does Every Everything Folly Held How However Intact Keep Looks Many Might Mistake One Day Our Public Real-Life Relationships Reputations Says Self Teenager Transgression Transitory Us View Virtual Would Youthful

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Our politicians don't say anything anymore: they just refute and assert.

~Beeban Kidron

Topics: Anymore Anything Assert Just Our Politicians Refute Say

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From the moment I went to Hollywood for the first time, I was accused by various people of selling out. So I feel I've done my sell-out films already. I've sold everything! I've sold every piece of soul I ever had!

~Beeban Kidron

Topics: Accused Done Ever Every Everything Feel Films First First Time Had Hollywood Moment Out People Piece Selling Sold Soul Time Various I Feel

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I once gave a talk at a girls' school and, once I'd finished, 29 out of the 30 girls wanted to be film directors. I think that's where we need to get girls interested in making films. We need to give them the idea that they can, that it's one of the things on their horizon.

~Beeban Kidron

Topics: Directors Film Films Finished Gave Get Girl Give Horizon Idea Interested Making Need Once One Of The Things Out School Talk Them Things Think Wanted Where I Think

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I've walked down the street with Madonna, and I've walked down the street with Colin Firth, and it was a little bit more... with Madonna they were a little rougher, but they were all there for Colin. It was amazing. Women adore him. They swoon.

~Beeban Kidron

Topics: Adore Amazing Bit Colin Down Him Little Little Bit Madonna More Street Walked Were Women

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Director

Born: May 2nd, 1961

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