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Амзоев, Мераб (певец)

Мераб Амзоев (груз. მერაბ ამზოევი; род. 19 января 1992; Тбилиси), наиболее известен под своим же именем Merab Amzoevi — грузинский и российский певец, музыкант, автор песен.
Родился 19 января 1992 года в Тбилиси Грузии в полноценной семье матери и отца, также есть сестра.
На некоторое время с семьёй переехал в российский город Новороссийск, в котором провёл часть своего детства, после чего вернулся обратно на родину. Талант к музыке унаследовал от своего отца музыканта, в возрасте 15 лет начал учиться играть на гитаре и петь. В своё время много работал разнорабочим. Занимался около десяти лет футболом, но потом молодой человек понял, что футбол это не его и покинул данную спортивную деятельность.
В 2017 году принял участие в музыкальных телевизионных передачах «Х-Фактор» и «Georgian Idol», где был в шаге от победы и являлся в рейтинге топ-10 лучших исполнителей телепередачи, а также в топ-5 лучших выступлений передачи, после чего об Амзоеве впервые узнала часть аудитории. В 2020 году принимал участие в Евровидении от Грузии, но заняв 10 место, так и не прошёл в следующий тур.
Снимал первое время каверы на именитые песни, которые пел и продолжает петь на грузинском, русском, английском, итальянском, испанском, французском языках, которые набирали и продолжают набирать миллионы просмотров в сети интернет, что добавило мужчине больше слушателей и аудитории. В 2024 году вышел первый EP альбом под названием «Временно». Активно гастролирует и выпускает музыкальный материал.
Трек «Были бы крылья» попал во многие музыкальные чарты музыкальных платформ, в чарт ВКонтакте (топ-20), в чарт Яндекс Музыка (топ-20), в чарт Apple Music (топ-20), в чарт МТС музыка (топ-20), в чарт Shazam (топ-20).
Многие музыкальные клипы и видео исполнителя преодолели отметку от 1 млн просмотров до 2,8 млн просмотров на платформе YouTube. Такие видео, как «Сансара»[2], «Тайны»[3] и «Без тебя»[4] набрали по миллиону и миллиону с половиной просмотров. Клип «Серебро» вырос до 2 млн просмотров[5], а хит «Были бы крылья» за три месяца набрал 2,8 млн просмотров[6]. «Были бы крылья» является одним из самых просматриваемых и прослушиваемых музыкальных видео на канале исполнителя в YouTube.
Бандурин, Николай Юрьевич

Николай Юрьевич Бандурин (род. 11 сентября 1962, Ленинград, РСФСР, СССР) — российский киноактёр, артист эстрады, куплетист, автор-исполнитель. Лауреат Всероссийского конкурса артистов эстрады. Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации (2001).
Николай Юрьевич Бандурин родился 11 сентября 1962 года в Ленинграде (Санкт-Петербурге).
Единственный в стране куплетист, работающий с концертиной, на которой его научил играть советский куплетист Павел Рудаков.
До 6 января 2006 года работал в дуэте с Михаилом Вашуковым. Являлся участником телепередачи «Кривое зеркало» (ушёл после 33-го выпуска).
В июле 2006 выпустил свой первый аудиоальбом авторских лирических песен «НЕ для юмора, а для души». Практически все песни из этого диска записал на телеканале «Столица».
Играет главную роль в антрепризе «Здравствуйте, я ваша тёща», которая проходит на сценах России и за рубежом.
Является доцентом МГУКИ и педагогом по актёрскому мастерству.
29 сентября 2012 года в Москве, благодаря Лиону Измайлову, состоялась съёмка юбилейной (50-летие артиста) программы «Измайловский парк» и показана на телеканале Россия-1.
22 августа 2013 года в курортном городе Геленджике на аллее звёзд на набережной была открыта именная звезда Николая Бандурина.
Весь 2006 год и половину 2007 г. работал с Сергеем Ивановым; в 2006 году они не пропустили ни одного фестиваля юмора: «Умора 2006», «Юрмала 2006» и «Ялта 2006».
В 2016 году совместно с Александром Морозовым, Кареном Аванесяном и Николаем Лукинским принял участие в конкурсе «Домашнее задание» команды КВН «Нате».
С 2018 года является приглашенным актёром Московского государственного еврейского театра «Шалом».
6 декабря 2018 года в деревне Костино Пушкинского района Подмосковья сгорел дом Николая Бандурина. Сам артист получил ожоги спины, пострадала его жена Марина. Сгорели деньги, документы, концертные костюмы и коллекция музыкальных инструментов, погибли домашние животные — два кота и собака.
Philosophy of Miracle

Philosophy of Miracle (Russian: Филосо́фия чу́да, romanized: Filosofiya chuda, IPA: [fʲɪlɐˈsofʲɪjə ˈt͡ɕudə]) is the debut album by Russian singer Vitas, released on 10 May 2001. It is sometimes translated as Philosophy of a Miracle, Philosophy of Wonder, or Wonders of Philosophy. All the songs were written or co-written by Vitas, with the exception of "Prelude" by Dmitri Plachkovsky. The album was recorded with many backing musicians including the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.
Neon (Russian: Неон, IPA: [nʲɪˈon]) magazine described the album as "fresh, original, new and therefore interesting". The album received widespread popularity in mid-2015 after "The 7th Element" (often memed as "Chum Drum Bedrum" and "Weird Russian Singer") and "Opera No. 2" gained popularity several years earlier. It has reportedly sold at least 3.5 million copies in China alone.
Several songs from this album featured in Vitas' Opera #... and Smile or Philosophy of Miracle concert programmes, the premiere of the latter earned him a record as the youngest artist to perform a solo concert at the State Kremlin Palace. A DVD of this concert was later released. One song from the album, "Opera #2", was released as a single and became hugely popular, earning the Russian Record best-selling single prize in three consecutive years, a Golden Gramophone award, and a People's Hit prize. According to an estimate from Gemini Sun records, "Opera #2" has been downloaded over 20 million times, with over 15 million downloads for the track "The 7th Element". The music video for "Opera #2" and the TV performance of "The 7th Element" have been forwarded frequently via the internet, accounting for much of Vitas' worldwide recognition.
The 12th track on the album is an early recording of "Opera #1" which comes from the studio sessions during Vitas' early career in his native town Odessa. A video for this track was filmed between 1998 and 1999, featuring a 19-year-old long-haired Vitas in a beach and a night club. The video was leaked by fans in May 2021.
Smile! (Vitas album)

Smile! (Улыбнись!, Ulybnis!) is a Russian album by Vitas (Витас), released on 11 March 2002. Several songs from this album featured in his Philosophy of Miracle concert programme, whose performance at the Kremlin earned Vitas a record as the youngest artist to perform a solo concert at the State Kremlin Palace; a DVD of this concert was later released.
The title track won the Russian Golden Gramophone and People's Hit awards. "Good-bye" was released as a single, which included 5 different mixes of the song, the tracks "Ave Maria" and "Byelorussia", and the music video for "Opera #1" from his previous album Philosophy of Miracle. "Good-bye" is notable for Vitas' extreme bass vocals, in contrast to his more usual high-pitched vocals. "Blessed Guru" (sometimes translated "Blissful Guru") also exercises his seldom-used bass range. The song titles "Good-bye" and "Do Svidaniya" (Russian: "До свидания", usually listed in English as "See You Later", as in the track listing here) can cause some confusion because the latter is often translated as "Goodbye".
It also includes Vitas' rendition of "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert with a contrasting hellish operatic ending; a shortened version without this ending was included in Vitas' 2010 compilation album Masterpieces of Three Centuries.
Mama (Vitas album)

Mama (Мама, sometimes translated Mother or Mom) is a Russian album by Vitas, released on 3 October 2003 through Iceberg Music.
Songs from this album featured heavily in the setlist of Vitas' extensive world tour Songs of My Mother (Песни моей мамы), premiered at the State Central Concert Hall "Rossiya" in November 1st and 2nd, 2003, and performed at hundreds of venues in several countries from 2004 to 2006.
The opening track, The Star (Звезда) won a Russian People's HIT prize in 2003 and is one of Vitas' most popular songs worldwide. Like Opera No. 2 (Опера №2), it is still a staple of Vitas' live performances. Vitas sang the song as a duet with Alexander Kireev for his entry into the Star Factory in 2006.
He performed the song Starry River (Звёздная река) accompanied by its composer Aleksandra Pakhmutova on piano at a concert in honour of the composer.
He covered the song The Unknown Friend Song (Песня о неизвестном друге, also known as Extraterrestrial Friend) composed in 1985 by Aleksandra Pakhmutova and Rasul Gamzatov (the poem is translated by Yunna Morits) for the song cycle The Earth Globe (Шар земной, 1985–1987). The song is about an unknown friend that realizes that there is an unknown circle of "invisible and unknown" friends and enemies, as well as "lovable planets" (as per the lyrics), in addition to interstellar and general awareness, brotherhood to the next and an existence of an extraplanetary cycle. (The song addresses the topic of science fiction: brotherhood for humanity in the 3rd millennium and beyond.) It is also subsequently re-edited on Vitas' 2006 CD Return Home. There's also the music score of the song (available on the composer's website) to download. In concert, Vitas often donned an alien robot costume while performing this song.
Credits adapted from the original CD's liner notes.
The Songs of My Mother

The Songs of My Mother (Песни моей мамы) is a Russian album by the singer Vitas. It was released on the 3rd of April 2004. Together with the previous album Mama, the two albums were a tribute to his late mother. Songs from these albums featured heavily in the setlist of Vitas' extensive world tour The Songs of My Mother, performed at hundreds of venues in several countries from 2004-2006.
While Mama included several new songs written by Vitas, Songs of My Mother consists entirely of cover versions of popular older songs, described as "the gold reserves of Russian pop music", including the 1980 song, The Bird of Happiness, composed by Aleksandra Pakhmutova and Nikolai Dobronravov (from Yuri Ozerov's 1981 film O Sport, You - the world!), previously recorded by the vocal – instrumental ensemble Zdravstvuy, Pesnya, among others. The song The Bird of Happiness became from 1981 on forward the most successful in both Russia and China, and is still often performed by Vitas on stage. The song Chrysanthemums Have Faded was previously included on Vitas' Smile! album. All the other tracks were newly recorded for Songs of My Mother.
Vitas performed a piano-backed arrangement of Winter on a Russian New Year TV show in 2002.
Il dolce suono

"Il dolce suono" ("The Sweet Sound") is the incipit of the recitativo of a scena ed aria taken from Act III scene 2, Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti. It is also commonly known as the "mad scene" sung by the leading soprano, Lucia.
Lucia descends into madness, and on her wedding night, while the festivities are still being held in the Great Hall, she stabs her new husband, Arturo, in the bridal chamber. Disheveled, unaware of what she has done, she wanders in the Great Hall, recalling her meetings with Edgardo and imagining herself married to him.
Donizetti intended the aria to be accompanied by the eerie sound of the glass harmonica, though this instrument is often replaced in performance by a flute.
An arrangement of the aria was featured in the film The Fifth Element, sung by the alien character Diva Plavalaguna voiced by Inva Mula. Russian pop countertenor Vitas recorded a similar shortened version under the title "Lucia Di Lammermoor". While singing the part, Vitas changed the lyric "Edgardo" to "Esther" (hence the text "Esther! io ti son reso!").
Vitaly Lazarenko

Vitaly Yefimovich Lazarenko (Russian: Виталий Ефимович Лазаренко; 9 May, 1890 – 18 May, 1939) was a Russian and Soviet acrobat and clown, known for his acrobatic skills and use of political satire during events.
He performed in the clown duo Bim Bom.
List of Monica Bellucci performances

Monica Bellucci is an Italian actor whose international filmography primarily encompasses films and television programs in her native Italy, the United States, and France. She made her Italian debut in the television miniseries Vita coi figli in 1991 and in the film The Raffle the same year. Her first credited named role in the United States was as one of the three brides in Francis Ford Coppola's horror film Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1992. She starred in Italian productions for the next four years and in the television miniseries, Joseph (1995). Her French debut and breakthrough role was in the arthouse film The Apartment (1996), which garnered Bellucci a César Award nomination for Most Promising Actress. Her role as Giulia Giovannini in the Italian comedy-drama film L'ultimo capodanno earned her a Globo d'oro Award for Best Actress in 1998.
Bellucci performed her first English-language lead role in the American thriller Under Suspicion in 2000. The same year she portrayed Malèna Scordia in the drama Malèna, which launched her global popularity. She appeared consecutively in two French blockbuster films, the historical epic Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) and the comedy Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002), portraying Cleopatra in the latter one. She co-starred in the 2002 French thriller Irréversible, regarded as a highly controversial film. Bellucci played Alessia in the Italian film Remember Me, My Love (2003), for which she received the Nastro d'Argento Award for Best Supporting Actress and her first nomination for a David di Donatello Award in the same category. She then portrayed Persephone in two sci-fi films from The Matrix franchise released in 2003, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. For her portrayal of Mary Magdalene in the Mel Gibson-directed drama The Passion of the Christ (2004), she was nominated for a Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress. In 2006, she lent her voice to the French version of the American animated film Robots.
In 2010, Bellucci portrayed Laura Leviani in Larysa Kondracki's biopic drama thriller The Whistleblower. She starred opposite Robert De Niro in The Ages of Love (2011) and Behrouz Vossoughi in Rhino Season (2012). For her portrayal of Sophie in the Canadian film Ville-Marie in 2015, she received Best Actress from the Dublin Film Critics' Circle. She followed this with Spectre (2015), in which she played Lucia Sciarra, becoming at the age of 50 the oldest Bond girl in James Bond history. She portrayed opera singer Alessandra in the third season (2016) of the American comedy-drama streaming television series Mozart in the Jungle. That same year she starred in Emir Kusturica's On the Milky Road, a story that took place during the Yugoslav Wars, and it earned her the Nastro d'Argento Europeo. In 2018, she guest starred on the French television series Call My Agent!, and played an evil demon in the Australian comedy science fiction film Nekrotronic. In 2019 she made her stage debut in Paris, performing a series of monologues based on the letters and memoirs of Maria Callas under the direction of Tom Volf at the Théâtre Marigny.
List of cultural references in the Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is a long allegorical poem in three parts (or canticas): the Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise), and 100 cantos, with the Inferno having 34, Purgatorio having 33, and Paradiso having 33 cantos. Set at Easter 1300, the poem describes the living poet's journey through hell, purgatory, and paradise.
Throughout the poem, Dante refers to people and events from Classical and Biblical history and mythology, the history of Christianity, and the Europe of the Medieval period up to and including his own day. A knowledge of at least the most important of these references can aid in understanding the poem fully.
For ease of reference, the cantica names are abbreviated to Inf., Purg., and Par. Roman numerals are used to identify cantos and Arabic numerals to identify lines. This means that Inf. X, 123 refers to line 123 in Canto X (or 10) of the Inferno and Par. XXV, 27 refers to line 27 in Canto XXV (or 25) of the Paradiso. The line numbers refer to the original Italian text.
Boldface links indicate that the word or phrase has an entry in the list. Following that link will present that entry.
Dominot

Dominot (1930 – 17 October 2014) was an Italian actor and female impersonator. For many years he was part of the avant-garde café society in Rome that was portrayed in the film La Dolce Vita. Dominot himself appeared in La Dolce Vita.
Antonio Iacono (or Jacono) was born in Tunis in 1930 (according to Andrea Pini in 1934), raised by the immigrants from Caltanissetta, and in his hometown he began his first theater practice. At a very young age, he started to perform en travesti in the local "la Pochinierre".
Around the age of twenty he moved to Paris, where he studied acting at a theater school with Jacques Toulsa of the Comédie-Française. To pay for his studies, he did travesti striptease shows at Madame Arthur (which at the time was, in Europe, the most famous venue of travesti shows) in Pigalle, and sang at Le Carrousel de Paris. Later he also performed en travesti in Tehran, where he lived for a short time.
At the end of the 1950s he settled permanently in Rome, where he attended the café society portrayed in the film La Dolce Vita, without hiding his homosexuality, and befriending among others, Giò Stajano and Vinicio Diamanti [it]. In 1958 he met Federico Fellini, who gave him a part in La Dolce Vita. The final line of the film belongs to Dominot, who plays himself: an out, cross-dressing, gay man in Rome of the sixties. The film performances of Iacono and Stajano have been connected to the rise of homosexual visibility in Italy by the historian of homosexuality Andrea Pini.
In the 1960s and 1970s he devoted himself to avant-garde theater, working with the theater director Giancarlo Nanni [it]. Dominot worked at the "La Fede" theater in Trastevere with other cross-dressing actors, later splitting from the theater to create a new group with some of those actors. The "splitters" staging of Wedekind's Spring Awakening was very successful. At the time he also met Pier Paolo Pasolini.
In 1984, Dominot opened his own club in Rome, Il baronato quattro bellezze, where he performed (into his eighties) en travestì singing the repertoire of chanson française, from Édith Piaf to Juliette Gréco.
In 2005 he returned to the big screen, thanks to Abel Ferrara, who made him perform during the opening credits of his Mary, and in 2007 in Go Go Tales.
Dominot died in Velletri on 17 October 2014. In 2016 journalist Maricla Boggio published a biography of Dominot named Dominot: Racconto confidenziale di un artista en travesti.
Sigh (band)

Sigh (Japanese: サイ, Hepburn: Sai) is a Japanese experimental metal band from Tokyo, formed in 1989. They gradually shifted from a traditional extreme metal sound to a more experimental, avant-garde style employing symphonic, world music, and progressive elements. Their most recent studio album, Shiki, was released in 2022. In 2023, Live album "LIVE: The Eastern forces of evil 2022" was released.
Sigh was founded as a Nordic-influenced black metal band in 1989, with bassist/vocalist/keyboardist Mirai Kawashima, guitarist Satoshi Fujinami, and drummer Kazuki. The band has since experienced many lineup changes, but Kawashima remains in the band to the present day and has played many different instruments.
The band's first demos were recorded in 1990. Their first EP Requiem for the Fools attracted the attention of Norwegian black metal musician and producer Euronymous, who signed Sigh to his label Deathlike Silence Records. That label released Sigh's first full-length album Scorn Defeat in 1993, shortly after Euronymous's murder. The album has since been praised for its revolutionary combination of black metal with symphonic elements. Deathlike Silence Records then ceased to exist and Sigh signed with Cacophonous Records, which released their next three albums. Those albums increasingly incorporated elements from classical and avant-garde music. In 1995 Sigh contributed to a Venom tribute album.
After disputes with Cacophonous over promotion and album rights, the band eventually found a new home at Century Media Records. Their 2001 album with Century Media, Imaginary Sonicscape, was further praised for pioneering a new genre of surrealist black metal. Sigh later released albums under Candlelight/Baphomet Records and The End Records. Their 2007 song "Inked in Blood" from the album Hangman's Hymn was named number 31 on Loudwire's list of the Top 21st Century Metal Songs. The band is featured in the 2008 documentary Global Metal. By the end of that decade, the band's lineup solidified with the addition of drummer Junichi Harashima and saxophonist/backup singer Dr. Mikannibal (Mika Kawashima). Second guitarist You Oshima (formerly of Kadenzza) joined in 2014.
In the 2010s, Sigh's albums continued to experiment with various genre elements, and increasingly turned toward progressive metal. Their eleventh full-length album, Heir to Despair, was released in 2018 and was noted for its incorporation of instruments and compositional styles from traditional Japanese music. Band leader Mirai Kawashima learned to play flute for this album, and it also incorporates Middle Eastern and Central Asian sounds. In 2022, Sigh's twelfth full-length album, Shiki, built upon the same combination of progressive metal and Japanese instrumentation. Later, a prominent Japanese guitarist, Nozomu Wakai, joined. Sigh performed at several European festivals and released a live album "LIVE: The Eastern forces of evil 2022" in 2023.
The band's major releases follow an acrostic pattern of the word "SIGH" repeated: Scorn Defeat, Infidel Art, Ghastly Funeral Theatre, Hail Horror Hail, and so on.
Topazia Alliata

Topazia Alliata (Italian pronunciation: [toˈpattsja alˈljaːta]; 5 September 1913 – 23 November 2015) was an Italian painter, curator, art dealer and writer.
Alliata was born in Palermo from Prince Enrico Maria Alliata di Villafranca, Duke of Salaparuta (1879–1946), and a former opera singer, Oria Maria Amelia "Sonia" Ortúzar Ovalle de Olivares (1892–1981), the daughter of a Chilean diplomat. After graduating from liceo artistico, Alliata studied fine arts at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Palermo, where she was a fellow student of Renato Guttuso, who portrayed her in several of his early paintings.
In 1935 she married Fosco Maraini, at the time an unknown scholar, who would later become an important anthropologist, giving birth one year later to their first child, Dacia Maraini. In 1941 Maraini was invited to teach Italian literature at the Kyoto University and they moved to Japan, where they had two other children, Yuki (registered as Luisa in Italy) and Antonella "Toni". In 1943 the family was deported in a concentration camp in Nagoya following their refusal to swear allegiance to the Republic of Salò. They were released at the end of the war in September 1945, and returned in Italy in 1946, settling in Bagheria, where Alliata engaged in the family business, the Salaparuta's Crow Wines. There, she created a wine called "Colomba platino" and she avoided the sale of the family business until 1959.
In 1955 Alliata and Maraini decided to separate. However, as divorce was illegal in Italy at the time, they were only able to divorce in 1970. Alliata subsequently moved to Rome, where she continued her work as a painter. In 1959 she sold the family wine business and founded Galleria Topazia Alliata in Trastevere, where she mainly exhibited avant-garde painters, including Carla Accardi, Eugene Charlton, Mario and Egidio de Grossi, Jannis Kounellis, Piero Manzoni, Fabio Mauri, Mohamed Melehi and Lucio Pozzi. In 1963 Alliata organized the exhibition "Eight Contemporary Artists from Rome" at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
In 1973 Alliata was one of the co-founders of the Guttuso Museum in Bagheria.
In 2014 Alliata published Love Holidays: Quaderni d'amore e di viaggi, a partly photographic autobiography. She died in Rome on 23 November 2015, aged 102.
In 2016 her work was the subject of a large retrospective at Fondazione Sant'Elia in Palermo.
बर्फ स्तूप

बर्फ स्तूप, ग्लेशियर ग्राफ्टिंग तकनीक का एक रूप है जिसके द्वारा कृत्रिम हिमनदों (ग्लेशियरों) का निर्माण किया जाता है। शंकु आकार के इन बर्फ के ढेरों को सर्दियों में पानी (जो अन्यथा व्यर्थ हो जाता) को संग्रहीत करने के लिए इस्तेमाल किया जाता है। गर्मियों के दौरान, जब पानी कम होता है, तो बर्फ स्तूपों से पिघली बर्फ फसलों के लिए पानी की आपूर्ति करती है। क्योंकि इनका आकार बौद्ध स्तूपों के समान होता है इसीलिए इन्हें बर्फ स्तूप कहा जाता है। भारत के क्षेत्र लद्दाख में सोनम वांगचुक द्वारा बर्फ स्तूप का अविष्कार किया गया और इस परियोजना को 'स्टूडेंट्स एजुकेशनल एंड कल्चरल मूवमेंट ऑफ लद्दाख ' द्वारा संचालित किया जाता है। यह परियोजना अक्टूबर 2013 में शुरू की गई और जनवरी 2014 में द आईस स्तूपा प्रोजेक्ट के अंतर्गत एक परीक्षण परियोजना की शुरूवात हुई। 15 नवंबर 2016 को, सोनम वांगचुक को बर्फ स्तूप पर उनके काम के लिए रोलेक्स पुरस्कार फॉर एंटरप्राइज़ से सम्मानित किया गया।
सोनम वांगचुक

सोनम वांगचुक (जन्म 1 सितंबर 1966) भारत के एक अभियन्ता, नवाचारी और शिक्षा सुधारक हैं। वह छात्रों के एक समूह द्वारा 1988 में स्थापित स्टूडेंट्स एजुकेशनल एंड कल्चरल मूवमेंट ऑफ लद्दाख (एसईसीओएमएल) के संस्थापक-निदेशक भी हैं। संस्थापक छात्रों के अनुसार वो एक ऐसी विदेशी शिक्षा प्रणाली के पीड़ित हैं जिसे लद्दाख पर थोपा गया है। सोनम को एसईसीएमओएल परिसर को डिजाइन करने के लिए भी जाना जाता है जो पूरी तरह से सौर-ऊर्जा पर चलता है, और खाना पकाने, प्रकाश या तापन (हीटिंग) के लिए जीवाश्म ईंधन का उपयोग नहीं करता।
सोनम वांगचुक को सरकारी स्कूल व्यवस्था में सुधार लाने के लिए सरकार, ग्रामीण समुदायों और नागरिक समाज के सहयोग से 1994 में "ऑपरेशन न्यू होप" शुरु करने का श्रेय भी प्राप्त है। सोनम ने बर्फ-स्तूप तकनीक का आविष्कार किया है जो कृत्रिम हिमनदों (ग्लेशियरों) का निर्माण करता है, शंकु आकार के इन बर्फ के ढेरों को सर्दियों के पानी को संचय करने के लिए इस्तेमाल किया जाता है। फिल्म थ्री इडियट्स में आमिर खान का किरदार फुंगसुक वांगडू इन्हीं की जिंदगी से प्रेरित था। हाल ही में इन्होंने भूख हड़ताल भी लद्दाख में किया। जो कि कुछ दिन पहले उनका यह भूख हड़ताल खत्म हुआ।
TEDxAuckland

TEDx Auckland is an independent TEDx event held annually in Auckland, New Zealand. Like other TEDx events, TEDxAuckland also obtained a free license from TED to hold the conference, with organizers agreeing to follow certain principles. In May 2016, TEDx Auckland hosted 28 speakers at the Shed 10 venue on the waterfront in Auckland.
TEDxAuckland was founded as an independent TEDx event by producer Elliott Blade.
The fourth edition was held in August 2013, with speakers scheduled such as local cook Robert Oliver. Blade continued to organize, stating the previous event in 2012 had been sold out. The August 2013 version featured performances by artists such as Samoan hip-hop artist King Kapisi, poet Grace Taylor, singer-songwriters Joseph and Maia, and the New Zealand String Quartet.
In May 2016, TEDxAuckland hosted 28 speakers at the Shed 10 venue on the waterfront in Auckland.
List of Indian states and union territories by Innovation Index

This is a list of Indian states, Hilly States and union territory by Innovation Index. The NITI Aayog in collaboration with the Institute for Competitiveness developed benchmark for the innovation ecosystem among Indian States. The data for states and union territory is from niti.gov.in. As per NITI Aayog Innovation Report Book, Innovation is defined as "creation, development and implementation of a new product, process or service, with the aim of improving efficiency, effectiveness or competitive advantage".
Delhi scored the highest at 46.6 while Lakshadweep last with a score of 11.7. But to ensure a fair comparison, states have been categorised under three segments, viz. Northeast India & Hill States, UT & City States, and Major States. The first two categories are segregated from the rest of the Indian states (or Major States) due to their geographical categories, varied sizes and administrative capabilities. Indicators used for ranking are :- *Five Enablers pillars ( Human capital, Investment, Knowledge worker, Business Environment, Safety and Legal Environment ) *Two Performance Pillars (Knowledge Output, Knowledge Diffusion).
Environmental Science & Technology

Environmental Science & Technology is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal published since 1967 by the American Chemical Society. It covers research in environmental science and environmental technology, including environmental policy. Environmental Science & Technology has a sister journal, Environmental Science & Technology Letters, which publishes short communications.
The editor-in-chief of Environmental Science & Technology is Prof. Julie Zimmerman (Yale University). Previous editors have been: David Sedlak (University of California, Berkeley, 2014 - 2020), James J. Morgan (California Institute of Technology; founding editor, 1967–1975), Russell F. Christman (University of North Carolina, 1975–1987), William H. Glaze (University of North Carolina, 1987–2003) and Jerald L. Schnoor (University of Iowa, 2002–2014).
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 11.4. The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
CEPT University

CEPT University, formerly the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology, is an academic institution located near University Area in Ahmedabad, India offering undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes in areas of natural and developed environment of human society and related disciplines.
The Centre for Environment Planning & Technology was established as the School of Architecture in 1962, by The Ahmedabad Education Society (AES), followed by the School of Planning, School of Building Science and Technology and School of Interior Design in 1972, 1982 and 1991 respectively, which were established with aid from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the Government of Gujarat and the Ford Foundation.
Until 2002 the institute was autonomous and awarded its own diplomas while being recognized by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE). From 2002 to 2005 it was affiliated to Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University. In 2005 it became a university through the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology University Act, 2005. It was renamed "CEPT University" through CEPT University Act, 2010.
The Faculty of Architecture was established as the 'School of Architecture' in 1962. It focuses on design in the private realm. It offers Masters in Landscape Architecture, a course established by Landscape Department since 1993.
The Faculty of Planning, focused on planning in the public realm, was established in 1972 as the 'School of Planning'.
The Faculty of Technology, which concentrates on engineering and construction, was established in 1982 as the 'School of Building Science and Technology'.
The Faculty of Design was established in 1991 as the 'School of Interior Design'. It deals with habitat related interiors, crafts, systems, and products.
The Faculty of Management was established in 2008 and offered MBA in Technology Management. It was re-christened in 2013 and it now focuses on Habitat and Project Management.
CEPT has established centres of study in the following areas:
The university was ranked 6th in India by the NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) in the architecture ranking in 2024.
1. Rajghatta, Chidanand (March 7, 2017). "Indian architect BV Doshi wins 'Nobel for architecture'". The Times of India. Retrieved March 7, 2017. 2. Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi. Archived 2011-08-23 at the Wayback Machine ArchNet 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
Climate Solutions Road Tour

Climate Solutions Road Tour, held between January 2 and February 4, 2009, was a project initiated by the Indian Youth Climate Network which started off at Chennai, India. Alexis Ringwald and Caroline Howe (both from Yale University) had orchestrated the tour. Ten members of the Indian Youth Climate Network, a group of dancers from the Shiamak Davar dance group, and a solar-powered band "Solar Punch" covered more than 3,500 kilometers.
The objective of the tour had been defined as:
The road tour which began in Chennai on January 2, 2009 covered 15 major cities including Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Delhi, Udaipur, Delhi, Dungarpur, Tilonia, and Goa. The tour successfully ended on 5 February at Delhi.
India Climate Collaborative

India Climate Collaborative (ICC) is an initiative undertaken by philanthropists from India to understand the challenges posed by climate change and find solutions for climate crisis. Planning began in 2018, and the initiative was launched in January 2020.
The primary objective of the collective is to establish an India-only climate narrative and identify solutions for the harsh effects of climate change. It will be a platform for "diverse voices, innovative solutions, and collective investments." In 2018, India ranked 5th among 181 countries as a nation with the highest number of deaths triggered by climate change.
Individual philanthropists include Ratan Tata, Rohini Nilekani, Nadir Godrej, Anand Mahindra, Aditi Premji, Rishad Premji, Vidya Shah, and Hemendra Kothari.
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Centre for Science & Environment, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology & the Environment, Centre for Policy Research, Indian School of Business, World Resources Institute, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundations, People's Archive for Rural India (PARI), Swades Foundation, Indian Development Review (IDR), SELCO, and Oxford University are some of the academic and research organisations associated with the collective.
Shloka Nath of Tata Trusts is the Executive Director.
Александрина Караджова

Александрина Караджова е съвременен български художник.
Александрина Караджова – Acrista е съвременен български художник. Тя е добре позната на почитателите на изкуството със своите изящни и женствени картини, в които въплътява поетичната си визия за света. Женските образи и фигури на платната, родени от живото въображение на Александрина, са емоционално наситени и създадени да разказват красиви фини и страстни истории.
След десетилетие, посветено на работата със сухия пастел, през последните няколко години творчеството на Александрина е изцяло насочено към изпълнение на арт проекти и поръчки за частни домове и офисни пространства с маслени бои.
Творбите на художничката са представяни в над петнадесет изложби в страната и чужбина. Нейни картини са притежание на ценители от страната, както и на колекционери от цял свят.
Леге (улица в София)

„Леандър Леге“ или „Леге“ е централна улица в София. Разположена е в район „Средец“. До създаването на Княжество България в 1878 година се казва „Буюк джамиси сокаги“, тоест улица „Боюк джамия“. В края на 1878 година е наречена на френския дипломат Леандър Леге. Простира се между улица „Алабин“ и булевард „Цар Освободител“.
На улица „Леге“ или в нейния район са разположени следните обекти (от юг на север):
Струмишка чаршия

Старата струмишка чаршия (на македонска литературна норма: Стара струмичка чаршија) е централна улица в град Струмица, Северна Македония
Представлява търговска и културно-историческа улица в центъра на града. Чаршията е обявена за паметник на културата. Днес улицата се казва „Маршал Йосип Броз Тито“.
Най-много от сградите на улицата са построени в периода 1920 – 1935 година, в неокласически стил и с необарокови елементи.
6-о основно училище „Граф Н.П. Игнатиев“

Шесто основно училище „Граф Игнатиев“ е основно училище на територията на район Средец, в центъра на София. Носи името на руския генерал, дипломат и министър Николай Игнатиев.
Основано през 1899 г., училището е сред най-старите в България.
Намира се в триетажна сграда, построена през 1911 г., поради което се счита за училище-музей.
Разполага с просторни класни стаи и кабинети с високи тавани, компютърна и методична зала, библиотека с художествена и научна литература, бюфет, стол, физкултурен салон, футболно игрище, баскетболен корт и стая за тенис на маса.
Паметник на граф Игнатиев (Варна)

Паметникът на граф Н.П. Игнатиев се намира в Градската градина между Драматичен театър „Стоян Бъчваров“ и филиала на театъра във Варна. Автор на паметника е скулпторът Жеко Спиридонов.
Паметникът представлява гранитен постамент с надписи върху четирите му страни и бронзов бюст на граф Игнатиев. На лицевата страна на постамента в основата на бюста е поставен фамилният герб на Игнатиеви.
Граф Николай Павлович Игнатиев посещава Варна на 12 септември 1902 заедно с делегацията на великия княз Николай Николаевич Младши по случай тържественото отпразнуване на 25-годишнината от защитата на Шипка. На 15 септември 1902 г. във Варна Варненския градско-общински съвет единодушно взема решение Централната градска градина да се наименува „Цар Освободител“, граф Игнатиев да бъде прогласен за почетен гражданин на Варна и бюстът му в естествена величина да се постави в градината „Цар Освободител“.
През 1906 г. паметникът е осветен и около паметника е направена градинка. Всяка година на 3 март, след тържествената литургия, празничното шествие задължително отива пред паметника, кметът говори за граф Игнатиев и всички се отправят към гроба на руските войници в Приморската градина. През 1945 г. традицията била прекратена.
През март 2023 г. бюстът и постаментът на паметника на граф Игнатиев са залети с бяла боя, а паметната плоча е захвърлена на няколко метра встрани в градинката. На 10 януари 2024 г. е изтръгната фигурата на граф Игнатиев от бюст-паметника му. Според съобщение от общинския пресцентър на Община Варна ще бъде съхранен бюст-паметника до възстановяването му.
1996 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

The 1996 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an all-star basketball game played on Sunday, March 31, 1996 at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 1996. The game was the 19th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.
The game was telecast live by CBS. Ronnie Fields did not play, having suffered an injury in February 1996 that forced him to stay away from the basketball court for a long time. Charles Hathaway was also unable to play. Shaheen Holloway, who was the starting point guard for the East, won the MVP award with 7 points, 8 assists and 6 steals; other players who starred were guard Kobe Bryant (13 points/3 assists), center Vassil Evtimov (the only one to record a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds) and bench players Stephen Jackson (East) and Winfred Walton (West) who were the top scorers of the game, tied at 21 points. Of the 22 All-Americans, 12 did not play in the NBA, while 2 were drafted out of high school in the 1996 NBA draft: Kobe Bryant (13th overall pick) and Jermaine O'Neal (17th overall pick). Only Ronnie Fields did not play a single game in the NCAA or the NBA.
The East team was coached by:
The West team was coached by:
2023 McDonald's All-American Girls Game

The 2023 McDonald's All-American Girls Game was an all-star basketball game played on March 28, 2023, at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school girls graduating in the class of 2023. The game was the 21st annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 2002. The 24 players were selected from over 700 nominees by a committee of basketball experts. They were chosen not only for their on-court skills, but for their performances off the court as well.
The roster was announced on January 24, 2023. Arizona, Notre Dame, LSU, South Carolina and UConn had the most selections with two selections each.
List of oldest buildings in Sofia

This article attempts to list the oldest buildings in the city of Sofia, Bulgaria, including the oldest temples and any other surviving structures. In most instances, buildings listed here were reconstructed numerous times and only fragments of the original buildings have survived. Some dates are approximate and based on architectural studies and historical records. In order to qualify for the list a structure must:
This consciously excludes ruins of limited height, roads and statues.
The following are old constructions, mostly ruins that might not fit the above criteria for a building.
Graf Ignatievo

Graf Ignatievo (Bulgarian: Граф Игнатиево, Turkish: Çulluk) is a village in Maritsa Municipality, southern Bulgaria. As of 2024 it has 1,852 inhabitants. The village is named after a Russian diplomat Count Nikolai Pavlovich Ignatiev, who played an important role as an ambassador of Russia in Istanbul for the conclusion of the Treaty of San Stefano that called for the creation of Greater Bulgaria. There is the major military Graf Ignatievo Air Base of great importance used by the Bulgarian Air Force and the US.
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अहमदाबाद काली बारी

अहमदाबाद काली बारी ( गुजराती: અમદાવાદ કાલી બારી , बांग्ला: আহমেদাবাদ কালী বাড়ি , देवनागरी : अहमदाबाद काली बारी) हे देवी कालीला समर्पित हिंदू मंदिर आहे आणि अहमदाबाद, भारतातील बंगाली संस्कृतीचे केंद्र आहे. इ.स. २०१४ मध्ये स्थापित, ते काली बारी रोड, पश्चिम अहमदाबाद येथे स्थित आहे.
अहमदाबादच्या बंगाल कल्चरल असोसिएशनने इ.स. २०१४ मध्ये हे मंदिर बांधले होते. बंगाल कल्चरल असोसिएशन गुजरातमधील सर्वात जुनी बंगाली समुदाय संघटना आहे. हे मंदिर २०१८ पासून आयोजित केलेल्या लगतच्या मैदानावर वार्षिक दुर्गा पूजा उत्सवासाठी देखील ओळखले जाते.
मंदिराची मुख्य इमारत पारंपारिक बंगाली कुटीर (झोपडी) शैलीचे वर्णन करणारे बंगाली वास्तुकलेचे उदाहरण आहे.
काली माता मंदिर, देव्हाडी (तुमसर रोड)

काली माता मंदिर हे भंडारा जिल्ह्यातील देव्हाडी (तुमसर रोड) रेल्वे स्थानकावर स्थित आहे. या मंदिराचे वैशिष्ट्य म्हणजे ते दोन रेल्वे ट्रॅकच्या मध्यभागी वसलेले आहे. मुंबई-हावडा मुख्य रेल्वे मार्गावर असलेल्या या मंदिराशी अनेक पुराणकथा आणि रहस्यमय आख्यायिका जोडल्या गेल्या आहेत. या मंदिराची स्थापना ब्रिटिशांच्या काळात झाली असून, तेव्हापासून येथे स्थानिक भक्तांसोबत रेल्वेचे कर्मचारी आणि प्रवासी श्रद्धेने नतमस्तक होत असतात.
ब्रिटिशांच्या काळात रेल्वेमार्ग बांधकामादरम्यान, देव्हाडी रेल्वे स्थानकाजवळ काली मातेचे मंदिर अडथळा ठरत होते. मंदिराचे स्थान रेल्वे ट्रॅकच्या मध्यभागी येत असल्यामुळे ब्रिटिश अधिकाऱ्यांनी मंदिर हटवण्याचे अनेक प्रयत्न केले. मात्र, काली मातेला हलविण्यात अपयश आले. एक आख्यायिका सांगते की, मुख्य अधिकाऱ्याच्या स्वप्नात देवी प्रकट झाली आणि मंदिर न हलवण्याचा इशारा दिला. अखेरीस इंग्रजांनी मंदिर तिथेच ठेवण्याचा निर्णय घेतला आणि रेल्वे ट्रॅक मंदिरानुसार समायोजित केला.
प्रथम येथे सगुण मूर्ती नव्हती, फक्त काही शिळा होत्या. कामगारांनी या शिळा हलवण्यासाठी लोखंडी साखळ्या आणि वाफेच्या इंजिनाचा (steam locomotive) वापर केला. मात्र, त्या हलवता आल्या नाहीत. अखेरीस, ब्रिटिश अधिकाऱ्यांना काली मातेसमोर नतमस्तक व्हावे लागले आणि मंदिर जसेच्या तसे ठेवण्यात आले.
रेल्वे प्रवास सुरू झाल्यानंतर, दहीवडा विक्रेते रामदिन गयाप्रसाद गुप्ता यांनी मूळ शिळांजवळ काली मातेची सुंदर मूर्ती स्थापित केली. मूर्तीचे संरक्षण करण्यासाठी लहानसे छप्पर उभारले गेले. आजही या कुटुंबाचे वंशज, शंकर गुप्ता आणि यश गुप्ता, मंदिराची सेवा करतात. रेल्वे कर्मचारी आणि अधिकाऱ्यांचाही येथे सहभाग असतो, विशेषतः दसऱ्याच्या दिवशी पूजा अधिकाऱ्यांच्या हस्ते केली जाते.
मध्य प्रदेशातील उज्जैन येथील एका भक्ताची मनोभावे पूजा आणि मंदिराला दिलेली घंटा प्रसिद्ध आहे. त्या भक्ताने आपल्या कुटुंबात मूलबाळ नसल्याची मनोकामना काली मातेसमोर व्यक्त केली होती. काही वर्षांत त्याच्या घरी पाळणा हलला, त्यानंतर तो दरवर्षी तुमसर रोड स्टेशनला काली मातेचे दर्शन घेण्यासाठी येतो.
चैत्र आणि शारदीय नवरात्रांमध्ये येथे मोठ्या प्रमाणावर भाविकांची गर्दी होते. अष्टमीला हवन आणि नवमीला महाप्रसादाचे आयोजन करण्यात येते. वर्षभर येथे दररोज सकाळ-संध्याकाळ आरती केली जाते.
रेल्वेचे जुने कर्मचारी त्यांच्या मूळ गावी परतल्यावरही वर्षातून एकदा काली मातेचे दर्शन घेण्यासाठी येतात. रेल्वे कर्मचारी, अधिकारी आणि प्रवासी यांच्यासाठी हे मंदिर श्रद्धेचे अढळ स्थान बनले आहे.
कालीघाट काली मंदिर

कालीघाट काली मंदिर हे कोलकाताच्या कालिघाट भागातील हिंदू मंदिर आहे जे काली देवीला समर्पित आहे. हे शक्तीपीठांपैकी एक आहे. कोलकाता शहरातील हुगली नदीच्या जुन्या मार्गावर कालीघाट हा घाट होता. कलकत्ता हे नाव कालिघाट या शब्दापासून पडले असे म्हणतात. काही काळापासून नदी मंदिरापासून दूर गेली आहे. मंदिर आता हुगळीला जोडणाऱ्या आदि गंगा नावाच्या छोट्या कालव्याच्या काठावर आहे.
कालिघाट हे भारतातल्या शक्तीपीठांपैकी एक म्हणून ओळखला जातो, जिथे शिवच्या रुद्र तांडवाच्या वेळी सतीच्या शरीराचे विविध भाग पडले असे म्हणतात. सतीच्या उजव्या पायाच्या बोटं पडलेल्या त्या जागेचे प्रतिनिधित्व कालिघाट करते अशी दंतकथा आहे.
१५व्या शतकातील मानसर भसन आणि १७व्या शतकातील कवि कंकण चंडी येथे या मंदिराचा उल्लेख आहे. असे असले तरी सध्याच्या स्वरूपातले कालिघाट मंदिर सुमारे २०० वर्षांपूर्वीचे आहे. १८०९ मध्ये सबर्ना रॉय चौधरी कुटुंबाच्या मदतीने मंदिराची सध्याची रचना पूर्ण झाली होती. काली मंदिराचा उल्लेख लालमोहन बिद्यानिधींच्या संबंद निर्नोय मध्येही आढळतो. गुप्त साम्राज्यच्या चंद्रगुप्त प्रथमच्या काळातले दोन लोकप्रिय नाणे बंगालमधले आहेत. असे नाणे कालिघाटात सापडले आहेत.
या मंदिरात कालीची प्रतिमा अनन्य आहे. ते बंगालमधील इतर काली प्रतिमांचे नमुना पाळत नाही. आत्माराम ब्रह्मचारी आणि ब्रह्मानंद गिरी या दोन संतांनी दगडाची सध्याची मूर्ती तयार केली होती. सध्या, तीन प्रचंड डोळे, लांब जीभ व चार हात, जी सर्व सोन्याने बनविली आहे अशी ही प्रतिमा आहे. यातील एका हातत कटयार आणि एका असुर राजा 'शुंभा'चे मुंडके आहे. इतर दोन हात अभय आणि वरद मुद्रा दाखवतात.
ही एक आयताकृती वेदी असून तीन फूट उंच आहे. झाडाच्या खाली, वेदीवर तीन दगड आहेत जी - शोष्टी देवी, शितला देवी आणि मंगल चंडी देवीचे प्रतिनिधित्व करतात. या पवित्र जागेला शोष्टी ताला किंवा मोनोशा ताला म्हणून ओळखले जाते. १८८० मध्ये गोबिंदा दास मोंडलने ही वेदी बनविली होती. वेदीचे स्थान ब्राह्मानंद गिरी यांची समाधी आहे. येथे सर्व याजक महिला आहेत. येथे दररोज कोणतीही पूजा किंवा भोग (अन्नार्पण) केले जात नाही.
मुख्य मंदिराला लागूनच नटमंदिर नावाचा एक मोठा आयताकृती झाकलेला मंच तयार केला आहे, तेथून प्रतिमेचा चेहरा दिसू शकतो. हे मूळचे जमींदर काशीनाथ रॉय यांनी १८३५ मध्ये बनवले होते. त्यानंतर अनेकदा नूतनीकरण केले गेले आहे.
प्रतिमेसमोरील मुख्य मंदिराच्या प्रशस्त व्हरांडा आहे जो जोर बांगला म्हणून ओळखाअ जातो. गर्भगृहात ज्या विधी घडतात त्या नाटमंदिरातून जोर बांगला मार्गे दिसतात.
जवळच एक राधा-कृष्ण मंदिर आणि नकुलेश्वर भैरव मंदिर देखील आहे. आवारात एक तलाव देखील आहे जी पवित्र मानली जाते.
मीरा कोसंबी

डॉ. मीरा कोसंबी (२४ एप्रिल, १९३९ - २६ फेब्रुवारी, २०१५) या एक मराठी लेखिका आणि प्रख्यात भारतीय समाजशास्त्रज्ञ होत्या. त्यांचे वडील डॉ. दामोदर धर्मानंद कोसंबी हे इतिहासतज्ज्ञ आणि मोठे गणिती होते. मीराबाईंचे आजोबा आचार्य धर्मानंद दामोदर कोसंबी हे एक बौद्ध धर्माचे अभ्यासक आणि पाली भाषेचे उत्तम जाणकार होते.
मीरा कोसंबी यांचे उच्च शिक्षण स्टॉकहोम विद्यापीठात झाले होते. १९व्या शतकातील प्रबोधनपर्व हा त्यांच्या पीएच.डीचा विषय होता. त्यापूर्वी त्या पुण्याच्या फर्ग्युसन कॉलेजात शिकत होत्या. याच कॉलेजात पुढे त्यांनी काही काळ अध्यापनाचे काम केले. त्यानंतर त्यांनी २० वर्षे स्वीडनमध्ये प्राध्यापकी केली. त्या अविवाहित होत्या.
स्त्रीसाहित्य आणि चळवळी या विषयांचाही त्यांचा अभ्यास होता. एसएनडीटी विद्यापीठातील स्त्री अभ्यास आणि संशोधन केंद्राच्या त्या प्रमुख होत्या. विविध विषयांवरील सुमारे १२ ग्रंथ त्यांनी लिहिले आहेत. डॉ. मीरा कोसंबी यांनी अनेक संशोधनपर लेखनात एकाचवेळी अनेक विषयांचा सखोलतेने अभ्यास केला असल्याचे आढळून येते. `मानववंशशास्त्रज्ञ, समाजशास्त्रज्ञ, इतिहासशास्त्रज्ञ, भूगोलतज्‍ज्ञ आणि अर्थतज्‍ज्ञ’ या विषयांत त्यांचा संशोधनपर व्यासंग अव्याहतपणे चालत असे. एकाचवेळी अनेक विषयांवर होणारे त्यांचे बेफाट आणि अफाट वाचन हे संशोधक, पंडित आणि अभ्यासकांनाही अक्षरशः अवाक करणारे होते. या त्यांच्या संशोधनात भाषा, बोली, साहित्य, लोकसाहित्य हे विषय असतच. परंतु या विषयांची सांस्कृतिक, भौगोलिक आणि ऐतिहासिक वैशिष्ट्येसुद्धा त्या अभ्यासून पाहत असत. त्यांच्या इंग्रजी आणि मराठी साहित्यात त्यांची लेखनशैली स्वतंत्रपणे उठून दिसते. `इंडियन कौन्सिल ऑफ सोशल सायन्स रिसर्च’साठी त्यांनी पुणे, मुंबई तसेच पंढरपूर वगैरे भागातील अनाथ मुलांवर केलेल लेखन खूपच संशोधनपर आणि माहितीपूर्ण आहे. हे संशोधन करता करता त्यांनी मराठी रंगभूमी आणि सिनेमा तसेच अनेक चांगल्या साहित्यकृतींचाही दांडगा अभ्यास केलेला होता.