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Nafisa Ali (rear right), with U.S. First Lady Laura Bush and muppets of India's Galli Galli Sim Sim

Nafisa Ali is a social activist from India. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links GalliGalliSimBush. ... Image File history File links GalliGalliSimBush. ... First Lady Laura Bush and former first ladies, from left, Rosalynn Carter, Sen. ... Laura Lane Welch Bush (born November 4, 1946) is the wife of the forty-third and current President of the United States of America George W. Bush and is thereby the First Lady of the United States. ... John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together The Muppets are a group of puppets and costume characters created by Jim Henson and the company he created. ... Galli Galli Sim Sims leading muppets (left to right: Boombah, Chamki, Googli, Aanchoo) with human guests U.S. First Lady Laura Bush and Indian social activist Nafisa Ali. ... Social activists are people who act as the conscience and voice of many individuals within a society. ...

She is the daughter of the well-known Indian photographer Ahmed Ali, son of S. Wajid Ali and brother of Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah. Eminent litterateur and outstanding Bengali nationalist S. Wajed Ali was born on 4th Sept, 1890 in the village of Bara Tajpur of Hooghly district. ... Begum Zaib-un-Nissa (Zeb-un-Nissa, Zaibunnissa, Zaibun Nisa, Zaibunisa, Zaib-un-Nisa, Zebunnissa, Zeb-un-Nisa) Hamidullah (December 25, 1921 - September 10, 2000) was a pioneer of Pakistani literature and journalism in English, and also a pioneer of feminism in Pakistan. ...

She has accomplishments in several fields. She was the national swimming champion from 1972-1974. She won the Miss India title in 1976 and was runner-up at the Miss International contest in 1977. Ali was also a jockey at the Calcutta Gymkhana in 1979. She has acted in several Bollywood films, the notable ones being Junoon (1979) with Shashi Kapoor and Major Saab with Amitabh Bachchan (1998), Bewafaa (2005) and the most recent being Life In A... Metro (2007) and a Malayalam film called Big B (2007) with Mammootty. She is associated with Action India, an organisation working to spread AIDS awareness. She contested the 2004 Lok Sabha elections unsuccessfully from South Kolkata. In September 2005, she was appointed the chairperson of the Children's Film Society of India (CFSI). This article concentrates on human swimming. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Femina Miss India (Manoj Prerogative - 9886879782) is an annual, national beauty pageant held in India and organized by Femina, a womens magazine published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... The racecourse is a classical meeting point for the people of Chester. ... This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Bollywood (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India. ... Junoon is a 1978 Hindi film produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by Shyam Benegal. ... Shashi Kapoor in Sharmilee (1971) Shashi Kapoor (born Balbirraj Kapoor March 18, 1938) in Calcutta, is one of Indias greatest actors and a member of the famous Kapoor Family (film), an influential film dynasty in Indias Bollywood cinema. ... Amitabh Bachchan (born October 11, 1942) (; Devanagari: अमिताभ बच्चन) is a Bollywood actor, and one of the most prominent figures in the Indian film industry. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Bewafaa meaning unfaithful starring Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Sushmita Sen, Manoj Bajpai, Shamita Shetty and Kabir Bedi. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Life In A... Metro is a Hindi language film directed by Anurag Basu. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Malayalam (മലയാളം ) is the language spoken predominantly in the state of Kerala, in southern India. ... Big B is a 2007 Malayalam film co-written and directed by Amal Neerad starring Mammootty. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

She comes from a very diverse theistic background and environment; her mother was a Roman Catholic while her father was Muslim, she married a Sikh man, Col "Pickles" Sodhi .She has also studied Vedanta taught by Swami Chinmayananda ,who started the center Chinmaya Mission of World Understanding. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... Religions Sikhism Scriptures Guru Granth Sahib Languages English, Punjabi] A Sikh (English: or ; Punjabi: , , IPA: ) is an adherent to Sikhism. ...

See also

• List of Indian women athletes

This List of Indian women athletes includes women notable for athletics who were born in India or to Indian parents. ...

External links

• Nafisa Ali at the Internet Movie Database
• An interview with Nafisa Ali
• A write-up on Nafisa Ali