The New York Times today issued a correction
for an error in a story that appeared in its pages 161 years ago about
African-American Solomon Northup, whose memoir '12 Years a Slave' won
the best picture Oscar this year. In an article that appeared on
Januray 20, 1853, the Times had misspelt Northup as "Northrup". The
error was pointed out by a Twitter user a day after the movie based on
Northup's life won the top award at the Oscars. The 1853 article
spelled Northup's name wrong in two different ways. It appeared as
"Northrop" in the body of the article and "Northrup" in the headline.
"An article on Januray 20, 1853, recounting the story of Solomon
Northup, whose memoir '12 Years a Slave' became a movie 160 years later
that won the best picture Oscar at the 86th Academy Awards on Sunday
night, misspelled his surname as Northrop. And the headline misspelled
it as Northrup," the NYT correction said. The newspaper said the errors
came to light yesterday after a Twitter user pointed out the article in
The Times archives. '12 years a slave' set in pre-Civil War US is
based on the life of Northup, a free black man from upstate New York who
is abducted and sold into slavery. NYT said the errors
notwithstanding, "The Times described the article as 'a more complete
and authentic record than has yet appeared'." Actress Lupita Nyong'o
won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the movie.
Congress leader Manishankar Aiyar attracted opposition BJP's ire today in Rajya Sabha when he said he was not interested in listening to speech of a BJP member on vote on account, prompting the Chair to adjourn the House amid uproar. During the Zero Hour, Deputy Chairman P J Kurien allowed Aiyar, who wanted to ask a question, to do so, which was opposed by BJP members. Kurien asked Aiyar whether he yielded to allow others to speak, to which he said he had no objection and he can ask his question later. As the House got ready to initiate discussion on Vote on Account, Kurien said, "Let us reduce the discussion to two hours from four hours," which was opposed by BJP members including Piyush Goyal who was given a chance to speak on Vote on Account. When it was agreed that discussion will take place as per schedule, Aiyar remarked he was not interested in listening to the speech by BJP member. "You had given me the chance to ask a question
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