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title: Bill Gates Foundation fights AIDS in India
date: "2002-11-14T12:00:00Z"
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  - links
wp_id: 1048
description: I highlighted Bill Gates' $100 million donation to fight AIDS in India, contrasting his recent appearance wearing a traditional tilak with a vintage 1977 photo of him and Paul Allen.
keywords: [bill gates, aids, india, gates foundation, philanthropy, paul allen]
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[Bill donated $100mn to fight AIDS in India](http://www.gatesfoundation.org/). Interestingly, just contrast this photo of him wearing a 'tilak' with his [1977 snap with Paul Allen](http://voteview.uh.edu/gates.htm). In the latter, he almost looks like a girl! [via The Register](http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/28063.html)