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I’ve always been on the lookout for different economic indicators not just GDP per capita. One which (literally) caught my eye was the size of Alan Greenspan’s (former US Fed Chair) briefcase before a US Fed interest rate decision. –… Continue reading →

By Srinath Lalgudi There is this scene in the movie The American President, a lesser popular work by screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (it was kind of a dress rehearsal before his immensely better and popular `The West Wing` TV show) where the thirst for leadership is discussed between the President and a member of his staff. […]

By Srinivas Sridhar Malayalam cinema has done it again! With almost depressing regularity they keep churning out movies that are unlike any other in mainstream Indian cinema. The plots are rooted in an Indian context and evolve organically. The character arcs are believable and anchor your attention. All these elements are there in Narivetta. The […]

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I’ve been intrigued by Julia Garner ever since I watched Ozark, a terrific series on Netflix. She gets a hell of a role in Weapons, and the film is one of the best I have seen this year. The story isn’t much. A bunch of children disappear. What happened to them? In other words, it’s […]

By Venky Ramachandran For the religious Indian, satsang is the divine communal space where collective catharsis unfolds. For the cineligious Indian, cinema theater is the divine communal space (filled with dark matter) where collective catharsis unfolds. Both serve the same purpose. They bring those who know a certain truth (sat) together (sang). Isn’t that why […]

By Pranav Jain Pranav Jain is an incoming civil servant and also a columnist. Yaaron, dosti badi hi haseen hai, yeh na ho toh kya phir bolo yeh zindagi hai? Koyi toh ho raazdaar, be-gharaz tera ho yaar, koyi toh ho raazdaar… – KK Bollywood, more than almost any other international or regional cinematic tradition, […]

Covering development economies debt issues with my CIE A Level class and the video below from the FT looks at the impact of higher interest rates. External debt can be a major obstacle to future economic development. Repaying the debt… Continue reading →

The stars are fine, the stunts are fine, the globetrotting is fine, the spy stuff is fine, the twists are fine – but the film’s big enemy is that it goes on and on. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. I liked the first War installment quite a bit, and one of the […]

Rajinikanth gets to play a dignified character in an action-drama that (mostly) hits the right notes. This is a star movie that respects the star, and does not resort to pandering. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. Fifty years ago, almost exactly to this date, one of India’s biggest star-actors made his movie […]

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By Ponc One is never a stranger to Mani Ratnam’s men—the soft-spoken Chandrakumar, who marries the girl who doesn’t want to get married; Sekhar, the doting Appa who harbours a tiny secret of epic proportions from his family; and Thiru, the idealistic writer who wants to be a dad even before he has a wife; […]

By Pranav Jain Pranav Jain is an incoming civil servant and also a columnist. There was a time when you didn’t just ‘catch’ a movie. You made a plan, you dressed for it, and you discussed it days in advance. And when the day arrived, the destination mattered almost as much as the film. In […]

Today I presented to our Yr 10 students about what to expect in the Yr 11 Economics course in 2026. As we don’t have an external exam in Yr 11 it gives us the ability to include other areas that… Continue reading →

Though the central characters are teenagers, this lightly melancholic story is not your average “teen movie”. It’s about three sets of fathers and sons in “those innocent days”. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. Satyajit Sharma plays the father of a schoolgoer named Anurag (Aryan Singh Rana), and I think many of us […]

By Ashwin Kumar I’ve been grappling with a cultural phenomenon that both baffles and disturbs me: the casual way in which children in today’s India are exposed to movies clearly not meant for them. Sometimes it shocks me, sometimes it makes me furious, and sometimes I just want to ask – “What are we thinking”? […]

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“Anirudh recalled that just two days before the interview, he was stuck on two lines while composing a song. Instead of waiting for inspiration to strike, he logged into ChatGPT, bought the premium version, and explained the theme of the song. Within seconds, he got ten suggestions. He picked the one he liked most and […]