This year I am trying to get students to develop a deeper understanding of economic issues and to improve their evaluation skills for the written exam. The goal is that students will arrive at a collective meaning, rather than seek…
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By Pranav Jain, an incoming civil servant and also a columnist In the lush meadows of Pahalgam, where the Lidder River flows gently against the rugged outline of the Himalayas, the recent dastardly terrorist attack has cast a sombre veil over the valley’s timeless beauty and left an entire nation in mourning. The wounds of […]
With the mid-year exams next week here are a couple of mindmaps I produced using OmniGraffle (Apple software). I found it a useful starting point for students to discuss the effectiveness of each policy and the conflicts within macro objectives.…
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On Friday we had our annual Yr 13 M&M’s graph competition. Having just completed Perfect and Imperfect Competition with my Year 13 class I used a couple of packets of M&M’s to drum home the concept of marginal analysis MC=MR.…
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By Samyogita Hardikar Most of us have heard at least one story of Lord Shiva performing the Tandav. Some of you might also have heard of the dance that Goddess Parvati danced in response- the Laasya. But I bet none of you know what happened after. The two divine cosmic dances — Shiva’s fiery outburst […]
By Eswar ‘Our moments are wrapped with music’, observed Kavignar Veyil reflecting on growing up with Ilaiyaraja’s music in Tamil Nadu. One of my earliest memories is waking up in the morning to Tamil film songs on the radio. The first song I remember listening to is Rasathi Unna Kanatha Nenju from the movie Vaidehi […]
The current situation in the US economy has the potential for a stagflationary period similar to that of the 1970s – high inflation and high unemployment. Trump is intensifying political pressure on US monetary policy amid rising inflation and supply-chain…
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The story is about a man who decides to give up violence, and this takes him on a journey where he discovers that he is the saviour of an oppressed people. There are several brilliant moments, but the film doesn’t touch the heart. The rest of the review may contain spoilers. In Retro, Karthik Subbaraj […]
The earlier HIT films surprised us with twisted investigation stories that hinged on one perpetrator, but the third movie takes it further with a gleeful amount of gore. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. If I opened up director Sailesh Kolanu’s brain, I think I’d see a very dark and twisted soul. And […]
The story is about a Sri Lankan family that seeks refuge in India, and the film is the very definition of a family entertainer. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. The opening scene of Tourist Family shows us the latter part of the title: namely, the family. There’s Dharmadas and Vasanthi, played by […]
By Vikram MN “Finally”, the word which is in everyone’s mind after watching Veera Dheera Sooran. For me the feeling is additionally there for another reason, to have finally completed this review after a month’s time, with the film even in OTT already. For fans, more than the celebration, it was a sense of relief […]
“Folks grew up thinking, ‘I want to make movies on a gigantic screen and have strangers watch them [and to have them] play in the theater for two months and people cry and sold-out shows … It’s an outdated concept.” Sarandos insisted that he loves movie theaters, but, of course, their decline does not “bother” […]
The terms of trade index measures the value of a unit of exports in terms of the number of imports it can buy, or the purchasing power of our exports. This is similar to comparing the number of sheep exports…
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