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£100 pizza with pineapple – conspicuous consumption
You might have seen in the news of a pizza restaurant in the UK charging £100 (NZ$218) for a Hawaiian pizza. Lupa Pizza in Norwich charged £100 for the delivery of a Hawaiian Pizza because they don’t approve of the…
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Jan 19, 20252 min read
Interview: Gautham Menon (‘Dominic and the Ladies’ Purse’)
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Jan 19, 20251 min read


The stabbing of Saif Ali Khan…
In case you want to talk about crime / personal safety at large…

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Jan 18, 20251 min read


Impact of falling NZ dollar
Much news of late on the fall in value of the NZ dollar against the Greenback (US dollar) – the NZ dollar has shed more than 5% since the RBNZ’s November meeting – see mindmap for impact of a fall…
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Jan 16, 20252 min read
The Galatta Plus Mega Pan-India Actors’ Round Table 2025
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Jan 15, 20251 min read


Readers Write In #774: Nishant (1975) —Rebellion Gone Astray
By Anand Sinha A Telangana village is accustomed to exploitation by a feudal family until a final act provokes rebellion. Director: Shyam BenegalWriter: Vijay Tendulkar, Satyadev DubeyCast: Amrish Puri, Girish Karnad, Shabana Azmi, Anant Nag, Mohan Agashe, Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Satyadev Dubey, Kulbhushan KharbandaLanguage: Hindi Veteran Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal (1934-2024), whose films enquired about […]

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Jan 14, 20254 min read


Readers Write In #773: Mera Naam Joker (1970)—A Portrait of a Self-Pitying Clown
By Anand Sinha A joker invites the three women he once loved to watch his last show and reflects on the trials and tribulations of life. Director: Raj KapoorWriter: Khwaja Ahmad AbbasCast: Raj Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Simi Garewal, Padmini, Kseniya Ryabinkina, Dharmendra, Manoj Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Achala SachdevLanguage: Hindi 2024 marked the centenary of Indian […]

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Jan 14, 20255 min read

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Jan 14, 20250 min read


Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi’s ‘Kadhalikka Neramillai’, with Nithya Menen and Ravi Mohan, is a fresh take on relationships
The film is an easy watch, but it asks some difficult questions about making a relationship work. But there is no preaching, and there is no overt messaging. The rest of this review contains spoilers. Kadhalikka Neramillai is a rare kind of movie for Tamil cinema. It is delicate. The filmmaking, the acting, the dialogues, […]

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Jan 14, 20251 min read


Sundar C’s ‘Madha Gaja Raja’, with Vishal, is a passable entertainer with Santhanam in fine form
The film can’t decide whether to be a hero-oriented action drama or an ensemble comedy. The latter portions work far better than the former. The rest of the review contains spoilers. In 2012, there was a news item that Madha Gaja Raja (MGR) would be a Pongal release the following year. This information has finally […]

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Jan 13, 20251 min read


eLearnEconomics – Natural Monopoly
Below are some notes from the eLearnEconomics site. For more information click on the link. A natural monopoly is when one firm has the ability to supply the entire market at lower prices than two or more firms. A natural…
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Jan 13, 20253 min read
Interview: Nithya Menen (‘Kadhalikka Neramillai’)
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Jan 13, 20251 min read


Bala’s ‘Vanangaan’, with Arun Vijay, is not bad, but it needed to dig deeper
The film has interesting characters and plot points. But they don’t come together as well as you’d hope. The rest of this review contains spoilers. The opening shot of Vanangaan has a man bringing out a statue of Lord Ganesha that has fallen into a well. He has “saved” God, in other words. The closing […]

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Jan 11, 20251 min read


Shankar’s ‘Game Changer’, with Ram Charan, is an underwhelming and predictable rehash of the corruption theme
The film does not have a single highlight, and the big budget does not translate into an interesting story or involving characters. The rest of this review contains spoilers. Sometimes, when you visit someone’s house, you see a wall with certificates and records of achievements. It’s as though the person is reminding us that these […]

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Jan 11, 20251 min read


Is it the end of Mega container ships?
The mega ship the Ever Given was a familiar name in the news when it got stuck in the Suez canal and thus preventing any marine traffic in both directions. The Ever Given is operated by the Taiwan-based firm Evergreen…
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Jan 11, 20252 min read
Interview: Showrunner Vikramaditya Motwane and team ‘Black Warrant’, now on Netflix
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Jan 10, 20251 min read

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Jan 10, 20250 min read
Uruguay generates 98% of its electricity from renewables.
A relatively small nation spanning 175,000 square kilometres (76,568 square miles) with a population of 3.4 million – 96% of whom live in urban centres – Uruguay has no significant fossil fuel reserves. Fortuitously, its geography makes it ideal for…
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Jan 9, 20252 min read
Interview: Arun Vijay (‘Vanangaan’)
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Jan 8, 20251 min read


Readers Write In #772: My Favourite Hindi Films of 2024
By Abhirup Mascharak Merry Christmas Sriram Raghavan has never made a film I disliked, and Merry Christmas, to my great joy, leaves that record unbroken. It contains the usual pleasures of a Raghavan film, such as his giddy littering of Easter eggs (the references range from Shakti Samanta to Raymond Chandler, Ernst Lubitsch to Rajesh […]

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Jan 8, 202511 min read
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