The film stars Nivin Pauly, Dhyan. The message is so obvious that you see the ending from a mile away. The opening stretch of Malayalee from India deposits us on a mountain road, as a Hindi song with sad lyrics plays in the background: “Dilon mein faasle hain… Yeh kaisi khamoshi hai…” The words talk […]
The Netflix series stars Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, among many, many others. The eight-episode format allows Bhansali to be more patient with his material, and the result is lovely, mellow storytelling. What would you call a willful woman who insists that her daughter follow the family tradition of becoming a tawaif, a […]
China’s economy is teetering on the brink of widespread deflation—a scenario that could cause even more problems than high inflation. Economists are afraid that deflation is happening in China like it did in Japan’s recession in the 1990s. Like Japan…
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The film stars Vijay, Trisha, Prakash Raj. The only thing to say about it is that it still holds up. Let’s go back to April 17, 2004, the day Ghilli was released. The new millennium had seen the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers: Bala in December 1999 (so you can cheat a bit […]
By Rohan Bhardwaj Podcast are the new rage, everyone is doing one. And naturally I stumbled upon one talking about movies which has aged well. The movie is Chashme Baddoor. Farook Shaikh and Deepti Naval among other cast stole the show. These types of cinema isn’t getting made now. And I miss them. Its amazing […]
Listening to the Podcast ‘The Price of Football’ the theory of price elasticity of demand was raised with regard to the sale of Premier League replica shirts. Should clubs actually reduce the price of shirts in order to increase demand…
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By abishekspeare Penning down my crisis management thoughts in the heat of the moment My morning workout involves a very spirited walk from my bed to the hall in order to fetch the newspaper. Only today, on my return journey back to my bed, I was sweating so profusely that I could have solved Bengaluru’s […]
The film stars Vishal, Priya Bhavani Shankar. There are some interesting ideas, but none of them are allowed to take root amidst all the speed. If a film wants to be a template film and it ends up being a template film, then is there any point in saying that this film is just a […]
Read below my review of the delightful comedy DEAR RUTH initially published last week for the 6th Golden Boy Blogathon: A William Holden Celebration! 👇
Climbing Ladder on a Container ShipWith the downturn in global trade the international transport industry has been very much affected. Those that have been associated with the distribution of goods get an early indication of the slowdown in global growth.…
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By Eswar What do ‘Crime and Punishment‘, ‘One hundred Years of Solitude‘ and ‘The Little Prince‘ have in common? They are all famous literary works that are, even to this day, widely read all over the world. Yet, all of these works were not originally written in English. For ages, it didn’t dawn on me […]
A lot has been said about the impact of AI and its ability to transform an economy although it does not have a predetermined future. The IMF publication F&D (December 2023) ran article on the implications of AI on macroeconomics…
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The 6th instalment of my beloved Golden Boy Blogathon took place last Tuesday and Wednesday to concord with what would have been the great William Holden’s 106th birthday. I was joined by the awesome Emily from The Flapper Dame to co-host and celebrate this phenomenal actor the way he should be! Of course, I want to thank all […]
With exams approaching in the northern hemisphere thought this post might be useful. There are concerns about essay writing in that students tend to either write sentences that are too long, or they do not know how to write different…
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