The drastic transformations brought on by weight loss and other external factors that Prithviraj’s character encounters are remarkable, to say the least. For any filmmaker looking at adapting a seemingly difficult novel, the main challenge is to do it without losing the essence. Now, when it comes to a survival drama that revolves mostly around a […]
Below is a very good video from CNBC that covers the main causes of recessions – overheated economy, asset bubbles and black swan events. Good analysis of soft and hard landings as well as the wage price spiral effect. “History…
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By abishekspeare My favorite pastime is to go down the memory lane. I do it a lot. I could reach a point in the future where most of my memories are me thinking about my memories. And every time I erupt into a nostalgic zone of “They don’t make music like this anymore”, cursing the […]
Something that is good to show on a Friday afternoon. Very amusing – from Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe on the BBC. Every TV news report on the economy in one, courtesy of generic reporter Emily Surname. HT to Sex, Drugs…
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The Madras Music Academy conferred TM Krishna with the Sangita Kalanidhi, the highest award in the Carnatic music scene. While some musicians have come in his support, others have registered their protest by returning awards and boycotting the Music Academy Conference 2024. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.indiatoday.in/amp/music/story/explained-controversy-around-musician-tm-krishnas-sangita-kalanidhi-award-carnatic-vocalists-ranjani-gayatri-and-harikatha-exponent-dushyanth-
KLM – Royal Dutch Airlines – has been found guilty in court of misleading advertising – information failure – claiming that the airline is moving to a more sustainable future. The court could not have been clearer – companies are…
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Japan’s central bank (BOJ) has ended what could be considered one of the most aggressive expansionary monetary policy programmes. The BOJ raised its short-term policy rate from -0.1% to between 0-0.1% on deposits held with the bank. This brings to…
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By V Vijaysree The menu items to be served on the banana leaf are in steaming cauldrons, fresh off the stove. The laddoo, the murukku, the jalebi and the rest of the goody bag items have been ready for a while. But the duo from the groom’s side insists that there is still one key […]
By Pranav Madathil ‘Dune’, ‘Aayirathil Oruvan’, ‘Khaleja’, and prophetic protagonist problems SPOILERS AHEAD When Stilgar, played by an almost unrecognizable Javier Bardem, first whispered to himself that the young Paul Atreides was ‘lisan-al-gaib’ – the outworlder fated to redeem not only his people (the Fremen) but his whole planet (Arrakis/ Dune), I was overcome by […]
