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The story of a rural boy turned inspirational fashion mogul, and how his fall and rise changed the fate of the Indian fashion industry forever. Author Bio : Suneal Patel Neelawar is an upcoming Writer-Director from Hyderabad who is currently pitching for his feature film debut. Despite not having a strong educational background, he holds […]

Readers Write In #665: மதன்-கௌரி

By Soorya N கௌரி மதனை திட்டிக்கொண்டிருந்தால். அண்ணா வீட்டுக்கு போனும்னு போன வாரமே சொல்லிருந்தேன் . கரெக்ட்டா களம்பரத்துக்கு ஒரு மன்னேரம் முன்னாடி வந்து , என்னைக் எதிர்பாராம ஒரு வேலை வந்துடிச்சுனு சொன்னா.நா அவர்கிட்ட என்ன சொல்றது ? மதன் மனதில் நினைத்து கொண்டான் : வேலை வந்திடிச்சுன்னே சொல்லேன்.என்ன கடிச்சுடுவாரா உங்க அண்ணா என்று நினைத்துக்கொண்டான் .அவர் தப்பா எடுத்துக்க மாட்டாரா மதன் ? கல்யாணம் ஆகி ஒரு வருஷமாச்சு .இதோ இருக்கு,பக்கத்து […]

Readers Write In #664: Is man evil by nature?

By G Waugh ‘Man by nature, is selfish. That is precisely why socialist societies don’t get created so easily unless by force. Even if they do, they don’t last’ I have seen these lines being offered as counter-argument whenever I had tried to ‘convert’ my friends or relatives into socialism. *** When you ask me […]

Anirban Dutta’s ‘Anubhuti’, which had its world premiere at Rotterdam, is a sensuous series of tableaux based on Krishna, Radha, and Meera

The film is free of dialogue, and Meera Bai’s famous bhajan-s take their place. Through these songs, Meera projects herself into the Krishna-Radha universe in Vrindavan. In his second feature, Anirban Dutta gets credited for – among many other aspects – the story, screenplay and direction. But unlike other films, these individual components of cinematic […]

Readers Write In #663: Ek Akela Is Sheher Main: Farewell Mumbai

By Madan Mohan I have no memory of how and when it was that I landed up in Mumbai. Perhaps, it is fitting then that I also have to bid goodbye to the city from afar! I was born in a hospital in Chennai from where I was taken to Kolkata by my parents who […]

Airline duopoly to monopoly – are Airbus forging ahead?

Duopoly is a form of oligopoly and exists in a market when two companies control nearly all the market share of a product or service. The $400bn market for passenger aircraft has been dominated by Airbus and Boeing and the… Continue reading →

Lijo Jose Pellissery’s hallucinatory ‘Malaikottai Vaaliban’ is a warrior story that subverts how we see warrior stories on screen

The film, divided into episodes that build into a huge reveal, stars Mohanlal as a disillusioned strongman. For lovers of cinema and this filmmaker’s unique style, it is an always-involving experience. Once upon a time, there lived a bored warrior, “a man whose name echoes across all lands” and yet, a man who suffered from […]

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