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Lights, Camera, Analysis: Adhik Ravichandran (on ‘Mark Antony’)
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Sep 16, 20231 min read


New Zealand’s trade balance
With the external exams coming up next term it is useful to be able to have some knowledge of New Zealand’s trade position especially as it is so important to the economy. Trade is just one of four accounts in…
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Sep 15, 20232 min read


Adhik Ravichandran’s ‘Mark Antony’ mixes serious masala storytelling with goofy humour, and the result is inventive and entertaining
Spoilers ahead… The big star is Vishal, but the scene-stealers are pop culture nostalgia and SJ Suryah. The latter owns the narrative like nobody’s business. The joy of filmmaking is contagious. After Venkat Prabhu, Adhik Ravichandran sets out to prove that it is possible to make a well-thought-out, well-written, and well-made entertainer within the boundaries […]

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Sep 15, 20231 min read


Vishal Atreya’s ‘Tatsama Tadbhava’: A shaky start but a confident finish, says Kairam Vaashi
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Sep 15, 20231 min read


From the Web (FTW) #13: The #MarakkumaNenjam concert fiasco
As requested, a link to Madan’s piece: “Even the most idolized of celebrities in India cannot escape their very Indian failings at the end of the day. And the God of music now find himself in an unholy mess. ” https://rothrocks.wordpress.com/2023/09/13/in-the-name-of-god-the-marakumma-nenjam-fiasco/

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Sep 14, 20231 min read


Great resource from Tutor2u – diagram bank
Below is a link to a diagram bank on the Tutor2u site. Each diagram in the PowerPoint is fully editable and it covers just about every graph (224 in total) you will come across in any school economics course. Tutor2u…
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Sep 13, 20231 min read
Lights, Camera, Analysis: Hemanth M Rao (on ‘Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A’)
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Sep 13, 20231 min read
Readers Write In #627: அலாரம்- short story
By Soorya N உதவி தேவை வாசன் “காலை டிபனை” சாப்பிடாமல் , மதியம் அதை சாப்பிட்டு , மதியம் இரண்டரை மணிக்கு தன் காதலியான செண்பகத்தை காணுவதற்காக அலாரம் வைத்து தூங்கினான் . “எழுப்ப மறந்துவிடாதீர்கள் “அவனை .. இரண்டரை மணி ஆனது , கோழி கூவும் சப்தம் அவன் போனில் கேட்டது . அதை பதினைந்து நிமிடம் ஒத்திவைத்தான். “இரண்டேமுக்கால்”- ஆனது , அதை அடுத்த பதினைந்து நிமிடம் ஒத்திவைத்தான் “மூன்று மணி”-ஆனது . […]

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Sep 13, 20232 min read


Economics for the future
I came across a very informative journal paper, which was tweeted by @KateRaworth , in the Ecological Economics Journal entitled “Economics for the future – Beyond the superorganism” by N.J. Hagens – full paper can be found here. I have…
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Sep 12, 20235 min read


America’s debt problem
Is America’s debt becoming unsustainable? This depends on various factors including: the rate of productivity growth, the shape of income inequality, the foreign demand for dollars, and the vicissitudes of the global bond market. In the USA borrowing costs are…
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Sep 11, 20232 min read
Interview: Vidyut Jammwal
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Sep 11, 20231 min read
My interview with Scroll about masala cinema vs. ‘mass’ cinema
The masala movie – derived from myth – has always been a part of our cinema. Take Gadar. Whether intended or not, the story of Sunny Deol going to Pakistan to get back his wife kidnapped who was kidnapped in a helicopter mirrors the story of Rama going to Lanka to get back his wife […]

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Sep 9, 20232 min read


The Shettys deliver an easy-watch with more rights than wrongs, says Kairam Vaashi
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Sep 8, 20231 min read


Happy 90th birthday, Asha Bhosle!
With a goddess like Asha, and with her body of work, any list can be but a drop in the ocean. Here are some particular favourites: C Ramchandra’s Navrang is a soundtrack for the ages, but Asha’s ‘voice acting’ here is a special treat (the song is repeated twice in this clip). Holy mother of […]

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Sep 7, 20232 min read


Africa’s resource paradox and market failure
I have blogged a few times on the resource curse that affects some developing countries but it seems that in Africa a lot of resources go unused when they are actually demanded in an economy. There seems to be a…
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Sep 7, 20232 min read


Atlee’s ‘Jawan’ has a terrific Shah Rukh Khan in full-on ‘mass’ mode, but the film itself is far from terrific
Spoilers ahead… The overstuffed screenplay wants to tackle so many issues that it has no focus. It works as a series of occasional highlights, and if that’s all you want… why read this review! In the same year, Shah Rukh Khan has given us a masala movie with Pathaan and a “mass” movie with Jawan. […]

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Sep 6, 20231 min read


Akshat Ajay Sharma’s rather generic ‘Haddi’, on ZEE5, isn’t a bad watch, but its main achievement is to serve as an example of ‘campy arthouse masala’
Spoilers ahead… Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Anurag Kashyap lead a huge cast in a revenge story in the mould of Tamil/Telugu masala movies, but without the electricity that courses through the best films in the genre. When you hear of a film with Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Anurag Kashyap and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub and Ila Arun and […]

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Sep 6, 20231 min read


National Income – USA v NZ
A government measures a country’s total output to assess the performance of the country. An economy is usually considered to be doing well if its output is growing at a sustained and sustainable rate. Economic growth has the potential to…
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Sep 6, 20232 min read


Shiva Nirvana’s ‘Kushi’ is more about star power (Vijay Deverakonda, Samantha Ruth Prabhu) than convincing storytelling
Spoilers ahead… The premise about science vs. superstition (and adjustment between a couple) is solid. But the exaggerated treatment does not let us take this couple seriously. Vijay Deverakonda gets to turn on every bit of his star wattage in Shiva Nirvana’s Kushi. I personally prefer to watch this actor express angst: few young performers […]

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Sep 6, 20231 min read


NZ Terms of Trade improves but worrying times ahead
The Terms of Trade improved by 0.4% in the quarter 2 of this year with export prices being – 0.6% and imports -1%. The fall in export prices was mainly due to the drop in dairy prices (2.1%) and forestry…
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Sep 5, 20233 min read
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