By Aman Basha Reviewing a rather enjoyable Chiranjeevi remake that betters its original Remakes are a tricky thing. The film being remade is ostensibly chosen as a vehicle for a star or director to score a quick success without any original effort. The laziness resulting from this attitude can lose the essence of the original, […]
Useful video from the IMF that addresses the impact of higher interest rates on developing economies. The increase in the US Fed Funds rate increases the likelihood of financial crises among vulnerable developing countries. The main concerns are: Sign up…
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By Sudharshan Garg Rajni fandom dawned on me when I first watched Dalapati. I was a wee young lad of 11, my family told me it’s too violent and I should not watch it yada yada but this was 91 and times were very different. I lived in Gopalapuram and Satyam Theatres (the 2nd best […]
Spoilers ahead… I think Nelson wanted to do a very bloody and very violent movie, but was forced to make it warm and cuddly because… “family audiences”. There’s a galaxy of major and minor stars in Nelson’s Jailer: Mohanlal, Shiva Rajkumar, Ramya Krishnan, Vasanth Ravi, Tamannaah, Marimuthu, Yogi Babu, VTV Ganesh, Jaffer Sadiq, Redin Kingsley… None […]
By Vishnu Mahesh Sharma I was 11 years old when I witnessed the cinematic juggernaut that was Gadar. While, since its release, the film has been enjoying an unswerving following among common cine-goers, I, strongly, believe that it never really got its share in the circles of film intellectuals. In those cine discussions, the critics […]
An interesting graphic from the ANZ “Charts that matter” publication in which they look at the increase in interest rates by central banks and compare the current rate with that of 2002. Norway, Australia and New Zealand stand out for…
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By Aparna Namboodiripad (who comments here as tonks) Barbie starts with an emotionally charged scene where little girls smash their baby dolls to pieces to replace them with adult Barbie dolls. Earlier, dolls were infants and girls were expected to mother them, but Barbie revolutionised girls to see themselves in their dolls – or an […]
Last week Fitch, one of the three major private credit-rating agencies, downgraded the US economy credit rating from AAA to AA. The main reasons for this: What impact will this have?The debt would increase the country’s borrowing costs, thus reducing…
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Been covering inequality and the impact of COVID with my NCEA Level 2 class in preparation for an internal assessment. There has been some research into the correlation between inequality and deaths by covid-19. Frank Elgar of McGill University co-authored…
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By CV Nitin Kabir Duggani turned fifty. Three days later, he stepped out of the Arthur Road Jail. It was cloudy and everything was grey: the prison walls behind him, his clothes, the sky. Even the grass looked an ugly shade of grey. Nobody was waiting for him. Both his parents were dead and his […]
