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 […]

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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… Continue reading →

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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… Continue reading →

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By Krishnaraj Sambath

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… Continue reading →

With the directors of ‘Dada’, ‘Por Thozhil’, ‘Good Night’, and the as-yet unreleased ‘Pattu’.

I have written a foreword for this book (the one below Kamal Haasan’s), and also spoken to the author in a chapter.

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 […]

By Soorya N பாருடி குழந்தை ! அம்பாள் முகம் எப்படி அலங்காரம் பண்ணி இருக்கா பாரு. உம்மாச்சி பாரு, உம்மாச்சி பாரு என்று பாட்டி குழந்தயிடம் சொன்னால் . கோவில் பிரகாரம் சிறியதாய் இருந்தது. 4-5 பெரு இருந்தார்கள்.குழந்தை அழ ஆரம்பித்தது , “பாட்டி ” இதோ ஆயிடுத்து போலாம் போலாம் என்று தாலாட்டினால். உள்ளே இருந்து பூசாரி வந்து குழந்தைக்கு விபூதி வெய்த்து ,அர்ச்சனை செய்த மாலையை பாட்டியிடம் குடுத்தார். பாட்டி மாலையை வாங்கி […]

By Vishnu Mahesh Sharma नदी की नियति – समंदर में मिलना । लेकिन‌ नदी की हर धारा को ये नियति मंजूर नहीं होती । कुछ धाराएं बाग़ी होती हैं । वो खामोशी के साथ समंदर में अपना वजूद नहीं खोती, बल्कि मौका ढूंढती हैं एक अलग वजूद बनाने का । और जब कभी भौगोलिक परिस्थितियां […]

Double-digit inflation and aggressive tightening by central banks has been the order of the day in the global economy, however consumer spending still remains robust especially in the more elastic (luxury) goods and services market. Events like Beyoncé concert in… Continue reading →

By Jithendar Anandan During my recent flight from Chennai to New York, I stumbled upon a movie that immediately caught my attention – “Kadaisi Vivasayi.” The title and the presence of Vijay Sethupathi intrigued me. The movie’s standout aspect is the remarkable cast and the landscapes they chose to shoot in. It felt like watching […]