Conspicuous consumption was introduced by economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen in his 1899 book The Theory of the Leisure Class. It is a term used to describe the lavish spending on goods and services acquired mainly for the purpose of… Continue reading →

By G Waugh We have a couple of kids playing in the hall. Over the years despite having understood each other so well, both of them always love to remain at loggerheads to one another. They quarrel at the drop of a hat, they start hitting one another, whine and yell and roll over one […]

I keep writing scenes and other random stuff. Thought they’d make for fun blog posts, titled ‘Tanglish Talks’. Do read, share, mock, comment, ring the bell icon, whatever 🙂 ! This is from Draft 6 of the screenplay, when I was still trying to get a fix on the tonality of the film. The scene […]

By Srinivasan Sundar This is the pre-final of a five-part series of random reminiscences of the recent decades of Kollywood.1980s, 1990s and 2000s are here. The 2010-decade was definitive. It had character. Largely due to Naalaiya Iyakkunar there was new blood in the industry. The screens had something fresh to offer.Genres were getting reinvented (Kalavani, […]

By Soorya N நானும் நடந்தேன், என் நிழலும் நடந்ததுநானும் சிரித்தேன், என் நிழலும் என்னுடன் சிரித்ததுநான் ஏங்கினேன் என் ஏக்கத்தை என் நிழல் உடைத்ததுநான் தவித்தேன் என் தாகத்தை என் நிழல் தீர்த்தது என் முகவரி அறியாமல் , என்னை தேர்ந்து எடுத்தாய்என் அடையாளம் தெரியாமல் என்னிடம் வந்தாய்என் நிழலாய் நின்று ,என் தனிமையை ஒழித்தாய்என் நிழலாய் நின்று என்னைக் தோள் கொடுத்தாய் என் நிழலாய் என் கால்களோடு நடந்தாய்என் நிழலாய் நின்று என்னுடன் உரையாடினாய் […]

By Vishnu Mahesh Sharma So many times, it happens that we have been knowing about a sweet little film for a long time, but we have been giving it a miss because we prioritize some other films over it. This prioritization happens to be a result of cerebral itching that directs us to watch something […]

By Srinivasan Sundar எனது வேலை என்னை பல இடங்களுக்கு எடுத்துச் செல்வதுண்டு. பொதுவாக அனைத்து பயணங்களுமே விமானத்தில் தான். கிட்டத்தட்ட டவுன் பஸ் போல விமானங்கள் எனக்கு ஆகிவிட்ட காலங்கள் இவை. இதற்கு முன் வான்வழி பயணம் என்றாலே எனக்கு ஒரு விதமான பீதி.. வேலை இன்டர்வியூ போல்.செக்யூரிட்டி செக், போர்டிங் பாஸ், செக்கின்பேக்கேஜ், போர்டிங் கேட், வெப்செக்கிங், ஹாண்ட்பேக்கேஜ், வகைரா குழப்பங்கள். மன உளைச்சல். ஆனால் இப்போது எதுவும் அறவே இல்லை. காரணம் – […]

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In Norway, people right across the income distribution have high living standards. In the UK, US and Germany, the rich fare well but the poorest rank low vs other countries. From the graph below Norway does very well in equal… Continue reading →

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Below is a very good graphic from Visual Capitalist about how coffee prices are broken down. One of the most popular commodities, coffee is supported by a massive $200+ billion industry. You can enlarge the image by clicking on it.… Continue reading →

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‘In terms of ticket sales, Hindi is at 50-60 per cent while the South markets are at 80-90 per cent of pre-pandemic levels.’ Read the rest here: https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/things-are-looking-up-at-box-office-but/20230619.htm PS: It’s interesting to think about what will happen when the southern OTT space wakes up and produces as much content as Hindi.

By Vishnu Mahesh Sharma Major spoiler ahead…. The second season ends on a satisfactory note but before reaching there it touches some intriguing concepts placed around a very flawed and ill-executed central theme that never really lets the show emerge as a smashing pulpy thriller that it should have been. There is a terrific sequence […]

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There was a lot of mentions in the media last week about the impact of Beyonce starting her world tour in Stockholm. The fact that this is her first tour in seven years has seen two sold-out shows with close… Continue reading →

It’s been ages since I’ve participated in a blogathon! The last time I did was actually in April 2022, and it was for one of my own blogathons… But life happened, and I just got busy with other things. My apologies to the bloggers whose blogathons I had to skip. Since things are calmer on […]