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 […]

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 […]

Spoilers ahead… The film is so eager to hammer us with Big Moments that I began to yearn for a small emotion that I could carry for a while, something that would make me root for the central relationship. “Everyone in this world is with the person they love. Why am I not able to […]

Spoilers ahead… At least Saif Ali Khan gets to gnash his teeth and have some fun as Ravana. Prabhas as Rama and Kriti Sanon as Sita give us nothing. Om Raut’s Adipurush dispenses with the early parts of Valmiki’s Ramayana, and deposits us in the forest with Rama, Lakshmana, and Sita. One of the first […]

In the recent Rest is Politics ‘Leading’ interview Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart spent time interviewing Kate Raworth on their ‘Leading’ show. Kate Raworth is the author of “Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist” which offers… Continue reading →

Spoilers ahead… The story is set during the COVID lockdown, and both the characters and the narrative fall into place slowly, steadily – like the exquisite writing of how two young people fall in love. A bunch of people land up at an event. It’s a betrothal ceremony, but the bride is not smiling. She […]

Spoilers ahead… This is an elegantly staged film, filled with intriguing questions and unsatisfying answers. There are some nice writing touches, but… Two women come to a small town to set up a beauty parlour – but this being a Bobby-Sanjay story, you know there is more to them than meets the eye. Rajisha Vijayan […]

Productivity refers to the rate of output per unit of input. For an economy to increase output it can either increase its factors of production or combine them in a way that is more efficient – greater productivity. The latter… Continue reading →

At the last look 11,940,605 questions have been completed with answers on the elearneconomics site. We also have a new feature that allows non-registered users to ‘Take a test drive’ of 3 topics out of a total of more than… Continue reading →

Spoilers ahead… To us, these “big events” of the heroine’s life are presented as non-events. They are just part of another day in her life. New media appears to have given the Tamil art-cinema scene a new push. Sanjay Narayanan’s Maalai Nera Mallipoo is about a sex worker. The woman is named Lakshmi, and she’s […]

Spoilers ahead… Only Siddharth slips comfortably into his character’s skin, as a somewhat angry young man. But he can only do so much when the writing is all over the place. I’ll give Karthik G Krish this much: he is a director with ideas. Take the stretch where a man has to hand over the […]

Spoilers ahead… With cinematographer Kalaiselvan Sivaji, the director unleashes a series of clean yet dramatic compositions. There’s no technical showing off, and the quiet, confident staging elevates several scenes. Two cops are driving around at night. One of them is newly married, and complains that he is unable to spend time with his wife. The […]

By Vishnu Mahesh Sharma Who would have thought that a physician’s treatment of an emperor’s groin would lay a cornerstone for one of the decisive battles of Indian History? Who would have thought that a helpless nymphomaniac widow would cast a spell of doom on one of the richest provinces of India? Who would have […]