This feature is about a group of non-city folks who start an eco-resort, and deal with the eccentricities of tourists spoiled by capitalism. There is an enjoyable element of the absurd, and the quirky characters from a corner of the country keep us invested in their hijinks. That’s the brief review. A more detailed discussion […]
By Heisenberg “You are such a sweet friend, Ashwin.. Good night now!” When Isha told this on phone Ashwin’s heart raced, but he liked that feeling. No girl had ever said that to him before. It was new not just for him but also to the small group of friends who were grinning ear to […]
By WiseAss Fool After reading a couple of bleak non-fiction about the world we inhabit, I decided to read only fiction until the end of the year. I picked up An Equal Music by Vikram Seth and Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer. I will try to write another RWI for Everything Is Illuminated, […]
Nature in Australia is vital economic infrastructure. When the value of non-market ecosystem services—such as climate regulation, water purification, pollination, and flood protection—is included, its contribution to the economy exceeds $511 billion each year. This represents around 20% of GDP,…
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This assured debut feature is the first Marathi film to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, and it won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize Dramatic at the 2025 edition. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. Even before we learn Anand’s name, we see his face in a super-tight closeup. And then, suddenly, […]
Tourism is becoming ever more affordable with low-cost air travel, Airbnb, cheap packages etc but there are concerns that tourist destinations are feeling the pressure of rising visitor numbers. Overcrowding can dampen the experience of sightseeing for people in long…
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By Ashwin Kumar Most people drink, some smoke, I watch movies. That’s what I used to say. Movies were my addiction until recently. I used to also claim that I “graduated” to movies from books. I didn’t realize then that instead of me being a director and visualizing the settings and characters, I had become […]
By Samyogita Hardikar Ponniyin Selvan, especially the first one, was life-changing for me. It had everything that had been largely missing from my film-viewing life for over a decade. A soundtrack that sounds like nothing else you’ve ever heard, a setting that takes you to another world and makes you want to stay there, a […]
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) – Under new definitions introduced in the late 1990s, Gross Domestic Product is also known as Gross Value Added. It is defined as the value of output produced within the domestic boundaries of the NZ economy…
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By Karthikeyan (RK) Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real. Love, and so art and morals, is the discovery of reality – Iris Murdoch, The Bell (1958) In western philosophy, right from Plato every major philosopher who established a system gave considerable importance to morality. Though pre-Socratic philosophers were […]
At about 50 minutes, this is a featurette that shows young love amidst religious intolerance. Its strength lies in its quiet conviction. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. Jeevan (Mayur Gowda) loves Ameena (Sucharitha). They’ve known each other from when they were children, and the fact that he is Hindu and she is […]
Aaryan Manoj Nair The author is an engineer and a current PhD student based in New York. He has just published his debut novel, a collection of stories called “The House of Ten Thousand Rooms.” This is one of the stories from the anthology. The valley of the mists The monsoon had descended upon Munnar, […]
