The main difference between traditional banking and the shadow banking system is that the latter are not subject to the same regulatory requirements that apply to traditional banks. Traditional banks in most countries are regulated by the central bank –…
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The Argentinian central bank has continued its tightening cycle with 300 (3%) basis point increase in interest rates to 78%. Even with such high interest rates inflation has accelerated as basic food items such as grains and meat have increased…
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Spoilers ahead… Samantha has a lovely, fragile screen presence, but oddly, Shakuntala seems to register the least in this story. This is such a meek protagonist. Gunasekhar’s Shaakuntalam, based on the Kalidasa play, has been marketed as #MythologyFor Millennials. So as a thought experiment, let’s drag this classic to the modern day. A beautiful woman […]
You might have come across Gillian Tett in the FT and her book Anthro-Vision in which she prescribes thinking like an anthropologist to better understand consumer behaviour, markets, and organisations to tackle issues like climate change, inflation, cost of living…
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A big thank-you to everyone who responded to the earlier thread, which is a reminder that people can help you only if they know you need help — meaning, you have to ask for help. And as with most situations in life, there’s a philosophical film song that expresses this emotion. I am referring to […]
The Croatian government has introduced price caps on basic food items to tackle the cost of living crisis. The foodstuffs that have been capped are sunflower oil, milk, flour, white crystal sugar, whole chicken, pork and minced meat. Croatia recently…
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Jeyamohan is one of the most important writers in India today, a sage and artist of our times. Like Dostoevesky, his fiction grapples with the perennial questions of humanity, providing astonishing insight into our existence. His most significant work yet is a 26-part roman-fleuve called Venmurasu (The White Drum), a serialised reimagination of the Mahabharata. […]
On my way to work last week there was a very good interview on National Radio (NZ) with Robert MacCulloch an economics professor at the University of Auckland. This ended up to be my lesson plan with my A Level…
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By Rahini David Let’s start with the clumsy diaries I started my first diary back in January 1998 and that is a whole 25 years ago. I wrote mundane stuff sporadically and promptly disposed it off as unimportant. I remember this as I had written about this in the year 2000 diary. Somehow taking journaling […]
Spoilers ahead… Najma is a nurse. She heals the wounds on Soorya’s body – but can she heal the wounds that a patriarchal society inflicts on its most vulnerable (i.e. women). Sarjun KM’s Burqa is set in Chennai, and it opens on the eve of a riot in December. The date is not mentioned, but […]
So I am doing a Jeeva ( 🙂 ) and getting serious, thanks to a question put forward by a friend — a really intense being who is going through a lot of mental hand-wringing. (I did tell her I would write about this on the blog, so she could read the responses, and she […]
By Honest Raj The movie starts with an emergency situation. I did not even know when the movie got my attention. I felt like I was standing along with the characters and listening to the story for the entire movie. It’s like I got hypnotised by the director throughout the movie. I personally felt detached […]
