By Aswhin Kumar Many years ago, like most people, I signed up for LinkedIn. The reason being – to build connections, improve my chances of finding a job, or maybe even switch companies someday. It seemed like the thing to do. Everyone around me was signing up, and it felt like an essential part of […]
Interest payments on developing countries loans have in some cases exceeded 10% of revenues. This surge in public debt servicing costs is alarming, limiting budgets in these countries. In 2023, a historic 54 developing nations, with almost half in Africa,…
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There are some clever plot points. But these aren’t consistently integrated into the writing, and the film eventually turns into a numbing stretch of action. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. On the surface, the new film from AR Murugadoss is about a gang of bad guys bringing a huge number of guns […]
Anjali Sivaraman plays a girl who is “different” from those around her, and the film doesn’t judge her or feel sorry for her or even explain her. We are just asked to see her for who she is. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. In Bad Girl, Anjali Sivaraman plays Ramya across a […]
By Aman Basha When the Kerala filmmakers capture specks of your reality in a superhero fantasy Amidst the plethora of more personal writing that has become frequent on this blog, I have felt often adrift. This is not just to do with the wonderfully evocative and moving quality of the writing, but also at how […]
The film, however, is not about the protagonist’s condition. It is about his dream. It is a warm underdog fantasy woven around a bunch of likeable characters. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. In Thalavara, Arjun Ashokan plays Jyothish. He has an older friend named Shyam, who is called “oldie” by their group […]
With NCEA and CIE practice exams approaching, below is a mindmap about monopolistic competition which will hopefully help with revision of the topic. Adapted from Susan Grant – A Level Economics Revision. Sign up to elearneconomics for comprehensive key notes…
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By Ananya Natarajan (Spoilers ahead for some of his films) Mysskin’s Psycho opens with the quote – ‘We are simultaneously worms and Gods’. Is it a nod to the multitude shades of grey that resides in his characters? Or does this refer to the two complementary shots that he is enamoured by – the yin […]
Below is a very good video from the Wall Street Journal on price elasticity of demand (PED). PED is key to understanding how companies price their products. Consumer spending has held up relatively well so far despite inflation, but experts…
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Reproducing her email with permission… Hello BR, When I first sent my essay to you, I did not expect the reception it had on the blog. Inspired by that I sent a lot more of my writing out to magazines and competitions. And this Sunday my essay will be published in NyTimes’ Modern Love. The […]
By Venky Ramachandran When I sift through the fondest memories of my father, I recall the day he accompanied me for a night show to Alaipayuthey. I remember driving that night in a TVS Astra with him, quickly grabbing a,..well.. I still can’t believe it, black-ticket outside the Devi Paradise theater before we rushed to […]
The film is a rom-com about the culture clash between a Punjabi man and a Malayali woman. It might have been better off trying to tell its own story instead of constantly paying homage to older movies. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. Sidharth Malhotra is Param, and he’s trying to make an […]
The film uses mental illness as a blueprint for its screenplay, but two-and-a-half hours of free-association and absurdism is a lot to handle. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. In Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela, Althaf Salim proved that you could tell a cancer story with comedy. In Odum Kuthira Chaadum Kuthira, the writer-director gets […]
This is not your usual “superhero saves the world” story. Instead, amidst the action set pieces, we dive into what it means to be a superhero. And that makes ‘Lokah’ special. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. “All legends have an element of truth”, says the text at the opening of Lokah Chapter […]
The story is about a man who gets a heart transplant and visits the family of the donor. Almost everything clicks in this movie, with overlength being the only major issue. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. In Sathyan Anthikad’s Hridayapoorvam, Mohanlal plays Sandeep Balakrishnan, a single man in middle-age. He just has […]
