CAA & NRC acronyms have driven the country to turmoil last two weeks. Protests keep spreading across states. Students are at the forefront leading the protests. 24 people have lost their lives so far, as I write this, across the country. Teargas shells thrown in the university library. There are claims and counterclaims as to who started the violence first. Internet shutdown has become a norm now. Metro stations locked
(Author: Jay Ramalingam) Akilan came running from school very angry, barely able to control himself from crying out aloud. Mom was at their humble home getting ready to cook dinner. As she was carefully trying to sift away little stones and chaff from rice bought from the ration store, all she could hear was Akilan muttering ‘how could she? how dare she?’ Mom quietly asked, “What happened at school Akilan?”
(Author: Jay Ramalingam) Selvan was very thrilled about the neighborhood library that was about to open in the next few days. He was looking forward to spending a lot more time in the modern library that was coming up, to learn more about the wondrous world and ways of living well. Finally, the day arrived and Selvan went early to the 11 am library opening with a lot of anticipation.
Official Trailer: I was impressed by the uniqueness of the sound design that accompanied the visuals when I watched the trailer. I loved Lijo Jose Pelllissery’s earlier movies Angamaly Diaries and Ee.Ma.Yau. So, naturally I was looking forward to Jallikattu. This director has a special talent with directing crowds. If you have watched Angamaly Diaries and Ee.Ma.Yau, you know what I am talking about. Even with so many characters, and
Official Trailer: What if your behavior doesn’t conform to society’s norms? How you will be perceived if you insist on a specific brand and color of bedsheet the next day after a traumatic event, say rape? What if no one believes your story because your behavior doesn’t conform? That is the situation Marie Adler, the teenager, faces in the latest Netflix’s mini-series Unbelievable. When Marie reports about her rape to
Official Trailer: We all have heard, read about serial killers. How does someone become a serial killer? Are they born or are they formed? What if we got to know how their mind works, how their wiring is? If we can profile their behavior, does it help in ongoing and future investigations? How we can stop a serial killer if we don’t know what drives them? As a line goes
Whenever I hear the slogan One Nation One Language, first question that pops up in my head is what is the problem statement? What are we missing now that will get addressed by moving to one language nationwide? This fascination with one language, one national language, is not new, it has been there from pre-independence days. Let’s consider some facts. As per 2001 & 2011 census, India has 122 major
When it rains, it pours. Lately there have been series of Kollywood movies with woman protagonists. A change for the positive. Less of toxic masculinity. Game Over – After a long time, got to see an original genre-hopping supernatural-revenge-horror-serial killer-videogame movie. Movie maintains the mood throughout, lighting, cuts, and music. Like Apoorva Sagodharargal movie sets up the bait with a serial killing, where the killer beheads the woman, kicks the
Official Trailer: Based on the trailer, I expected yet another run-of-the-mill 27th adult comedy. I sat up and realized this movie is going to be different when Rita says My bungalow, my rules, only entry and exit. Movie is bold and has that FU attitude till the end. Don’t get misled by the trailer. Yes, you do get those scenes and dialogues, but they don’t stand out as sleazy when
Virus – From Mollywood, a highly engaging and moving film, based on incidents around Nipah virus. Similar to HBO series Chernobyl, story focuses on how doctors, nurses, Collector, health minister, rise to the occasion to control the spread of virus taking risks. While the movie progresses like a procedural investigation, the director does a brilliant job of giving us back stories of few characters, their personal struggles, that makes us