Imagine yourself in a new place, where you are not familiar with the local language and culture. A task as simple as ordering food in a restaurant becomes a struggle. While in Suwon, Korea, I did pick a food joint that had pictures in menu card, still it became an ordeal to check the ingredients and get the food I could eat. Only positive thing is I didn’t breakdown similar
Link to India Growth Story – Progress, Myths, Looking Ahead – 1 of 5 In Part 1, I covered India’s progress on Life Expectancy. Let’s move on to IMR and Child Mortality Rate in this second installment. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year. It was ~200 in 1950s. Came down to 35
[SPOILERS AHEAD…] Official Teaser: We get a Tarantino style opening with 4 guys tossing their weapons on the table with fresh blood stains and flesh pieces, wondering what is in store for them in the future, now that they have eliminated the big man. Whatever happens, they decide to stay together. We are not shown the victim. This opening sets the premise for a gripping gangster drama for next 2
[SPOILERS AHEAD…] Official Trailer: Ten minutes in to the movie, there is a sequence where we follow Ram entering the school premise, climbing the staircase, walking through the corridors, entering the classroom, longingly looking at the benches, he shouts that is me looking at his name in the notice board. Director Prem Kumar doesn’t give us intercuts to show the thoughts he is going through. Prem Kumar is not in
If you are reading this on your laptop/desktop/smartphone, you have arrived and a member of privileged lot, upper middle class or upper class in India. Which is good and be happy about. When it comes to India as a nation, if you were like me, you will be confused trying to know how India is doing, have we made progress or regressed. Irrespective of which newspapers you read, news channels
[SPOILERS AHEAD…] Official Trailer: The opening sequence where Pariyan and his friends are taking a bath in a small pond ends with tragic death of Karuppi, the dog. That setups the premise for the movie where in the eyes of dominant caste, even the pets of oppressed castes don’t have a right to live. Rest of the story takes us through discrimination and humiliation Pariyan goes through in and outside
I would love to say I was born with a book in right hand and a DVD in left hand, but that was not the case. Initial years were similar to any other kid growing up in remote villages. My reading started with comics and periodicals (Vikatan, Kumudham, Ambuli Mama). Devoured various comics (thanks to my father’s colleague who had a good collection), got introduced to colorful pages of Phantom,
In this story, Sujata takes us through a day in life of Renuka, the housewife. As the story progresses, we learn that Renuka’s husband, who works as a purchase clerk, is under suspension for forging receipts and signature, may lose his job post enquiry. Without going in to details of the story, Renuka pleads with GM’s wife and requests her help to put in a word with her husband so
Read the full article here: https://baradwajrangan.wordpress.com/2018/10/03/readers-write-in-51-my-introduction-to-cowboys-horses-and-westerns/ Born in 60s and growing up in Kanyakumari district from 4th to 12th grade, most of the movies I watched were Tamil movies, few English movies (once we moved to Nagercoil from Cheruppalur) and occasional Malayalam movies. I use the term English movies since I didn’t know the term Hollywood that time!! Exposure to terms like Hollywood, Western, genres, happened late 80s and early