Choked (2020)
Choked (2020) directed by Anurag Kashyap had an intriguing plot of a middle-class family with a single breadwinner, a tight budget, and suddenly finding large sums of cash. I liked…
February 2021
Launch of 100 Femto Satellites in Rameswaram, India
I feel privileged to be part of the program today organized by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam International Foundation to launch 100 Femto satellites in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu. These tiny satellites…
The White Tiger (2021)
The White Tiger (2021) is a movie adaptation of a popular book with the same title. It is about an aspiring youngster from a backward village in India, who gets…
Tammy (2014)
Tammy (2014) starring Melissa McCarthy is supposed to be a road comedy, but it was a long train wreck. Melissa‘s later movies like Spy (2015), and The Boss (2016) were…
Blackberry Town by Chuck Howitt
With the dominance of Apple and Google on the mobile phone market in the last decade, I feel puzzled and sorry for the two earlier leaders in the space –…
The Dig (2021)
The Dig (2021) is a fictional account of the unearthing of Sutton Hoo Royal Burial Ground treasures in England in 1939. Director Simon Stone has given an engaging film. Available…
Passengers (2016)
Passengers (2016) was more of a romantic film told in a sci-fi plot. In a distant future, 5000+ passengers and crew are on hibernation for 120 years on a space…
LIFCO’s Religious Book Fair in the 1980s
My father (Late) Sri T.N.C.Varadan had headed our (then) family publishing business for over five decades from the 1960s to 2013. Founded by Grandfather (Late) Sri V. Krishnaswamy Sarma, The…