Madraza (2017)
Madraza (aka Godmother) is a crime film from Argentina that I liked watching. It is a story about a woman who loses her husband to a street mugger, deciding to…
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How common people handle hyperinflation?
Living in “India”, which compared to many other parts of the world, has provided economic stability and growth over the last two decades, it is extremely difficult for me to…
Wind River (2017)
Wind River (2017) is a crime thriller that transports you to the wintry mountains of Wyoming and keeps you frozen there in anticipation. I thought Alaska and the regions near…
A Separate Wind (2014)
A Separate Wind (Viento aparte) is a familiar plot, of what should’ve been a simple trip gone wrong. Just like movies of this genre, this one too takes us through several places…
Happy for the cause of Harvard Tamil Chair
ஹார்வர்டு பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் தமிழ் மொழிக்கு இருக்கை அமைக்க உலகத்தமிழர்கள் பலரின் முயற்சியால் நன்கொடைகள் வந்து கொண்டேயிருக்கிறது. என்னைப் பொருத்தவரை கல்விக்கழகங்களில் ஆராய்ச்சிகளை நாம் எப்போதும் வரவேற்க வேண்டும். தமிழகத்தைத் தவிர்த்து அமெரிக்காவிலும் அதைச் செய்ய நாம் உதவினால் முடியும் என்றால், அது…
The 100 years show
“Carmen Herrera is very possibly the oldest contemporary artist working today. What is extraordinary about Herrera is that ‘commercial success’ did not come until the early 2000s — after seven…
The Big Short (2015)
Monetary & Banking systems worldwide are primarily based on “trust”. As ordinary people and even businesses implicitly trust the banks and expect our governments to be monitoring them for upholding…
The Everything Store by Brad Stone
I have been a customer of Amazon for decades. My loyalty to them started in the late 1990s. I used to buy books on software from Amazon USA and having it shipped…