TRENDS
70 years of Roman Holiday: Is this the sweetest film ever made?
Starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, Roman Holiday brims over with a sheer spirit-uplifting joy that transcends time and geography. It celebrates living life in the here and now without losing one’s moral anchor.
TRENDS
Why Christopher Nolan’s complex, science-y films don't bomb at the box office
Interstellar, Inception, and now Oppenheimer take up difficult ideas, and treacherous routes that go back and forth in time - so why do they work?
WORLD
Donald Trump is maxing out his outraged victim card, prison mugshot and all
On August 24, Donald Trump surrendered at the Fulton County jail in Florida and had his mugshot taken as per procedure. And then, he made that mugshot of him glowering at the camera viral.
WORLD
2024 US Presidential elections: Indian-origin contenders Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley dial up interest
Donald Trump is set to win the Republican Party nomination for 2024 US Presidential candidate. And there are a lot of reasons for him to pick Vivek Ramaswamy as his Vice-Presidential running mate.
BUSINESS
Bullish on India | Why more IIT and MBA grads are returning to work in India
India’s is certainly the most vibrant growth story today among all major economies, and is likely to stay so in the foreseeable future as consumption increases and more global capital flows in.
TRENDS
From boson sub-atomic particles to bosenova supernovas, the Indian scientist who pierced mysteries of the universe
In late June, a team of American astrophysicists published a pre-peer-reviewed paper on the net. It claimed that massive “invisible” bosenovas may be occurring all around us all the time.
TRENDS
The Kevin Spacey shaped hole in the #MeToo Movement
The MeToo Movement has reduced sexual harassment in workspaces and helped many victims overcome the fear of social stigma if they speak out. Having said that, everyone deserves a fair trial.
TRENDS
Latest BBC series dashes Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations into barely recognizable bits
Extreme violence, gratuitous sex and heavy-handed politicizing mar this series from which all of Dickens’ wit and humour is clinically drained out to create a morgue-like atmosphere.
LIFESTYLE
Who is an intellectual?
'Intellectuals' occupy a space above the level where one can be proved wrong, in the realm of pure opinion, untainted by rigorous logic or labour, and they cannot be sacked, like our 'babus'.
TRENDS
Tribute: Milan Kundera was the greatest 20th century writer who did not win the Nobel Prize for Literature
All of Milan Kundera’s work is a sophisticated but inconclusive probe into what life is about. And death. None of the books consciously carry a blinding insight, though a reader may find some later...
TRENDS
Puzzles, truths and more reasons to re-read Alice in Wonderland as a grown-up
Plus, what climate change activists might find in a re-reading of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass.
TRENDS
26 years of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: The book that lived
CRICKET
Why Bazball should be a management case study on keeping a positive, winning attitude
ENTERTAINMENT
India may never qualify for Best Picture with Oscars 2024 new diversity rules
TRENDS
Raising a toast to the man who wrote No Country for Old Men
WORLD
Is Joe Biden’s love for an errant son greater than the love for his nation?
TRENDS
With films like Rajanigandha and Chitchor, Basu Chatterji was directing a massive shift
TRENDS
8 reasons to watch Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer on the big screen
TRENDS
Who is the greatest spy fiction author ever? It's someone you probably haven't read yet
TRENDS
Johnny Depp's 'Modi' and other bad-boy geniuses of the art world
TRENDS
What is the West doing to its children?
TRENDS
Why Satyajit Ray's Feluda stories are still so much fun to read
INDIA
Same sex marriage pleas: Why India can't delay discussions on transgender rights any longer
TRENDS
LGBT rights: Is there a right age for people to decide their gender?
