No Country For Ghettos

The horrors of racism just never cease. A few days ago, a 22-year-old black man was shot to death in his own backyard, when cops supposedly mistook his cell phone for a gun...

Celebrity Circus and Media

Andy Warhol famously said that everyone in the world would be famous for fifteen minutes.

Hyperbole per...

Power Of The Printed Word

Poster, by Dr. Shankar Shesh, a social satire about the exploitation of tribals, remains relevant nearly forty years after it was written, and is a great favourite...

The ‘Lost City’ in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean under Threat

Deep-sea mineral extraction is regarded as one of the most important global industries of the future, with bill...

The Black James Bond We Never Got

Cast:  Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, ...

Director's Kut

“If an actor’s film succeeds, he becomes a star.” – Sudhir Mishra
In this telephonic talk with JYOTHI VENKATESH, t...

Royal Adventures

Ken Follett,A Column Of Fire, The Pillars Of The Earth, World Without End, Read More

The Books on top of Bill Gates’ List

Apart from being one of the world's richest person and a philanthropist, Bill Gates is also an avid reader. He tears through around 50 books per year and prioritizes readin...

Dirty Money: Bamboozled Beyond Belief?

‘Do you think it’s dirty money? All money is dirty; if it were clean nobody would want it.&rsq...