Economic Perspectives

Federal Reserve move to check inflation could impact less-developed countries

The move entails increasing its benchmark interest rate to a projected 4.4 per cent by the year end.

C.P. Chandrasekhar

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Counter Culture

Brahmastra: The missing awe

Many critics found the visual effects of Brahmastra excellent, but what does that mean?

Prathyush Parasuraman

India, This Side

An institute of Bodology to investigate the past

The Bodos are constructing a comprehensive picture of the Brahmaputra civilisation.

COUNTER CULTURE

Natchathiram Nagargiradhu: A cinematic experiment gone sour

Pa. Ranjith’s latest film is as dull, as self-congratulating and as long as a manifesto.

Prathyush Parasuraman

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India, This Side

How the Kyelong Museum of Himachal Pradesh came into being

If you ever travel from Manali to Ladakh, stop by Kyelong and step into the museum.

COUNTER CULTURE

Neat and anodyne: Anurag Kashyap misses a beat with ‘Dobaaraa’

The perverse lushness of Kashyap’s cinema is lacking in Dobaaraa, making it his worst film to date.

Prathyush Parasuraman

Economic Perspectives

Long-standing debate on privatisation of state-run banks resurfaces

Neoliberal ideologues should remember that criticism of public ownership of banking is misplaced.

C.P. Chandrasekhar

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar leaves after the swearing-in ceremony of Cabinet Ministers at Raj Bhavan, in Patna, on August 16.

Regime change in Bihar gives Opposition a new lease of life

But the question of who will lead any unified front will remain thorny in the coming months.

Venkitesh Ramakrishnan

A still from Panchayat. Director Deepak Mishra’s vision, as he has described it, is the kind world of Doordarshan shows, of Malgudi Days. And it is not just the rural set-up that he wants to replicate. Mishra captures that softness of spirit.

‘Panchayat’ recreates village life in its language of languor

But it is also designed to keep all discomforts like caste or queerness at bay.

Prathyush Parasuraman

Justice Albie Sachs.

What happens when judges listen to their inner voice?

A judge’s conscience is the last bulwark against the tyranny of the state.

Peter Ronald deSouza

Pithoro art, which serves as a living chronicle of memories for the Adivasi community in Tejgadh.

Adivasi Academy in Tejgadh documents tribal culture of Gujarat

It offers a unique space for the study of tribal communities.

Panvel Railway Station in Navi Mumbai on July 27, a day on which trains on harbour railway line were running behind schedule because of a technical glitch.

Mumbai fixated on building expensive metros to ease commuting woes

The better alternative would be to invest in upgrading BEST and the suburban train system.