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Understanding the extraordinary success of an ordinary film.
In this issue
02-12-2022
41 STORIES
Cinema
Karthik Gowda: ‘The script is everything’
Interview with the creative producer, Hombale Films.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Cinema
Rishab Shetty: ‘I believe in the practice and I have portrayed it’
Interview with the actor and writer-director of ‘Kantara’.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Cinema
‘Kantara’ a symptom of our times because of the culture wars it provokes
The film has been embraced fiercely by conservatives while dismissed by detractors as regressive.
Srikanth Srinivasan
Cinema
Bhoota Kola: Anchor for people in Dakshina Kannada and North Malabar
People in these regions return periodically to a sure and familiar world through such rituals.
Gita Jayaraj
Cinema
Vocally local: ‘Kantara’ is new cinema with moorings in local culture
Among the recent blockbuster southern films, it is unique for not being “regional cinema”.
M.K. Raghavendra
Cinema
Editor’s Note
Despite the spectacular success of ‘Kantara’, the movie disappoints.
Vaishna Roy
Cinema
Kannada cinema: New kid on the block
After ‘KGF’ and ‘Kantara’, audiences nationwide have suddenly woken up to the Kannada film industry.
Ramesh Chakrapani
Politics
West Bengal left high and dry after Centre freezes MGNREGS funds for State
The Mamata government is at its wits’ end trying to handle growing discontent among the people.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
India
Rural Development Ministry report highlights gaps in poverty alleviation
The Ministry’s sixth Common Review Mission Report delves into States’ implementation of schemes.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Politics
BJP hopes to overcome anti-incumbency in Gujarat Assembly election
The saffron party locks horns with newcomer AAP in a high-stakes electoral contest.
Anupama Katakam
India
Tamil Nadu cops walk extra mile to help child sexual abuse survivors
Ensuring legal help, counselling, protection, and compensation is part of a new police initiative.
Ilangovan Rajasekaran
India
RTI Act losing its sheen with weakened machinery for its implementation
In the 17 years since it came into existence, its users have been attacked, harassed, even murdered.
Ashutosh Sharma
World Affairs
Victory for Lula in Brazil elections bodes well for Amazon rainforests
Corruption, discrimination, and rising inequality in a deeply polarised Brazil are major challenges.
John Cherian
World Affairs
Benjamin Netanyahu set to become Prime Minister of Israel once again
The new government is going to be the most extreme and xenophobic one Israel has had.
John Cherian
World Affairs
Fears in Sri Lanka over Tamil Nadu decision to scrap Tantea plantations
The tea gardens employ lakhs of plantation Tamils rehabilitated from the 1960s on.
R.K. Radhakrishnan
Environment
Poor, low-emitting regions bear brunt of economic burden of extreme heat
High-income countries that emit more greenhouse gases have lost relatively little, say scientists.
R. Ramachandran
Science & Technology
Superconductivity of mercury explained 111 years after its discovery
The work has provided insights relevant to searches for room-temperature superconductors.
R. Ramachandran
Environment
Season of smog: Not just Delhi, many north Indian cities are suffering
Air pollution respects no geographical boundaries. An inter-State solution should be worked out.
Ismat Ara
Arts & Culture
Lesser gods: Theyyam performers among ST communities face discrimination
The ritual dance form is performed in northern Kerala and parts of southern Karnataka.
Thulasi Kakkat
Science & Technology
Predicting how soap molecules spread over water
A time-dependent solution to predict this spread revealed how complex this everyday phenomenon is.
R. Ramachandran
Science & Technology
Personal care products advertised as ‘natural’ may contain allergens: study
Of the 1,651 products studied, 94 per cent had at least one contact allergen.
R. Ramachandran
Science & Technology
Recent study assesses carbon footprint of particle colliders
It found the Future Circular Collider of CERN to be the least polluting.
R. Ramachandran
Columns
Beyond the story of India’s Oscar entry ‘Chhello Show’
It reminds one how digital technology has cut cinema from the physical labour once intrinsic to it.
Prathyush Parasuraman
Columns
Does the EWS verdict represent the revenge of the ruling classes?
Poverty can be tackled by simpler policy instruments such as MGNREGA, which the verdict misses.
Peter Ronald deSouza
Columns
Judiciary needs a proper orientation to overcome technological illiteracy
Technology has presented new challenges even as laws are constantly being expanded.
K. Chandru
Columns
The Asian village: Fragile but resilient, holding on to its place
It has an instinct for survival that surpasses the existential desire of other social organisations.
Ganesh Devy
Heritage
Dalhousie Square in a shambles as its grand old buildings fall apart
Nothing has been done to preserve the legacy of Kolkata’s one-time hub of commerce and industry.
Soumitra Das
Letters
Letters
Feedback from readers.
Literature
‘Congratulations’: A Gujarati story in translation
Translated by Rita Kothari.
Bindu Bhatt
Other
FLQ - The Frontline Quiz
Games, comic book heroes, gold dinars, and Quadball.
Sumant Srivathsan
Travel
Of cricket, cliches, and lost souls in Australia
Looking beyond the recent ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup while on a visit Down Under.
K.C. Vijaya Kumar
Books
A walk by the sea
Orhan Pamuk’s new book is something of a crime mystery as well as a historical novel.
Tabish Khair
Books
New books on the shelves
Retellings, the Kisan Long March, verdicts that shaped India’s financial landscape, and more.
Books
Amit Chaudhuri: ‘I want to blur the distinction between writing and living’
The writer and Hindustani classical singer’s memoir won the James Tait Black Prize for Biography.
Subash Jeyan
Books
A life in many cells
This book takes the reader on a guided tour of the most basic unit of life—the cell.
Sanjay A. Pai
Books
The other half
The novel portrays how patriarchal social norms wield an inordinate amount of power over women.
Shuma Raha
India
Questions loom large over Morbi bridge collapse in Gujarat
Why was the clock-manufacturing company Oreva put in charge of maintaining the heritage bridge?
Anupama Katakam
India
Coimbatore blast unleashes fierce political slugfest in Tamil Nadu
The incident on October 23 has left in its wake a demoralised police force.
Ilangovan Rajasekaran
Columns
A new low for media freedom in India
Criminalising journalism for investigative missteps is the thin end of the wedge for the profession.
N. Ram
Obituary
Ela Bhatt (1933-2022): A gentle revolutionary for women workers’ rights
‘Elaben’ will be remembered not just for SEWA but also for the quality of her leadership.
Kalpana Sharma
Music
Do you hear the people sing?
People seek solace in revolutionary songs time and again when they fight oppressive regimes.
Vijayta Mahendru
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