Author: Kerala Blogger
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Babylon (2022 Film)
Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon” offers a bold exploration of Hollywood’s metamorphosis in its earliest years. Weaving together the lives of film stars and production executives from the silent movie era to the age of talkies Babylon offers much to history buffs through its narration of possibly fictional events intertwined in the wild tales of creators of […]
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American Spy- Lauren Wilkinson
I came across Lauren Wilkinson’s debut novel American Spy while searching for something to read for the Cold War theme set by our little book club. American Spy is hugely different from the cold war spy thrillers I have read in the past. And it’s been a while since I picked up a spy thriller. […]
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Life Lessons from a Father: Through Movies and Comics
I grew up watching movies with my dad. And those are the memories I hold close to me. Movies are an education on the good, the bad and the ugly. It’s an education no child should be denied along with Enid Blyton, Tarzan or Superman. Allowing him or her to grow and create his own […]
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Maharaj (Hindi, 2024, Netflix)
‘Maharaj,’ directed by Siddharth P. Malhotra and produced by Aditya Chopra, is a movie I would not give much thought to if not for its metaphors and underlying narrative, which reflect modern Indian society. On the surface, it’s a typical Yash Raj production with overacting and perfectly manicured performers without a hair out of place. […]
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The Mornings After
I wake up and I find I have nothing to do. My mornings are broken. The little things I do for my mother everyday. I look into her room and she isn’t there. I stand in the room with the emptiness which surrounds me. I look at the empty blue pill box which I will […]
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Voices of Resistance
Its the poets, the writers, the artists who lead the voices of resistance and form the lines of dissent. Not the IIT engineers who haven’t a clue for broken roads and bridges. Not the IIM MBAs who do not create or innovate. Not stock traders or investment bankers who make only more money from money. […]
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Writing on Shaky Ground
Draft No. 4 On the Writing Process- John McPhee I have always envied the prose and eloquence of The New Yorker. Every piece comes with carefully crafted sentences by writers who are masters at the craft, with commas and periods scrutinized by editors who don’t leave anything to chance lest they come to life and […]
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Resilience: Stories from the Hospital Bedside
It was just another regular day. I had returned earlier that morning from a short trip to Bangalore. And, before we stepped out for work, I spent some time with umma, my mother, sipping tea, reading the morning paper, talking about Bangalore and all the people she knew. There has always been a part of […]
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The Inexplicable Malady
Navigating Life’s Challenges It started as a minor stiffness in my right knee. An irritation, it didn’t ache. There was no pain. As the days went by I noticed it was getting more and more difficult for me to climb stairs. I started limping, dragging my right foot, like an invisible cannonball chained to my […]