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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Star scientist stops accepting invitations for academic lectures

Yan Ning speaks during the 2019 Qiu Shi award ceremony held at Tsinghua University in Beijing. From next year, apart from the ones she has already accepted, she will stop accepting any invitations from individuals or institutions to give academic lectures, unless they are from students, Yan Ning, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and founding president of …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Frontline’s Library of Legends

The Hindu

Published : Dec 25, 2024 12:00 IST - 0 MINS READ Frontline’s Books and Culture pages have featured a dazzling array of authors and artists over the years. Photo Credits: Vivek Bendre 1992: Vijay Tendulkar The second issue of August 1992 introduced the playwright’s column “Provocatively Speaking”. Photo Credit: The Hindu Archives 2003: Nayantara Sahgal An extract from the piece …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Reading with Frontline | Anusua Mukherjee

The Hindu

Published : Dec 21, 2024 14:20 IST - 4 MINS READ Dear Reader, In my search for alternative realms to inhabit, I think I have found a home in the world of plants and trees. German forester Peter Wohlleben’s book, The Hidden Life of Trees, published in 2015, quickly attained cult status by putting forward the hypothesis of a “wood-wide …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

The best biographies and memoirs of 2024: Literary It-girls, art world intrigue and sociopathy

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A Voyage Around the Queen by Craig Brown open …

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3 months, 1 week ago

'The Wild Robot' Review: The Kids Movie Has A Bold Message

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Parenthood is an act often taken for granted. Apparently, the unappreciated steadfastness demanded in parenting will also apply to robots — or at least one named Rozzum 7143 — in the far distant future, as seen in the new animated children’s film “The Wild Robot,” which is based off author Peter Brown’s book of the same name …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

HT Picks; New Reads

Hindustan Times

Microhistories and a multiplicity of stories This week’s pick of interesting reads includes essays on identity in Northeast India, a tribute to a poet and author, and the writings of Viktor Frankl 316pp, Rs599; HarperCollins The ideas of who belongs and who does not, who is an insider and who is an outsider have sparked severe friction in Northeast India …

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5 months ago

In ‘Good One,’ a family camping trip is full of emotional switchbacks

NPR

In ‘Good One,’ a family camping trip is full of emotional switchbacks toggle caption Smudge Films Too often, the month of August is regarded as a fallow period for moviegoing, after the big blockbusters of the summer but before the awards contenders of the fall. Sponsor Message Lily Collias plays 17-year-old Sam, who’s going backpacking in the Catskills with her …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

EPICS at HITAM, from vision to impact.

The Hindu

To foster a more diverse skill set aligned with present-day industry demands, the Hyderabad Institute of Technology And Management has embraced the EPICS program as a mindful step in that direction. Prof. William Oakes, Director of EPICS and Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University, exchanged a perceptive dialogue on the global impact of the EPICS program, HITAM’s significant achievements …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu to Build New International Airport in Hosur: CM Stalin

Deccan Chronicle

Chennai: A new international airport with the capacity to handle 30 million passengers a year would come up in 2000 acres of land at Hosur, the industrial town bordering Karnataka and located about 40 km from Bengaluru, to develop the State’s infrastructure and give a boost to its industrial progress, Chief Minister M K Stalin announced on Thursday. The State …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

The company of women: Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Heeramandi-The Diamond Bazaar' brings to life a bygone era

New Indian Express

Bhansali’s perceptive eye to visualise actors beyond the familiar is something his leading ladies thrive on. No one had given me a part like this, and I am grateful that he saw me as this megalomaniac character,” she says, adding that the digital medium has liberated her enough to take risks without the dictates of box-office demands. I used her …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Review: ‘The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed’ announces an exciting new voice

Associated Press

In writer-director-star Joanna Arnow’s “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed,” Ann, a 30-something New Yorker, lies naked in bed with an older man, Allen, with whom she has a yearslong BDSM relationship. In one scene during a tryst with a composer, Ann says her favorite soundtrack is “In the Act of Wishing for Love,” but she …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Review: ‘How to Have Sex’ follows a trio of women at the age of consent in the Age of Consent

LA Times

Together, the girls are a nightmare. The extraordinarily perceptive “How to Have Sex” pulls off many feats of daring: Nicolas Canniccioni’s alcopop-hangover photography, James Jacobs’ chemical club-anthem score, Mia McKenna-Bruce’s star-making central turn. Mia McKenna-Bruce and Shaun Thomas in the movie “How to Have Sex.” So when Tara catches the eye of Badger from the adjoining balcony, the girls accept …

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1 year, 2 months ago

‘I’m always observing body language and expressions of people while walking on the streets’

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: In artist Jogen Chowdhury’s works, the line that reshaped the borders of India became the line that reshaped the Indian figure. Paradoxically, his works are both romantic and gloomy.” With co-curator Jesal Thacker, and with Kolkata-based Gallery Art Exposure, Majumdar is presenting a new show called ‘Into the Half Light and Shadow Go I’, featuring nearly 200 works from …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Billionaire Joseph Edelman Is Funding Anti-Trans Advocacy

Huff Post

Joseph Edelman, chief executive officer of Perceptive Advisors LLC, pauses during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York on Feb. 25, 2016. Chris Goodney/Bloomberg via Getty Images Hedge fund CEO and billionaire biotech investor Joseph Edelman and his wife provided a $1 million donation to help launch Do No Harm, a new conservative advocacy group pushing anti-trans legislation in statehouses …

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1 year, 3 months ago

‘Mumbai Diaries’ season 2 series review: Nikkhil Advani’s medical drama is still gripping, despite gaps

The Hindu

Premiered in 2021, Mumbai Diaries 26/11 was a tense, sobering series about the human spirit under unfathomable strain. With the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks as backdrop, creator and co-director Nikkhil Advani homed in on a set of characters — doctors and nurses, cops and hotel managers — and the ties of courage and compassion that saw them through that fateful, …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Charlie Chopra & the Mystery of Solang Valley review: Vishal Bhardwaj's whodunit ensemble is pulpy and perceptive

Hindustan Times

Give Vishal Bhardwaj any text and he'll infuse into it a life of its own. Charlie Chopra & the Mystery of Solang Valley review: A great new whodunit from the mind of Vishal Bharadwaj. Agatha's novel also started with a table-turning session, but the theatrical quality of the scene in Charlie Chopra makes it amply clear that it's not a …

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1 year, 6 months ago

And, Towards Happy Alleys review: A tender, moving snapshot of Iranian cinema and censorship

Hindustan Times

For Indian director Sreemoyee Singh, whose documentary And, Towards Happy Alleys- which marked its UK premiere at the recently concluded Sheffield Doc Fest- it transcended boundaries of language and resistance. The transitional framework And, Towards Happy Alleys also ties itself with a similar trajectory, introducing us to a place from the perspective of an outsider, filled with lyricism and poise. …

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1 year, 6 months ago

‘Economic migrants’ struggle to find their feet in State

The Hindu

The fate of over 250 “economic migrants,” most of whom came to Tamil Nadu in the last 12 to 15 months after the economic crisis erupted in Sri Lanka, remains in limbo. Last year, the State government released nearly ₹50 lakh towards meeting the expenditure. A perceptive feature of the “economic migrants” is their familiarity with Tamil Nadu. Informally, many …

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1 year, 7 months ago

CSK are a fabulous team but we are confident in our preparation: GT's Vikram Solanki ahead of IPL 2023 final

India Today

Gujarat Titans director of cricket Vikram Solanki played down the pressure of title defense ahead of the IPL 2023 final against Chennai Super Kings, saying that Hardik Pandya's team is prepared for the challenge of facing the experienced CSK. They've been a fabulous team for a good number of years now and we respect that," Solanki said during the pre-match …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Movie review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus reteams with Nicole Holofcener in ‘You Hurt My Feelings’

Associated Press

If I didn’t like Nicole Holofcener’s latest film, would I tell her? That’s the rich vein that Holofcener, a master of nagging neuroses, mines so expertly in “You Hurt My Feelings” – a film that I very much adored. And in “You Hurt My Feelings,” it’s glorious — albeit in a profoundly awkward way that can be mortifying — to …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Kept GN Saibaba in Jail, Made UAPA Harder: What Justice MR Shah Did in SC

The Quint

”The Indian Penal Code is punitive and deterrent, with its principal aim and object being punishing offenders for committing offences under the act." There is perhaps no better way of describing Justice MR Shah's judicial philosophy than these words he reportedly uttered, while reversing a Punjab and Haryana High Court decision to reduce the sentence imposed on a motor accident …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Why BJP Will Retain Power in Karnataka - News18

News 18

Just two days from polling, one thing is absolutely clear in the Karnataka assembly elections. The Congress also wants to capitalise on the BJP’s anti-minority image. But here’s the rub — in their zeal to appease Muslim voters, the Congress also promised in its manifesto to ban Bajrang Dal. BJP turncoats may also be Trojan horses, serving to bring down …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Liverpool stop the rot with hard-fought FA Cup win at Wolves

The Independent

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1 year, 11 months ago

‘Broke to Breakthrough’ wins Gaja Capital’s book prize

Live Mint

Journalist-author Harish Damodaran's "Broke to Breakthrough'', a detailed and perceptive account of the rise of dairy company Hatsun Agro and its founder RG Chandramogan, has won the Gaja Capital Business Book Prize 2022. The winner was selected from a diverse and compelling shortlist of five books—including "Ambuja Story: How a Group of Ordinary Men Created an Extraordinary Company", "Disrupt and …

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Star scientist stops accepting invitations for academic lectures

Frontline’s Library of Legends

Reading with Frontline | Anusua Mukherjee

The best biographies and memoirs of 2024: Literary It-girls, art world intrigue and sociopathy

'The Wild Robot' Review: The Kids Movie Has A Bold Message

HT Picks; New Reads

In ‘Good One,’ a family camping trip is full of emotional switchbacks

EPICS at HITAM, from vision to impact.

Tamil Nadu to Build New International Airport in Hosur: CM Stalin

The company of women: Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Heeramandi-The Diamond Bazaar' brings to life a bygone era

Review: ‘The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed’ announces an exciting new voice

Review: ‘How to Have Sex’ follows a trio of women at the age of consent in the Age of Consent

‘I’m always observing body language and expressions of people while walking on the streets’

Billionaire Joseph Edelman Is Funding Anti-Trans Advocacy

‘Mumbai Diaries’ season 2 series review: Nikkhil Advani’s medical drama is still gripping, despite gaps

Charlie Chopra & the Mystery of Solang Valley review: Vishal Bhardwaj's whodunit ensemble is pulpy and perceptive

And, Towards Happy Alleys review: A tender, moving snapshot of Iranian cinema and censorship

‘Economic migrants’ struggle to find their feet in State

CSK are a fabulous team but we are confident in our preparation: GT's Vikram Solanki ahead of IPL 2023 final

Movie review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus reteams with Nicole Holofcener in ‘You Hurt My Feelings’

Kept GN Saibaba in Jail, Made UAPA Harder: What Justice MR Shah Did in SC

Why BJP Will Retain Power in Karnataka - News18

Liverpool stop the rot with hard-fought FA Cup win at Wolves

‘Broke to Breakthrough’ wins Gaja Capital’s book prize