Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Beyond the Science – Reflections on Charles Graeber’s “The Breakthrough”

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The subtitle of “The Breakthrough” is, “Immunotherapy and the race to cure cancer.”   Yes, the book is about the history of immunotherapy ...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Sanity Mirror

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“…that was my first lesson on how what you feel inside is less important than what you show to the world.” In a recent write-up of his, ...
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Thursday, April 16, 2020

Lens and Sensibility: 20 years of Kandukondain Kandukondain

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Rajiv Menon, the veteran ad filmmaker and master cinematographer, has directed three feature films till date.   Minsaara Kanavu (1997) is...
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Thursday, April 2, 2020

Proximity Personified: Thoughts on my grandpa in a time of social distancing

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I am sometimes amused with myself when it comes to the certainty and conviction with which I can talk about something completely hypotheti...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

A modern-day blessing: My thoughts on the delightful “Oh My KadavuLe”

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Exquisite expressions.   Precise casting.   Thoughtful writing.   Splendid staging.   As I was barely getting out of the heady feeling that...
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Saturday, March 7, 2020

Si-Lens: A few quiet moments captured on Tamil screen

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In an interview with Bosskey, the late Mahendran had recounted his formative years in Ilayangudi.   He was a fan of the Tamil cinema of th...
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Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Earthy but Worthy – A piece on Balakumaran’s writing in Tamil Cinema

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Disclaimer – this is not meant to be an exhaustive, analytical piece on Balakumaran.   It is an attempt to capture a few facets of his wri...