MOVIES

OPPENHEIMER: The Story of Triumph, Trial and a 'Bomb'

August 15, 2023
“Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. For this, he was chained to a rock and tortured for eternity.”   Christopher Nolan…the name requires no further introduction, if you spell it in a circle of movie lovers. And excitement automatically reaches its peak when a Nolan…
EDUCATION

Why and how, the US 'purchased' ALASKA from Russia?

July 29, 2023
Alaska…the 49th state of the United States of America (USA). But, very few people know that it became a part of the US only in 1867 and was a part of Russia till then. It was all because of several economic issues faced by Moscow, that it decided to ‘sell’…
EDUCATION

Russia-Ukraine war: 500 days to a conflict in stalemate

July 23, 2023
It is more than 500 days since Russia launched its offensive against Ukraine. These days, many big developments have taken place on the battlefield; ranging from Russia’s embarrassing withdrawal from Kherson, the setback for Ukraine in Bakhmut, and the famous Wagner group mutiny. In the period of over one year,…
EDUCATION

PM Modi's state visit and propelling India-US ties

July 2, 2023
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently concluded his maiden state visit to the United States. From defence cooperation to space collaboration, several important areas remained the talking points of this visit. How significant the visit was, can be understood by the fact that it was only the third ‘state visit’ hosted…
STORY

Cracking down Dissent!

June 27, 2023
Around a dozen students are sitting in the library with their books. Suddenly, they hear a large barge on the door. The students look at each other, foreseeing the danger, they had already locked the door. All of a sudden, a bomb comes inside the room from the ventilator just…
STORY

A REPORT FOR LIFE

June 20, 2023
  CHAPTER 1 Raju was playing with his friends in the village playground. Suddenly it started raining, and all the kids decided to head back toward their houses. Raju purposefully took the longer route as he wanted to enjoy playing in the rain. Instead of taking the road, he went…
SPORTS

WTC Final: India's 'fightless' loss makes calls for transition

June 16, 2023
Twice in three years…India reached the finals of the World Test Championship (WTC), but couldn’t cross the line owing to a pretty mediocre performance at the big stage. The most disheartening fact was that we ended up losing against “them”,  our biggest arch-rivals. At the Oval, the Aussies first put…
SPORTS

IPL 2023: Riding on Yellow Wave CSK clinch 5th title; gifts to MSD

June 1, 2023
“Chennai Chennai Super Kings!”…well this was precisely the reaction of every cricket fan (across party lines) after witnessing an EPIC finish to the INCREDIBLE Premiere League this Tuesday (Yes…the match scheduled on Sunday actually reached the result on Tuesday…HA HA). But, the major story of the tournament was once again…
OPINION

The Kerala Story: A Bad Movie with 'Vicious Propaganda'

May 28, 2023
The Kerala Story…well this movie needs no introduction as it is already the talk of the town…for all the right and wrong reasons, depending on which side you stand. The movie revolves around the story of three girls who were allegedly abducted, converted to Islam and then sent to ISIS. …