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I was always a believer in the socio-economic theory that population growth declines with rising education and rising living standards. The crude version of this theory is that poor and illiterate people have more kids. But facts around me belied this theory. Like many in my generation, I have roughly four to five uncles/aunts on …
The first memory that the trailer of ‘The Disciple’ evoked was ‘Whiplash.’ I thought the movie is a rehash for an Indianized version. But the brand of Chaitanya Tamhane (Court, 2014) was enough for giving it a try. Some parallels do exist. The Guruji of ‘The Disciple’ is a hard taskmaster like Fletcher (Whiplash). Both …
When your teacher is a good 6 feet, and she can readily assume a boxer’s stance.the only thing you should think of is “how to avoid being her punching bag !!”Now is the season of sports biopics, first Milkha now Mary Kom, then in a few days maybe Leander, but wait Leander is himself an …
