Death on the Nile – adaptions of Christie’s brilliant mystery.
Agatha Christie wrote sixty-six crime novels during her illustrious career. I have read most, and I keep returning to them[…]
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Author: bala.sunderosho
36 chambers of Shaolin – the movie, the Hero myth, and the art of training and mentorship.
Whether it is the turbulent journey of Ulysses in Homer’s Odyssey or the heroism of Rama in Valmiki’s Ramayana or[…]
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Shane Warne – a mixture of genius, artistry, and flamboyance
There are moments in sport, when a player, in whom nature has combined the right elements, produces an act that[…]
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Russia’s move against Ukraine and the imperatives of geography, security, and natural resources – a short dissertation
There is a reason why we should study geography well in school, because, without it, one cannot understand the tides[…]
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Maggie O’Farrell’s book “Hamnet” – recreating a certain period of Shakespeare’s life – Part 2
( This is part 2 of the essay I posted last week) Maggie O Farrell in her author’s note at[…]
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Shakespeare – the man, the enigma, and the fictional brilliance of Maggie O’Farrell’s book “Hamnet” in recreating a certain period of Shakespeare’s life – Part 1
( I decided to write this essay in two parts because a single essay will be too long to read[…]
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Lata Mangeshkar – an extraordinary singing life, and a voice eternal.
Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down;The voice I hear this passing night was[…]
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Friday, February 11th – International day of women and girls in science.
On 22nd December 2015, The United Nations general assembly adopted a resolution to observe Feb 11th as the International Day[…]
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Vaccination – a discovery and practice that changed the world, and the context of the anti-vaccination diatribes.
It was a bright Spring day in March 1918 when a twenty-seven-year-old cook Albert Mitchell at Camp Funston near Kentucky,[…]
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The woman who put the man on the Moon, and the birth of software engineering – Margaret Hamilton
On the 20th of July 1969, Apollo II landed successfully on the Moon. It is now a familiar picture in[…]
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