‘How is That For a Monday?’ movie review: Sripal Sama’s English-Telugu American indie is a heartwarming story of race, identity and humanity

‘How is That For a Monday?’ movie review: Sripal Sama’s English-Telugu American indie is a heartwarming story of race, identity and humanity

Kaushik Ghantasala in ‘How is that for a Monday?’, produced and directed by Sripal Sama. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In a tech firm in Orange County, USA, a 20-something H-1B visa-holding immigrant, Shyam Kumar (Kaushik Ghantasala) walks in with an air of pride and tells his boss that he has fixed issues related to … Read more

The real, heart-warming Kerala story and a monotone of hatred, falsities in contrast

The real, heart-warming Kerala story and a monotone of hatred, falsities in contrast

The film 2018 became the highest grosser in Malayalam cinema history and crossed ₹150 crore in box office collection for the first time. The Kerala Story, released at the same time, failed miserably collecting ₹20 lakh in Kerala. File | Photo Credit: ANI Recently, the film 2018 became the highest grosser in Malayalam cinema history … Read more

SC to hear on May 15 plea against HC order on The Kerala Story release

SC to hear on May 15 plea against HC order on The Kerala Story release

Supreme Court of India S. Subramanium | Photo Credit: S. Subramanium The Supreme Court will hear on May 15 a plea against the Kerala High Court order refusing to stay the release of the controversial multilingual film The Kerala Story. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal on May 9 mentioned the matter for urgent listing before a … Read more

Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story

Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story

BBC Correspondent Sean Dilley told the story of his last walk with his guide dog Sammy in September 2022. Sammy retired after more than eight years of service. Following the coverage, the charity Guide Dogs has had a record number of applications to volunteer, with more than 4,500 people coming forward. Before the pandemic there … Read more

Coronary Artery Disease: A Champion Swimmer’s Story

Coronary Artery Disease: A Champion Swimmer’s Story

By Trip Hedrick, as told to Janie McQueen One day in 2000, at age 46, I was in the pool doing a hard set when a jolt of chest pain and radiating arm pain stopped me cold. I’ve been swimming most of my life — I was a member of U.S. Masters Swimming for more … Read more