When Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made their first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953, it took more than two months of effort to reach the summit. In order to adjust to the extreme thin air at high altitude, the team spent several weeks acclimatising, working their way slowly upwards. After reaching Base Camp, … Read more
Did the Cannes Film Festival save the best for last? Norwegian Joachim Trier is one of the last directors to premiere in its main competition this year, but he’s getting rave reactions for the film, Sentimental Value, starring Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning, and Trier’s longtime actor collaborator, Renate Reinsve. The film about a fractured Norwegian … Read more
In 2010, Indian filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan made a striking debut at Cannes with Masaan – a poignant tale of love, loss, and the oppressive grip of the caste system, set against the holy city of Varanasi. The main lead in the film (Vicky Kaushal) performed a job assigned to one of the lowest castes in … Read more
When Shreya Mishra Reddy was admitted to Harvard University in 2023, her parents were “ecstatic”. It is “the ultimate school that anybody in India wants to get into,” she tells the BBC. Now, with graduation around the corner, she has had to break the bad news to her family: she may not graduate in July … Read more
Bengaluru: After winning the maiden IPL title, beating Punjab Kings in the final at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Royal Challengers Bengaluru announced a victory parade on the next day (June 4). In the morning, details were shared that the victory parade will be taking place from Vidhana Soudha to M Chinnaswamy Stadium. However, later in the day, … Read more