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Exploration of Desire, anxiety, beauty, youth, memory and power

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Linn Ullman, the Norwegian author’s new novel Girl, 1983, gathers fragments of a trip she took to Paris, on a Winter’s night in 1983, then sixteen-year-old girl, lost in unfamiliar streets. On a scrap of paper in her pocket is the address of a photographer, K, thirty years her senior, Ullmann creates a captivating portraits of a woman in search of herself, caught in a spiral of fear, and loneliness with intimate narrative. Almost four decades later, as her life and the world around her begin to unravel, the grown woman seeks to comprehend the young girl of before. It … Continue reading Exploration of Desire, anxiety, beauty, youth, memory and power

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Prada piggybacking on Kolhapuri footwear

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 Fashion companies release new collection and bring new styles and designs at least four times a year, making it competitive as new designs compete for the attention of the consumer. Have you ever thought where the inspiration is coming from? The companies are free to create, inspire, even imitate, but what happens when the designers run out of ideas.  A recent controversy surrounding Italian luxury Prada, puts spotlight on how global fashion giants engage in India – a country whose rich artistic traditions have often suffered because of its inability to cash in on them. Prada got into trouble in June after … Continue reading Prada piggybacking on Kolhapuri footwear

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Iceland volcano erupts again spewing out streams of yellow and orange lava.

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Iceland which has seen about 12 volcanic eruptions since volcanic systems on the Reykjanes peninsula, close to Reykjavik, erupted again spewing out streams of bright yellow and orange lava. Iceland’s meteorological office said “magma breaking through the Earth’s crust created large fissure estimated to be between 0.7 and 1km ( 0.4 to 0.6 miles) long. Continue reading Iceland volcano erupts again spewing out streams of yellow and orange lava.

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Investing time and emotional energy in safeguarding connections 

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Do we really control our lives, no matter how much we are constrained by circumstances, we must make decisions about how to live as life is simply not something that happens to us, we must lead it. One crucial decision regard to finding a partner, perhaps marry and have children, make friends and invest time and emotional energy in maintaining connections. Most of us form such connections without thinking much about it, as love is blind, and attaching ourselves to others come at a cost. This only diminishes our autonomy, but even make us vulnerable. English Poet Laureate Alfred Lord … Continue reading Investing time and emotional energy in safeguarding connections 

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How can we love, or make sense of our lives?

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One night in August 1977, ten-year-old, Louisa and her father take a walk on the beach. He’s carrying a flashlight. He cannot swim. Later Louisa is discovered suffering from hypothermia and half-drowned found washed up by the tide, barely alive. Her father is gone, presumed drowned. Despite prolonged searches no trace of her father and the pair’s sandals remain side by sided where they were placed at the end of jetty. They become the objects of a temporary shrine of rice bowls, flowers, fruit and trinkets donated by local people, until they are washed away. What is left following this … Continue reading How can we love, or make sense of our lives?

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England’s third Test thrilling win by 22 runs

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Third Rothesay Test, Lord’s (Day 5 of 5) England 1st Innings, 387 ao off 112.3ov, Root 104 off 199, 10 fours, Pope 44 off 104, 4 fours, Stokes 44 off 110, 4 fours, Smith 51 off 56, 56 fours, Carse 56 off 83, 6 fours, 1 six, Siraj 2-85, Nitish 2-62, Jadeja 1-29, Bumrah 5-74. India 1st Innings 387 ao off 119.2 ov, Rahul 100 off 177, 13 fours, Nair 40 off 62, 4 fours, Pant 74 offf 112, 8 fours and 2 sixes, Jadeja 72 off 131, 8 fours, 1 six, Woakes 3-84, Archer 2-52, Stokes 2-63, Carse 1-88, Bashir 1-59. … Continue reading England’s third Test thrilling win by 22 runs

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Boeing accused of putting the pursuit of profit over passenger safety 

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The Aircraft Accident investigation Bureau in India is focusing on engine thrust. Investigators have discovered in the preliminary investigation into the Air India Flight 171 crash which killed 260 people on 12th June 2025. Just seconds after take-off both of the 12-year-old Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s fuel-control switches abruptly moved to the “cut -off” position, starving the engines of vital fuel and triggering total power loss. Switching to “Cut-off” is a move typically done only after landing. The Cockpit voice recording captures one pilot asking the other why he “did the cut-off”, to which the other pilot replies that he didn’t. The … Continue reading Boeing accused of putting the pursuit of profit over passenger safety 

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Britain’s flagging corporate economy

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The CEOs of Britain’s largest companies wield immense power, but we know very little about them. How did they get to the top? Why do they have so much power? Are they really worth that exorbitant salary?  Two academics from Queen’s Business school, Belfast, Michael Aldous and John Turner lift the veil on Britain’s corporate elite and provide the answers by telling the story of the British CEO over the past century. From gentleman amateurs to professional managers, entrepreneurs, frauds, and fat cats, they reveal the characters who have made it to the top of the corporate ladder, how they got … Continue reading Britain’s flagging corporate economy

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F35B stranded at Kerala airport

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British fighter jet F-35B has been struck at Thrivananthapuram airport in Kerala (Southern India) since it landed on 14th June, after being diverted there after it ran into bad weather during a sortie in the Indian Ocean and was unable to return to HMS Prince of Wales, the Royal Navy’s flagship carrier. The £80million jet landed safely but it has since developed a technical snag and is unable to return to the carrier. According to the British High Commission “the UK has accepted an offer to move the aircraft to the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul facility at the airport, once UK … Continue reading F35B stranded at Kerala airport

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Sanctions do they work?

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The story of Russia’s historic opening to the West (1992-2022), where it succeeded and why it has failed, the impact of war and sanctions, and the prospects for Russia’s future. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 brought a tragic close to a thirty-year period of history that began with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the reopening of Russia to the West after six decades of Soviet isolation. The opening lasted for three tumultuous decades and ended with a new closing, driven by the Ukrainian war, the imposition of Western sanctions, and the Russian responses to them. Thane Gustafson, … Continue reading Sanctions do they work?