1980s pop culture

Despite the tension, the movie was a hit — making a whopping $US415 million worldwide. Producers, including Parker, were eager to replicate the financial boon and wanted to make a second movie as soon as possible, but Cattrall held back. Soon, gossip started circulating about her “diva demands”. She eventually signed on, after demanding, and receiving, more money. … [Read more...] about Kristin Davis says she would do a Sex and the City Zoom reunion, after feud reports

traditional greetings like salaam/namaste have never been more relevant. In an endeavour to make these contactless Indian greetings a part of pop culture, Pepsi, along with brand ambassador and Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, has introduced a digital forward campaign. The video campaign aims at inspiring the world that greeting each other with salaam/namaste is a perfect way to ensure social distancing and yet maintain connections responsibly.According to the company, the video is an extension of a youth centric campaign – ‘Swag se solo’ and is based on three relevant insights. The cultural insight which recognises salaam and namaste as an inherent part of the nation’s culture; the social insight which recognises the importance of social distancing in the new world; and the consumer insight which recognises the people’s need to express themselves in a fun and engaging manner. It encourages behavioural change through adherence to social distancing norms … [Read more...] about With ‘Salaam Namaste’ Pepsi encourages people to follow social distancing

Thus, Ramanuja brought together his knowledge of various texts to arrive at the most suitable abhinaya for the pasuram. This amalgam of different texts in the interpretation of pasurams for dance was seen in another instance too. The Araiyar was dancing one of Nammazhvar’s Parankusa Nayaki pasurams, where Parankusa Nayaki says that she has been captured in the net cast by the Lord. Araiyar performed a gesture suggesting the casting of a net, and the consequent capture of the Nayaki. “But Ramanujacharya again based his interpretation on the Natya Sastra, where sringara is indicated through movements of the eyes and eyebrows,” says Seshadri. … [Read more...] about Natya, an integral part of temple worship

I’m not pointing fingers, and you know what they say about hindsight, but I wonder how things might have played out if William had made that call months earlier? If the Queen, or Charles, or anyone really had realised just how much Harry and Meghan were buckling under the weight of a seemingly never ending stream of publicity messes and criticism, legitimate and otherwise? … [Read more...] about How Meghan and Harry shocked the royals with one audacious public move

Though it did have a certain amount of popular appeal because of an international backdrop and lovely music, with songs rendered by Hemant Kumar, Sen himself feels "it was much less than good. It was over sentimental, technically poor and visually unsatisfying." … [Read more...] about Mrinal Sen: ‘I wish I could start from scratch’