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Movies that are set in historical times

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War movies have a special place in my heart. I feel War movies have an air of Intensity, Destruction, Anguish and Hope. I also take an underlying comfort that probably we are never going to face such as I watch those stories unravel. Although what we are seeing in the movies is just the distant past, it is incredibly hard to digest the fact that humanity has gone through all of those struggles. I initially watched war movies anticipating the action sequences and the missile strikes, they all seemed fancy to me and I used to get excited about the ticking bombs and the destruction involved. It took years for me to subside that excitement and see those stories as the real struggle of the people who went through the darker side of history. Much of that realization came only after watching the distressing visuals in the day to day news when somewhere in the world the chaos happens and watching how people's lives are shattered in a fraction of seconds in real-time. I grew up watching the

How will the History looks at us: COVID-19

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India is now in the second wave of COVID-19, and unlike the first wave, this time, it hit our country very hard. People are dying not because of COVID but because they can’t access the proper resources at this critical time. 20 to 30 years or a century from now, how will History look at this timeline?. We live in the 21st century, yet we failed to connect the dots when most needed. Image credits:[ Link  ] Forecast We have advanced data analytics algorithms that have predicted the second wave warning, yet we have failed to take the necessary steps. We have already been in an iteration of the first wave. At that time, we were unaware of the transmission dynamics, the preventive measures on an individual level and the combined scaled strategy, but when the first wave receded, we had almost a year to fix things up. From building the medical infrastructure to forming the supply chain, we have failed on every level. Web Portal India is the hub for the largest IT companies in the world. Yet,

My thoughts on Mandela and Karnan

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When we talk about caste oppression we millennials often constrain ourselves in the frameset of reservations in educational and Job opportunities and overlook the dark past and present struggle that is faced by these very communities. Movies are undeniably the larger medium to tell us these stories and make us acknowledge the atrocities that are winded in our social fabric. Tamil industry is always known for bringing us these stories live, especially the new wave of directors with their gripping screenplay and their hunger to present in the best possible way. The recent releases Mandela and Karnan got my attention and these are the stories that need to be told again and again. Mandela Plot: Amid a local election with two rivals vying to win by any means necessary, a barber lands in a curiously powerful position as the single deciding vote. [ Netflix ] This is Director Madonne Ashwin's debut movie and he had done a brilliant job of delivering the message on the importance of voting

Incredible week for SpaceX

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SpaceX is going to celebrate its 19th anniversary and the past two weeks will remain as the most incredible weeks in the history of SpaceX.