While there may have been genuine creative reasons why Batgirl was cancelled, it’s hard to game them out without running into inconsistencies.
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Climate Tipping Points Could Lock In Unstoppable Changes to the Planet – How Close Are They?
A recent paper suggested damaging climate tipping points could be closer than first thought.
Of Men and Space
A poem about how the poet's day revolves around her efforts to create more space amongst a crowd of men.
A Tale of Two Cities
No two people have lived in the same Mumbai because no two people can live in the same Mumbai. There exist two figurative cities within this single piece of …
Sri Lankan Author Shehan Karunatilaka Wins Booker for ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’
This is Karunatilaka's second novel. It is a work of satire, set in a Sri Lanka beset by civil war.
In the WWE, Wrestlers Say Labor Abuses Are Everywhere
The WWE wrestlers who put their bodies through the ringer on a near-nightly basis lack basic control over their work and lives. Many know they need a union — …
Review: ‘Kantara’ Is Doused in Local Flavour and Tension But Is Lopsided
The Kannada movie excels when it focuses on Shiva, the protagonist, but flounders while depicting the other characters.
How To Win the Booker Prize: Is There a Formula for ‘the Finest in Fiction’?
Examining the data from prize-winning Booker novels over the last 20 years yields some interesting results.
MP’s MBBS in Hindi Policy Overlooks the Many Faces of Language in Education
There is rare anecdotal evidence of students who completed their schooling in Hindi and dropped out of MBBS programmes because of language obstacles.
Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë and the Truth About the ‘Real-life Heathcliff’
A new film about the author mixes biography with mythology and some dramatic reinvention.