The price of onion has been hovering above Rs 100 per kilogram for over a month leaving the entire nation wailing. Skyrocketed prices of this key kitchen staple has not only left households teary-eyed but traders, wholesalers, and farmers have also been equally affected as people are beginning to cut back using the costly bulb.Scores of small restaurants are also feeling the pinch as rising prices of onion is taking a hit on their business. While some restaurants are opting to pass on the burden to customers, many others are mulling over reducing the usage of onion until the situation stabilises.The power of the bulb, which is an essential utility item for the rich as it is for the poor, can be seen in ways that it is tempting thieves, destroying livelihoods and putting a question mark on the policies of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government.Close Even as the Centre is taking steps to tackle the onion crisis, the Opposition is leaving no opportunity to target the government … [Read more...] about In-Depth | When onion made India cry: How onion price rise affects politics, business and the common man
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This corporate holiday card is a lot cooler than yours
Sure, to “face the music” generally has the negative connotation that you’re about to face something unpleasant. But Pentagram partner Yuri Suzuki and his team have turned the phrase on its head for the design firm’s holiday card this year (part of an annual tradition), which directs recipients to an interactive platform by the same name. It’s a musical “antidote to the gravity of our times.” And it’s all good fun. advertisement The mirrored duplex card has a festive instruction: “Lock up your banjo. Put away the trombone. Face the Music is the gift that lets you make music with your face.” No, the instructions aren’t referring to singing in a weird way. The interaction relies on face-tracking technology to capture shifts in your facial expression, like the shape of your mouth, lift of your eyebrows, and tilt of your head, to produce sound and to change and bend various notes. The relative depths of those movements … [Read more...] about This corporate holiday card is a lot cooler than yours
Furiously Going Where No Man Has Gone Before: The ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Trailer is Here
Rather than throwing up their hands and simply showing a black-and-white montage of J.J. Abrams pics set to Adele’s “Hello,” Paramount has come out swinging with its first post-Abrams Star Trek adventure, Star Trek Beyond. Set to the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage” (a callback to the opening scene of the 2009 Star Trek, when boy Kirk steals his step-dad’s ride)… …the Beyond trailer bears the unmistakable imprint of new director Justin “Fast & Furious” Lin. It’s light on the “space exploration/contemplation of man’s place in the universe” and heavy on “explosions, quips, and action.” Of course, a lot of people were upset with Abrams when he brought a light touch to the original reboot (and some others claimed all he did was, ironically enough, repurpose Star Wars), but at least returning franchise stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, and Simon Pegg (who has a … [Read more...] about Furiously Going Where No Man Has Gone Before: The ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Trailer is Here
