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More web-series/documentaries reviews… Giri/Haji – Giri/Haji (Japanese: "Duty/Shame") is a British television series which premiered on BBC Two in October 2019, and was released internationally on Netflix on 10 January 2020. Kenzo Mori (Takehiro Hira), a Tokyo detective, travels to London in search of his brother, Yuto (Yōsuke Kubozuka), who was previously assumed to be dead. Yuto has been accused of murdering the nephew of a Yakuza member, which threatens to start a gang war in Tokyo. As Kenzo attempts to navigate the unfamiliar territory of London to uncover whether his brother is alive and guilty, he becomes acquainted with DC Sarah Weitzmann (Kelly Macdonald) of the Metropolitan Police and Rodney Yamaguchi (Will Sharpe), a young half-Japanese, half-British sex worker. While searching for Yuto in London, Kenzo must also support his family back home in Tokyo. Kenzo's investigation brings him into contact with dangerous elements of London's criminal underworld

In the last couple of weeks, I came across 2 videos that were about the meeting of our PM, Mr Narendra Modi with our Olympians and Para Olympians.  Surprisingly, I went through both the videos in full 😊 .  I don’t spend much time in politicians interacting with sportspersons as almost all of them are mostly one-sided with the politician talking about himself and what he has done for the sportsperson and that being the single-most reason for the sportsperson doing good ☹ . Usually, these interactions are only about the politicians clicking pictures with the sportspersons and furthering their own cause for staying the limelight for a longer period of time.  I remember, when India won the cricket world cup in 1983, the cricketers were welcomed by our Prime Minister that time, Mrs Indira Gandhi at her house or some public place.  The cricketers lined up and the PM spent a couple of seconds with each player and then moved on.  Everyone had lunch and then dispersed.  Over the years, the

More documentary reviews… Operation Varsity Blues : The College Admissions Scandal – This is an American documentary film about the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal. The movie stars Matthew Modine as Rick Singer and features reenactments as well as interviews with real people involved in the scandal. One of the reviews from IMDB... I just finished this documentary, and thought it was very well done. What is atrocious, however, is that the "back door" donations (parents donating multi-millions directly to colleges to get their kids in) is apparently a legal and accepted practice. This has to stop, as it's really no more ethical than the Operation Varsity Blues scandal. Colleges can make money from their sports teams, donors who are truly *donating* without expecting something in return, as well as any government grants. That's IT. Routine auditing needs to be conducted on the admissions process, and the bribe donations that are deemed legal need to be exp

More documentary reviews… The Thin Blue Line – Details from Wikipedia... The Thin Blue Line is a 1988 American documentary film by Errol Morris, about the trial and conviction of Randall Dale Adams for the murder of Texas police officer Robert Wood. Morris became interested in the case while doing research for a film about Dr. James Grigson, a psychiatrist known in Texas as "Dr. Death" for testifying with "100 percent certainty" of a defendant's recidivism in many trials, including that of Randall Adams. The film centered around the "inconsistencies, incongruities and loose ends" of the case, and through his investigation, not only comes to a different conclusion, actually obtained an admission of Adams' innocence by the original suspect of the case, David Harris. The "thin blue line" in the title "refers to what Mr. Morris feels is an ironic, mythical image of a protective p