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India Gazette
15 hours ago
- Business
- India Gazette
Manipur's 'Waste to Wealth' agripreneur builds green economy
Thoubal (Manipur) [India], May 31 (ANI): From composing film music to cultivating local herbs and producing tons of organic compost, Dina Oinam's journey is a remarkable story of resilience and rural innovation. A resident of Wangjing in Thoubal district, Dina is now a celebrated agripreneur known for his sustainable 'Waste to Wealth' farming model. The seeds of his idea were sown in 2014-2015, when Dina began converting kitchen waste into vermicompost. What started as a personal environmental effort grew into an integrated farming system that combines vermiculture, agriculture, and horticulture, all within a compact, optimised space. 'People often overlook waste, but there is significant demand for the valuable product once it's properly processed', Dina noted. In 2018, he formally launched his venture. Today, his farm is a vibrant microcosm, cultivating over 100 varieties of indigenous herbs and vegetables, many of which possess ancestral medicinal value. Hanging pots of black ginger, a thriving grapevine, and a poly-roof system that helps regulate temperature, all rest atop a vermiculture unit that generates nearly five tonnes of compost monthly. Dina earns Rs. 10-12 lakh annually from compost and an additional Rs. 60,000-80,000 from grapes alone. With minimal input and maximum output, his model is both low-cost and high-impact. Under his motto, 'Rs. 100 saved is Rs. 100 earned,' Dina has trained over 5,000 people. Around 80 continue working closely with him, earning an average of Rs. 2,000 a day. Chaoba Akoijam, one of the farmers trained by Dina, shared, 'We require additional training, and it's essential for us to grasp the technical aspects. That's why we've informed our supervisor that we will study, and afterwards, we will achieve success as entrepreneurs.' Encouraged by success, Dina now promotes the commercial cultivation of native plants like Peruk, Awa-phadigom, bamboo, and lotus. An Arts graduate from Delhi University's Ramjas College and a music composer, Dina's tune today plays in harmony with nature, a sustainable symphony of innovation and self-reliance. (ANI)
Time of India
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
How one major mistake in 'The Last of Us' season 2 sets up trouble for season 3
There's been a lot of discussion around the casting of Ellie in HBO's The Last of Us. Some viewers feel it's hard to see Bella Ramsey in the role for Season 2 because she still looks very young and small. In the video game, Ellie is older and tougher by this point in the story. But on the show, Ramsey still appears much the same as she did in Season 1. (Spoilers ahead.) While some may doubt Bella Ramsey's casting, her acting proves otherwise. In Season 2, she delivered the emotional depth needed—whether reacting to Joel's death or in softer moments like the museum flashback. Even in Season 1, her portrayal of Ellie closely matched the video game version and was consistently strong. Season 2's portrayal of Ellie falls short not because of the acting, but due to the writing. The creators seem to have softened her character to make the story less dark, which ended up weakening her arc. As a result, the show missed a key goal—getting viewers to both question Ellie's choices and still hope she succeeds. Instead of showing Ellie's descent into a darker, more vengeful version of herself, the show watered down her arc. She came across as immature and reckless, rather than driven and conflicted. Her lack of real commitment to her mission made it hard to root for her, and even before Joel's death, she felt more like a moody teen than the hardened survivor she was meant to be. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 中年以降であれば、このゲームは必須です。 BuzzDaily Winners ゲームをプレイ Undo In Season 2, the show leans too heavily on comic relief, turning Ellie into a wisecracking teen and sidelining her intelligence and skills. She seems less capable than she was in Season 1, often relying on others like Dina and Jessie to guide or save her. Dina pushes her forward, reminds her of practical needs, while Jessie steps in to keep her out of danger. Ellie rarely takes control or makes tough decisions on her own, and this version of her feels far from the hardened, competent survivor fans expected. Even Ellie's violent moments feel toned down. Key scenes from the game—like stabbing Mel or using her knife on enemies—are replaced with softer alternatives, such as shooting by mistake or using a chokehold. She doesn't kill a dog, likely to avoid alienating viewers. Most of her kills leave her shaken instead of fueling her revenge. Aside from Nora, Ellie's violence lacks conviction, and her motivation seems to come and go depending on the scene. This inconsistency makes her character arc feel confusing and emotionally disconnected. When Dina reveals her pregnancy, Ellie responds with a light joke instead of showing frustration or concern, making her seem emotionally detached. Unlike in the game, where Dina supports Ellie after learning about Joel's past, the show version pulls away—likely because Ellie lacks the conviction or urgency to justify a revenge mission in the first place. Season 2 should have shown Ellie's evolution from a spirited survivor to a driven, ruthless avenger, using emotional flashbacks to highlight her lost innocence. Instead, it portrays her as unsure and ineffective, lacking both the grit and agency needed for her revenge arc—relying too much on others to guide and protect her. Season 2 should have centered on Ellie's descent into darkness—her 'breaking bad' moment. Like Walter White in Breaking Bad, she needed to become a cold, calculating figure we rooted for despite her actions. Instead of that complex transformation, we got a version of Ellie that lacked direction and edge. With stronger writing and a few more episodes, the show could have delivered the powerful, morally gray arc her character deserved. With Season 2 behind us, Season 3 will focus on Abby's story. Unfortunately, it's too late to fix the missed opportunity with Ellie's arc, which is disappointing. The show also weakened Abby's storyline by revealing her motivations too early. Abby's journey should serve as the opposite of Ellie's—while Ellie's path is one of falling into darkness, Abby's should be about redemption, showing the person behind the monster and reflecting Ellie's story in reverse. With Ellie's story so confused, it's hard to see how Season 3 can deliver the needed emotional impact. Without these two characters' stories mirroring each other and converging, Season 4 may struggle to reach the powerful climax fans expect. This is even before considering the decision to move the game's final scene up to Season 2, Episode 6, which further complicates the narrative.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Season 2 Finale Of "The Last Of Us" Included Some Brilliant (And Devastating) Details You Might've Missed
There are obviously MASSIVE spoilers ahead for The Last of Us Season 2 and The Last of Us Part II video game! when Dina (Isabela Merced) is freaking out about the arrow in her leg, Jesse (Young Mazino) yells at her while trying to calm her down, and it doesn't work. This is a great juxtaposition to when Dina and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) are trapped among the stalkers in Episode 5, and Ellie clearly speaks to Dina, who is getting nervous, instead of yelling at her. when Jesse is prepping to push the arrow through Dina's leg, he puts his hand on her face to try and calm her. Ellie consistently does the same thing when Dina is stressed, except Dina leans into Ellie's hand. I also love how Jesse and Ellie put their hands on the opposite dies of Dina's face. pushing Dina's hair behind her ears and watching her sleep is another small moment that also happens in the game. However, in the game, it comes after Ellie returns from the aquarium. noticing Ellie's bleeding through her shirt and asking her to take her shirt off so she can see is a scene directly from The Last of Us Part II. carefully cleaning Ellie's scrapes on her back is also a moment directly from the game, and honestly, one of the most beloved Ellie and Dina moments. Ellie telling Dina that she made Nora (Tati Gabrielle) talk is also a line directly from The Last of Us Part II, but the conversation continuing as Ellie goes into more detail is new to the series. In the game, we never explicitly hear Ellie tell Dina about the Firefly base in Salt Lake City, the potential for a cure, or Abby's (Kaitlyn Dever) dad. giving Ellie her bracelet before she and Jesse leave to go search for Tommy (Gabriel Luna) is scene directly from the video game. in the game, Dina stays behind in the theater a bunch because she's not feeling well due to her pregnancy, so it happens in the show, but this time the reasoning is because of her getting shot in the leg. to their conversation in the show, in the game, Ellie is also the one to confirm to Jesse that Dina is pregnant. In the game, Jesse suspects she's pregnant after Dina is extremely sick one night, while in the show Jesse suspects after Dina tells him she "can't die" and refuses his whiskey. Jesse and Dina are walking through the streets of Seattle, you can spot a building where it looks like a crane rig has fallen into another building. It looks similar to a location that'll likely be featured in Season 3, aka Abby's story. I won't do the comparisson photo so that TV-only viewers aren't super spoiled, but if you played the game, you probably know what I'm talking about. the show, Jesse and Ellie go to the bookstore because that's where Tommy was supposed to meet Jesse. However, in the game, it's simply a store Jesse and Ellie pass through while trying to get to the aquarium and find Tommy and Abby. Just like in the game, the mural in the kid's books section is also Alice in Wonderland. Jesse and Ellie hear over the radio that the W.L.F. has encountered a sniper at the marina. In the game, Tommy is referred to as the sniper while Ellie tracks him through Seattle, and Jesse and Ellie also hear the W.L.F. talking about a sniper in the marina, too. Also, the marina is an important location in Abby's part of the game. I'll stay pretty vague for the TV-only viewers, but "sniper" and "marina" in the same sentence made me gasp. HERE WE GO. Jesse and Ellie are up in the office building, where Ellie spots the ferris wheel and the aquarium, it looks identical to where Jesse and Ellie end up in the game during this moment, too. and Ellie parting ways because she wants to go after Abby, while Jesse wants to keep pursuing Tommy, is a scene pulled directly from The Last of Us Part II. The only thing the show adds is Ellie yelling at Jesse about how he's a hypocrite and how she watched her community get beaten to death. the game, Ellie also steals a boat from the W.L.F. and uses it to try and get to the aquarium in order to confront Abby. in the game, Ellie does encounter rough seas because of the storm and ends up falling overboard while in her boat. However, in the game, you swim to the boardwalk near the ferris wheel/aquarium, while in the show, Ellie washes up on the shore of where the Serpahites live and is taken by them. Ellie getting away from the Seraphites is new for the show, the moment hints at a larger scene from Abby's part of the game, especially when Ellie sees the explosions on the island. like in the game, when Ellie sneaks her way through the aquarium, she stumbles upon a bunch of medical equipment and bloody rags. You learn more about what happened here during Abby's portion of The Last of Us Part II. confronting Mel (Ariela Barer) and Owen (Spencer Lord) inside the aquarium happens exactly like it goes in the game, with Ellie wanting Mel to point at the map and show where Abby is, and then Owen confirms it. the map trick is something Ellie learned from Joel (Pedro Pascal), with Joel notably using this technique in Season 1, Episode 8 when he's trying to find out where Ellie is after she's taken by David. the game, Ellie shoots Owen after he rushes at her, and then she kills Mel after Mel attacks her with a knife. Wheras in the show, Ellie shoots after Owen reaches for a gun. Ellie kills Mel while she's pregnant, both in the game and the show, Mel asking Ellie to save her baby is new for the show. Also in the game, players already know Mel is pregnant because Owen tells Abby while they are in Jackson. and Jesse finding Ellie after she's killed Owen and Mel is a moment directly from the game, too. In the game, Ellie actually hears Joel's voice, but it's actually Tommy. shocking death is exactly what happens in The Last of Us Part II, with him being shot right in front of Ellie by Abby as he runs out of the auditorium. and Ellie's confrontation in the theater, where Ellie tells Abby she knows why she killed Joel, is almost word-for-word the scene from the video game. living at a W.L.F. outpost in a stadium is exactly what happens in the game as well, and players get to see just how big the W.L.F.'s operation out of the stadium truly is. Also, Manny waking up Abby while she's reading is also a moment right from the game. finally, the show going back in time to Seattle Day One, but from Abby's perspective, is exactly what happens in the game as well. In The Last of Us Part II, players now play through the three days in Seattle but from Abby's perspective, which is likely how Season 3 will be structured. Alright, that's it for this season. Thanks for reading these each week. Now, we wait for Season 3... Did you catch any other Easter eggs or cool details? Tell us everything in the comments below! 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Buzz Feed
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
The Last Of Us Easter Eggs Season 2 Finale
First, when Dina (Isabela Merced) is freaking out about the arrow in her leg, Jesse (Young Mazino) yells at her while trying to calm her down, and it doesn't work. This is a great juxtaposition to when Dina and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) are trapped among the stalkers in Episode 5, and Ellie clearly speaks to Dina, who is getting nervous, instead of yelling at her. Also, when Jesse is prepping to push the arrow through Dina's leg, he puts his hand on her face to try and calm her. Ellie consistently does the same thing when Dina is stressed, except Dina leans into Ellie's hand. I also love how Jesse and Ellie put their hands on the opposite dies of Dina's face. Ellie pushing Dina's hair behind her ears and watching her sleep is another small moment that also happens in the game. However, in the game, it comes after Ellie returns from the aquarium. Dina noticing Ellie's bleeding through her shirt and asking her to take her shirt off so she can see is a scene directly from The Last of Us Part II. Dina carefully cleaning Ellie's scrapes on her back is also a moment directly from the game, and honestly, one of the most beloved Ellie and Dina moments. And, Ellie telling Dina that she made Nora (Tati Gabrielle) talk is also a line directly from The Last of Us Part II, but the conversation continuing as Ellie goes into more detail is new to the series. In the game, we never explicitly hear Ellie tell Dina about the Firefly base in Salt Lake City, the potential for a cure, or Abby's (Kaitlyn Dever) dad. Dina giving Ellie her bracelet before she and Jesse leave to go search for Tommy (Gabriel Luna) is scene directly from the video game. Also, in the game, Dina stays behind in the theater a bunch because she's not feeling well due to her pregnancy, so it happens in the show, but this time the reasoning is because of her getting shot in the leg. Similar to their conversation in the show, in the game, Ellie is also the one to confirm to Jesse that Dina is pregnant. In the game, Jesse suspects she's pregnant after Dina is extremely sick one night, while in the show Jesse suspects after Dina tells him she "can't die" and refuses his whiskey. When Jesse and Dina are walking through the streets of Seattle, you can spot a building where it looks like a crane rig has fallen into another building. It looks similar to a location that'll likely be featured in Season 3, aka Abby's story. I won't do the comparisson photo so that TV-only viewers aren't super spoiled, but if you played the game, you probably know what I'm talking about. In the show, Jesse and Ellie go to the bookstore because that's where Tommy was supposed to meet Jesse. However, in the game, it's simply a store Jesse and Ellie pass through while trying to get to the aquarium and find Tommy and Abby. Just like in the game, the mural in the kid's books section is also Alice in Wonderland. When Jesse and Ellie hear over the radio that the W.L.F. has encountered a sniper at the marina. In the game, Tommy is referred to as the sniper while Ellie tracks him through Seattle, and Jesse and Ellie also hear the W.L.F. talking about a sniper in the marina, too. Also, the marina is an important location in Abby's part of the game. I'll stay pretty vague for the TV-only viewers, but "sniper" and "marina" in the same sentence made me gasp. HERE WE GO. When Jesse and Ellie are up in the office building, where Ellie spots the ferris wheel and the aquarium, it looks identical to where Jesse and Ellie end up in the game during this moment, too. Jesse and Ellie parting ways because she wants to go after Abby, while Jesse wants to keep pursuing Tommy, is a scene pulled directly from The Last of Us Part II. The only thing the show adds is Ellie yelling at Jesse about how he's a hypocrite and how she watched her community get beaten to death. In the game, Ellie also steals a boat from the W.L.F. and uses it to try and get to the aquarium in order to confront Abby. Also in the game, Ellie does encounter rough seas because of the storm and ends up falling overboard while in her boat. However, in the game, you swim to the boardwalk near the ferris wheel/aquarium, while in the show, Ellie washes up on the shore of where the Serpahites live and is taken by them. While Ellie getting away from the Seraphites is new for the show, the moment hints at a larger scene from Abby's part of the game, especially when Ellie sees the explosions on the island. Just like in the game, when Ellie sneaks her way through the aquarium, she stumbles upon a bunch of medical equipment and bloody rags. You learn more about what happened here during Abby's portion of The Last of Us Part II. Ellie confronting Mel (Ariela Barer) and Owen (Spencer Lord) inside the aquarium happens exactly like it goes in the game, with Ellie wanting Mel to point at the map and show where Abby is, and then Owen confirms it. Also, the map trick is something Ellie learned from Joel (Pedro Pascal), with Joel notably using this technique in Season 1, Episode 8 when he's trying to find out where Ellie is after she's taken by David. In the game, Ellie shoots Owen after he rushes at her, and then she kills Mel after Mel attacks her with a knife. Wheras in the show, Ellie shoots after Owen reaches for a gun. While Ellie kills Mel while she's pregnant, both in the game and the show, Mel asking Ellie to save her baby is new for the show. Also in the game, players already know Mel is pregnant because Owen tells Abby while they are in Jackson. Tommy and Jesse finding Ellie after she's killed Owen and Mel is a moment directly from the game, too. In the game, Ellie actually hears Joel's voice, but it's actually Tommy. Jesse's shocking death is exactly what happens in The Last of Us Part II, with him being shot right in front of Ellie by Abby as he runs out of the auditorium. Abby and Ellie's confrontation in the theater, where Ellie tells Abby she knows why she killed Joel, is almost word-for-word the scene from the video game. Abby living at a W.L.F. outpost in a stadium is exactly what happens in the game as well, and players get to see just how big the W.L.F.'s operation out of the stadium truly is. Also, Manny waking up Abby while she's reading is also a moment right from the game. And finally, the show going back in time to Seattle Day One, but from Abby's perspective, is exactly what happens in the game as well. In The Last of Us Part II, players now play through the three days in Seattle but from Abby's perspective, which is likely how Season 3 will be structured. Alright, that's it for this season. Thanks for reading these each week. Now, we wait for Season 3... Did you catch any other Easter eggs or cool details? Tell us everything in the comments below!
Time Out
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time Out
The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs
This review is from Soho Theatre in 2022; it transfers to Kiln Theatre with a partially changed cast that includes Liz Carr and Leah Harvey. The rainbow flag offers an idealised portrait of the LGBTQ-plus community: people of different stripes co-existing in harmony, each taking up an equal amount of space. But the reality is messier, scribbled over with conflicts and inequalities. Iman Qureshi's warm, complex play 'The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs' explores just how difficult it is to create a queer space, while showing how beautiful it can be when the stars align. Things start out in pretty formulaic style. Each week, a disparate gaggle of lesbians meet up in a leaky-roofed hall to sing in a choir, with the lofty goal of performing on the main stage at Pride. There's wildly confident womaniser Ellie (Fanta Barrie), hyper-woke academic Ana (Claudia Jolly), and her reluctantly-tagging-along butch engineer girlfriend Lori (Kibong Tanji) who turns out to have an amazing singing voice, all arranged into an approximation of harmony by self-styled OWL (older wiser lesbian) Connie (Shuna Snow). It could all be the beginnings of a dykier, hopefully less doomed remake of 'Glee'. But Qureshi's play is way smarter than that. She toys enjoyably with lesbian cliches (sensible footwear, veganism, buzzcuts) only to reach beyond them to tell less familiar stories. Like that of Dina (an engagingly puppyish Lara Sawalha), a Muslim woman who throws herself into choir as an escape from her forbidding husband. Or that of the faltering romance between trans woman Brig (Mariah Louca), and Fi (Kiruna Stamell), who campaigns fruitlessly for a ramp so she can access the choir's hall independently, but alienates Brig when her feelings of being left behind spill out in an agonised tirade against twenty-first-century inclusivity. Qureshi doesn't shy away from tackling transphobia, and the way it's driven a wedge between different generations of lesbians. But she also highlights the relative privilege that British queer people live in, using Dina's story to highlight the injustice of the immigration system and the suffering of closeted people in countries where homosexuality is illegal. 'The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs' tackles massive themes, in ways that threaten to unbalance what's fundamentally a feel-good comedy with added a capella. There's not much lesbian theatre around, so it sometimes feels like it's struggling under the weight of trying to encompass every lesbian story in one short show. But it all just about works, thanks to a septet of winning performances and Hannah Hauer-King's taut direction. It's a warm cosy hug of a show, full of life, wit, and pathos that lingers long after its last notes fade.
