Rosa Parks, power of resistance and the Delhi bus rape

The protests in India have focused mainly on the issue of rape. But these could as well extend to the arena of public transport because the girl's rape and death are directly related to the......

The jinx against women spies in R&AW

Till 1972, under the long-time Director of the America's Federal Bureau of Investigation J Edgar Hoover, only men could be FBI agents. After his death in May 1972, partly under the pressure of the......

Column : M K Narayanan- the last super 'spook'

Mayankote Kelath Narayanan has a couple of favourite throwaway lines, designed to bring any conversation to a screeching halt. "I'll fix you" is one, and "I have a dossier on you!" is another. When......

Review: Public Enemies

This much we should know by now -- all motion pictures are make-believe; even those that purport to be based on real-life events. And the entire mechanism of a film production is geared towards......

Congeniality 2 is a drag!

You know a comedy is sagging when its big laughs come from Sandra Bullock shuffling fake boobs around her waist. Even Bullock, a smart comic star, has to struggle hard to amuse in the new Miss......