'Le Carré's spies were nothing like the exotic Kim of Kipling or the caricature that is James Bond.''Driven by a simple patriotism, held back by incompetence and politics, his characters use......
He will be remembered not only as a writer, but as one of the great chroniclers and interrogators of the history of our times, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, as he mourns the passing of a legend......
'Were they two yaars of yesteryears brought together again by fate?''Were they two crafty spies hoodwinking each other?' wonders B S Prakash.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com News reports speak......
In the early 1980s, the British peace movement, then at its peak, invented a delightfully imaginative phrase to highlight the skewed and unequal character of the Anglo-American defence......
Federal prosecutors requested the court order to compel Apple assist investigation into the December 2-shooting rampage that killed 14 and injured 22 Apple Inc opposed a court ruling on......
The smile stays on long after you've left the theatre, says Sukanya Verma. For a premise where the main guy can size-shift from ant to giant, the struggle is surprisingly real. No matter how......
There’s something extraordinary about Michael Douglas’s voice. We’ve heard it many a times over the years, that drawl that always, always implies he knows far more than we do,......