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The different faces of the Telangana protest
The Anna Hazare of the Telangana movement at Indira Park in Hyderabad Spandana, 19, first year college student raising pro-Telangana slogans. A very talented and graceful dancer Gautam, a B.Com student getting `ready for battle’ at the protest venue Mamata, a government employee at the protest venue. She is also... -
`Samar’ is an unusual chase
“Vetaadu Ventaadu” (Hunt, Chase) in Telugu (“Samar” in Tamil) is quite an unusual movie even though it mixes up many genres in one film. It must be Vishal’s best film to date even though his character is flaky. Directed by Thiru, it starts off with a chase sequence and then... -
Why Indians won’t accept Rahul as their own Obama?
I think he (Rahul) is one of the most talented, able and insightful of the younger generation of politicians worldwide, but how he ends up in your politics again, that’s for you, for him and for his party to decide. But I think he has got first class mind... -
When summer vacation meant Kozhikode
Posted by Rama Menon January 25, 2013When my cousin brother posted on Facebook that Kozhikode Railway Station was celebrating its 125th anniversary, I felt nostalgic and went back in time to my childhood in the 70s and 80s when summer holidays always meant a trip to my ancestral home in Kozhikode. Those days there was no direct train to... -
The Owaisis arrest – spreading hate among Muslims?
Written by the Committee for Release of Political Prisoners The last fortnight or so have witnessed high political drama in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh that has been rife with the speculations of the formation of a Telengana State. Meanwhile there is also news of heavy lobbying from the... -
Why ‘Vishwaroopam’ should be released
By the time you read this, the Madras High Court may have intervened to lift the suspension of the screening of ‘Vishwaroopam’, the Kamal Haasan starrer in Tamil Nadu for 15 days. If it does, it will not be a moment too soon. This patently illegitimate step of the Tamil... -
Celebrating relationships on celluloid
The festive season saw the Telugu film viewing audience watch two films reiterating the value of the family and storylines dealing with the family. The two however, are as different as chalk is from cheese. If one had the dynamism and velocity of an Akram-Waqar Younis spell, the other had... -
Birds at Ameenpur
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Kiran’s hand to mouth politics
Kiran Kumar Reddy has hit upon the formula to win elections. Or so he thinks. Convinced that the way to a man or woman’s vote in Andhra Pradesh is through his stomach, the chief minister has embarked on selling rice at one rupee a kg at PDS outlets. The pilot... -
Akbar’s right to defence
I am a tad surprised at the manner in which certain sections of the Bar questioned the propriety of Senior Advocate and former Advocate General DV Sitha Ram Murthy appearing for Akbaruddin Owaisi in the recent writ petition. It is strange that a set of lawyers raised the question in...
