A 63-year-old former engineer may not fit the typical image of a dark-clad assassin with deadly weapons who can disappear into a cloud of smoke. But Jinichi Kawakami is reputedly Japan's last ninja.

Kick-ass is the apt adjective to be used for M. Jayanth Reddy who has done Hyderabad and India proud by etching his name in the Guinness Book of World Records in August 31 this year, by executing 171