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| Grin and bear the loss |
| The crossover from sales tax to centralized VAT must not be rushed |
| Even morons are supposed to be aware where their self-interest lies. Not so, apparently, the state governments in this country. Come April 1, 2003, they will march to their beheading; they are going to abolish sales taxation and embrace the Centre-ad... |
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| Empty pockets |
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Sir — The austerity drive announced by the West Bengal government last month has run into resistanc ... |
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| Last word |
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Sir — Is an overweight person always a fathead? At least that is the message that comes across in ... |
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| FAILED EFFORT |
| West Bengal has failed to eradicate polio. This is a dangerous failure, and has quite rightly started to worry neighbouring s...| Read.. |
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| REBEL TRAP |
| Not all rebels have a cause, especially in party politics where rebellions are mostly struggles for power. The malcontents in...| Read.. |
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Within weeks of its being released to the public by the Union labour minister, Sahib Singh Verma, in early September, the rep... | Read.. |
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The worst thing is that we live in a contamined moral environment. We fell morally ill because we became used to saying something different from what we thought. — VACLAV HAVEL
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