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| Wages of unreason |
| The principal question is whether India can preserve its secular character |
| Most social sciences have a blind spot which shows itself in their search for a rational explanation even for developments which defy all logic. Whether it is an erratic behaviour of the market, a freak turn in politics, a paranoid streak in foreign ... |
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| Fallen idol |
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Sir — Jawaharlal Nehru was undisputedly one of Asia’s most charismatic statesmen. Sadly, some of hi ... |
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| Doom in a dome |
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Sir — The vaastu expert, Ashwinie Kumar Bansal, may believe that Parliament’s circular shap ... |
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| ONE MORE TIME |
| This is the second time that Mr L.K. Advani has proposed that rapists be punished by death. This seems sane and just, and und...| Read.. |
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| DEMOCRACY TAX |
| Parliament’s job is legislation. Given the spat between the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party, witnessed by a visit...| Read.. |
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| Lessons for fundamentalists |
| If the first two years of the millennium are anything to go by, the 21st century may be tagged as one of terrorism by future historians. There has been no respite in the kill... |
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When the first-rate author wants an exquisite heroine or a lovely morning, he finds that all the superlatives have been worn shoddy by his inferiors. Bad writers must start with plain heroines and average mornings and work up to something better. — S. FITZGERALD
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