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| A way between the towers |
| Shooting and shagging, screwing and killing |
| After Iraq, two pictures refuse to go away. One is that of a twelve-year-old boy with a hideously burnt torso and two bandaged stumps where his arms had been, an unlined face and steady eyes. The face of collateral damage, embarrassing, if reports ar... |
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| Missing the point |
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Sir — “Mission of missed martyrdom” (April 18) cannot fail to impress. The six men from Mumbai not ... |
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| Revenge attack |
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Sir — The Dalit chief minister of Uttar Pradesh is on a rampage following the opposition’s allegati ... |
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| Take care |
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Sir — I have been fortunate enough to have travelled through your beautiful country for almost six ... |
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| ART OF THE PROBABLE |
| Only time will tell whether the new forecasting model for the Indian weather will lead to better predictions or more muddle...| Read.. |
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It is the fate of those who toil at the lower employments of life...to be exposed to censure, without hope of praise; to be disgraced by miscarriage or punished by neglect...Among these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries...Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach.
— SAMUEL JOHNSON
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| The many word wars |
| “Kabza German ka, fateh sarkar kee hotee hai” (the Germans take the territory, our (British) government claim... |
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