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| (a) any third-party mediation on Kashmir is out; and (b) the valley is an inalienable part of India. The facts of life have now come to cramp New Delhi’s stance on both issues. Having put all of one’s eggs into the basket of American backing for thw... |
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Sir — I do not understand the logic behind the decision of the West Bengal transport minister, Subh ... |
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| The companies (amendment) bill, presented to the Rajya Sabha, is virtually the only movement on the reform front. There is a ...| Read.. |
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| CATCHING UP |
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The latest monetary and credit policy of the Reserve Bank of India governor, Bimal Jalan, is framed in the background of a ro... | Read.. |
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Yet the sweet converse of an innocent mind,/ Whose words are images of thoughts refined,/ Is my soul’s pleasure; and it sure must be/ Almost the highest bliss of human-kind,/ When to thy haunts two kindred spirits flee. — JOHN KEATS
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CENTURY IN INDIAN HISTORY: EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION
Edited by P.J. Marshall, Oxford, Rs 650... |
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