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| Pockets of backwardness |
| Development and deprivation do not always follow state boundaries |
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last column, I reported some work Laveesh Bhandari
and I have done in identifying backward districts
in India. The identification is based on variables
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| Last action hero |
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Sir — When real life heroes fail to deliver the goods, get reel life ones to take over (“Brand Bach ... |
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| Hypocritical oath |
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Sir —The director of the West Bengal health department, Chittaranjan Maiti, has confessed to having ... |
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| Speak for yourself |
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Sir — In the report, “Punish Bose, say lawyers” (Oct 7), Uttam Majumdar has commented on Biman Bose ... |
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| DETERMINED TO KILL |
| Even posh Delhi families kill their unborn girls. A health ministry survey booklet has revealed that in southwest Delhi, the ...| Read.. |
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| EXCHANGE VALUE |
| Free trade comes with freeing minds of historical baggage. Trade between India and Bangladesh has long been hostage to past p...| Read.. |
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| Beauty by banning |
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Bangalore via Hyderabad after a continuous four-month
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Does history repeat itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce? No, that’s too grand, too considered a process. History just burps, and we taste again that raw-onion sandwich it swallowed centuries ago. — JULIAN PATRICK BARNES
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