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| The old man on the flag |
| Perhaps Modi and co. will be forced to recall Gandhi in an unexpected way |
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days ago I was in Gujarat making a radio documentary
for the BBC. On the last day of my visit, I found
myself interviewing Anandi Patel, the state minister
for education, and someone reputed to be very close
to Narendra Modi. ... | Read.. |
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| People’s silence |
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Sir — Uttam Sengupta makes a pitch for more public involvement, not more legislation, in order to r ... |
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| Qualified consent |
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Sir — There appears to be a serious anomaly in the working rules of the West Bengal pollution contr ... |
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| THEATRES OF POWER |
| A
dress rehearsal is never as enthralling as
the real performance. This is true though
only for theatre on the stage. ...| Read.. |
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Christianity is really a man’s religion: there’s not much in it for women except docility, obedience, who-sweeps-the-room-as-for-thy-cause, downcast eyes and death in childbirth. For the men it’s better: all power and money and fine robes, the burning of the heretics — fun, fun, fun!— and the Inquisition fulminating from the pulpit.— FAY WELDON
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