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| The prophet delayed |
| The India that Rajiv Gandhi dreamt of is now about to happen |
| In 1989, when asked about the significance of the French Revolution of 1789, a Chinese mandarin called Zhou Enlai said that it was too early to make any comment. From such a perspective — or what French historians call the longue duree — any a... |
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| Dropping the case |
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Sir — This is to register my disgust and deep sense of anger at the spinelessness of the government ... |
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| Self-help |
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Sir — The fast emerging trend in the North-east of holding exhibitions where local artisans can dem ... |
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| DARK SIDE OF THE MOON |
| As long as a man can kill his daughters because of poverty and deprivation, India can hardly be described as shining...| Read.. |
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In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed — they produced Michelangelo,Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock. — ORSON GEORGE WELLES
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| The
buck stopped here |
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the second time in over three decades, Shamsunnisa found
herself in agony, sundered from her son on the day of
Id. The fi... | Read.. |
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The
grand mogul |
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Bomb wasn’t the only passion in Abdul Qadeer Khan’s life.
He was also a successful hotelier, a collector of vintage
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