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| Scrambling for crumbs |
| How Indian brains play second fiddle to Western finance |
| Thanks to globalization, says The Times, “trainees at Indian call centres must learn the meaning of ‘slag’, ‘roger’ and ‘I’ll be buggered’ to deal with British customers”. The Americans hope to use a pending bill against jobs being sub-contrac... |
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| What’s in a show? |
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Sir — There’s no biz like showbiz. The controversy surrounding the outrageous stunt of singers Jane ... |
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| Women’s world |
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Sir — The Bankura incident highlights the pitfalls of the increasingly common practice of compellin ... |
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| With due respect |
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Sir — This refers to the report, “Bangladeshi tag on Allauddin” (Feb 7). The minister of state for ... |
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| NINE YARDS OF CLOTH |
| The role of the sari as a cultural marker is deeply ambiguous. It can signify both conservatism and rebellion...| Read.. |
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| Self-portrait of an artist |
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If you want to know what the greatest figure in Urdu literature,
Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797-1869), looked like and
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A landscape broken into and traversed in a car or an express train loses its descriptive value; the window of the railroad carriage or the windshield of the car, combined with the speed at which you are travelling, have changed the familiar look of things. The modern man registers one hundred times more impressions than did an eighteenth century artist. — FERNAND LÉGER
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knows Goa in winter is the place to be. The seafood is
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