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| Confessions of a coconut |
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| Some years ago, I suggested in these columns that the cultured elite of Bengal were prone to be dual-nationals. Once upon a time they used to be Bengali and British, but more recently they had taken to being Bengali and Russian, or Bengali and Cuban,... |
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| Shining example |
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Sir — Fleecing others to pay for their comfort is a trait not unique to Indian politicians, but it ... |
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| How to buy love |
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| Ignorance is curse |
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Sir — The people of India are yet to comprehend the enormity of the AIDS threat (“At the receiving ... |
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| IN HOLIDAY HUMOUR |
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| To tango the reader |
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a book on the proper use or abuse of punctuation marks like commas, colons, semi-colons,
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A total work of art is only possible in the context of the whole of society. Everyone will be a necessary co-creator of a social architecture, and, so long as anyone cannot participate, the ideal form of democracy has not been reached. Whether people are artists, assemblers of machines or nurses, it is a matter of participating in the whole. — JOSEPH BEUYS
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