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| The shadow people |
| Orissa’s migrant labourers are always away from home during elections |
| The president is worried about voter indifference. He has asked the nation to vote for a happy, prosperous and secure India. This presupposes choice, a condition of democracy. But the elections are a mythical event for the lakhs of adivasis, <... |
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| Can’t win them all |
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| Damned picture |
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Sir — India’s self-styled secularists back off at the slightest hint of trouble. Or how does one ex ... |
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| POLL DATE |
| The chariot of the elections begins to roll this morning. The people of 140 different constituencies, spread over 13 states a...| Read.. |
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| SERVANT PROBLEM |
| Identity cards and uniform — domestic service in some housing estates in Calcutta is becoming “new age”. Avant-garde policing...| Read.. |
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| Making of a don |
| Suppose, for a moment, you are a district administrator. A lady, evidently agitated, comes and informs you that a “false” candidate is sitting his board exams at a centre in y... |
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| Enter at your own peril |
| Deported Tamils arriving in Colombo come under pressure from security forces to return to their home areas in the north-east, where fighting continues. This creates huge diffi... |
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If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known.
— W.E.B. DU BOIS
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