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| Shock on the body |
| The Sadashiva commission report on police violence should be published |
| “The parents being given electric shocks,/ The children cry ‘amma’ ‘apa’, /So they are given electric shocks,/ They can’t cry ‘amma’ ‘apa’./ Tana-nee-na nee-na ta-na/ Nee-na tana tana nee-na,” sings the composer of this Ta... |
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| True to script |
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Sir — Mamata Banerjee should have been a script-writer instead of being a politician (“Mamata mothe ... |
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| Conversion formula |
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Sir — Nivedita Menon must be congratulated for having the guts to ask, “Why is religious conversion ... |
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| PRESIDENT’S VOTE |
| One of the pitfalls of adopting the Westminster model for Indian democracy is the anomalous position of the president. The po...| Read.. |
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| SEEING IT DONE |
| The beheading of Nick Berg, an American hostage in Iraq, may be watched on the internet as a video-clipping. It has become pa...| Read.. |
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| The more the merrier |
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It was during the 1996 Bangla- desh election. The Purbani hotel in Dhaka was teeming with journalists from India. One of them... | Read.. |
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| Trials and tribulations |
| Prisoners of war must at all times be humanely treated. Any unlawful act or omission by the detaining power causing death or seriously endangering the health of a prisoner of... |
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| To stop the outflow |
| Two years ago, adivasi women in Plachimada, a small hamlet in Palghat, Kerala, started a movement against Coca-Cola. Today, the Coca-Cola plant in Plachimada has been ... |
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The thing is to produce an impression on the reader — the best you can, the truest you can, but some impression. The newest despisers of form and conventionalization produce no impression at all.
— ARNOLD BENNETT
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