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| Humane mask |
| Full of reform buffs, the government is unlikely to address inequality |
| Who is afraid of the common minimum programme? Certainly not the Washington Consensus put together by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. For it, the personalities crammed in the package of prime minister-finance minister-deputy chair... |
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| At the receiving end |
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Sir — Chanda Rao’s story is a cautionary tale on the plight of women in India (“Adultery yes, but m ... |
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| In the spotlight |
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Sir — The report, “North-east chapter in history books” (June 17), brings good tidings. Until now, ... |
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| Cult figure |
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Sir — Rudrangshu Mukherjee’s article on Chanchalkumar Chattopadhyay was very perceptive (“Picture a ... |
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| SAME SPOTS |
| In victory arrogance, in defeat also arrogance. This seems to be the motto of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Having sulked for a...| Read.. |
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| TWO DAYS’ GRACE |
| Drama does not always distract. By handing over sovereignty to the interim government in Iraq two days in advance of the sche...| Read.. |
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| Caught in the debt trap |
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The Andhra Pradesh government’s hasty announcement of the relief package for farmers may prove an extra burden not only for t... | Read.. |
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| What Orwell knew |
| I am a target. Every day I get envelopes stuffed with offers and messages from corporate entities, advertisers and political groups which I am not even a member of. It is not ... |
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| Working out cause and effect |
| Man-made chemicals are affecting our children’s intelligence and behaviour, compromising their ability to make sense of the world and affecting their movement skills. Much of... |
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Facts are ventriloquist’s dummies. Sitting on a wise man’s knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere they say nothing, or talk nonsense.
— ALDOUS HUXLEY
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