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| Eerie similarities |
| Recent changes in Delhi and Islamabad have not been dissimilar |
| Government changes in south Asia often remind us how dissimilar are the political cultures and practices in the subcontinent, especially in India and Pakistan. This week’s change in government in Islamabad, however, has been different. It has eerie s... |
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| Child’s play |
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Sir — For the American politico, “family” seems to be the last word in politics (“Daughters turn Pet Terminator ... |
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| Proper care |
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Sir — Contrary to Bappa Majumdar’s “Quack quack goes Bengal” (June 6), ayurvedic doctors are neithe ... |
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| TWO TO TANGO |
| There is no known temperature at which a diplomatic freeze begins to thaw. Thus it would have been naive to expect a quick br...| Read.. |
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| THOU SHALT NOT SEE |
| The psychology of censorship is murky. In matters of sex, the pronouncements of the censor board sometimes sound like express...| Read.. |
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| Rogues’ gallery |
| The non-bailable warrant issued last month by a judicial magistrate in Bhubaneswar against Maheswar Mohanty would probably not have bothered the portly legislator from Puri mu... |
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| There is poison in our blood |
| It has been found that there is a significant relationship between thyroid hormone levels in the blood of grey seal weaned pups and juveniles, and poly-brominated diphenyl eth... |
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All men are lonely. But sometimes it seems to me that we Americans are the loneliest of all. Our hunger for foreign places and new ways has been with us almost like a national disease. — LULA C. MCCULLERS
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