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| Picking
up the pieces |
| He lives in sleepy Scarborough, goes
for long walks in the Yorkshire moors, relishes his Friday haddock and chips —
after nine years in a Calcutta prison. S. N. M. Abdi sees Peter Bleach
begin life afresh |
| The man who met me at Scarborough
railway station is a household name in Calcutta. The navy-blue blazer and tie
had been replaced with a light brown jacket and an open-necked white shirt. But
the trademark Ray-Ban glasses and white handkerchief peekin... | Read.. |
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| Feeling the pulse |
| Sheikh Mukhtar finds it nettling — giving his children the polio drops again and again. Year after year. “How many more times
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| You’ve got a long way to go, baby |
| It’s 7:30 in the evening.
Nita Saha, import manager, at Sheraton Overseas Private Limited, a Calcutta-based
import firm, is sitting at her office desk, thinking of calling it a day. She
hasn’t had ... | Read.. |
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| Last
Word: In the name of honour |
| Heshu Yones, Bakhan Bibi,
Jasveer, Fadime Sahindal, Rania Arafat: they came from different countries, and
they probably never knew each other while they lived. What ties them together,
along with .... | Read.. |
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