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| A guru and his followers |
| A colonial thinker |
| I was initially interested to read Amit Chaudhuri’s extended two-part essay in The Telegraph (July 25 and August 1), “Distant Thunder” and “A Climate of Opinion”. But my interest soon turned to disquiet, for I found that his essay was simply a... |
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| Tiger by the tail |
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Sir — Bal Thackeray did not have to tell Javed Miandad that he cannot forget the latter’s sixer off ... |
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Sir — The Congress has always marginalized the real well-wishers of the party and let the sycophant ... |
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| Sleeping problems |
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Sir — If a woman agrees to have sex with a man in exchange for money, it is termed prostitution, an ... |
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| PRAISE OF FOLLY |
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Why, as civilization spreads, do outstanding men become fewer? Why, when attainments are the lot of all, do great intellectual talents become rarer? Why, when there are no longer lower classes, are there no longer upper classes? Why, when the knowledge of how to rule reaches the masses, is there a lack of great abilities in the direction of society?
— ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
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| Knickerwallahs
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old-fashioned outfit, the RSS is going for an image change. And though khaki shorts
are not yet passé, Bermudas are welcome. Bishakha De Sarkar reports ... |
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