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| Bloodthirsty honour |
| In India, adults may vote, but they cannot marry who they choose |
| Eve teasing. Voluntary sati. And now, honour killings. These oxymoron-ridden phrases wreak violence on our language every day. They also mirror flesh-and-blood violence. Coercion, assault or murders continue to be exactly that, no matter how m... |
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| Misplaced sympathies |
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Sir ? The report, ?PM political baptism?(Oct 7), is needlessly goggle-eyed about the prime minister ... |
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Sir ? The government rhetoric that comes through in ?Austerity axe falls on cars to cash cows? (Sep ... |
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| SINGING THE WRONG TUNE |
| Politics has a tendency to overwhelm values and integrity. Think of the young Rajiv Gandhi when he became prime minister. He ...|
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What shall we say of the intelligence, not to say religion, of those who are so particular to distinguish between fishes and reptiles and birds, but put a man with an immortal soul in the same circle with the wolf, the hyena, and the skunk? What must be the impression made upon the children by such a degradation of man? ? WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
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| Taking
over tide country |
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Sundarbans is already gasping for breath. And experts warn it may soon be delivered
its coup de gráce. Debashis Bhattacharyya reports reactions to a gigantic
tourism project planned for the archipelago ... | Read.. |
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