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| Debates and divisions |
| India, Pakistan and the Kashmiris need to sit at a rounder table |
| There is little doubt that the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, would like to leave a substantial legacy in Kashmir. But his options are not entirely clear. It is perhaps a reminder of the gap in perceptions that exists between Kashmir and the rest of... |
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| Many roads, single goal |
| Sir — Swapan Dasgupta’s
concerns about who exactly heralded the recent “expansion” of the Hindu
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| Landed in trouble |
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Sir ? ?Land shakes under Basu, judge feet? (Nov 20) is an interesting development. But one almost f ... |
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| HUNGER STRIKE |
| Fasting once in a while is good for health. The leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party must have had this well-known medical d...|
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| HERE TO STAY |
| A great many English teachers in West Bengal owe an easy life to what calls itself communism in the state. Getting to teach a...|
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| Big Brother to keep a watch |
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Late last month, the Union cabinet failed to decide on the draft Lokpal bill yet again (this was the ninth attempt since 1968... | Read.. |
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| A powerless weapon |
| Three bandhs in less than three weeks and the usual rituals of parties supporting or opposing them. Has anything changed for Bengal and its political parties? Even the ... |
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| Sharks, rays and chimeras |
| The 2004 International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Red List contains 15,589 species threatened with extinction. The assessment includes s... |
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And we are here as on a darkling plain/ Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,/ Where ignorant armies clash by night.
? MATTHEW ARNOLD
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