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| Images
of 2004 |
| Of two grand old men and the logic
of integrity |
| The course of Indian politics has
always been unpredictable, but it is hard to think of a year that rang in changes
more unexpected than 2004. The year began with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led
National Democratic Alliance in control, seemingly set t... | Read.. |
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| Candid
camera |
| Sir ? Whether or not the recent photographs
of Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapur in a Mumbai restaura ... | Read..
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| TOO
WARM FOR CHRISTMAS |
| Calcutta has never had the good fortune
of even dreaming of a white Christmas. The propinquity of the Tropic of Cancer
makes ...| Read.. |
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| Is it not possible that the rage
for confession, autobiography, especially for memories of earliest childhood,
is explained by our persistent yet mysterious belief in a self which is continuous
and permanent; which, untouched by all we acquire and all we shed, pushes a green
spear through the dead leaves and through the mould, thrusts a scaled bud through
years of darkness until, one day, the light discovers it and shakes the flower
free and ? we are alive...? This is the moment which after all, we live for ?
the moment of direct feeling when we are most ourselves and least personal. ?
KATHERINE MANSFIELD |
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| Beastly
tales |
| It’s the price you
pay for playing God. After toying with lion-breeding programmes for years, zoo
officials in India are staring at a man-made evolutionary disaster. G.S. Mudur
reports ... | Read.. |
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