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| The
naturalized violin |
| One of the most creative examples
of cultural give and take |
| December is the most musical month
of the year for Carnatic music lovers in Chennai. I lived in Chennai (then Madras)
for some years when I worked in a publishing house, and one of the reasons I took
up the job was to learn music and hear as many con... | Read.. |
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| Permanent
help |
| Sir ? As usual, reason defies the
West Bengal government. Which is why Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has ... |
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| Breathing
fire |
| Sir ? The virtual ban on Behzti
following the ugly incidents at the Birmingham Repertory The ... |
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| Behind
the pout |
| Sir ? In the death of P.V. Narasimha
Rao, the country has lost a multi-dimensional personality who ... |
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| WHAT
TO SING FOR |
| The end-of-the-year disaster has altered
perspectives for looking at the year 2004. All human achievements seem puny in
the f...| Read.. |
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| It is the necessary nature of
a political in this country to avoid, as long as it can be avoided, the consideration
of any question which involves a great change...The best carriage horses are those
which can most steadily hold back against the coach as it trundles down the hill.
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| How
our scientists failed us |
| Five minutes after the
earthquake off Sumatra, seismologists in at least 20 Indian stations should have
known about it. G.S. Mudur reports on why it didn’t trigger thoughts of a
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