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| Public institutions |
| The idea of the university as inclusive is a modern idea |
| Although it is widely if not universally endorsed and admired, democracy as a political system is still on trial in many parts of the world. This is true not only of the ex-colonial countries of Asia and Africa, but also of the transitional societies... |
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| Coming together |
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Sir ? The confluence of East and West symbolized in the violin, and celebrated by Githa Hariharan i ... |
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| Freedom to be |
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Sir ? Swapan Dasgupta?s contention, ?Secularization of democracies has gone too far?, is based on a ... |
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| Images of hope |
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Sir ? The front-page photograph on the January 1, 2005 edition of a girl holding a few biscuits was ... |
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| LOCAL MONITOR |
| It is prudent of the government of India not to have reacted strongly to the United States of America?s naval presence in Sri...|
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| LIP SERVICE |
| Teachers must look dull: that alone would convey the misery of their profession. The impulse behind the circular for teachers...|
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It should have been the best of times for newsrooms across the world. A gigantic, grotesque catastrophe that had readers actu... | Read.. |
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| How to get back the missing teeth |
| With the elections to the Calcutta municipal corporation and many civic bodies in the districts scheduled between April and June, it is safe to predict that Bengal?s political... |
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Crime is a socio-political artifact, not a natural phenomenon. We can have as much or as little crime as we please, depending on what we choose to count as criminal. ? HERBERT LESLIE PACKER
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