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| Missing the wood |
| Just another instance of the tragedy of the commons |
| Till well into the 1960s, Indian railways used steam engines. The Bombay-Poona line and the local trains in Bombay and Calcutta had been electrified; but leaving those aside, billowing clouds of smoke marked the passage of trains across the Indian co... |
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| Serial blasts |
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Sir ? Leaflets found at the site of the August 17 blasts in Bangladesh indicated the involvement of ... |
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| POOR JOKE |
| What do India?s poor want and what keeps them poor? If the poor are those in the workforce of 400 million, or their dependent...|
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| GAZA IN REVERSE |
| Over the last few days, the Gaza Strip has been history?s hall of mirrors. Within the larger history of displacements ? itsel...|
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| Time to call the bluff |
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It is truly ironic that Manmohan Singh, who initially broke the shackles of the command economy and began to free the spirit ... | Read.. |
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| Out of sight, out of mind |
| Calcutta is ready for an image makeover. The chief minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, has announced that hand-pulled rickshaws will soon be taken off the streets. The reasons ... |
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| Why wait for a calamity? |
| Introduction: India has been traditionally vulnerable to natural disasters on account of its unique geo-climatic conditions. Floods, droughts, cyclones, earthquakes and landsl... |
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We know that the tail must wag the dog, for the horse is drawn by the cart;/ But the Devil whoops, as he whooped of old: ?It?s clever, but is it Art?? ? RUDYARD KIPLING
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