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| In search of a book |
| It all began with an inborn curiosity of the eye |
| The East India Company used to recruit its men at the gates of the jails: on a ship of convicts, preceded by a grim roll of drums, on November 7, 1754, the twenty-three year old Anquetil-Duperron sailed off in search of Zoroaster, whom his contempora... |
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| Choice matters |
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Sir ? The surveys referred to in Bishakha De Sarkar?s ?Who?s a virgin these days?? (Dec 4) were con ... |
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| Parting shot |
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Sir ? ?Is it a cat, a fox or a new carnivore?(Dec 7), reminds one of man?s eternally inquisitive na ... |
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| CHILD IN NEED |
| Childhood is a lost cause in India. The underprivileged child is exposed to hard labour, exploitation and abuse of every kind...|
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The origin of all sciences is in the desire to know causes; and the origin of all false science and imposture is in the desire to accept false causes rather than none; or, which is the same thing, in the unwillingness to acknowledge our own ignorance.
? WILLIAM HAZLITT
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Apocalypse now |
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cities have been struck by unprecedented floods. And cyclone
Fanoos is set to hit Tamil Nadu within days of Baaz. What’s
going on? The climate is starting to change, reports G.S.
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