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| Clio in a cusp |
| Popular history is not always bad history |
| The publication of William Dalrymple’s The Last Mughal: the Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857 has posed two very important and related questions. One is the status of popular history in India and among Indian historians. The other is the failure ... |
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| Parental guidance |
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Sir — It is amusing as well as frightening to know that the mother of a boy travelling alone in an ... |
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| In unjust lands |
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Sir — What happened to Prasenjit Ghosh of Bally after he protested against the harassment of his wi ... |
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| STARTING EARLY |
| The world is yet to bridge its colour divides. Not just black and white and olive, but also pink and blue. The recently relea...|
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Life is not all Beer and Skittles. The inherent tragedy of things works itself out from white to black and blacker, and the poor things of a day look ruefully on. Does it shake my cast-iron faith ? I cannot say it does. I believe in an ultimate decency of things: ay, and if I woke in hell, should still believe it !
— ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
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