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| Of dak bungalows, compounds and bageechas |
| For the British rulers, whose morbidity and mortality rates were alarmingly high in an inhospitable land, trying to build homes and offices that minimized the ravages of disease and discomfort was by no means a minor preoccupation. As early as the e... |
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Sir — The British Hindu-turned-Muslim, Dhiren Barot, has been jailed for life for plotting terroris ... |
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Sir — On my way to college the other day, a clammy hand determinedly brushed against my body at the ... |
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| ABSURD QUOTA |
| Contradictions are of no consequence to Indian politicians. It has not yet struck them that the term, ‘Dalit Muslim’, is an a...|
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| SO MANY OTHERS |
| Indians, it appears to Mr Swraj Paul, are “taking over” London. But he adds in the same breath that they might get into troub...|
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A 91-year-old is the object of much attention in China these days. Will she accompany President Hu Jintao to India next week ... | Read.. |
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| Untouched by the democratic spirit |
| Political parties fighting with each other is a normal sight in any democracy. In neighbouring Bangladesh, however, that fight is not kept restricted to the floor of parliamen... |
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The author’s conviction...is that music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance; that poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music. — EZRA POUND
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