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| Bengali corporatism |
| Development in West Bengal has been strikingly top-down |
| Being a west Indian, I never met a Bengali till I was through my teens. My image of Bengal was shaped by Rabindranath Tagore, Bipin Chandra Pal and Satyajit Ray. I used to think that the Bengalis were the most talented Indians. When I went abroad, I ... |
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| Murders most foul |
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Sir — The year 2006 ended with the gruesome news of the “Mass murder of kids” (Dec 30) in Noida. Su ... |
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| Share the blame |
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Sir — The editorial, “Alas, poor Bengal”(Dec 30), rightly points out that in the charade of the 25- ... |
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| ARMY IN SHAME |
| One of the cardinal principles of any democracy is the subordination of the army to civilian rule. The symbolic manifestation...|
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| LEARNING WELL |
| The goals that Indian politicians set themselves rarely go beyond their own partisan interests or the next poll. It is not of...|
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| A grave and costly flaw |
| Saddam Hussein’s execution hangs like a shroud over the new year. Two days before Bakri Id, the Americans probably thought it would be a nice gift to the Shias of Iraq. By all... |
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| Thoughts on a silent spring |
| I shudder to think of a world in which no birds sing. The terror I feel on imagining such a world is not just poetic but practical as well. If there is no gang of murderous sp... |
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We attended stables, as we attended church, in our best clothes, thereby no doubt showing the degree of respect due to horses, no less than to the deity. — OSBERT SITWELL
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