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| Kiss of death |
| The CPI(M)’s use of violence in Nandigram isn’t surprising |
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| Blood rites |
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Sir — The Centre and the Assam government should spare no effort in tracking down members of the Un ... |
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| TALKING POINT |
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| CHILD’S PLAY |
| A war of wills between father and son that ends in the death of the latter is rather unusual. But this is what seems to have ...|
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Think twice before you challenge the Scrabblocracy, as I did two weeks ago. Though it’s my favourite word-game, I made mock o... | Read.. |
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| Darkness visible and beckoning |
| There is a message for India in the comment of the French defence minister, Michele Alliot-Marie, that the flip side to China’s highly successful economic engagement with Afri... |
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| A difference difficult to maintain |
| The Supreme Court has recently distinguished between legitimate demands for “domestic expenses” from married women by their in-laws, and the extortion of dowry warranting crim... |
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A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence: I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence. — IDRIES SHAH
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