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| Waiting for Rahul |
| Political amnesia will not do the Congress any good in UP |
| It may have been a coincidence, but the day that Rahul Gandhi launched his road show in western Uttar Pradesh, a leading economic daily carried a significant news item on the state of the sugar industry. The sugar mills in UP, the showpieces of the M... |
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| Empty gesture |
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Sir — The report, “Mistakes and new site on Buddha’s lips” (March 29), makes it clear that an alter ... |
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| Red alert |
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Sir — Having taken the Sri Lankan air force by surprise, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has d ... |
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| BOLD
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a world terrorized by violent ideologies,
the execution of six Islamist leaders in Bangladesh
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| CLOSE
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a modern democracy, the information and broadcasting
minister’s job ought to hover precariously
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| With guns, but no guts |
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“I don’t want to second-guess the British after the fact,” said US navy lieutenant-commander, Erik Horner, “but our rules of ... | Read.. |
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The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animals. Some of their most esteemed inventions have no other apparent purpose...the dinner party of more than two, the epic poem, and the science of metaphysics.
— H.L. MENCKEN
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