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| Towards the final push |
| Prachanda seems to be in a win-win situation |
| The belief that erstwhile “liberation” movements can effortlessly abandon their guns and bleak underground existence to enjoy political power wrested through the ballot has always been a guiding principle of Indian democracy. From the mainstream comm... |
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| Advice to the master |
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Sir — Although Team India’s World Cup dreams have ended, and the fans have more or less come to ter ... |
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| COACH STOP |
| Greg Chappell has not only resigned from his job as the coach of the Indian cricket team, he is also resigned to his fate. It...|
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| WITHOUT CARE |
| The rescue and resuscitation of an elderly woman in posh south Calcutta reinforces a stereotype — a progressive society’s p...|
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| Debate and Discuss |
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My last column brought one reaction that suggested I had been unfair in my criticism of the prime minister, Manmohan Singh. I... | Read.. |
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In the best comedy, there is clearly something wrong, but it is secret and unstated — not even implied. Comedy is the public version of a private darkness. — PAUL THEROUX
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| Mystery man |
| The Castle in the Forest By Norman Mailer, Random House, $ 15.75... |
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