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IN TODAY'S PAPER
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CITY NEWSLINES
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| Hour of the comprador |
| The rich have truly inherited the earth in India |
| A number of English dictionaries still refuse to recognize the word. They are fighting a losing battle. It has respectable Latin roots. The verb, comparatorem, originally meant ‘to compare’. After an interval of time, it came to mean ‘to purc... | Read.. |
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| Turbulent times |
| Sir — It is strange that on the one hand, a Bangladeshi court called Sheikh Hasina Wajed an “absco ... | Read.. |
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| Towering ugliness |
| Sir — I live in a nine-storeyed building on Alipore Park Road. The area between this and Burdwan Ro ... | Read.. |
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| ANYBODY THERE' |
| One of the issues that have stalked modern astronomers is the quest of a planet that might contain life. The search for such ...| Read.. |
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| ON A LEASH |
| Perhaps Presidency College should blame its own distinguished history for the West Bengal government’s reluctance to grant it...| Read.. |
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| Rotten to the core |
| Reading about south Asian politics leaves one feeling a trifle sick. The countries in this region were once home to a vibrant... | Read.. |
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| All the nice people were poor; at least that was a general axiom, the best of the rich being poor in spirit. — MURIEL SPARK |
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