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| Words and deeds |
| Indian gentlemanliness versus Chinese hectoring |
| It’s not often that Lee Kuan Yew, who has known every major Indian politician since Jawaharlal Nehru, admits to being “impressed” by a visitor from New Delhi. But after their meeting last week, he called Pranab Mukherjee “a thinking man” and “a very ... |
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| Dimmed brightness |
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Sir — The mysterious death of the full-grown Royal Bengal tiger continues to baffle all (“Tiger dea ... |
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| SILLY MISTAKE |
| All religions, it is politically correct to say, oppress women. That is true, but some religions are unrelentingly harsh on m...|
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| Iqbal’s Hindu relations |
| I am beholden to P.V. Rawal of Jammu for sending me a photograph of Allama Iqbal’s Kashmiri Brahmin family taken in Sialkot i... |
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| How not to get acts together |
| Contrary to what some cynical readers think, most critics don’t write their reviews before the event. But I must confess that when I learnt of Theatrecian’s new project, Edwar... |
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| Songs sung true, and untrue |
| Although Rabindranath Tagore’s own musical training was in Hindustani classical music, he faced much criticism when, as a composer, he began to make use of it. He was accused ... |
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| Rehearsing the steps |
| To organize dance workshops under the guidance of renowned dancers and gurus has become a rage these days. How much the participants can master within this short span o... |
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So long as a man rides his hobby-horse peacefully and quietly along the king’s highway, and neither compels you or me to get up behind him, — pray, Sir, what have either you or I to do with it?
— LAURENCE STERNE
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