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| The spin master reveals |
| Diary of an exponent of the art of opinion manipulation |
| As long as he was prime minister, Tony Blair bottled up his feelings. But last month he said bitterly that competition had led the British media to hunting in a pack: “In these modes it is like a feral beast, just tearing people and reputations to bi... |
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| Kodak moment |
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Sir — The photograph of the Trinamool Congress leader, Mamata Banerjee, greeting Jyoti Basu on his ... |
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| Stripped bare |
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Sir — The different public reactions to Pooja Chauhan’s semi-nude march on the streets to protest a ... |
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| Parting shot |
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Sir — I love reading Amit Chaudhuri’s articles. They are hilarious. He uses words like “ludic-plang ... |
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| An apology |
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This refers to the Diary item, “Maid still in waiting” (July 15), about Kiran Bedi. Ms Bedi called ... |
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| ALL LINED UP |
| The premiership of the nation now entails the job of selling dreams. Perhaps it also requires this seller to be a dreamer him...|
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| KILLING BLUNDER |
| It is bad enough for anyone to become a captive of some militant group in the North-east. The bizarre case of the abduction a...|
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| Shadows At The Tunnel’s End |
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We can cope with that in the way we do each year during the Republic Day parade rehear- sals that disrupt the travel schedule... | Read.. |
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| Just
a day at the museum |
| It was a bleak grey day on which I entered the portals of Calcutta’s Indian Museum and was greeted by even more greyness inside. The huge ill-lit chambers with their musty sme... |
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He had one peculiar weakness; he had faced death in many forms but had never faced a dentist. The thought of dentists gave him the same sick horror as the thought of Socialism. — H.G. WELLS
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