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| WAITING FOR THE FARCE |
| India, the US and the Musharraf-Bhutto duo |
| When the politically pestilential Indo-US nuclear deal is not invading his thoughts, the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, must be reflecting on a foreign-policy hara-kiri he very narrowly avoided. This was a fatally flawed settlement with Pakis... |
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| Doubts of faith |
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Sir — It is astounding to note that in spite of the spiritual crisis that Mother Teresa underwent, ... |
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| OUTER SPACE |
| It seems not quite right to say that Indian cities are heartless places where people are left to perish alone on the streets ...|
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| RAKING MUCK |
| The army in Bangladesh, like its counterpart in Pakistan, never had any love lost for the country’s politicians. Fifteen year...|
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| Short Is Best |
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The curse of modern English is verbosity. And what a needless curse. Why be long-winded when you could be short? Why say or w... | Read.. |
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I’m a lucky man. I carry the world within me. You see, Salim, in this world beggars are the only people who can be choosers. Everyone else has his side chosen for him.
— V.S. NAIPAUL
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