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| China requires no ‘harmonious settlement’ on Tibet |
| Some well-meaning commentators have sought to portray the present, with China’s new emphasis on a harmonious society and a harmonious world, as being propitious for a reconciliation between Beijing and the Dalai Lama. It could be the time, they asser... |
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Sir — In “Have prize, will talk drivel” (Oct 25), Roger Highfield advises the media to ignore the m ... |
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| VICIOUS CYCLE |
| Even by Bengal’s standards, the calls to shut down the state on two successive days are simply preposterous. The point is not...|
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| IN SECURITY |
| A threat perception is exactly that — a perception. Since that is abstract, it can be stretched to accommodate both fear and ...|
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| Waiting for the Messiah |
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With the Tehelka exposé we have been jolted, yet again, into the reality of modern India where there is no respect for the ru... | Read.. |
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| Back from the brink |
| The deliberation between the United Progressive Alliance and the Left on the issue of the civil nuclear agreement with the United States of America seems to be endlessly taxi... |
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| Home, and not just for the holidays |
| “I am more than satisfied with my decision to come back to India,” said Rashed, an IT engineer. In spite of the IT boom in India, he had opted to come to Saudi Arabia in 2005... |
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You cannot hope/ To bribe or twist,/ Thank God! the/ British journalist./ But, seeing what/ the man will do/ unbribed, there’s/ no occasion to.
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