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| We loved them once |
| Upon the centenary of D.D. Kosambi and Hiren Mukherjee |
| In this season of pragmatists and musclemen, thinkers are a distraction. It is therefore hardly surprising that centenaries of two outstanding ideologues — Damodar Dayananda Kosambi and Hirendra Nath Mukherjee — have passed almost unnoticed in the co... |
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| Rallying cry |
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Sir — As a housewife and mother of two, it had never occurred to me to involve myself in things lik ... |
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| Parting shot |
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Sir —The news of the French consulate coming back to Calcutta is no reason for the city to break in ... |
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| AFTER THE ACT |
| The owl of Minerva, it has famously been said, spreads its wings only after dusk. Wisdom is always post facto. After W...|
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| OF MANY NAMES |
| The Gorkhas of Darjeeling have long debated who they are and how they can relate to Bengal or to the rest of India. Long befo...|
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| Change the world |
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Sometimes one wonders whether the authority that is meant to govern this country is only interested in taking care of the nee... | Read.. |
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The shiny stuff is tomatoes./ The salad lies in a group./ The curly stuff is potatoes./ The stuff that moves is soup./ Anything that is white is sweet./ Anything that is brown is meat./ Anything that is grey, don’t eat. — STEPHEN SONDHEIM
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| People’s history |
| No longer can these display prints, that once used to occupy pride of place in middle-class Indian homes, be written off either as kitsch or banalities ... |
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| King with a heart of gold |
| The state of Bikaner was founded in 1465 by Rao Bika, second son of Rao Jodha, who, again, was the founder of the city of Jodhpur... |
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