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| Selectively virtuous |
| The Taslima controversy will test the integrity of the Left intelligentsia |
| A mail arrived in my inbox last week, as part of a circular sent to many people with some connection to the press. Addressed to “The Chief Editor/ Photographer”, it read: “We request you to cover the demonstration that AIDWA is organizing against the... |
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| Shut down and reboot |
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Sir — The front-page photograph of our “Laptop Leaders” on December 7 was most amusing. Of course, ... |
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Sir — The results of the Part I examination of Calcutta University have come out. The number of dis ... |
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| ANIMAL INSTINCTS |
| No one can claim that there is a dearth of interaction between animals and their viewers at the Calcutta zoo, which sets both...|
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| Doubly perfect |
| A two-piano recital in Calcutta is a rare thing since we all know that there are no really decent ‘two grand pianos’ to be found in any ‘one’ place. The Calcutta School of mus... |
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| Young and full of promise |
| Young people’s theatre continues to flourish in Calcutta, its variety offering local audiences a wide table to taste from. Often the target of unjust patronizing remarks merel... |
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| Quantity over class |
| A photography exhibition comprising 35 monochrome prints, 61 colour prints and the same number of colour slides is expected to be diverse. The point of interest in such a show... |
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| Pretty little things |
| If child is the father of man, then the future of visual arts in West Bengal seems bright enough. Xpressions’07 (November 24-30), an exhibition of artworks by young adults, ... |
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| Under Southern eyes |
| I was under the impression that Bhajan Lal of Haryana was the megastar of political nautankis, who could perform acrob... |
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There is, of course, a certain amount of drudgery in newspaper work, just as there is in teaching classes, tunnelling into a bank, or being President of the United States. I suppose that even the most pleasurable of imaginable occupations, that of batting baseballs through the windows of the RCA Building, would pall a little as the days ran on. — JAMES THURBER
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