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| Behind the peaceful rise |
| India may need the finesse of Vietnam in dealing with China |
| Pranab Mukherjee’s warning that nothing dramatic should be expected from Manmohan Singh’s visit to China recalled a passage in a paper that was lying on a café table in the central Vietnam town of Hoi An just before Christmas. It was Thanh Nien... |
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| Steal a pond |
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Sir — There are incidents that can happen only in India. The recent dispute over whether the 11- ... |
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| Poison ivy |
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Sir — I was shocked on reading about the serial killer called K.D. Kempamma, alias Mallika, who dup ... |
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| SMALL, BUT IT MOVES |
| The Tatas’ Rs-l-lakh car has been long in the making. For no fault of theirs, it got bad press in those years. The land acqui...|
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| Exit ladies, with picture |
| Dayanita Singh’s Ladies of Calcutta (Bose Pacia, until February 9), in spite of the affectionate drollery of its title, is an exacting exhibition. It is mounted profuse... |
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| Vision of life in brilliant colours |
| At a gathering to celebrate Paritosh Sen’s 88th birthday, the artist recounted his first encounter with Abanindranath Tagore. In the course of the conversation, Abanindranath ... |
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| Cops and housewives |
| Dario Fo has suddenly become the flavour of the theatrical season, with three versions of The Accidental Death of an Anarchist in three languages staged in the last thr... |
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It requires courage not to surrender oneself to the ingenious or compassionate counsels of despair that would induce a man to eliminate himself from the ranks of the living; but it does not follow from this that every huckster who is fattened and nourished in self-confidence has more courage than the man who yielded to despair.
— SØREN KIERKEGAARD
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