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| The colonial hangover |
| Whatever successful expatriates say is worth its weight in gold |
| Football, the native variety of it, is a deadly serious business in the United States of America. The good Americans spend their weekend either thronging the stadium or staying glued to the television screen. On Monday morning, as bleary-eyed employe... |
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| Kleptocracy |
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Sir — India must be relieved of the heavy and ever-increasing burden of pensions, perks and privile ... |
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| Blood sports |
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Sir — One could say after Shakespeare, “Hypocrisy thy name is animal-lover (“Bull sport taken by ho ... |
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| Tax review |
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Sir — Bhaskar Dutta has been very insightful in his article “Growing alright” (Jan 16). There has i ... |
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| DRAGON FLY |
| A goodwill visit by a prime minister should be seen as such, and nothing more. Manmohan Singh’s visit to China was not expect...|
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| POPULARITY TEST |
| There are not many international examples left for Indian communists to draw their lessons from. But this one from the Maoist...|
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| paying the price of folly |
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The constant reference to elections — either mid-term or at the end of the term — drowns all ideas and initiatives that the g... | Read.. |
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It might be termed the Law of Triviality. Briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.— C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON
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