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| Gift of the gab |
| Making sense of Gordon Brown’s call to learn English |
| Both the Inglish-Hinglish (as Lalu Prasad might say) aspect of Gordon Brown’s trip and his wife’s sartorial fantasies attracted public attention. But while Sarah Brown’s dressing served British interests, her husband’s offer of linguistic training co... |
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| Flagging care |
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Sir — It is usually observed that after Independence Day and Republic Day celebrations are over, mi ... |
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| Ace of yore |
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Sir — Ramachandra Guha’s “Recalling a touch artist” ((Jan 19) took me back to mid-1959, when I was ... |
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| Chimp talk |
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Sir — I was deeply moved by the photograph of Babu, the chimpanzee at the Alipore zoo in The Tel ... |
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| MARBLE AND MOONLIGHT |
| What is it that people play out when they get themselves photographed in front of the Taj Mahal? Sometimes these people are ...|
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| A perfect mix of colours |
| Young artistes dominated the night-long Sabrang Sangeet Sammelan at Kala Mandir on December 19. The festival and Sabrang Music Trust, which organizes it to commemorate Ustad B... |
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| Speaking in many voices |
| Rangakarmee’s festival of solo performances by women, Ekal Yatra, featured six mainstage plays and four open-air recitals of traditional songs and dance. Among the six ... |
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They are the most embarrassed people in the world, the English. You cannot look each other in the face...Is there anyone not embarrassed in England? The Queen perhaps. She is not embarrassed. With the rest it’s ‘I won’t make you feel bad as long as you don’t make me feel bad.’ That is the social contract. Society is making each other feel better. — ALAN BENNETT
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