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| Uncommon sense |
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| Multiplying hatred |
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Sir — In “The cowed centre” (Feb 16), Ramachandra Guha is right in pointing out that while differe ... |
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Sir — Ashok Mitra’s “A crippling indifference” (Feb 18) throws up the problem of the rural poor. Al ... |
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Sir — The editorial, “Magic words” (Feb 15) focuses on an interesting development in Australia, whe ... |
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| OUT OF THE WARP |
| Louis XIV of France was certainly not the only ruler in history to think that he was the State. Revolutionary leaders have be...|
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| FATHER TIME |
| Cricket is an anachronism. Conceived as a leisure activity for Victorian gentlemen, it spread piggyback on the British Empire...|
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| Deadly number game |
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Barack Obama continues to be on a winning spree and America seems to be in the midst of much change and excitement, with fres... | Read.. |
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He said that he had learnt to trample on the past. In the beginning it had been like trampling on a garden; later it had been like walking on ground. — V.S. NAIPAUL
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| Juno’s crown |
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| Child of reason |
| Mike Marqusee’s first encounter with the bogey of Jewish ‘self-hatred’ was at the age of fourteen, when ... |
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