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| Sybils don’t like silk |
| The beauty of handmade clothes is lost on European women |
| We had an open weekend here earlier this month for an exhibition and sale of exquisite hand-woven Benares-silk designs. They are the work of a young Delhi designer who has researched historic weaves from India and from the collection at Topkapi Pala... |
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| Rocky terrain |
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Sir — A people’s movement is under way in the hills. The Gorkhas there are determined to have their ... |
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| BEATEN TRACK |
| The railway minister, Lalu Prasad, did not disappoint his supporters: he delivered the populist budget that everyone was expe...|
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| PLAYING HOST |
| A country cannot choose either its neighbour or the kind of government that the latter has. New Delhi would like to have a de...|
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| Little Choice |
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Rehana, fifteen-years-old, went on a hunger strike. She locked herself up and did not talk to anyone. Her parents relented. T... | Read.. |
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| No excuse |
| An 18-year-old boy who was convicted of raping a 10-year-old girl was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison (although the minimum prescribed limit is 10 years) by the... |
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| Tightening
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| Every year, almost two lakh people in India need kidney transplants and there are only 4,000 people donating them,” reveals Narendra Saini, media co-ordinator of... |
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The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you wish.
— VIRGIL THOMSON
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