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| Spring cleaning |
| The chief economic adviser can influence economic policy |
| The Economic Survey is presented to parliament the day before the budget. If it is inferred that it is a part of the budgetary process, the surmise would be wrong. The budget is primarily in the ambit of the revenue department, although the ch... |
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| Shame story |
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Sir — The score card that comes at the end of the editorial, “Neighbourhood watch” (March 8), puts ... |
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| Poor magic |
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Sir — Lalu Prasad, a failed hero in his own state, has earned laurels for being a stellar railway m ... |
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| OF DIFFERENCES |
| The spectacle of two rival formations claiming the right to form a government may seem to be the sign of a healthy democracy....|
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| GROUND REALITY |
| Politics is also the art of the impossible. The National Front or Barisan Nasional, which has retained political control of ...|
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| The battle goes on |
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The amazing and persistent campaign carried out by a TV channel in an effort to prevent the imminent death of the great Benga... | Read.. |
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| Suited for the job |
| Papiya Sultana Alam, who is soon going to be the first Muslim woman police officer from West Bengal, loves to work in positions of power. After doing her MBA, she could have o... |
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| Caught between the home and the world |
| At one of the major traffic junctions in central Calcutta, a crowd of raggedy, bright-eyed girls of different sizes comes skipping up to the windows of the interminably waitin... |
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I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.
— HENRY DAVID THOREAU
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