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| Creatures of the State |
| Public order now seems unable to admit of common humanity |
| The nakedness, degradation and exploitation of women mental patients in Calcutta’s Pavlov Mental Hospital is engaging the media. No doubt public attention will shift elsewhere in a week or two. Who remembers the taxi driver who tried to kill himself ... |
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| Precious time lost |
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Sir — It has taken nine years for a Delhi court to deliver its verdict on the Shivani Bhatnagar mur ... |
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| Bitter parting |
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Sir — Taslima Nasreen has been sensible in going away from India (“Other freedoms”, March 23). She ... |
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| TOUGH CALL |
| In Pakistan, democracy has leapfrogged forward with the appointment and the swearing- in of the new prime minister, Yousaf Ra...|
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| TOO MANY |
| Nobody, in this day and age, will grudge the fact that bureaucrats should earn more and live better. After all, they should a...|
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| Where to From here? |
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With D.D. Lapang failing to muster the strength needed to prove his majority and resigning, Meghalaya joins the ranks of stat... | Read.. |
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