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| Off the high horse |
| Mixed feelings about the Olympic torch |
| Aamir Khan is in trouble for being slippery about running with the Olympic torch. He made the mistake of saying that even as he celebrated the spirit of the Olympics by participating in the torch relay, his prayers would be with the people of Tibet. ... |
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| Songs of experience |
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Sir — Ashok Mitra agrees in principle with the claim that a crusade must be fought to save the tige ... |
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| Building blocks |
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Sir — The report, “Dublin kids build Bankura school” (April 7), talks about the munificence and gen ... |
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| Who put her in? |
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Sir — News channels across the country took a break from their routine stories to report the rescu ... |
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| NO RETURN |
| The judiciary and the government are oddly divided in Britain over what to do with migrant professionals. In November 2006, t...|
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| STAY FOCUSED |
| It is undeniable that there are thousands of people in India who are not in a position to afford the financial burdens of a l...|
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| Ships on restless waters |
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Indian research institutions have been concentrating for some time on the purchase procedure, user limitations and the suppli... | Read.. |
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| Girls who want to be boys |
| I am not sure if Lakshmi knows this. Last month, when the finance minister of West Bengal, Asim Dasgupta, was announcing on the assembly floor a monthly grant of Rs 100 for po... |
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| To catch a runaway child |
| Para teachers working for schools in the southern suburbs of Calcutta have acquired the appellation of chheledhora in the surrounding villages. Entrusted with the respo... |
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It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
— P.G. WODEHOUSE
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