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| President abroad |
| Patil’s visit to Latin America is more substance than ceremony |
| Presidential visits abroad are usually remembered by journalists for the vignettes they offer. One of the most memorable anecdotes to emerge from a state visit by any Indian head of state was during Zail Singh’s travel to Tokyo. Between the time the ... |
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| Unkindest cut |
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Sir — It was horrifying to see elderly persons, who had once been responsible for the security of t ... |
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| Parting shot |
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Sir — In “Imagine a better India”, (April 11), Malvika Singh says that Sheila Dikshit, Renuka Chowd ... |
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| DOUBLESPEAK |
| Many years ago, the walls of Calcutta buildings used to declare in ugly graffiti that “China’s chairman is our chairman”. The...|
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| NEAT DROP |
| Making an unpalatable point about performance while heading a coalition government requires confidence. The chief minister of...|
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| Green Men and Green Curves |
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April is England’s greenest month. The hedgerows and trees are breaking into leaf, fresh grass is sprouting, the corn sown la... | Read.. |
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| Online crimes, offline laws |
| Ratan Khasnabish, a business management professor at the University of Calcutta, fell a victim to a cyber crime recently. He was in for a rude shock when one of his friends wh... |
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| STREET LEGAL |
| In a murder case, the sister of the victim — married to the brother of the accused — deposed in favour of the accused. The trial court, while rejecting the contention of dowr... |
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O magic sleep! O comfortable bird,/ That broodest o’er the troubled sea of the mind/ Till it is hush’d and smooth!
— JOHN KEATS
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