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| Time for better seeds |
| What has caused the current global food crisis? |
| What do Bolivia, Cameroon, Egypt, Indonesia, Senegal and Uzbekistan have in common? The answer is that all these countries have recently witnessed riots and violent demonstrations as people have gone on the rampage to protest against the scarcity of ... |
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| Loose talk |
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Sir — It seems that the world has not heard the last of ‘Bushisms’. As the holder of the most impor ... |
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Sir — As an ex-student of Presidency College, I am shocked to know that the college has decided to ... |
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| FOOT IN MOUTH |
| Inanity is ideology-neutral. This is demonstrated by George W. Bush’s recent comment on the global food shortage, and also by...|
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| CASTE OUT |
| How new is New Delhi? For the many Dalits who come from all over the country to study, work and live in the capital, the city...|
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| Clouds on the horizon |
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The revival of the movement for a separate Gorkhaland has caused apprehensions that it would encourage further divisive tende... | Read.. |
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| Bill of rights for
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| Rajeev Ranjan, a sattu seller on Strand Road, is always ready to pack his wares and leave in the event of an anti-hawker raid by the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC... |
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| Street Legal |
| A man’s pension was withheld because disciplinary proceedings were pending. They were eventually dropped and the benefits paid to him four years after his retirement. He appr... |
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People sometimes divide others into those you laugh at and those you laugh with. The young Auden was someone you could laugh-at-with.
— STEPHEN SPENDER
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