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| Crude matters |
| The intricate links holding development, demand and supply |
| While the world crude price has risen by 100 per cent in the past one year, our double digit annual inflation rate stands at the moment at 11.05 per cent and the price of petro-goods as a whole has not risen more than 15 per cent. The charge of econo... |
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| Law to break |
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Sir — It is not entirely fair to blame the rise in divorce cases in India on the law that grants Hi ... |
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| Dark tea |
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Sir — It is sad if the bandh in the hills is affecting the supplies, and hence the trade in ... |
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| STATE OF CRISIS: II |
| Bad news about the economy is so sudden that its implications have not yet sunk in. All that has registered is the rapid rise...|
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| LITTLE RELIEF |
| When ordinary villagers take up arms to protect the relief material they are receiving from the administration, it is a telli...|
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| Fostered by the party |
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Immediately after the Sichuan earthquake last month, the authorities were overwhelmed with offers from across the country and... | Read.. |
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| The night of The Incredibles |
| Twenty-five years ago, where was I on June 25? With six of my friends, huddled around a television set at P 74 Lake Road. Television coverage had begun in Calcutta a few years... |
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| Pure happiness, even if it doesn’t last |
| It had rained on that muggy June night, twenty-five years ago. The night India won the World Cup. The match had ended late, and yet, after the win, the genteel folk in our loc... |
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| Sipra Sarkar (1931-2008) |
| Sipra Sarkar, who slipped into eternal darkness in the late hours of Tuesday, June 24, had no enemy save Time. She was born on May 30, 1931, and was the daughter of Susobhan S... |
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Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during a moment.
— CARL SANDBURG
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