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| Gangland battles |
| Why politics is not a career option for the meritorious young |
| There might have been no need for a managed miracle this week if the Lok Sabha had not spectacularly illustrated what M.K. Dhar, a former joint director of the Intelligence Bureau, calls “gangland democracy” in his recent account of sordid politics.... |
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| City blights |
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Sir — It is impossible to pass through Moira Street these days without being sickened by the sight ... |
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| OTHER CHURNINGS |
| Students protest for many reasons and their protests take many forms. But when a students’ body decides to hold back teachers...|
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| Drama on strings |
| This year, Ganakrishti’s just-concluded Natya Utsav — however truncated — went international, with invitees from Slovenia and Canada, and at the same time featured elem... |
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| Déjà vu? |
| There were the landscapes, seascapes and rockscapes; the grills and chairs and vistas; the parks and gardens in winter (picture, top); the children at play, the Tibetan young ... |
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| A strange cluster of eyes |
| The images by Nazlee Laila Mansur and Murshida Arzu Alpana were the most arresting in the otherwise pedestrian exhibition, Faces of Feminine Expressions from Bangladesh... |
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| Downloading in space |
| Did you know that if there were no gravity, you would not be able to empty your bowels as you do while you are on Earth? This... |
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We can’t define anything precisely. If we attempt to, we get into that paralysis of thought that comes to philosophers... one saying to the other: “You don’t know what you are talking about!” The second one says: “What do you mean by talking? What do you mean by you? What do you mean by know?” — RICHARD P. FEYNMAN
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