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| India under attack |
| The Kabul blast signals dangers ahead on Indian soil |
| The blasting of the Indian embassy in Kabul shows the depth of animosity in Taliban-ISI circles towards our diplomacy in Afghanistan. For Pakistan, Afghanistan is the strategic backyard and any Indian presence there is an intrusion and a threat. Afgh... |
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| Tumble down |
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Sir — The animosity of the hill people was first directed against those from the plains. However, n ... |
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Sir — The news that car-maker, Maruti Suzuki, organized a Gramin Mahotsav in Singur came as a plea ... |
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| GRAVE POINT |
| The commonest pastime of Indian politicians in any serious situation is to indulge in conspiracy theories. It gives them a bi...|
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| LAGGING BEHIND |
| It does not require a great deal of number-crunching to establish that higher education in most of West Bengal’s districts is...|
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| Red with Shame |
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The Maoists in Nepal have had the first taste of what life can be like in a parliamentary democracy. Just when they were stru... | Read.. |
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| Street Legal |
| An enterprise issued blank cheques signed by its managing director and handed them over to another company with which it was doing some business. Later, when the latter was ... |
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| The abuse of
dowry law |
| Tears well up in Gautam Banerjee’s (name changed on request) eyes as he recalls the events of June 3, 2008, when he was escorted to his house by the police with a rope tied ar... |
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Life is a moment-to-moment struggle against hunger, or cold, or sleeplessness-against a sour stomach or an aching tooth.
— GEORGE ORWELL
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