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| The Gujarat bombings |
| Real terrorists and blockbuster villains |
| All acts of terror are shocking but the Gujarat bombs, both the ones that went off and the ones that didn’t, are peculiarly unnerving. Not because of the evident planning and coordination of the explosions — synchronized or serial explosions seem to ... |
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| Breach of trust |
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Sir — In the aftermath of the trust vote, it has become evident that apart from the Left — which ex ... |
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| Trial and error |
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Sir — Recently, the Supreme Court has refused a girl from Madhya Pradesh relief for falsely accusin ... |
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| A clarification |
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Sir — The report, “Relief boss shifted” (July 25), warrants some clarification. Atanu Purakayastha, ... |
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| TAMING INFLATION |
| William Simon, a former assistant secretary of the US treasury, once said, “Unless someone bites the monetary bullet, we are ...|
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| TAINTED GAMES |
| If the International Olympic Committee really expected a radical turnaround in China’s human rights record in the seven years...|
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| To Fly Without Wings |
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Suddenly, the days of scary flights have reappeared as if from nowhere. First, a fatigued flier of an Indian carrier had to b... | Read.. |
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| Wrinkle wrinkle, little star |
| We all know the boy who refuses to grow up. We love his cocky impishness, his talent for practical jokes, that élan with which he says and does all the wrong things. And how, ... |
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| Grateful dead |
| Why is it so impossible — and indeed, quite painful — to imagine Keats, Shelley and Byron as Victorian gentlemen photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron, with their Arnoldian s... |
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| Rekha will do, but Rishi won’t |
| I think I know why Salman Khan shaves his chest. He cannot afford to show his fans his greying chest hair. Mind you, this beefy man has just enough intelligence to know that... |
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| Weak in the flesh |
| V.V.S. Laxman is just a few months ahead of me in age, but I am sure he feels much older, especially during those times when selectors sit down to choose the Indian cricket ... |
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Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.
— CARL GUSTAV JUNG
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