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| Like father, like son |
| The culture of sycophancy in India’s oldest political party |
| On the night of July 22, soon after the United Progressive Alliance had won the recent trust vote in Parliament, I was in a television studio in New Delhi with a functionary of the Congress. The anchor of the programme I was participating in asked wh... |
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| Access denied |
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Sir — Corruption and favouritism in missionary institutions are nothing new. The controversial recr ... |
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| BENGAL: THE DARK AGES |
| The head of Tata Motors, Ravi Kant, has posed an extremely critical question to the people of West Bengal. Irked by the conti...|
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| Markets in a gallery |
| Shakila is no stranger to markets. Her public life, as it were, started in early childhood, in the Taltola vegetable market in Calcutta, where she would come every day from he... |
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| Memories of rain |
| It is almost customary now to present Tagore’s music on a research platform for the audience to seek beyond simple listening pleasure. Organizers of programmes are often compe... |
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| Elegantly reticent |
| Three artists are holding an exhibition called The Wandering Alchemist (till August 9) at Gallery Sanskriti. Two of them — Alexis Kersey and George K. — have much in co... |
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| Neat presentation |
| Padatik Dance Centre presented Soma Sen at their Buildwell Theatre on July 11. Daughter and disciple of Kanan Sen she has trained under Birju Maharaj, which was fairly eviden... |
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Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism. Indeed, I think it must be more agreeable, must have a more real savour, than optimism — from the way in which pessimists abandon themselves to it.
— ARNOLD BENNETT
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