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| Killer nerd in full kit |
| An Indian at the Olympics |
| When Abhinav Bindra won gold in the ten-metre air rifle event in the recently concluded Olympics, I was delighted. Like most Indians, I’d have taken a gold for underwater skateboarding over fifty metres for boys with gills if it had been a bona fi... |
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| Old order changes |
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Sir — Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his young team have done a commendable job in winning the ODI series ... |
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| Still on top |
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Sir — The king of pop turned 50 recently (“Once a superstar, Jackson turns 50”, Aug 30). I wish ... |
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| Parting shot |
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Sir — It is not often that one gets to meet a good Samaritan in real life. Imagine my surprise when ... |
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| NEW INVENTIONS |
| At a first glance, the finance minister’s announcement of farm loan waiver was an invitation to all farmers never to repay ba...|
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| MOTHER COURAGE |
| John McCain is a man of surprises. He came across as the perfect maverick when he hinted at Joseph Lieberman — the “Independe...|
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| Medals before pleasure |
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Despite his failure to run in the 100 metre hurdles in Beijing, Liu Xiang was sent as part of China’s medalist contingent whi... | Read.. |
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| A starved and honoured lot |
| Who are “para-teachers”? Those in India who answer to that name do not themselves have any idea about what their designation is supposed to signify, and their employers are eq... |
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| No place for cherry blossoms |
| The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan was supposed to achieve its objective of Universal Elementary Education by 2010. As the deadline approaches, its name has been modified to Sarva Shik... |
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It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion. — WILLIAM RALPH INGE
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