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| Fundamental questions |
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| Though it’s a cliché that bombs have no names and terrorists no religion, the muffled drumbeat of religious wars can be heard beyond the clash of Durga Puja cymbals. Not only of Muslims pitted against a secular State but, more ominously, of Hindus wh... |
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| Dirty dancing |
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| Fresh wounds |
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| EXIT, PURSUED BY POLITICS |
| The inevitable does not produce any sense of shock. A month ago, The Telegraph wrote in these columns, “Singur is a ch...|
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| Art for jargon’s sake |
| When Alexander Hunter, a surgeon in the British military, founded the Madras School of Arts in 1850, he could have scarcely anticipated the direction in which this institution... |
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| Twisted, colourful fantasy |
| As an artist, Venkat Bothsa’s style isn’t quite original. It seems to have been inspired by the clichéd technique that projects painted images of the natural world on installa... |
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| Fluid poetry |
| Navtej Johar, the renowned Bharatnatyam exponent and choreographer, presented Fana’a: Ranjha Revisited at Kalamandir on September 10 as a part of the International Fest... |
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| Perfect harmony |
| A cluster of Rabindrasangeet singers presented Baishe at Gyan Manch on September 18. The entire programme was structured beautifully by the writer, Bani Basu, who strun... |
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| The man who loved Kashmir |
| If we have to name a Muslim who was the touchstone to test the secular pretensions of India, it would be Sheikh Abdullah with... |
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The capacity for human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animals. Some of their most esteemed inventions have no other apparent purpose, for example, the dinner party of more than two, the epic poem, and the science of metaphysics. — H.L. MENCKEN
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