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| A touch too much |
| Treading the fine line between respect and reverence |
| Many years ago, I went to interview the journalist, Sham Lal, about his friendship with the anthropologist, Verrier Elwin. After he had told me how he first met the Englishman-turned-Indian, and got him to review novels pseudonymously for The Time... |
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| Border line |
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Sir — Aveek Sen has painted the tale of Khukuli Khatun with a lot of emotion, but not enough facts. ... |
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| Good cheer |
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Sir — These are troubled times for our country, and we need some news to cheer us up. I found one o ... |
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| JUST TEA AND MADELEINE |
| Shakespeare is shrinking. A recent survey conducted by a British newspaper shows that of his thirty-odd plays, numerous sonne...|
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| Chronicler of discarded spaces |
| The untitled black-and-white photographs in Shahid Datawala’s exhibition (Shadow Boxing, December 5-13, The Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre) compel the viewer t... |
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| Neither strange nor beautiful |
| The Kerala-born Roy Thomas conveys the essence of his recent works in the title of his exhibition at The Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre: From the vanishing point... |
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| Darkness and demons |
| As temperatures fall, Calcutta greets the winter rush of performers from outside. Nandikar’s National Theatre Festival commenced this week and a bouquet of Bangladeshi troupes... |
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Go hang yourself, you old M.D.!/ You shall not sneer at me./ Pick up your hat and stethoscope,/ Go wash your mouth with laundry soap;/ I contemplate a joy exquisite / I’m not paying you for your visit./ I did not call you to be told/ My malady is a common cold.
— OGDEN NASH
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