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| Advani’s faux pas |
| Of mysterious trillions deposited overseas |
| Nothing succeeds like outrage. Lal Krishna Advani’s claim that resident Indians had deposits between $0.5 and $1.4 trillion in Swiss banks has caused great excitement. Thanks to his eminence, my refutation of his claim in The Telegraph of Apri... |
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| People’s power |
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Sir — André Béteille’s article, “The electoral process” (April 14), was educative and absorbing. It ... |
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| Too few good men |
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Sir — My sister had applied for a passport at the Calcutta office. I was not aware of this fact unt ... |
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| SHOCK VALUE |
| It is alarming that crucial decisions regarding something as fundamental to human health and happiness as sexuality are taken...|
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| OLD FRIENDS |
| One’s friend’s enemy is not necessarily one’s enemy. In fact, he can be a “good friend”. The Tamil Nadu chief minister threw ...|
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| Put them to the test now |
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The constant talk of dynasty with reference to the Gandhis, with all the jibes directed to that word, is beginning to pall. W... | Read.. |
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| Clothes and the politician |
| Clothes are what we keep between our bodies and the world. They are what the eyes hit against when we look at another person. They remove most of the body from view, compellin... |
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| The fair art of power dressing |
| The vision of the Hindu wife taking on the world is unmatched in its power and glory. Look at Sushma Swaraj. Not all wives are anxious to display their wifely status when they... |
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| Threadbare |
| During his first trial in India, held in Ahmedabad in 1923, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was asked by the judge what his occupation was. Gandhi replied, “Farmer and weaver.” Th... |
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The moon is nothing/ But a circumambulating aphrodisiac/ Divinely subsidized to provoke the world / Into a rising birth-rate.
— CHRISTOPHER FRY
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