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| Its own greatest enemy |
| The degradation of the Indian National Congress |
| One of the forgotten heroes of Indian democracy is Kumaraswamy Kamaraj. This withdrawn, monosyllabic, self-educated man from a backward caste background was instrumental in building a base for the Congress in south India. Later, as president of the n... |
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| Little choice |
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Sir — The editorial, “Right not to choose” (May 3), has dealt rightly with L.K. Advani’s declaratio ... |
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| Parting shot |
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Sir — The editorial, “Clean it up” (May 6), has raised issues that touch our daily lives. We are ex ... |
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| COOLLY INAPPROPRIATE |
| An animal, obviously, would not have done. But Section 160 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 does say that the El...|
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| The many shades of terror |
| Convincing nine Calcutta-based galleries to join hands and mount an equal number of exhibitions against terrorism in the city is no mean task. The exhibition, Art Against T... |
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| Rarely heard melodies at their purest |
| Joya Biswas (picture), the only woman sitar player of consequence to emerge since Independence, showed her mettle in the concluding recital at Sangeet Piyasi’s An evening w... |
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| An experiment in truth |
| Rudraprasad Sengupta’s Bengali adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s play, Six Characters in Search of an Author, directed by Ajitesh Bandyopadhyay, premiered at Muktangan i... |
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| Talking to the navel |
| I have not come across a work of fiction that told the story of Indian Punjab from its blood-soaked birth in 1947 to the pre... |
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With many women I doubt whether there be any more effectual way of touching their hearts than ill-using them and then confessing it. If you wish to get the sweetest fragrance from the herb at your feet, tread on it and bruise it.
— ANTHONY TROLLOPE
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