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| The Second Republic |
| Part history, part prophecy |
| It wasn’t till the 2030s that the history books came to see the election of 2009 as the historical prelude to the Second Republic, the first leapt hurdle to the run-up to the Reconstitution of 2017 when a great assembly of sadhus and shanka... |
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| Direct speech |
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Sir — This is in response to the well-argued editorial, “Need to speak”, and “A talk without frills ... |
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| Parting shot |
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Sir — Steve Waugh’s efforts to clean up the Thakurpukur Canal is indeed noble. It is imperative th ... |
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| BIG DROP |
| The March index of industrial production shows a fall of 2.3 per cent from previous March. This is the largest proportional d...|
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| CLOSE QUARTERS |
| Numbers, not political loyalty or logic, make a coalition government survive or fall. Meghalaya’s new government, too, is bor...|
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| Hell on earth |
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Censorship here has reached absurd limits. A hit-and-run accident has now become the subject of a media ban. But thanks to th... | Read.. |
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| Poised between mistrust and faith |
| Some weeks ago, as I was racing down the stairs of the Chandni Chowk metro station, a burly policeman stopped me to inspect my bag. As I waited for his leisurely rummaging to ... |
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| There may be moments when even the most earnest voter wishes he did not have to gaze upon the faces of the leaders of his preferred party at every turn, twist and jump of his ... |
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| Under the Nano spell |
| The ultra-cheap Nano car may make the Communist Party of India (Marxist) pay dearly in the Lok Sabha elections. Or so it seems. The tiny car sits at the hub of huge controvers... |
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There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
— G.K. CHESTERTON
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