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| Two sides to democracy |
| The demolition of a Gandhian ashram in Chhattisgarh |
| In the early hours of May 17, while the rest of India was asleep after an election conducted honestly and won fairly, a massive contingent of police and paramilitary descended on a Gandhian ashram in the interior of Chhattisgarh. They woke up ... |
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| Saved by good sense |
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Sir — The best thing to emerge from this general election is that corrupt, casteist and unprinciple ... |
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| Risk factor |
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Sir — The Supreme Court of India has awarded a crore of rupees as compensation for a botched-up sur ... |
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| Not flying high |
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Sir — The report, “Copter helpers in net, blame on labour row” (May 5), is most frightening. Unrest ... |
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| Parting shot |
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Sir — One reason for the defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party was its support of the Left’s progra ... |
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| MIND THE GAP |
| It is an appalling fact that out of the 20 ministers (including the prime minister) sworn in on Friday, as many as eight were...|
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| A different closeness |
| When James Abbot McNeill Whistler had his dream of a pure visual music while looking at the old Battersea Bridge, he chose to call it Nocturne in blue and silver; but w... |
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| Too many pictures |
| It was difficult to walk around Shadi Ghadirian’s exhibition of photographs at 46, Satish Mukherjee Road (April 8-19) without knocking against pictures. For photogra... |
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| Wondrous journeys |
| Liberal dollops of magic, mirth, the merits of virtue and reminders of contemporary reality go into the making of two current Bengali productions aimed at ... |
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| Varied rhythms |
| Kalahridaya presented a Bharatnatyam performance at Gyan Manch on April 24. The artists of the evening were Satyen Sur, Dipika Das... |
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| The girls who disappear |
| When squadron leader Prem Kumar Khullar retired from the Indian Air Force, instead of looking for another job to supplement h... |
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“Would you — be good enough —” Alice panted out, after running a little further, “to stop a minute — just to get — one’s breath again?” “I’m good enough,” the King said, “only I’m not strong enough. You see, a minute goes by so fearfully quick. You might as well try to stop a Bandersnatch!”
— LEWIS CARROLL
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