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| Calling the election |
| Two psephologists and a clever pollster |
| Have you noticed that election analysis on television is a board game played by boys? Prannoy Roy, Rajdeep Sardesai and Vikram Chandra clicked and poked video walls and touchscreens to bring up numbers dreamt up by other men — pollsters like Dorab So... |
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| Lost cause |
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Sir — Political pundits like Ashok Mitra are still steeped in the cloistered understanding of the i ... |
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| FALSE START |
| In a sphere of activity where a week has been memorialized as a long time, twelve days should be enough to constitute a counc...|
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| GUARD THE SONG |
| Must a nation always take itself dead seriously? And should every element in the ritual of nationhood be absolutely beyond ir...|
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| Over fish and Pork |
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Which society treats its poor worse — China or India? Over a delicious Sichuan meal of steamed fish and minced pork with bun... | Read.. |
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| The truth about the Muslim vote |
| By now, the factors responsible for the awesome verdict in favour of the Indian National Congress and its allies in the 2009 elections are clear. The primary factor appears to be the overriding view... |
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| Struggle without an end in sight |
| “We are used to struggle,” said Mohammad Selim, standing on the narrow, crowded pavement before one of the shops selling flowers for the mazhar at Moulali junction. “B... |
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The greater cats with golden eyes/ Stare out between the bars./ Deserts are there, and different skies,/ And night with different stars.
— VITA SACKVILLE-WEST
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