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| Questions of policy |
| A clear focus on some areas of governance is vital for India |
| These past weeks and months, media commentary on India’s 15th general elections focused on alliances being made, broken, and contemplated. Millions of column-inches and hundreds of hours of airtime were devoted to the scrutiny of relationships — past... |
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| Empty coffer |
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Sir — The yawning fiscal deficit needs to be looked into more seriously by the government. The need ... |
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| House mistress |
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Sir —The news that Meira Kumar has become Speaker deserves applause, given the fact that the office ... |
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| Parting shot |
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Sir —The Supreme Court had issued an order forbidding smoking in public places. But is it really be ... |
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| VOICE OF THE FUTURE |
| In the beginning is always the word. Actions have to follow directly from policies that can only be articulated in words. The...|
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| But tell it aslant |
| Tell-Tale: Fiction, Falsehood & Fact at the Experimenter gallery (ended May 23) was a two-part exhibition bringing together 10 contemporary artists under a single c... |
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| Zeal over feeling |
| It is entirely praiseworthy that Rabindrasangeet artists like Rahul Mitra are making an effort to attract listeners to lesser-heard Tagore songs rendered faithful to the notat... |
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| Tragic drama |
| Akar Prakar is celebrating Shyamal Dutta Ray’s 75th birth anniversary (June 1-June 10) by exhibiting a private collection of his water colours, oils and prints along with the ... |
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A foreign correspondent is someone who lives in foreign parts and corresponds, usually in the form of essays containing no new facts. Otherwise, he’s someone who flies around from hotel to hotel and thinks the most interesting thing about any story is the fact that he has come to cover it.
— TOM STOPPARD
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