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| Oh, what a perfect day |
| A soiled Shakespearean hero on a London bus |
| Precisely because it is such a straight town in so many ways, when London throws up a surreal day it seems that much more fantastical. Order disintegrates more easily in cities such as Calcutta or Paris. These and certain other cities seem like natur... |
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| Save the silence |
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Sir — If one looks for some solitude in the adjoining areas of one’s home, it is probably best to ... |
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| End of an era |
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Sir — The demise of Habib Tanvir is a moment of great sorrow for the nation. Tanvir always gave exp ... |
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| Parting shot |
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Sir — Most people have unused spectacles lying around the house. Shopping malls, schools and clubs ... |
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| NOT A LONELY HEART |
| The author is dead, so is the songster. But the words live, as does the music. The tragic end of John Lennon, a key member of...|
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You can have a men’s novel with no women in it except possibly the landlady or the horse, but you can’t have a women’s novel with no men in it. Sometimes, men put women in men’s novels but they leave out some of the parts; the heads, for instance.
— MARGARET ATWOOD
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