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| Greater priorities |
| The time has come for India to transform higher education |
| The rankings of Asian universities, recently released by Quacquarelli Symonds, is a glaring reminder of the bleak state of higher education in the country. Not even one Indian university is included in the top 20 Asian universities. While Japan is, a... |
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| Careful with death |
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Sir — The Supreme Court was very humane in advising the judges to “think twice before awarding the ... |
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| Grey world |
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Sir — A couple of days back, television channels aired celebrations of the World Environment Day. O ... |
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| HARD TALK |
| Offence is the best defence. Although India is nowhere close to adopting this cardinal maxim of Pakistan’s good neighbourline...|
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| BOWED OUT |
| “What cares these roarers for the name of king?” a Shakespearean sailor asks in the middle of a great storm, his grammar dese...|
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| The price of disorder |
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The latest report on Pakistan once again emanates from the Pentagon’s documents, and the contents are neither unexpected nor ... | Read.. |
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| Ghost stories |
| “I have passed!” my friend, let’s call him Salim, told me on the phone. He lives in a village in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas, and he was referring to his Madhyamik exams. ... |
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| What’s wrong with the thirteenth floor? |
| In 2009, it might be a discovery to find someone who wouldn’t shudder at the thought of burning a woman alive on her husband’s pyre. Then again, many of us would be equally su... |
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man’s pleasure when they come a cropper. — E.M. FORSTER
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