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| Good old filter coffee |
| Austerity and waste in South Block |
| The new external affairs minister, S.M. Krishna, is changing the flavour of South Block. No longer are visitors to the first-floor office of the minister asked if they want tea or coffee. Instead, waiters walk in and out of his suite of offices and t... |
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| Fatal rides |
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Sir — Autos and minibuses are the worst nuisance on the roads. They have no regard for traffic rule ... |
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| WRONG CAMPUS |
| There is a yawning gap between a proposal and its acceptance and implementation. The finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee, has ...|
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| BAD REFLEX |
| In Jammu and Kashmir, it is the tail that seems to be wagging the dog. There is little doubt that the agitations in Baramulla...|
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| And It Is Not Difficult |
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Last time round we looked at two tiny words, but and yet. This week it’s the turn of a single one, their cousin... | Read.. |
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| Food,
glorious
food! |
| Selima Bibi, a resident of a shanty in central Calcutta, ignores her five-year-old son when he cries for food. She is going to boil some rice in a while but there’s precious l... |
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| Street Legal |
| Under Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, persons who act in furtherance of a common intention are jointly responsible for the offence committed.... |
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When I read Shakespeare I am struck with wonder/ That such trivial people should muse/ and thunder/ In such lovely language.
— D.H. LAWRENCE
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