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| Look back on Lahore |
| How not to write the history of a city |
| The straightforward title was appealing — it promised a fact-filled account of the city’s journey through the centuries. The title page informed me that the author was a former professor of history at the University of the [West] Punjab, and that he ... |
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| Pleasantly austere |
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Sir — I read K.P. Nayar’s “Good old filter coffee” (July 8) with much delight. In it, Nayar highlig ... |
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Sir — The trouble in Darjeeling over the demand for a separate Gorkhaland is an unfortunate one (“S ... |
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| High drama |
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Sir — The Parliament recently witnessed an uproar against a television serial that deals with child ... |
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| Parting shot |
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Sir — The stretch between Dum Dum station and cantonment is a neglected one. Since no transport is ... |
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| TALKS SANS TERROR |
| The India-Pakistan relationship was born under the star of controversy and suspicion. The advent of Islamist terrorism furthe...|
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| Not making too much sense |
| The title of the exhibition, Trying to make sense of it all, at Ganges Art Gallery (June 25-July 15), was telling enough. It made the reviewer’s job easier as it more t... |
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| Death in Arcadia |
| I was not sure how to react to the exhibition of paintings by Mizo artists held at Gaganendra Pradarsasala (From the Palette of Mizoram, July 9-12). ... |
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| Lacking credibility |
| Theatre Workshop’s latest, Jadio Galpa, is a revival of the Bengali play, Satyameva, by Sudipta Bhowmik, who lives in the US and composes drama for the Bengali community there... |
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| Delusions of grandeur |
| We had pinned high hopes on Mayavati’s rise to eminence as a Dalit leader. Her being elected as chief minister of Uttar Prade... |
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The English gentleman of gentlemen was he who had land, and family title-deeds, and an old family place, and family portraits, and family embarrassments, and a family absence of any useful employment.
— ANTHONY TROLLOPE
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