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| The extra picture |
| Does the government’s misuse of funds qualify for a PIL? |
| It was a few weeks ago, at the height of the troubles in Lalgarh. The Union home minister was addressing a press conference. He had promulgated an order declaring the Maoists to be a banned organization. The order was pursuant to a colonial legislat... |
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| Trial and error |
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Sir — The acquittal of the six Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad students accused of beating to de ... |
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| Questionable conduct |
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Sir — It is unfortunate for the Kerala chief minister, V.S. Achuthanandan, that his politburo membe ... |
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| FOR CHOICE |
| Forty years have passed since Indira Gandhi nationalized banks. It was a political decision — a shot fired in her battle with...|
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| QUICK FIX |
| The people of West Bengal now have yet another reason to flock to state-run hospitals. A few days ago, the minister for healt...|
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| Troubled periphery
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“The incidents in China are, simply put, a genocide. There’s no point in interpreting this otherwise,” said Turkey’s prime mi... | Read.. |
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Carlyle combined the lit’ry life/ With throwing teacups at his wife,/ Remarking, rather testily,/ “Oh, stop your dodging, Mrs C.!”
— DOROTHY PARKER
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