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| A scholar’s funeral |
| Leszek Kolakowski (1927-2009) |
| The Talmud, the great compendium of ancient rabbinic sayings, rulings and commentary, has the unforgettable line, “When a sage dies all are his kin.” The passing of a wise man means that even those who did not know him must mourn his death. The line ... |
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| Bitter truth |
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Sir — The Union ministry of information and broadcasting should set up a committee of psychologist ... |
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| OUT OF THE RACE |
| Once they lost the war in 1945, the Japanese had no use for the little petrol engines they used to power field telephones of ...|
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| CHANGING CITY |
| To breathe palpably cleaner air on a day that is not a bandh is a rare privilege for Calcuttans. It is, indeed, a meas...|
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| Dubious Victory |
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It was a triumph of democracy. On July 25, in a free election, Iraq’s Kurds finally elected a real opposition party to their ... | Read.. |
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