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| Diffident diplomacy |
| China continues to outmanoeuvre India |
| Relations between India and China are being jolted by atmospheric turbulence. Some recent writings reminding India of the folly of confronting China, and warning that no concession will be made on the border issue as a recompense for not joining anti... |
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| Event management |
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Sir — The chief minister of West Bengal raised an unnecessary hue and cry over the naming of the ne ... |
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| THE SHORT VIEW |
| Cricket lovers know that a second innings is always off to a slower start than the first. This is especially true of a side t...|
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| LOST IN SPACE |
| Chandrayaan-I, India’s first lunar orbital satellite, is now a free-floating body in outer space following the snapping of In...|
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| ART FOR PEOPLE’S SAKE |
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India is about to swamp the art and museum scene in London end-September onwards. Anish Kapoor, albeit a true Londoner, is an... | Read.. |
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| After the winds died down |
| As I watched the waters rise on the Bidyadhari river, I was reminded of a passage in Amitav Ghosh’s Hungry Tide. Ghosh had described how the boundaries between land and... |
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| Rebuilding a ravaged land |
| A colleague and friend, Sujit Mandal, had his home on Bali island in the Sunderbans, washed away by Cyclone Aila. Sujit and I, along with other colleagues, students and friend... |
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The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion. — SAMUEL BUTLER
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