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| A man out of his time |
| Manu Shroff was an ironist worth chuckling with |
| IG Patel is a legend. He was the chief economist in the finance ministry in the 1960s. He left, rather than serve, a corrupt minister Indira Gandhi appointed in the ministry. Later on, he became governor of the Reserve Bank and director of the Londo... |
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| Not that bleak |
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Sir — Ashok Mitra has rightly pointed out the misery of Indian farmers in “The new gold rush” (Sept ... |
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| Early blow |
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Sir — India ’s debacle in the Champions Trophy can be attributed to Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s lack of ... |
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| Parting shot |
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Sir — As the demand for khoya kheer increases in the festive season, harmful synthetic kh ... |
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| THE FINE BALANCE |
| There is an unmistakable difference between a suggestion and an order. The distinction is valid even when someone as importan...|
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| BLOODY ACT |
| Killings in the name of a secessionist movement are not new in India’s Northeast. But the carnage in a village near Tezpur in...|
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| Lessons to be Learnt |
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In London last week, India was celebrated with much energy, generating connectivity with the world and a great deal of goodwi... | Read.. |
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| Men without women |
| If you were asked to name the leading lights of Western philosophy down the ages, the following will, without doubt, feature prominently: Friedrich Nietzsche, George Santayana... |
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| There is trouble in the air |
| It appears that the pilots who grounded the State-run Air India, thereby inconveniencing thousands, were indeed in the wrong. Understandably, passengers were furious with the... |
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The men with the muck-rakes are often indispensable to the well-being of society; but only if they know when to stop raking the muck.
— THEODORE ROOSEVELT
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