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| Unfair claims |
| The actions of a few NRIs reinforce stereotypes in the UK |
| Pratibha Patil has been and gone with London — which the ultra-nationalist British National Party says is no longer a British city — hardly any the wiser. For her part, the president is unlikely to have realized how large some non-resident Indians lo... |
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| A fair price to pay |
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Sir — It is common for industrialists to acquire land at throwaway prices that they do not, or only ... |
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| Sour grapes |
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Sir — It is difficult to understand why the Shiv Sena has put the blame for its defeat in the stat ... |
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| Guilt trip |
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Sir — It is both astonishing and disappointing to know that Andre Agassi had used a recreation crys ... |
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| DARK LADY OF INDIA |
| In India myths endure. So it is not surprising that many myths surround the persona of Indira Gandhi who was assassinated tod...|
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| Lost and found in isolation |
| One of the finest Indian dramatists of human relationships and one of our finest senior actors join hands on Mukhomukhi’s Atmakatha. The combination of Mahesh Elkunchwa... |
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| Barely up to the mark |
| Sanjib Sen’s photographs (Skin, Ganges Art Gallery, October 20-31) are an unremarkable attempt at re-imagining the female nude as a fecund, natural landscape. The theme... |
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| Borrowed ideas |
| Mon Art Gallery’s exhibition, You show promise (October 9-25), leaves one in doubt about the future of art in Bengal. The works of 15 ‘young’ artists were on display bu... |
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| Two poets |
| Jibanananda Das is easily the most significant Bengali poet since Rabindranath Tagore... |
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| Mysterious affair in London |
| Now that everyone is talking about the affair between our first prime minister and the last vicereine of India, Lady Edwina M... |
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If I laugh on that particular day I become so filled with Laughing Gas that I simply can’t keep on the ground. Even if I smile it happens. The first funny thought, and I’m up like a balloon. And until I can think of something serious I can’t get down again. — PAMELA LYNDON TRAVERS
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