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| Views from afar |
| Lévi-Strauss’s great gift was the gift of imagination |
| The passing of Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009) marks the end of an era in the study of human culture. He was in his time the most renowned anthropologist in the world, and perhaps more renowned than any other anthropologist at any time or in any pla... |
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| Reform with reason |
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Sir — In his article, “From enclave to empire” (Nov 5), Sukanta Chaudhuri has analysed the present ... |
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| Fatal delay |
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Sir — The death of a critically-ill kidney patient, Sumit Verma, who was not allowed to enter a me ... |
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| NOT QUITE NEW |
| The more things change, the more they stay the same. The ‘new’ disinvestment policy announced on November 5 looks suspiciousl...|
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| WALLS WITHIN |
| It is significant that as Europe celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, another long-standing plan f...|
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| In the Vicious circle |
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It is clear to the law-abiding, ordinary citizens of India that the corruption and abject degradation of the law and order au... | Read.. |
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| The president in his labyrinth |
| It was after Birnam Wood started moving towards Dunsinane that Macbeth finally became unhinged by fear. Until then, his self-assurance, in spite of the dire prophecies of the ... |
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| Pull down the house of disorder |
| The statement by the helpless home secretary of West Bengal, in the aftermath of the quid pro quo ‘deal’ between the Marxist institution and the Maoist insurgents, that... |
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If it turns out that there is a God, I don’t think that he’s evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he’s an underachiever. — WOODY ALLEN
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