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| The local globalist |
| A challenging and combative presence |
| Open a newspaper in Bangalore on any random day, and in any language, and the chances are that you will see a photo of U.R. Anantha Murthy in it. Kannada novelist and English professor, author, activist and orator, Anantha Murthy, is the chief guest ... |
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| Wrong medium |
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Sir — Shashi Tharoor using Twitter to comment on the visa policy of the ministry of external affair ... |
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| New vision |
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Sir — While releasing the Pratichi Education Report, Amartya Sen demanded the overhaul of the prese ... |
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| CHANGE TO NOWHERE |
| The Nobel laureate, Amartya Sen, can always be trusted to pose important questions, and to hold up a mirror before the people...|
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| Meaning in the making |
| Context, as the OED explains, refers to “the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood”. A context... |
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| In another name |
| Sangeet Ashram’s programme at Kala Mandir (December 18) featuring the acclaimed singer, Ajoy Chakraborty, turned out to be memorable for the wrong reasons. The singer set out ... |
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| As the eye moves along |
| Prashant Panjiar’s photographic project, Pan India: A Shared Habitat (Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, December 19-29), has two objectives. First, it seeks to o... |
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| Still night, holy night |
| Though somewhat belated, I wish all my readers a merry Christmas and a very happy new year. Christmas is the only religious f... |
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“Pray my dear,” quoth my mother, “have you not forgot to wind up the clock?” “Good G—!” cried my father, making an exclamation, but taking care to moderate his voice at the same time, — “Did ever woman, since the creation of the world, interrupt a man with such a silly question?”
— LAURENCE STERNE
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