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| Flight in security |
| How Indian airports take to knives, lighters and tennis balls |
| And so the first decade of the new millennium comes to an end, at least according to some people. Thinking and reading about the last ten years you get the feeling that everything was invented anew at the turn of the century, all the gizmos, all the ... |
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| Lessons not learnt |
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Sir — Anyone who believes in democracy will decry China’s decision to sentence Liu Xiaobo to 11 yea ... |
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Sir — As the editorial, “Year of gloom” (Dec 31), rightly says, the entire stretch of 2009 was imme ... |
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Sir — The Supreme Court has suggested that the government should legalize prostitution if it cannot ... |
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Sir — India is passing through a tough time, given the recent terrorist attack on Mumbai, the finan ... |
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| WAXING STATE |
| One of the most alarming aspects of the Left Front’s tenure in West Bengal has been the way it has expanded the role and auth...|
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From my pillow, looking forth by light/ Of moon or favouring stars, I could behold/ The antechapel where the statue stood/ Of Newton with his prism and silent face,/ The marble index of a mind for ever/ Voyaging through strange seas of Thought alone.
— WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
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