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| Wonder and melancholy |
| Railway tales and travails from colonial India |
| Shortly after its introduction in the 1850s, the railway network not only radicalized travel in India but also quickly became a rich source for real and fictional adventures and fantasies. Yet, a railway journey was not an enviable experience for all... |
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| Absent hour |
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Sir — It is a matter of shame that our elected representatives not only attend Parliament irregular ... |
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| Close ties |
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Sir — Russia should feature more prominently on India ’s foreign policy map (“Gorshkov deal buzz”, ... |
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| Ugly truth |
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Sir — In the last three decades, I have travelled extensively across all major cities in India . D ... |
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| Bravehearts |
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Sir — Even as we sit soaking in the warmth of a new year, our thoughts go out to the soldiers deplo ... |
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| YOUNG REBELS |
| Some young people will never learn. After Shashi Tharoor twittered that the new visa rules would not serve the purpose for wh...|
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| UNKNOWN CAUSES |
| According to the National Crime Records Bureau, West Bengal was the state with the highest number of suicides in 2005. In 200...|
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| Change of guard |
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Decades don’t usually have the courtesy to begin and end on the right year. The social and cultural revolution that Western c... | Read.. |
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