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| The economy of knowledge |
| India is treating knowledge as a commodity, not infrastructure |
| In our 63rd year of Independence, the Right to Education Act comes into effect on April 1. On the eve of its launch, the Union education minister has balanced our perspective by another resolve. India’s enrolment rate for higher education is around... |
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| Naked truth |
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Sir — The news report, “Husain cases to stay” (March 27), prompted me to share my views on M.F. Hus ... |
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| Rat race |
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Sir — The chief minister of West Bengal deserves praise for having forced his government to grant P ... |
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| GONE UP TO HALF |
| Women certainly have their uses. One of these is their function as a pretext for other people to feel virtuous. The whole cou...|
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| GENERALS’ SHOW |
| Even the worst dictators love to put up democracy shows. Aung San Suu Kyi would have been the last person in Myanmar to be mi...|
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| When freedom beckons |
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The Western media have been singing dirges to freedom in China ever since Google’s departure seemed certain. But surprise, su... | Read.. |
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| The gift of a second life |
| At the Mohan Foundation office in Chennai, the girls are just back from an organ donation camp they had helped organize at the Marina beach with the sponsorship of a major bic... |
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| Death wish |
| The Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994, is a curious piece of legislation. According to the law in India, in the event of the death of an individual, his family is empo... |
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He drew a circle that shut me out —/ Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout./ But Love and I had the wit to win:/ We drew a circle and took him in.
— EDWIN MARKHAM
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