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| The shining brass pole |
| In Calcutta, there is more for money to buy, less to enjoy as a right |
| We were entranced by the legend of the shining brass pole. It was supposed to run top to bottom in the Fire Brigade headquarters so that when the alarm sounded, athletic young firemen saved precious minutes by sliding down its polished surface to lea... |
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| Hour of darkness |
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Sir — I was very enthusiastic about ‘earth hour’, which took place on March 27. I switched off the ... |
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| Star-crossed |
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Sir — It is unfortunate that the Congress in Maharashtra has raked up a controversy over the appear ... |
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| Lost beauty |
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Sir — The Goa government’s decision to freeze all new mining proposals in the state has come too la ... |
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| Too dear |
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Sir — While a sizeable number of Indians survive on Rs 20 a day, those holding government jobs get ... |
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| LARGE COLLISION |
| The numbers say it all. Some Rs 36,000 crore are being spent to prove, among other things, what a physics graduate scribbled...|
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| Crafty acrobatics |
| Metaphors and symbols are so much a part of human thought, so woven are they into our speech and perception, our gestures and diet, our customs and taboos, that ... |
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| Beautiful illusion |
| It was hard to recognize the Art College campus. One was enveloped in the recreated ambience of the courtyard of Puri’s Jagannath temple, complete with the... |
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| Right chords |
| The relevance of a cultural expression that celebrates love and decries violence cannot be denied in the context of today’s strained international relations and senseless ... |
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| Little effect |
| True to its name, Experimenter gallery champions unusual art, although, as with experiments, the results are often hard to predict. The exhibition of photographs... |
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The bathtub was invented in 1850 and the telephone in 1875. In other words, if you had been living in 1850, you could have sat in the bathtub for 25 years without having to answer the phone.
— BILL DEWITT
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