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| A different vision |
| Although friendly towards India, Obama’s priorities lie elsewhere |
| It makes me cringe to see televised images of American presidents patronizingly patting visiting dignitaries double their age on the upper arm or back after shaking hands. It’s just as nauseating when Indian officials boast breathlessly that the prim... |
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| Troubled waters |
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Sir — The Indian government seems determined to go ahead with the mammoth river-linking project wit ... |
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| Tall theories |
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Sir — In “A glut of horror fairy tales” (April 11), Ruchir Joshi writes that “there are huge corpor ... |
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| Outraged |
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Sir — It was shocking to see Peerless Hospital being destroyed by a mob. The locals, apparently ang ... |
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| STANDARD HERALDS |
| Following Goldfinger but slightly altering his famous pronouncement it could be said that the first embarrassment is happenst...|
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| Puzzling vision |
| Even works of art that avoid direct references to the human figure or situation ultimately... |
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| Resurrections with a difference |
| Current Bengali revivals of modern European plays that have had prior runs in Calcutta make for an interesting topic this week. One Russian drama receives politicized treatmen... |
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| An evening marked by grace and elegance |
| Sudha Art Centre presented an evening of classical dance featuring the young students of the institution at Gyan Manch on April 12. Under the guidance of Ramaprasad Chattopadh... |
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| The malaise runs deep |
| The killing of 74 CRPF jawans in Dantewada has shaken us out of our stupor: we were secure in the belief that all was ... |
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She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It’s good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind.
— TONI MORRISON
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