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| The man behind the ghost |
| A nineteen-year-old’s prison diary |
| Book release functions tend to be about the living, the famous, and the soon-to-be-famous. Liquor flows freely. Many come not to listen, but to be seen, and hopefully to be photographed. But recently in Bangalore I attended a different kind of book r... |
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| Unfair rule |
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Sir — The Duckworth-Lewis rule was introduced in one-day cricket to decide the winner in case a mat ... |
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| Parting ways |
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Sir — Mamata Banerjee has done it again (“Alliance sinks, play for honour in Delhi”, May 3). By cal ... |
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| ART OF DEMOCRACY |
| Great Britain, since it lost its empire, has been reduced to a minor power struggling to retain global prominence by clinging...|
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| An enjoyable pot-pourri of melodies |
| Mackintosh Burn Limited presented a sarod recital by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan as part of the celebrations to mark its 175th anniversary at the Science City auditorium on the eveni... |
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| Spring cleaning the mind |
| Jackson Pollock’s action painting, Bhupen Khakhar’s populous panels, Andy Warhol’s loud colours — a multitude of references crowd the mind as one studies the paintings of Sana... |
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| Possessed by the drama |
| Until now, curiously enough, Calcutta had never seen The Phantom of the Opera live, though it is among the most enduring images of 20th century performance — from the s... |
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| Fresh from the archives |
| Did you know that Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal king of Delhi, had 49 children? How did he remember their faces or name... |
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The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,/ The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,/ The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,/ And the highwayman came riding — Riding — riding —/ The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door. — ALFRED NOYES
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