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| A sense of place |
| Why Bombay is India’s arch-metropolis |
| It’s hard to define what a ‘sense of place’ actually means, but Gertrude Stein summed up its absence nicely when she said, “there’s no there there.” It’s safe to say that there’s plenty of ‘there’ in Bombay; not only does the city have more than its ... |
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| Lone voice |
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Sir — It is appalling to hear the director general of police in West Bengal, Bhupinder Singh, say t ... |
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| FLY, DON’T SPEAK |
| More than the freak air crash in Mangalore, what reveals the deplorable state of affairs in Air India is the decision of a se...|
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| ON THE BOIL |
| Once a problem child, always a problem child. Despite repeatedly agreeing to self-reform, North Korea seems to have gone back...|
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| Sweet Wine |
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Is consensual group sex involving adults within closed doors a crime? Nineteen persons have just been sentenced for having in... | Read.. |
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| The year of the dragon |
| A recent visit to Shanghai, a fortnight before the opening of the World Expo, apparently the largest in history, showed how China successfully executes large tasks. Unlike the... |
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| A bike, a tent, and a bat |
| Brisbane, Australia. The first ball of the 2010/11 Ashes. For 22 players and millions of fans on opposite sides of the world, it will be the start of the series that will domi... |
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