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| Sweet nothings |
| India must be honest about China even if politically incorrect |
| While more than one Indian journalist has suggested that New Delhi should consider withdrawing from Jammu and Kashmir, it is inconceivable that any Chinese writer should recommend that Beijing relinquish its claim to Taiwan, Tibet or Xinjiang. That d... |
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| Role model |
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Sir — Nainamvalappu, a village in Kerala, should be hailed as a model for the rest of India — espec ... |
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| Shocking exit |
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Sir — The supporters of Brazil and Argentina must have been shocked by their teams’ early, and unex ... |
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| New hope |
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Sir — It is heartening to note that the Planning Commission has decided to pump 14,000 crore to sup ... |
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| BIRTH OF UNDERSTANDING |
| Some situations turn celebrations into warnings. July 11, World Population Day, celebrated first in 1987 when the world’s pop...|
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| Uneven appeal |
| Put it down to naïve expectation if you will. But the mismatch between the promise of seeing “eminent artists from South India” that Gallery Nakshatra... |
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| Not exactly thrilling |
| Comedy thriller? An oxymoronic hybrid that, understandably, finds success more difficult to achieve than either of its parents. Even the formidable Neil Simon couldn’t make Read.. |
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| Played with precision and elegance |
| One goes to an unveiling ceremony of a restored painting with certain expectations. Speeches, entertainment, cameras, the usual media coverage — these were all there on July 4... |
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| The preacher’s predicament |
| The denial of visas by the British and the Canadian governments to the Islamic preacher, Zakir Naik, on the ground that he pr... |
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He said that by god, D.H. Lawrence was right when he had said there must be a dumb, dark, dull, bitter belly-tension between a man and a woman, and how else could this be achieved save in the long monotony of marriage?
— STELLA DOROTHEA GIBBONS
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