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| The edges of suffering |
| Mother Teresa’s impact and legacy must be assessed objectively |
| Looming above the sweaty congestion of Raj Bhavan’s Durbar Hall at an Independence Day reception, a retired administrator, grey of head and gaunt of face, once told me in sepulchral tones, “I agree with every word you write but not a word of what you... |
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| Improper medicine |
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Sir — As a result of the swine flu scare in Orissa, a large number of people are making a beeline f ... |
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| On the rise |
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Sir — Dipankar Dasgupta’s incisive analysis of the nature of inflation in India provides a lot of f ... |
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| Erratum |
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The editorial, “Not cricket” (Aug 20), contains an error. India could not have lost the match as t ... |
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| TO BE OR NOT TO BE |
| In politics, as in running a railway network, the timing of a signal is critical. On Thursday, the chief minister of West Ben...|
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| Silent conversation |
| Distinct, yet in silent conversation, the two exhibitions of photographs — one by Richard Bartholomew entitled The Critic’s Eye, the other by his son, Pablo, entitled <... |
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| Inferno on earth |
| To look at Veer Munshi’s archive of digital prints, of gutted, ruined and derelict buildings strewn across the valley of Kashmir, is to be confronted with a chilling version ... |
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| Melody and monotony |
| It never rains but it pours when it comes to Tagore songs celebrating the monsoon. A cliché? Yes, if ever there was one. Come the months of Ashadh and Shravan — the period fe... |
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| Songs for the star players |
| I first met Suresh Kalmadi in 1980 and immediately liked him. Both of us entered the Rajya Sabha that year: I a nominee of th... |
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Winston was nervous before a speech, but he was not shy. L.G. said he himself was both nervous and shy. Winston would go up to his Creator and say that he would very much like to meet His Son, about Whom he had heard a great deal and, if possible, would like to call on the Holy Ghost. Winston loved meeting people.
— DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
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