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| The market mirage |
| India’s income distribution is less unequal than China’s |
| Income distribution is an implicit baseline of political discourse in India. Till 1991, the government tried to reduce inequality by levying expropriatory direct taxes. All it succeeded in doing was to drive riches underground; black money became the... |
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| Unfair practice |
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Sir — Parliament has approved a higher pay package and perquisites for its members. But that has fa ... |
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| TIME TO TALK |
| One year is an ambitious time frame for settling a dispute that has stubbornly resisted all attempts at resolution for decade...|
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| NOTHING SERIOUS |
| In the curious world of Pakistan’s diplomacy, nothing can be deemed conclusive evidence of the country’s ill will. An emphati...|
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| Lost in loot and plunder |
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The prime minister acted with deliberation when he stopped the thoughtless damming of the Ganga in its high reaches as it com... | Read.. |
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| A thing of beauty, enjoyed for a while |
| One of the most perceptive remarks about Hindustani classical music can be found in Sheila Dhar’s essay, “The Raga: An Inward Journey”, in her book, Raga’n Josh: Stories fr... |
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| Where early the sweet birds sang |
| Singing classes with Mrs M in junior school were a mix of dreariness and release, and on days Miss P dropped in to do a special check on our voices, they would take on an adde... |
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| Tone deaf |
| Like a lot of middle-class mothers with daughters in earlier, more innocent, times, my mother too had a dream about me. That I would sing like a nightingale. The comparison is... |
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Personal relations are the important thing for ever and ever, and not this outer life of telegrams and anger. — E.M. FORSTER
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