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| West meets East |
| India has much to learn and gain from a European alliance |
| They were not quoting Jawaharlal Nehru. As Lord Hannay, the former British diplomat and passionate Euroenthusiast, explained, “unity in diversity”, Nehru’s favourite phrase for the wonder that is India of which no European in the room was even aware,... |
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| The magic remains |
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Sir — Although Hemanta Mukherjee’s 21st death anniversary went by almost unnoticed, his songs conti ... |
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| Different views |
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Sir — This is in response to the news report, “Teachers block bid for autonomy” (Sept 1), by Mita M ... |
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| TRIUMPH OF INSTITUTIONS |
| Institutions make or break a democracy. The judiciary — or, to be exact, the section of the judiciary that gave the judgment ...|
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| Electronic embrace |
| Artfulness does not necessarily lead to successful art. The five artists currently showing at Experimenter (Say Everything, till October 31) use various media — from fi... |
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| The real and the ornamental |
| The work of the artist couple from Bangladesh, Mahbubur Rahman and Tayeba Begum Lipi, who held an exhibition titled Parables of Our Times (September 13-27) at Akar Prak... |
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| Mixed performance |
| A recent evening of Tagore songs by Sreyashi Mitra at the Rabindranath Tagore Auditorium, ICCR, brought several questions to mind. Maybe the 150th anniversary of the poet-comp... |
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| Life in a corrupt nation |
| Shanti Bhushan, ex-law minister and now a senior advocate, has said that eight out of 16 former Chief Justices of India were ... |
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I used to think all poets were Byronic —/ Mad, bad and dangerous to know./ And then I met a few. Yes it’s ironic —/ I used to think all poets were Byronic./ They’re mostly wicked as a ginless tonic/ And wild as pension plans.
— WENDY COPE
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