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| Population growth and individual welfare |
| Ten years ago, there were more zeros to celebrate (or mourn, depending on one’s proclivities) than those heralding the new millennium. To the three noughts in 2000, one could have added the nine zeros attached to the figure 6 to denote world populat... |
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| Two worlds |
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Sir — In “A Pakistan tragedy” (Sept 27), Ashok Mitra offers a comprehensive analysis of the contras ... |
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| Held to ransom |
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Sir — The editorial, “Shutting down” (Sept 30), has aptly painted a gloomy picture of bandh ... |
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| A LONELY JOB |
| When the search committee was formed to select a vice-chancellor for the newly-formed Presidency University, there was alarm ...|
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| HANDING IT OVER |
| A politician may be hugely popular in his day without actually achieving or changing much. When he took over Brazil’s preside...|
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| Rule With An Iron Fist |
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Indira Gandhi had once said, “You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.” She was referring to Pakistan, but her words are ... | Read.. |
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The turtle lives ’twixt plated decks/ Which practically conceal its sex./ I think it is clever of the turtle/ In such a fix to be so fertile.
— OGDEN NASH
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