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| Army of skeletons |
| Tough questions and double standards |
| It is with trepidation that one opens the morning newspapers these days or tunes into the electronic media, for fear of being exposed to further news of damage to the revered institution of our armed forces. An institution that upheld the honour and ... |
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Sir — The demand by the traders of north Bengal that the speed ban on trains running through the Do ... |
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| Too little |
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Sir — A jail term of mere four years for the four seniors convicted of ragging Aman Kachroo that re ... |
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| Danger ahead |
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Sir — I often cross the frail old bridge over the Rupnarayan at Kolaghat on NH 6, and watch the ske ... |
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| FULL REPORT ONLY |
| The institution of the comptroller and auditor general has a long history in modern India. It plays a critically important ro...|
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| LOST DECADE |
| A new state is much more than a redrawing of political geography; it is essentially a promise of a better future for its peop...|
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| The Irish Tragedy |
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Time has proved the pundits wrong again. After Greece, it is neither Spain nor Portugal that has fallen, as had been predicte... | Read.. |
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| Talking about my generation |
| The air had needles. My stomach was behaving like a moody trapeze artist. Something was going to happen that day. In my experience, this sense of dread had usually been follow... |
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| Moving on, but not away |
| I have never really heard the phrase, ‘moving on’, being applied to anyone other than to couples who have recently parted ways. Nevertheless, I did not find it odd — whether I... |
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| Fear of history |
| Recently, I came across a cartoon of Dennis the Menace looking at a photo album and saying, “This brings back memories I never had.” For me, a 1983-born, the cartoon summarize... |
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Dance on this ball-floor thin and wan,/ Use him as though you love him;/ Court him, elude him, reel and pass,/ And let him hate you through the glass.— EDMUND BLUNDEN
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