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| The birth of freedom |
| The people’s upsurge in India shaped subsequent history |
| Kayyur is a remote village in the Western Ghats in the Kasargod district of northern Kerala. It is so remote that, when I was visiting the village recently, I saw women workers of the national rural employment guarantee scheme by the roadside pushing... |
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| Uncomfortable truths |
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Sir — The editorial, “Leaking truths” (Dec 1), correctly analyses the facts behind the supposedly s ... |
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| RAREST CASE |
| This is not the first time that the Supreme Court has spoken up against arrests “on flimsy grounds”. As it is a “violation of...|
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| KEEP THE FOCUS |
| Being the best of their kind is the only proper job of institutions of excellence in higher education. Anything else is a dis...|
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| A nasty culture shock |
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There is a wonderful feel of winter in the air, very conducive to wandering about the city on a weekend afternoon to scout o... | Read.. |
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| Between fear and the healthy life |
| Recently, Pope Benedict XVI conceded that the use of condoms in certain cases could be acceptable for the Catholic Church. The global media greeted his statement as a signific... |
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| Pleasure, not pain |
| Condom advertisements in India are curious. The print ads either feature righteous-looking couples with guilty expressions, or models with overtly erotic and contrived gesture... |
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How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?
—SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
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