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| People, participation and primary schooling in Bihar |
| Deep in Rohtas district in Bihar, not far from the Sone barrage, is the village of Shivpur. The village has a school. From a distance it looks as though it must be a private school. The building is well-painted. The boundary wall encloses the large ... |
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Sir — Team India, under stand-in captain Gautam Gambhir, made a clean sweep in the one-day internat ... |
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Sir — It has been reported that the Indian ambassador to Washington, Meera Shankar, was pulled out ... |
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Sir — Now that worms have found genetically modified crops tasty, the claims about the invincibilit ... |
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| UNHOMELY |
| What, one might ask the Union home minister, is home? There was a brief, but sinister, moment of dangerously confused thinkin...|
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| WILLING EAR |
| There is very little to doubt that the recently-concluded Brussels summit has put the impending free trade agreement between ...|
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A lot of excitement has been generated over the seizure of sophisticated arms and equipment from leading Maoists in West Beng... | Read.. |
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| Dam right, they need to be safe |
| When it comes to dams, what usually springs to mind is the decades-old debate on whether or not building them justifies the displacement of thousands of local people. The issu... |
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| LEGAL FAQS |
| Q: I am a senior citizen. I had purchased a piece of land and given it to someone — on verbal agreement — to be used as a kitchen garden. A few years back, a local club with ... |
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Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern. — ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD
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