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| Dread of democracy |
| India, in 2010, is a nation where the mind cannot be fearless |
| The historian Ramachandra Guha has famously described India as a fifty-fifty democracy. But even admirers of India as a functioning democracy will perhaps be forced to admit that certain events in 2010 forced the needle to move beyond fifty against d... |
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| Step backward |
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Sir — It is shameful that the chief minister of West Bengal should halt traffic to congratulate mem ... |
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| GLOOMY ENDING |
| The new year is unlikely to bring good tidings to the beleaguered people of Pakistan. After a year of devastating floods, adm...|
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| LIABLE WORDS |
| A spade, for most people, is a spade. But the dictionary indulges in the circumlocution of calling it a tool used for digging...|
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| Left Behind |
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It is the last day of a rather volatile year that witnessed the start of the unravelling of decades of dishonest decision-mak... | Read.. |
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I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal/ Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid.
— T.S. ELIOT
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| Fiction |
| OUR KIND OF TRAITOR (PENGUIN) BY JOHN LE CARRÉ... |
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| The Arts |
| AMRITA SHER-GIL: A SELF-PORTRAIT IN LETTERS AND WRITINGS (2 VOLUMES)... |
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