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| Contending visions |
| How D.R. Nagaraj reconciled Gandhi with Ambedkar |
| Books do not change lives, but books can change the way we look at the world. As a student of economics, I was a high modernist who believed in transforming rural communities through industrialization. Concern for the poor came with a heavy dose of c... |
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Sir — On the night of December 23, I entered the Chandni Chowk Metro station to catch the Dumdum-bo ... |
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| Medieval rules |
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Sir — The report, “Tourist strays into Puri temple” (Dec 29), proves that some regressive aspects o ... |
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Sir — I fully agree with Sumanta Sen that this has been a winter of discontent for the Nepalese, Bh ... |
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| BEYOND A WISH LIST |
| A new year invariably brings with it new expectations and anxieties. It is necessary, unless the expectations were to be rele...|
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| Looks familiar |
| Déjà vu sums up my overall reaction to the shows from across India at Nandikar’s festival. Seen in a vacuum, many of them may strike first-time viewers as original or g... |
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| It felt like grace |
| When music leaves one with a sense of deep fulfilment that could just as easily be described as a yearning for more, one has been in the presence of something extraordinary. A... |
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| The mystical brand |
| There is something potently ironical about Ruhaniyat, the all-India Sufi and mystic music festival, whose Calcutta episode played itself out on the Tollygunge Club greens rece... |
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Obstinate are the trammels, but my heart aches when I try to break them. Freedom is all I want, but to hope for it I feel ashamed. I am certain that priceless wealth is in thee, and that thou art my best friend, but I have not the heart to sweep away the tinsel that fills my room.— RABINDRANATH TAGORE
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