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| Music, forever |
| Musicians of genius belong to the ages, and to the world |
| As you come out of the Doe Library of the University of California at Berkeley, and turn right, the road slopes downwards and continues until the west edge of the campus. Beyond, the San Francisco Bay is, on a clear day, quite visible. It is an arres... |
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| Difficult path |
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Sir — It has been felt for sometime now that it is necessary to introduce more footpaths along majo ... |
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| An era ends |
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Sir — The legendary exponent of classical music, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, is no more (“Last note”, Jan ... |
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| Slow progress |
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Sir — I would like to take this opportunity to share with The Telegraph’s readers my experi ... |
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| WASTE OF EDEN |
| The original sin is the failure to meet deadlines. The fall of Eden Gardens from the calendar of the forthcoming World Cup is...|
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| Looking back, again |
| In a year that has been dotted with Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary celebrations, the poet has predictably engaged many in the research and analysis of his artis... |
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| Illusion of movement |
| In the 1960s and the 1970s, creating abstract art was the thing. Every artist worth his salt tried his hand at it in that era when the contemporary art movement was gathering ... |
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| Before the rainbow |
| Among the festal sesquicentenaries being celebrated this year, one marks a tragic and inhuman event: in November 1860, the first of 150,000 Indians arrived in South Africa, as... |
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| Laughing till the last page |
| We are not fully aware that the educated middle class of India and of Pakistan are evolving a new lingo which is a mixture of... |
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What is art is not likely to be decided for decades or longer after the work has been produced — and then is often redecided — so we must not think badly if we regard literature as entertainment rather than as transcendent enlightenment.
— RICHARD CONDON
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