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| Broken and spoken |
| On the varieties of English speech in South Asia |
| I recently watched The King’s Speech at a south Calcutta multiplex. Having watched a Hindi movie in the same hall a week earlier, it was odd to be surrounded by an attentive audience with nary a mobile ring or bright BlackBerry screen to distu... |
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| Finer points |
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Sir — Ramachandra Guha’s article, “Two cheers for fifty-fifty” (March 12), was an interesting read. ... |
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| Double standards |
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Sir — Ian Jack’s article, “Turning a blind eye” (March 13), correctly points out the double standar ... |
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| Root out |
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Sir — When the nation’s prime minister appoints a corrupt person to check corruption, one realizes ... |
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| WRONG LIMITS |
| There are signs that the Reserve Bank of India has decided to ignore the criticism of its Malegam report and enforce its reco...|
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| VULNERABLE AGE |
| Fear can strip away layers of civilization and years of training. It can force an entire medical staff to abandon their helpl...|
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| Risky Matters |
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Suppose that a giant hydro dam had crumbled under the impact of the biggest earthquake in a century and sent a wave of water ... | Read.. |
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