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| Of fasts and fasting |
| Cynics must see the true value of Anna Hazare’s action |
| Gandhi resorted to some 30 fasts, of which one-third were directed at himself, for ‘atonement’ or self-purification, one-third were directed against the raj and one-third at India’s social mores. A more honest trinity cannot be imagined.... |
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| People’s choice |
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| Improper conduct |
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The editorial, “Made to order” (April 13), described the Kerala chief minister, V.S. Achuthanandan, ... |
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| UNITED STAND |
| From being a mere idea in 2001, Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and now South Africa) has made steady progress to become ...|
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| CASE STUDIES |
| Japan has raised the severity level of its nuclear crisis to the maximum seven on the International Atomic Energy Agency’s nu...|
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| PAY A PRICE FOR TRUTH |
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The theme of a YouTube video conceived by Ai Weiwei, dissident blogger and artist, who was detained at Beijing airport while ... | Read.. |
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| Historical experiments |
| At first sight no two persons could have been more dissimilar. One was a Cambridge don, with more than one foot in the British government; a supporter of the Liberal Party, st... |
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| Beware of the old games |
| Beginning from the globalization in the early 1980s, there took place three major economic shifts worldwide that ended in the September 2008 crash and the ensuing recession. T... |
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Happiness was my fate, my remorse, my worm: my life would always be too large to be dedicated to force and to beauty.— ARTHUR RIMBAUD
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