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| Royal wedding |
| British monarchy may last if it makes itself fit for the times |
| The British press has got wedding fever. With the royal wedding less than two weeks away, we are bombarded with everything from a history of royal weddings and wedding dresses to dubious reports of rows between the bride’s mother and her dress design... |
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| Parting shot |
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Sir — Much is being spoken, written and televised about India’s ‘youth power’. These days, it has b ... |
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| LATEST CATCH |
| Too perfect a memory may make life unbearable. Perhaps that is why Indians prefer to forget that corruption is a punishable ...|
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| STATE OF DISUNION |
| The Jasmine Revolution, which took root in the Arab world early this year before embracing North Africa, may end up changing ...|
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| The shrill beep of democracy |
| Growing up, voting was an impossibly adult and, therefore, terribly glamorous thing to do. The word “vote” was both a noun and a verb. It was a place the grown-ups disappeared... |
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| Long wait |
| Somewhere in Tollygunge, four people stood in a queue, waiting for an autorickshaw, on the day Calcutta went to the polls. The first three in line — an elderly gentleman, a da... |
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| Men at arms |
| Election time is extraordinary time. The city is infiltrated by carloads of men in uniform, usually imported from places afar, who walk, talk and behave quite unlike our good,... |
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| Bamboo shoots |
| If you own a pet elephant, be careful not to ride it to a poll booth on election day. You also cannot carry a torch, sip tea from a cup, or eat a cake. Do these sound like the... |
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When all is said and done, leading a good life is more important than keeping a good diary.
— SIEGFRIED L. SASSOON
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