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| The bane of Bengali life |
| Is the new chief minister prepared to take unpopular steps? |
| There’s a probably apocryphal story about Chakravarti Rajagopalachari telling Bengali radicals who wanted to turn Raj Bhavan into a library in August 1947 that he should be allowed to enjoy his reward for years of political struggle. Similarly, Trina... |
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| Court the law |
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Sir — There can be no fixed criteria for land valuation, as they differ from state to state and fro ... |
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| Blind faith |
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Sir — Ashok Mitra seems to be getting increasingly melodramatic and sentimental in his articles (“F ... |
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| Home alone |
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Sir — Uddalak Mukherjee’s excellent article, “Lost in the mist” (May 24), brought to mind an evenin ... |
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| IN THE EYE OF A STORM |
| Baby Storm has created havoc. Or rather, Storm’s mama and papa have — by refusing to disclose their four-month-old’s gender. ...|
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| The promising and the prosaic |
| Glimmerings of such anticipation appear in Theatre Platform’s Muktadhara (picture) — that neglected but extremely topical and prophetic classic about the futility of da... |
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| Mapping the routes of grief |
| One way of describing Srikanth Kolari’s work — Thereafter... Journeys in Jharia, Kashmir and the Tsunami coast — which was recently exhibited at the Seagull Arts and M... |
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| Close friends with feathers |
| I applaud the Gujarat High Court’s verdict that keeping birds in cages amounts to denying their birthright to fly about freel... |
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I am tired of tears and laughter,/ And men that laugh and weep;/ Of what may come hereafter/ For men that sow to reap:/ I am weary of days and hours,/ Blown buds of barren flowers,/ Desires and dreams and powers/ And everything but sleep.— CHARLES ALGERNON SWINBURNE
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