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| A death in London |
| The distinct flavour of Calcutta’s fading colonial phase |
| The small news item, with a London dateline, was missed by most newspapers in the country, including those based in Calcutta. Joe Galibardy, the rage of Calcutta hockey in the pre-World War II decades and right half-back in Dhyan Chand’s victorious... |
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| Closed doors |
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Sir — The protests against Delhi University’s cut-off marks for admission are not uncalled for (“Co ... |
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| Strange views |
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Sir — In his article, “Banana republicward ho” (June 17), Ashok Mitra seems to suggest that Islamic ... |
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| BACK TO SCHOOL |
| The European Union’s rules to deal with fiscal imprudence have a desperate tone. All its member countries will have to get th...|
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| GIRDING UP |
| There are the big things and the small things. But when blinding rain and high winds strike city and village, lives are put a...|
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| Still alive |
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The ‘Prague Spring’ of 1968 was a gallant attempt at a non-violent democratic revolution, but it was crushed by Soviet tanks.... | Read.. |
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