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| How India compares |
| India should be willing to learn from the rest of the world |
| The government of India basks in the reflected glory of the economy’s good performance, and has grown complacent about its own performance. In the circumstances, the economic survey brought out by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Develop... |
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| For the record |
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Sir — In his article, “Brought to account” (June 13), Timothy Garton Ash speaks of a “global moveme ... |
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| Shot in the dark |
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Sir — It is shocking that Jyotirmoy Kumar Dey, a journalist who worked for a tabloid in Mumbai and ... |
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| UGLY STATE |
| There must be something rotten about a State that fears the freedom of a campaigner for AIDS victims, an artist or a writer. ...|
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| UNHOMELY |
| How many people in West Bengal have ever been — or even felt the urge to be — inside a state-run juvenile home? Presumably, n...|
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| Playing hide and seek |
| When you hear a college student telling a friend, in a resigned voice, “Sab mohmaya hai (all is illusion),” it is but natural to worry whether he or she is prematurely ... |
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| In the tongues of many
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| About a year ago, while talking to a friend, I happened to express my sympathy for someone’s plight by saying, “I commiserate with her.” My friend found that extremely amusing... |
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And when night/ Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons/ Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.— JOHN MILTON
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