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| No justice for the damned |
| Former central vigilance commissioner P.J. Thomas’s appointment was nullified by the Supreme Court earlier this year because his name figured in a decades-old corruption case. But few question his integrity. As a new CVC gets ready to head the body, Palakunnathu G. Mathai turns the spotlight on how upright bureaucrats who have had their reputation tarnished fail to get justice |
| It’s Wednesday, November 27, 1991. The venue is the Cabinet room, on the second floor of North Block, a part of Thiruvananthapuram’s four-storeyed, white secretariat building. The Kerala Cabinet is meeting to take several routine decisions.... |
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| Down but not out |
| The Congress’s first defeat since Independence resulted in a mass exodus from the party. But the fighter in Indira was f
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| Enter the dragons |
| It’s a hot and sultry afternoon, with a power cut adding to the heat. Li Rui and Wang Pu have broken for lunch, and are
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| Upgrading grandparents |
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| My grandparents are in their mid-eighties and live several states away. I call often, and visit when I can — but honestly, w
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| Atheist Bhatt’s divine gambit |
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| It sure seems like Mahesh Bhatt has a private war going only with the Hindu pantheon. For a man who is so likeably pleasan
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