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| So easy to smash |
| There are lessons for the world in the smoke above London |
| Our house in north London lies only a mile or two away from the first and most spectacular of this month’s riots, but we were on holiday on a remote Scottish island when the looting and arson began. We had no newspapers, no television, no landline an... |
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| In freedom’s shadow |
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Sir — I share the concern raised by the editorial, “Another tryst” (Aug 15), regarding the internal ... |
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| ALL WRONG |
| The day after Independence Day, the government decided to strike a blow at freedom and thus land itself in a mess. The arrest...|
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| CITY OF TRAUMA |
| It is one thing to be resigned to the knowledge that a city is neither civilized not modern, and quite another to be tantaliz...|
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| Food for thought |
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Eating is scary business here right now. Last month, a friend refused to accompany this diarist to their favourite haunt, cla... | Read.. |
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| Buy two, get one free |
| Everyone celebrated Independence Day. Big Bazaar — to help you ‘beat the inflation’ — held six days of a “Maha Bachat” sale in August. “Offers galore” — special discounts, freebies and highly attractive deals — but ... |
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| Rude awakening |
| After three nights of rioting, London’s cities were relatively calm. The political establishment and the larger society are now trying to come to terms with some of the worst ... |
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Time heals, after all — although the clock that marks that kind of time has no hands.
— SUZE ROTOLO
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