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| Not earth’s girl |
| Post-colonial Kali and the alleged pathology of patriotism |
| Before Independence, Bengali patriotism often took the shape of mother-worship. The rhetoric of ‘sacrifice’ or balidaan bridged the gap between the political and the religious. In these post-patriotic times, should we, globalized urban intelle... |
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| Forgotten modernity |
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Sir — In The Telegraph of September 26, I came across a photograph of the mayor of Bristol l ... |
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| Noble effort |
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Sir — The report, “Prisoner to performer for Puja” (Oct 10), was interesting. I got the chance to w ... |
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| Beastly tale |
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Sir — A common sight that greets a visitor to Jalpaiguri is that of goats being butchered on the ro ... |
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| UNEQUAL OPPORTUNITIES |
| The Italians seem quite comfortable, what with their Roman heritage to show off, mounds of spaghetti to dish out and their ol...|
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The more he saw, the more he doubted. He watched men narrowly, and saw how, beneath the surface, courage was often rashness; and prudence, cowardice; generosity, a clever piece of calculation; justice, a wrong; delicacy, pusillanimity; honesty, a modus vivendi; and by some strange dispensation of fate, he must see that those who at heart were really honest, scrupulous, just, generous, prudent or brave were held cheaply by their fellow men. “What a cold-blooded jest!” said he to himself. “It was not devised by a God.” From that time forth he renounced a better world, and never uncovered himself when a Name was pronounced, and for him the carven saints in the churches became works of art.
— HONORÉ DE BALZAC
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