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| An airtight compartment |
| India’s historians prefer committee versions of history |
| Since clever one-liners are as much a part of a journalist’s stock-in-trade as hard information or penetrating insights, I have often described myself as a lapsed historian. This self-description has served two functions: first, to explain why the pa... |
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| Exclusive policies |
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Sir — Ashok V. Desai’s article, “Sad state of inclusion” (Oct 18), reminded me of the story about o ... |
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| Troubled waters |
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Sir — Many people lost their lives when the footbridge over the Little Rangit river collapsed near ... |
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| SHOT DOWN |
| The Jammu and Kashmir Armed Forces Special Powers Act has once again got trapped in the crossfire. It has happened every tim...|
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| SOUNDS OFF |
| When Calcuttans celebrate, they want to let everyone know. This was evident on the night of Kali Puja, when the spirit of fes...|
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| The edge of disaster |
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Kiran Bedi’s fudging of her accounts — after she charged her hosts for business class travel when she actually flew economy c... | Read.. |
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There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. — OSCAR WILDE
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| Missing time |
| Three schoolboys in the Sixties, each wearing his wristwatch facing the inside... |
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| Fast and furious |
| Fast bowlers, Shoaib Akhtar confides, are like “big babies” who need a lot of pampering ... |
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