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| The golden victory |
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| The memory is of the year I went from age eleven to age twelve, from a full forty years ago, so this is not about being a reliable witness to that time. For the first decade of my life, everything outside Calcutta was oriented westwards, to Bombay an... |
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| Still waiting |
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| Immortal bird |
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Sir — The people of Meghalaya and the Northeast wholeheartedly welcomed the Pingera festival held i ... |
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| Car named trouble |
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Sir — I would like to share my bitter experience with the Ford car company. I am 70 and my husband ... |
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| JEWELS WITHOUT SHINE |
| Indians love decorations — bestowing them and receiving them. In the enthusiasm of bestowing decorations on the great and the...|
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There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
— DOUGLAS ADAMS
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