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| Rare gem |
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| Risky ride |
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Sir — The boat tragedy in Dhubri, Assam, has attracted the nation’s attention (“Assam boat crashes ... |
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| Calcutta calling |
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Sir — Hillary Clinton’s desire to add Calcutta to her travel itinerary is a novel act (“Hillary hea ... |
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| Menace on wheels |
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Sir — Howrah is clogged with thousands of rickshaws and vans. Most of the operators hail from adjoi ... |
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There is May Day and there is Mayday. The meaning of that rather enigmatic opening sentence needs to be explained. The first ... | Read..
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| Menace and burning moths |
| On a white sheet torn from a notepad a box has been roughly sketched. Next to it is an untidy scrawl: “I’m sending you a great gift. When you open the box you’ll find in it wh... |
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| Glimpses of a wasteland |
| The chaotic, cluttered and mouldering urban mass of Calcutta is ideal material for any artistic project, and indeed it has been a great source of inspiration for generations o... |
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| Memorable encounter |
| It must be more than 50 years ago that I was living in London to gather material from the India Office Library to write my tw... |
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One shade the more, one ray the less,/ Had half impaired the nameless grace/ Which waves in every raven tress,/ Or softly lightens o’er her face;/ Where thoughts serenely sweet express/ How pure, how dear their dwelling place./ And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,/ So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,/ The smiles that win, the tints that glow,/ But tell of days in goodness spent,/ A mind at peace with all below,/ A heart whose love is innocent!
— LORD BYRON
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