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| Backward districts and their development |
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In 1964, V.S. Naipaul wrote about India as an area of darkness. Visiting Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh recently, I found a part of India which remains an area of darkness amidst the growing illumination over most of India. The Aga Khan Foundation has piloted a limited programme to tackle it. ... | Read..
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| Dramatic turn |
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Sir — France elected the socialist leader, Francois Hollande, as its new president. He has replaced ... |
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| Welcome move |
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Sir — The Supreme Court has directed the government to phase out the subsidy for Haj pilgrims over ... |
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| Past pleasures |
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Sir — Mukul Kesavan’s article, “Remembrance of things past” (May 6), made for a delightful read. Re ... |
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General Anti-Avoidance Rules did not exist even in Indians’ imagination till a year ago; today, they are the talk of the town... | Read..
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Twittering is what birds did once — usually at some elevation from the earth. “Gathering swallows,” wrote an English poet in ... | Read..
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| Signal honour |
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I wanted you to be the first to know. It has just been revealed by the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point Military Acad... | Read.. |
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If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. — E.B. WHITE
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