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Like many kids of my generation who were encouraged at home and school to cultivate hobbies, I began collecting stamps at the age of seven. Unfortunately, like many childhood preoccupations, this interest didn’t endure. By the time I reached my teens, the stamp album was relegated to a bottom drawer... | Read..
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Sir — It is fashionable among opposition parties to call bandhs on flimsy grounds to paralyz ... |
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| Special feat |
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Sir —Viswanathan Anand has done India proud again (“Anand and new challenges” May 31). By winning t ... |
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Sir — The government’s policy to do away with roaming charges is a welcome step (“Cabinet okays tel ... |
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There is such a thing as the fear of the open, less talked about than the commoner fear of closed spaces. A peculiar version ... | Read..
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What colour is the sky above Beijing or the quality of its air on a given day? These are the latest State secrets that the Ch... | Read..
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| Nation without a soul |
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The splendid, spontaneous celebration that marked the British monarch’s 60th year on the throne carries a wonderful lesson fo... | Read.. |
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