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The State Bank of Pakistan has been busy denying rumours that its copper and aluminium coins contain gold. Apparently, some clever businessmen have been telling Pakistanis that their copper and aluminium coins are worth much more because the SBP has put gold in them, and that once enough people find... | Read..
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| Erratum |
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In the article, “Self-sufficiency as history” (June 10), by Mukul Kesavan, it has been mentioned t ... |
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The signing of a treaty is often the beginning, and not the end, of a reconciliation process. When an agreement was signed to... | Read..
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Egypt is still waiting for a revolution. This surprising news reached the people of the country when Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s f... | Read..
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| Cut off the Lines |
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As we swelter in the hell-hole that is Delhi at 46 degrees Celsius, we may try to comprehend why the building rules in our to... | Read.. |
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| Fear no more the heat of the sun |
| Eighty-eight years ago, on June 18, 1924, Calcutta’s temperature had reached a record high of 43.9 degrees Celsius. So those of us who have been lamenting about everything, in... |
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| Fuss class |
| “AC gari-re! AC gari!” they screamed as they craned their necks to check what sort of train was approaching the station. Schoolboy terrycotton at 40 degrees Cels... |
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| Where are the songs of summer? |
| When we were young, it was fashionable to be in love with Cliff Richard — and to ‘adore’ his song, “We’re all going on a summer holiday”. Although I was unable to enter into t... |
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| In the eye of the storm |
| Of the many unforgettable sequences in Jalsaghar, the one I remember the most shows the ageing zamindar frowning at the darkening sky. It is the month of Baisakh... |
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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. — ISAAC ASIMOV
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