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“I don’t need one! Aami kintu shokhto maal! (I’m a hard nut!) Aamaar goromey kissu hoy na! (heat doesn’t affect me at all!) You know, I need to be out in the field, in tribal areas and other hot places, so I can’t allow myself to get used to! Kintu wife wanted, so what to do!” ... | Read..
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| Spot a sparrow |
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Sir — The number of sparrows has declined all over the world. In Britain alone, there has been a de ... |
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Sir — Although the crew saved the lives of the 48 Guwahati-bound passengers on board Air India’s Fl ... |
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| Language gap |
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Sir — The University of North Bengal was established in 1962. It is located outside Siliguri in the ... |
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Now that the storm in the tea cup over who is going to be the next presidential candidate has blown over, perhaps serious att... | Read..
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For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much — the wheel, New York, wars and so on — whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man — for precisely the same reasons.
— DOUGLAS ADAMS
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