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Sir — I was shocked to read the report, “Tamluk dogs sink in teeth” (June 25). Street dogs do not g ... |
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Sir — It is surprising that A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s soon-to-be released book, Turning Points — A Jo ... |
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Shark-fins seem better on the table than when slicing through the sea. But even the Chinese admit, while serving... | Read.. |
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| An orange toothbrush is suspended from a wire like Trishanku between heaven and earth, with a profuse tangle of tentacle-like wires, instead of bristles, at one end... |
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| Rabindranath Tagore’s music is an amalgam of love, spirituality and nature worship. The Geetabitan (Garden of Songs) categorizes them under the sections... |
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| The nightingale’s lament |
| We are often tempted to attribute the wretched state of our economy to divine providence. That was the theme of Muhammad Iqba... |
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I love people. Everybody. I love them, I think, as a stamp collector loves his collection. Every story, every incident, every bit of conversation is raw material for me. My love's not impersonal yet not wholly subjective either. I would like to be everyone, a cripple, a dying man, a whore, and then come back to write about my thoughts, my emotions, as that person. But I am not omniscient. — SYLVIA PLATH
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