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| The finance minister, then and now |
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Topographically, Chidambaram’s move from the home to the finance ministry is small; from the long room in the east wing of North Block, he moves to the west wing. Now he will not have such a good view down Kingsway, called Rajpath nowadays, but he will have an unrestricted view of the Viceregal Lodg... | Read..
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| Dim view |
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Sir — In his excellent article, “Creativity at the table” (Aug 1), K.P. Nayar has explained the cog ... |
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| Welcome change |
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Sir — The decision of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, the trade union arm of the Communist Party ... |
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When politicians get what they want, it is often the beginning of their real test. So it is for Bimal Gurung who now has the ... | Read..
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For those who look upon the ouster of Bashar al-Assad as the sole answer to Syria’s problems, Yemen may prove to be an eye-op... | Read..
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| Work Is Not Worship |
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India has a special work culture — ‘never finish the job’. This ethic has made our habitats and public spaces an unkempt, unp... | Read.. |
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| Law and identity in the grey zone |
| What was pleasantly surprising about the Pinki Pramanik case was the speed and dexterity with which the police acted upon a complaint of rape. This instance is in stark contra... |
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| Read between the lines carefully |
| Of the several people reported to be involved in the brutal molestation of a young girl in a public place in Guwahati last month, one was a television journalist. He has been ... |
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| In the picture |
| What should we call this picture? ‘Hands’, I think, for ‘Shame’ is too hackneyed. Besides, a gawping society that accepts such pictures in the morning as just routine would im... |
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I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. — J.R.R. TOLKIEN
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