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Manmohan Singh is among the most important Congress leaders today. But the first time one heard of his having anything to do with the Congress was when he was inducted directly as the finance minister in P.V. Narasimha Rao’s government. He, in turn, inducted into the government a number of neo-liberal technocrats from the World Bank and the International Monetary ... | Read.. |
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| Poor taste |
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Sir — Narendra Modi’s failure as a chief minister can be gauged from his inability to prevent the G ... |
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Sir — The traffic police are supposed to protect and help pedestrians and drivers. But policemen d ... |
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Malala Yousafzai, the heroic girl from Swat in Pakistan, has serious competition. The Muttahida Quami Movement may soon turn ... | Read..
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In the midst of a long period of economic gloom, it is easy to say, as Barack Obama did after winning the presidential electi... | Read..
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The event all China-watchers have been waiting for is finally upon us: the 18th National Congress of the communist party whic... | Read.. |
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| October already seems to have been with us or us within it for more than a month. Yet this year, punctuated by bad weather, great sport and extraordinary pageantry, seems to h... |
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Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.— JOHN BURROUGHS
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