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| Uday Shankar put Ravi Shankar on the path to fame |
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In the heap of obituaries and appreciatory notices on Ravi Shankar’s life and works that have appeared in the past few weeks, there is one glaring omission. Not one reference is to be found to the role Uday Shankar, the brother 20 years Ravi Shankar’s senior, played in shaping the latter’s destiny. ... | Read..
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| Humble hero |
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Sir — The hockey legend and Olympic gold medalist, Leslie Claudius, passed away recently after a pr ... |
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| New hope |
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Sir — The news report, “Tickled Bengal govt eyes Tata after Tata” (Dec 17), highlights what Ratan T ... |
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| Parting shot |
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Sir — I read the report on my talk at the Bengal Club on “Long -term trends in Indian politics”. Th ... |
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Handing over the baton of leadership of a company that bears one’s own surname is not an easy thing to do. But Ratan Tata has... | Read..
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the woman in Park Street was ‘asking for it’, the girl in Delhi was an innocent victim. Her remarks throw up an intriguing q... | Read..
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| Face the people |
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Recent leadership in India has not understood the basic tenets of democracy. When democratically elected politicians fight el... | Read.. |
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Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.— HERMANN HESSE
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| Bring Up the Bodies (Fourth Estate) By Hilary Mantel... |
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| BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS: LIFE, DEATH AND HOPE IN A MUMBAI UNDERC... |
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