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| Will the nation be safe in the hands of a well-meaning dilettante? |
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Rahul Gandhi’s elevation to the vice-presidentship of the Congress, and the possibility that he might become prime minister... | Read..
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| Killer bite |
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Sir — There was a time when children used to eat too many chocolates. Now you hear of six-year-olds ... |
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| Clear view |
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Sir — “Almost musical sadness” and “A unified field of pain” (Jan 14 and 15) by Gopalkrishna Gandhi ... |
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J.S.Verma, who chaired it, Leila Seth and Gopal Subramaniam; it had been set up on December 23 in the wake of the gang rape ... | Read..
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| Deception and joy |
| Partha Pratim Deb is a rare artist — a free spirit who never cared much for the market. That was quite obvious from his exhibition, Play for Joy of Seeing, held at Aakr... |
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| Assorted themes |
| The representatives from Delhi and Mumbai at Nandikar’s National Theatre Festival largely proved an embarrassment to the sophisticated theatre in those metropolises. Only one ... |
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| Coming into its own |
| Having been for many years the harshest critic of the Calcutta Chamber Orchestra — supported by the Calcutta School of Music and financially assisted by the Kolkata Foundation... |
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| Resolutions to break |
| In my diary, I came across something I had scribbled on the last page some months ago. It read: “God mystic in night, wake up... |
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If I lay here/ If I just lay here/ Would you lie with me/ And just forget the world?/ Forget what we’re told/ Before we get too old/ Show me a garden/ That’s bursting into life./ Let’s waste time/ Chasing cars/ Around our heads/ I need your grace/ To remind me/ To find my own. — GARY LIGHTBODY
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