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Sir — Cricket is considered to be a gentleman’s game. Unfortunately, with the introduction of one d ... |
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Sir — I board the K1 route bus at Karunamoyee, Salt Lake, to travel to Rajarhat. This bus is always ... |
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| A return to the land of legends |
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| It is neither body, nor soul. It transcends religion, cultural systems and elemental forms. It exists neither in this world nor the next. This was how the life force was descr... |
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| Locusts with wild honey |
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Alone in the hissing laboratories of his wishes, Mr Pugh minces among bad vats and jeroboams, tiptoes through spinneys of murdering herbs, agony dancing in his crucibles, and mixes especially for Mrs Pugh a venomous porridge unknown to toxicologists which will scald and viper through her until her ears fall off like figs, her toes grow big and black as balloons, and steam comes screaming out of her navel.
— DYLAN THOMAS
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