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| India’s response to terrorism is the crucial issue |
| At a high-level meeting in Washington DC to discuss terrorism, a troubled American vice-president is reported to have said that the issue was not “our analysis” of the threat but “our response” to it. Dick Cheney’s exasperation will be shared by many... |
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Sir — Chandrashekhar Dasgupta is convinced that the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has put itse ... |
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Sir — Ashoke V. Desai’s “International steal” (Aug 12) provides an insightful analysis of the role ... |
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Sir — The fact that the Chinese faked parts of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games only goes ... |
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| NOT QUITE THERE |
| The adjective, democratic, can be used to cover a multitude of sins. It can be used, for example, to justify a bandh t...|
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| HANDLE WITH CARE |
| To overlook a growing problem for immediate gain just breeds trouble in the long run. Tarun Gogoi, the chief minister of Assa...|
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As we pronounce another milestone of our ‘freedom’, try to ‘celebrate’ the occasion in various ways, the reality on the groun... | Read.. |
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The past exudes legend: one can’t make pure clay of time’s mud. There is no life that can be recaptured wholly; as it was. Which is to say that all biography is ultimately fiction.
— BERNARD MALAMUD
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| How it all gets built |
| OLD DELHI — NEW YORK: PERSONAL VIEWS (Roli, Rs 1,495) by Cyrus S.H. Jhabvala is a portfolio of watercolours... |
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