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| On contradictions |
| While all nations are equal, the US is more equal than others |
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Butler Yeats felt intimidated; the world was more
full of weeping than a human child could possibly
understand; he/she should therefore scoot, “come
away”. Mao Zedong had stronger... | Read.. |
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| Celebration of hate |
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Sir — As if the Gujarat incident of last year was not sickening enough, a plan of a different dimen ... |
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| Child’s play |
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Sir — The Supreme Court’s decision to bar those with more than two children from entering politics, ... |
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| Where’s the money? |
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Sir — I have a savings bank account with the State Bank of India, Jadavpur University branch. On Ma ... |
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| STILL FRAGILE |
| India’s relations with Pakistan are inching towards normalization. There are, however, still no signs that stability in bilat...| Read.. |
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| NATURE’S REVENGE |
| All revolutions have unintended consequences. The makers of the Green Revolution in India did not ever foresee that the metho...| Read.. |
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| In the interest of peace |
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India’s decision not to send troops to Iraq proves that while our foreign policy may not have yet come of age, our democracy ... | Read.. |
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How circumstantial reality is! Facts are like individual letters, with their spikes and loops and thorns, that make up words: eventually they hurt our eyes, and we long to take a bath, to rake the lawn, to look at the sea.
— JOHN HOYER UPDIKE
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