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| A charmed life |
| An expedient blend of the ignoble and the lofty |
| Hugh Massingberd was the sort of person I would have loved to know. Unfortunately, he died around Christmas last year, having lost his battle against cancer. In a funeral oration at the Kensal Green crematorium, writer A.N. Wilson, described his depa... |
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| Internal divisions |
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Sir — India has long been a witness to supporters of political parties being incited into rage and ... |
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| Parting shot |
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Sir — I had given my passport for renewal to the regional passport officer, Calcutta, on October 1, ... |
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| STILL PRIMARY |
| The Democrats in the United States of America are clearly confused about who they think should be their candidate for the top...|
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| AGE OF MAN |
| A daddy at 19 could augur the dawn of a brave new world. The latest law commission report on the age of marriage heralds that...|
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| Facing the slow death |
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Wherever you go in India and ask whether the Congress has any hope of resurrecting its diminished fortunes as the Grand Old N... | Read.. |
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It is no use telling me that there are bad aunts and good aunts. At the core they are all alike. Sooner or later, out pops the cloven hoof.
— P.G. WODEHOUSE
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| Damp dreams |
| It is not difficult to understand why Manil Suri’s second novel had a long gestation period.... |
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| Bound together by faith |
| When the fifth Guru, Arjan, succumbed to the fatal injuries he sustained during torture by the forces of Jehangir, his son, Hargobind, succeeded him.... |
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| Indian but modern |
| The discipline of art history demands of its practitioners that they have an appreciation of art as well as the training of a historian.... |
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