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| Treat with caution |
| China’s animosity towards India is more than historical |
| It was certainly not diplomatic, but it was spot on. At the time it was said, it was felt that George Fernandes, India’s defence minister in the National Democratic Alliance government, had committed a diplomatic faux pas. He had declared that... |
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| Differing standards |
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Sir — It is heartening to note that the masses have started reacting to the high-handed actions of ... |
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| Against all odds |
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Sir — It was really inspiring to learn that in gender-equal societies, girls score more than boys i ... |
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| JUST GIRLS |
| Single-sex enclaves work best in utopian literature. In the real world, men without women are dangerous, and women without me...|
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| PRIVATE GAIN |
| India improved its position slightly between 2006 and 2007 on the global corruption index conducted by Transparency Internati...|
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| Step across the line |
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The once-upon-a-time sharply distinct lines between right and wrong have blurred dramatically today. They have merged with on... | Read.. |
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| Shut up the voices of dissent |
| It is a ploy undertaken by the State, time and again, to browbeat dissent and distract attention from its own misdeeds. Since May 14 last year, Binayak Sen, a pediatrician who... |
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| Arms and the common man |
| Does democracy offer us real choice? You may choose to be neither with the terrorists nor with the State — but what are you left with then? Your non-commitment can be construe... |
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Natural ability can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation; but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural ability. — ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER
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