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Sleep tales (07 November 09:50) |
| Aah sweet sleep, now I shall woo thee to me. Not really. |
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Exotic and colourful tales from the ethnic ghetto (07 November 09:11) |
| Three years ago when Mira Nair made The Namesake, she got rave reviews in the western media. |
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Weekend getaway hotel in space (07 November 09:37) |
| While space offers exciting opportunities, private entrepreneurs are embracing physical danger as they go out to commercially tap space as a tourist destination. |
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Reduce reuse just say no (07 November 09:01) |
| The November challenge: shop without using a plastic bag. Can you? |
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Good ol memory (07 November 08:57) |
| Probably because women writers engage better with their readers, be it the loftiest of themes or the tritest of details. |
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Going from Calcutta to Kolkata (07 November 01:09) |
| Growing up as a probashi or a non-resident Bangali, visiting Kolkata or the erstwhile Calcutta, was an annual goromer chooti (summer holiday) affair. |
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The revolt of the fringe (06 November 09:12) |
| The reaction to tribal excesses in the forested nooks of the country thus remains muted, reflecting to some extent our own moral dilemma about the existential issues at ground zero.
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Eggsciting recipes (06 November 09:10) |
| Akuri means egg curry in its most basic sense. It is like dhansak and patra ni machi, considered to be a pan-Indian favourite.
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The local flavour (06 November 09:07) |
| Any MLA while being sworn in should take oath in local language only ('All MLAs should take oath in Marathi, warns Raj', DNA, November 3). |
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Needless nerves (06 November 09:06) |
| While it is true that the Dalai Lama is a sensitive subject mainly because of the objections raised by China, there seems to be some confused thinking at work here. |
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Superpoor India (06 November 08:36) |
| A true superpower is one that doesn't have to claim it's one. |
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The heat is on (05 November 09:50) |
| The note, mysteriously 'leaked' for public consumption, proposed what would have amounted to a U-turn in India's negotiating position on climate change.
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Choices we make (05 November 09:48) |
| In the attempt to determine what is real, one has to choose, in the first instance, between the percipient self and the things that it perceives.
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Dont alienate the tribals (05 November 09:42) |
| The scheduled tribes remain low in our social order even after six decades of Independence. |
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Battle continues (05 November 09:41) |
| Habibullah feels that he has served his time at the Centre and now needs to use that experience to make RTI work in a crucial state like Jammu & Kashmir. |
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Corruption Inc (05 November 09:39) |
| Corruption in public life has almost become a norm, shockingly so. |
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David Brin (05 November 09:38) |
| It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. |
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A nation captured in arresting images (05 November 03:47) |
| Finally, I reached the boiling point. In metaphorical terms: the precise moment when the dal on the stove froths over into a messy hot puddle on the kitchen floor. |
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State vs virtual state (04 November 09:27) |
| In Karl Marx's vision, in the ultimate stage of Communism, the state is supposed to wither away. History has shown how wrong he was. |
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Ego and love (04 November 09:26) |
| I never want any criticism or disagreement from anyone. I want to be liked, loved, and accepted even when my behavior is hostile or obnoxious.
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Maoist tribals and the idea of progress (04 November 09:24) |
| I have just heard two very different bits of news today. One, that Manmohan Singh has announced that 'tribals must be the primary beneficiaries of the development process.' |
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Scared guardians (04 November 09:23) |
| It is a shame that our military cricket team felt it was unsafe to play in Jammu and Kashmir ('Intel alert made Services back out of Srinagar match', DNA, November 4). |
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Regressive stance (04 November 09:22) |
| The Muslim community is ill-served by its leaders, whether they be conservative clerics, politicians in various parties or by stereotypical civil society representatives. |
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Time to govern (04 November 09:21) |
| The Congress and Nationalist Congress Party alliance got the maximum number of seats and the mandate to rule Maharashtra for the third time when the results of assembly elections were declar... |
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Lost in the wilderness (03 November 09:35) |
| The ministry of tribal affairs has set a deadline of December 31, 2009, for the full implementation of the act. This is a completely unrealistic and potentially disastrous timeline. |
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Seeking the truth (03 November 09:34) |
| Every new development of any importance finally comes into its abiding-place only through friction, misapprehension, and opposition. |
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Transparent judiciary (03 November 09:32) |
| We have to go a long way to restore litigants' confidence in the judiciary. Just declaring all assets by the judiciary is not enough ('SC judges bare all assets', DNA, November 3). |
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Tough city (03 November 09:31) |
| It might be the only city in India which really works and an exciting buzzing metropolis, but living here comes at a price and we don't mean the high cost of real estate.
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A step forward (03 November 09:30) |
| The Supreme Court has raised the bar for transparency by detailing the cash and property that each of the 21 judges owns and placing the information in the public domain. |
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Christopher Morley (03 November 09:28) |
| All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim. |
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Tough road ahead (02 November 09:19) |
| This election has also shaken the Shiv Sena to its core with the party's founder Bal Thackeray lamenting that his sweat and toil of the last four decades have been wasted.
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Thought and health (02 November 09:16) |
| The body is the servant of the mind. It obeys the operations of the mind, whether they be deliberately chosen or unconsciously expressed. |
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Indira Gandhi was merely a politician (02 November 09:15) |
| Anniversaries are sentimental occasions. So it was with Indira Gandhi on the occasion of her tragic assassination a quarter century ago. |
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A shackled Congress (02 November 09:13) |
| Apropos 'Gelling your number' (DNA, October 31) by Yogi Aggarwal, it would be beneficial to public at large, if there is a proper debate on the subject. |
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Topic of cancer (02 November 09:12) |
| By setting aside Rs2400 crore to fight cancer in India, Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has brought this dangerous disease into sharper focus. |
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Ingrid Bergman (02 November 09:10) |
| Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me. |
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Home turf (02 November 09:10) |
| Chidambaram meets his bureaucrats regularly to learn and inform, works on critical issues with opposition-run state governments and keeps an open door for the media. |
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Can India be the conscience for the world (02 November 01:31) |
| Human Rights Watch, a leading international human rights organisation had its board meeting and retreat in the nation's capital for five days in mid-October. |
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Lovers quarrel (02 November 01:29) |
| US secretary of state Hillary Clinton's exasperated response to testy questioning by Pakistan journalists on Friday of America's bad faith with that country needs to be viewed in the broader... |
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Political canker (02 November 01:28) |
| The open rebellion of ministers G Janardhan Reddy and Karunakar Reddy against Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa has shown that even an apparently cohesive and disciplined unit of the B... |
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Avalanche of evidence (02 November 01:25) |
| The end of the world won't be far if we do not control our carbon emissions now. |
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Mr Khurshid class action suits should also target govt (01 November 09:00) |
| Company affairs minister Salman Khurshid spoke last week about creating an enabling law for investors to file class action suits against companies that work against their interests. |
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Why postpone happiness to tomorrow (01 November 08:31) |
| Whether it is money, power or sex, you get into it for the sake of happiness. Some people even enjoy misery because it gives them happiness!
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Frayed Tempers in the time of Climate Change (01 November 12:47) |
| The Chinese negotiator Yu Qingtai was more discreet but scathing. |
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She was the only man in her govt (31 October 11:55) |
| At first sight, Indira Gandhi looked petite and demure, hardly intimidating. |
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With allies like this the Congress doesnt need enemies (31 October 08:36) |
| Trinamool, DMK, the NCP -- all have added numbers to the government, but little else. |
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A committed ruler (30 October 11:25) |
| Even Indira Gandhi's detractors would agree that whatever she did, the country's interests were paramount in her thoughts. |
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Taking the long view of Nainital (30 October 11:22) |
| But 20 years ago none of this was important. I had been sent to school in Nainital. And in time, Nainital turned into home. |
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Gelling your number (30 October 11:08) |
| The Unique Identification project poses several risks for the citizens of India |
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Hazards all around (30 October 11:04) |
| Does India have sufficient safeguards to ensure the complete safety of installations such as LPG depots. |
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