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As water mingles with water (21 November 04:44) |
| His son, Guru Hargobind, decided to take up arms. Then the ninth guru,Tegh Bahadur, a saintly man who composed some of the most soulful hymns later incorporated into the Adi Granth by his so... |
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Never on a Sunday (21 November 04:44) |
| Photography is difficult, precisely because it is easy. With a mobile phone and something to focus on, photographs can be made instantly by anybody. Our everyday lives are flooded with them ... |
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Elegant twists and hasty turns (21 November 04:44) |
| Sandipan Samajpati's solo recital, organized by Ritwik (South) at the G.D. Birla Sabhagar on November 5, was distinguished by the artist's naturally elegant style. Samajpati began with a car... |
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A hidden world (21 November 04:44) |
| The young artist, Puspita Ray, believes that paintings should be a source of relief to viewers. She does not prefer abstract paintings because she feels that life is too full of abstractions... |
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his last bow (21 November 04:44) |
| A tall American visits a Japanese man and his wife, both shorter than him, for dinner. They receive him on the steps of their home, and the guest greets his host by shaking his hands and bow... |
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Getting the history right (21 November 04:44) |
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Rich but good (20 November 06:40) |
| Robert Skidelsky is a renowned Keynesian scholar, having received a number |
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THE AUTHOR WHO WAS BRAVE (20 November 06:40) |
| This is the third and concluding volume of The Millennium Trilogy. Readers who have not read the second volume, The Girl Who Played with Fire, will find themselves somewhat in the middle of ... |
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Reading images (20 November 06:40) |
| There has always been a close relationship between literature and the visual arts a relationship not well |
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Reasons behind the return of the caravan of terror (20 November 06:40) |
| The editor of this book does not mince words. The book, in fact, is not only an acknowledgement of the growing |
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Monsters on the Prowl (20 November 06:40) |
| Three rather unfortunate declamations that made news and stood out like sore fingers over the last few days were those by an air marshal, who made the most reactionary and insensitive statem... |
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late lamented (20 November 06:40) |
| Making excuses is an art. There comes a point when one begins to believe passionately in the fictions one has created to one's advantage. So, the various reasons given by employees at the Wr... |
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air freshener (20 November 06:40) |
| It has been 15 years since the last time pollution standards were set. But India has at last changed the rules determining air quality. The maximum permissible level for each pollutant on th... |
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The split reality (20 November 06:40) |
| Some news is considered more worth publicizing than some other news. This is part of an essential discipline, for otherwise we will remain perennially buried under an avalanche of data, info... |
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New experiments to cure an old malaise (19 November 04:45) |
| The author, a former political scientist with the University of Mumbai, is currently a professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences |
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Still the Same (19 November 04:45) |
| More than a year has passed since the world was rocked by the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Stock markets crashed and credit stopped all over the globe. Employment dropped sharply, first in f... |
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wilful exit (19 November 04:45) |
| The Indian woman's free will is an elusive entity. The Supreme Court has ruled that a wife who walks out of her matrimonial home "willingly" is not entitled to maintenance. At least, that is... |
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token university (19 November 04:45) |
| The chief minister of West Bengal moves in mysterious ways. In the first half of 2007, the government of West Bengal, at the behest of the chief minister, appointed a committee of experts to... |
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From dream to reality (19 November 04:45) |
| This newspaper recently hosted its annual debate on whether a resurgent Bengal was an impossible dream. Not surprisingly, the verdict of the 600-odd listeners went against the motion. This h... |
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To catch a thief (18 November 04:46) |
| As the Enforcement Directorate and Income Tax authorities unearth hundreds of crores of what appear to be the ill-gotten wealth of former Jharkhand chief minister and current member of Parli... |
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Out in the Cold (18 November 04:45) |
| Marxists should have learnt from their experience in Assam and partly in Tripura that ethnic consolidation stands in the way of bringing together the masses along class lines. But they did n... |
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War within (18 November 04:45) |
| Sri Lanka continues to be in a state of war months after its historic win over the Tamil Tigers. The war, this time, is being fought in the glass house of Sri Lanka's establishment, and its ... |
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cupped hands (18 November 04:45) |
| It is a small red cup, and it tends not to run over. The United Nation's World Food Programme often uses such a cup to provide food for the world's starving. It has now chosen this object as... |
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Neighbourhood watch (18 November 04:45) |
| The author is former foreign secretary of India |
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Simple elegant and brilliant (18 November 02:45) |
| Stephen Hawking, by now, is of course, a phenomenon. However, back in 1967, Stephen was relatively unknown in the corridors of Cambridge. It is known that a dashing young graduate arrived fr... |
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Simple elegant and brilliant (18 November 12:45) |
| Stephen Hawking, by now, is of course, a phenomenon. However, back in 1967, Stephen was relatively unknown in the corridors of Cambridge. It is known that a dashing young graduate arrived fr... |
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Simple elegant and brilliant (17 November 10:44) |
| Stephen Hawking, by now, is of course, a phenomenon. However, back in 1967, Stephen was relatively unknown in the corridors of Cambridge. It is known that a dashing young graduate arrived fr... |
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Simple elegant and brilliant (17 November 08:44) |
| Stephen Hawking, by now, is of course, a phenomenon. However, back in 1967, Stephen was relatively unknown in the corridors of Cambridge. It is known that a dashing young graduate arrived fr... |
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Simple elegant and brilliant (17 November 06:44) |
| Stephen Hawking, by now, is of course, a phenomenon. However, back in 1967, Stephen was relatively unknown in the corridors of Cambridge. It is known that a dashing young graduate arrived fr... |
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Simple elegant and brilliant (17 November 04:43) |
| Stephen Hawking, by now, is of course, a phenomenon. However, back in 1967, Stephen was relatively unknown in the corridors of Cambridge. It is known that a dashing young graduate arrived fr... |
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Simple elegant and brilliant (17 November 02:44) |
| Stephen Hawking, by now, is of course, a phenomenon. However, back in 1967, Stephen was relatively unknown in the corridors of Cambridge. It is known that a dashing young graduate arrived fr... |
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Simple elegant and brilliant (17 November 12:43) |
| Stephen Hawking, by now, is of course, a phenomenon. However, back in 1967, Stephen was relatively unknown in the corridors of Cambridge. It is known that a dashing young graduate arrived fr... |
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Simple elegant and brilliant (17 November 10:44) |
| Stephen Hawking, by now, is of course, a phenomenon. However, back in 1967, Stephen was relatively unknown in the corridors of Cambridge. It is known that a dashing young graduate arrived fr... |
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Simple elegant and brilliant (17 November 08:44) |
| Stephen Hawking, by now, is of course, a phenomenon. However, back in 1967, Stephen was relatively unknown in the corridors of Cambridge. It is known that a dashing young graduate arrived fr... |
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Simple elegant and brilliant (17 November 06:43) |
| Stephen Hawking, by now, is of course, a phenomenon. However, back in 1967, Stephen was relatively unknown in the corridors of Cambridge. It is known that a dashing young graduate arrived fr... |
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Simple elegant and brilliant (17 November 04:45) |
| Stephen Hawking, by now, is of course, a phenomenon. However, back in 1967, Stephen was relatively unknown in the corridors of Cambridge. It is known that a dashing young graduate arrived fr... |
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Battle against a brother (17 November 04:45) |
| The recent attacks on several Pakistani cities and towns ' Lahore, Kohat, Peshawar and Rawalpindi ' have shown the army of Pakistan in a poor light. The armed forces, it seems, have been re... |
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Haven for Children (17 November 04:45) |
| One of the most rewarding experiences of which I was fortunate to be a part was a visit to the Bal Bhavan in Delhi, an extra-curricular centre for children that celebrates the young, their f... |
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three and over (17 November 04:45) |
| When India begins to move, it may also start to trot. Years of struggle went to loosen the tentacles of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that made homosexuality punishable, until the Del... |
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Real contests (17 November 04:45) |
| It is not difficult to see why the Chinese communists fret over the Dalai Lama's freedom of movement and speech. By keeping alive the Tibetan question, he exposes the nature of the Chinese r... |
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A novice rapids rider (17 November 04:45) |
| Living in the times of Indira Gandhi was never boring; she had a penchant for making news. She passed from one dramatic event to another; in each she had a stellar role. She changed over sea... |
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Better late than nEVER (16 November 04:43) |
| Barack Obama's Asian trip has been on the political calendar for many months. So has the climate summit at Copenhagen. I suspect that Obama's people originally planned to announce a US-Chine... |
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another track (16 November 04:43) |
| Soon after Mamata Banerjee presented the rail budget for 2009-10, The Telegraph noted that her budget, though aimed at pleasing the people, lacked vision. It was especially alarming that Ms ... |
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Step by step (16 November 04:43) |
| The government has announced plans to sell shares of 60 public enterprises to the public. It could not do so earlier on account of the support the Congress needed from the communists to rule... |
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Parochial passions (16 November 04:43) |
| The states reorganization commission in 1955 gave a blueprint for the formation of states on linguistic lines. I was a student in Delhi in 1955, and K.M. Panikkar, a member of the commission... |
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Godly muddle (15 November 06:43) |
| What is religion? Is it a matter of faith and observance, or something that one is born with, like sex or race? At a more practical level, is religion supposed to make life less or more diff... |
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A woman for all seasons (15 November 06:43) |
| Sometimes, reading a book by someone I know, I feel I am getting to know the person all over again. If the person is a friend, this is indeed a bonus, and I find myself mentally listing poin... |
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Remembering the iron lady (14 November 04:44) |
| The 25th death anniversary of Indira Gandhi occasioned a flood of literature and huge media coverage across the country. That was as it should have been because she was, in fact, the Queen E... |
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Too clever by half (14 November 04:44) |
| It was probably Somerset Maugham who pointed out that there are only about half-a-dozen stories in the history of literature, and writers keep recycling them in different forms. In a world o... |
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Breathtakingly dull (14 November 04:44) |
| The exhibition at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Roving Eye Presents Why Woman (Nov 1-7), raised a lot of questions while not quite answering the one implicit in the title. This show of "paintings ... |
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