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Delayed economic reform killed 145 mn children (15 November 02:33) |
| The 20th anniversary of Communism’s fall is a good time to estimate the costs borne by countries like India that did not become Communist but drew heavily on the Soviet model. |
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Why some political parties lost the plot (15 November 02:32) |
| Defeat is the distance between a bedtime story and a wake-up call. The former starts with 'Once upon a time...' and lulls the voter to sleep. |
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The liberal Hindu is on a global high (15 November 02:30) |
| A week ago i received an offer that was difficult to refuse. I was invited to speak to a distinguished audience at Taj Mumbai, which was partly destroyed during the 26/11 terrorist attacks. |
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Sad Manu didnt get Mas values (15 November 02:29) |
| Thank God i am not Manu Sharma's maa! I am sure millions of mothers across India are also thanking the Almighty for sparing them from such a curse! |
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Its not about Hindi per se I wont salute a goonda (15 November 01:09) |
| This open defiance of Raj Thackeray earned him much abuse from MLAs belonging to Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). But Azmi did not seem to care. |
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Anjumans deprive Muslim women of microcredit (08 November 04:30) |
| The government seeks inclusive growth and access to credit. The Sachar Committee is dismayed by the relatively low access of Muslims to bank credit. |
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Sex scams How we turn a blind eye (08 November 03:18) |
| Our Indian response to a scandalous mess is neat and categorised. Cash and sex are the north and south pole of mass interest, each with a sprawling magnetic field. |
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Let Vande Mataram bridge the differences (08 November 03:17) |
| Last Tuesday, home minister P Chidambaram drew flak for attending a convention of maulvis in Deoband where, among other things, it was decreed that Muslims should shun Vande Mataram, Indiaâ€... |
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Give babus the power to empower us (08 November 02:57) |
| In recent weeks, there have been significant disasters at government-run establishments, caused by negligence and/or poor maintenance. |
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Life is not boring Im still the epicentre of state politics (08 November 02:42) |
| Once upon a time, Lalu Prasad was a busy man. As railway minister in the UPA’s first coalition government, he is credited with leading the loss-making Indian Railways into profit. Now, his... |
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I spend most of Christmas cooking How sad is that (01 November 02:43) |
| On a visit to Delhi, ahead of her 'Women Mean Business' conference in Mumbai next month, Cherie Booth Blair discussed why she doesn't cook chicken tikka masala and political correctness wit... |
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What made Mahato a political fugitive (01 November 02:35) |
| The Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express, held up by Maoists for seven hours in West Midnapore, had this emblazoned on it: 'Chhatradhar Mahato is a good man.
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Twenty years later Why the Berlin Wall fell (25 October 02:17) |
| We are approaching the 20th anniversary of the fall of Communism. This comprehensively refuted the Communist claim to represent the people. |
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Weak Opposition and a sad state of affairs (25 October 02:16) |
| Rahul Gandhi is the perfect post-ideological politician. Those who think he is preaching to the choir are missing the point: a significant chunk of the electorate is tired of grand creeds. |
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No ifs or buts defeat Maoist violence (25 October 02:14) |
| Arundhati Roy writes seductively. Recently, i picked up her new book, Listening to Grasshoppers, and was mesmerized by her luminous prose but i disagreed profoundly with her conclusion. |
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How the BJP lost the central plot (25 October 02:12) |
| An intriguing feature of last Thursday’s dawn-to-midnight TV coverage of the outcome of three state assembly elections, was the disproportionate time spent on dissecting the losers.
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Climate change will be an election issue in five years (25 October 01:38) |
| Young presidents are in vogue. None more so perhaps than Maldives' 41-year-old president Mohamed Nasheed, who ended dictator Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's three-decade grip on power. |
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Diwali dhamaka but where is the mithaas (18 October 02:51) |
| Sorry. But this Diwali, my personal mithaas is under tremendous pressure, and i’m afraid, chocolates are just not hitting the sweet spot. |
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No election is an echo of the past (18 October 02:49) |
| The statistics of this year's general elections do not justify the self-evident depression that has overtaken Sharad Pawar's NCP. |
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Im sure commercials and glamour will come to my sport (18 October 02:40) |
| Young
Pankaj
Advani burst on to the scene from
Bangalore just when the world was wondering if India would ever have another
Geet Sethi. In no time at all, Advani surpassed Sethi. He has adde... |
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Nearly 50 years on were still fighting (18 October 02:37) |
| India and China, often referred to as the elephant and the dragon, are currently embroiled in a mini-war of words over the status of Arunachal Pradesh, the state that was at the core of the ... |
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A mayors manifesto for better ties with India (18 October 02:23) |
| There is no doubt that the global economy has entered a new era. Recovery looks set to be on its way but following setbacks such as the collapse of Lehman Brothers, there is a sense that thi... |
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Story from Bharat Quest to be very poor (11 October 03:03) |
| Having given up Party responsibilities at the national level, i now spend most of my time in my constituency - Hazaribagh, in Jharkhand. |
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Australia is an advert for multi-culturalism not me (11 October 02:17) |
| Australia’s new high commissioner in Delhi, and his origins in Kerala, birth in Kenya and Australian upbringing make him possibly Canberra’s best advertisement for multi-cultural inclusi... |
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A paean to Indias melody queen (04 October 01:54) |
| The 80th birthday of Lata Mangeshkar, surely the greatest popular singer of our lifetime and beyond, invites an irresistible question: which song is the best of her six-decade oeuvre? |
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Feeling charitable Give with an open heart (04 October 01:51) |
| This was the 'Joy of Giving' week, the Lord be praised, and countless do-gooders were hard at it - urging others to 'give' while they took! |
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Letter to Bapu from Generation Next (04 October 12:25) |
| With our purpose blessed, enemy identified and youth united - we could take the first steps towards the new Indian revolution.
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Listen to the assertive new Indian woman (27 September 02:23) |
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How India beat China in auto exports (27 September 02:23) |
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Middle path the way to peace with Pak (27 September 02:22) |
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Bust the myth of good over evil (27 September 01:39) |
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Money is no longer a problem being a celebrity is (27 September 12:52) |
| Kalavati Parshuram Bandurkar, Dalit widow and mother of nine, shot to fame when Rahul Gandhi mentioned her in Parliament last year. Shishir Arya caught up with Kalavati in Nagpur. Excerpts ... |
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Video war games satiate my feelings of aggression (20 September 02:32) |
| The Karmapa Lama, Trinley Dorje, the only senior Buddhist leader recognized by Beijing, the Tibetans and India, picks his way through the diplomatic minefield. On a visit to Delhi from Dhara... |
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Which way is Islamabad tipping (20 September 01:56) |
| In April this year, the US chairman of the joint chiefs of staff committee was reported as declaring that Pakistan was "close to tipping point" and at the risk of being "overwhelmed by terro... |
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The stars endorse me but ordinary people appreciate me (13 September 02:50) |
| His name has become a global brand symbolizing sinful excess and women's lib in the style of sitcom 'Sex and the City', but Jimmy Choo insists shoes are all about grand art and great design.... |
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Free the market from greed and fear (13 September 02:24) |
| Deep inside academia some of the rebels, who go by the name 'Post-Autistic Economics Network', a web-based network, are forging analytical tools that reconnect economics with social, ethical... |
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Drain Pakistans tribal swamps (06 September 02:16) |
| These shocking attacks drove the Pakistani military and Afghanistan-based, US-led forces to take on the militants like never before. |
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I cannot go and beg somebody to join my government Konijetti Rosaiah (06 September 02:07) |
| The new chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, Konijetti Rosaiah, still sits in the old office he occupied as finance minister. |
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When the young try to defy death (06 September 02:03) |
| An election victory is an unreliable measure of a politician's value. Rajasekhara Reddy's triumph in 2004 might not have been possible without the hard work he put in, but it could be argued... |
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Searching for clues It happens only in India (06 September 02:02) |
| YSR was the star fund collector of the Congress party. In a way, he was also the 'anointed one' - a recent development that did not suit several well-entrenched members of the inner coterie. |
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Tata Motors Think electric for survival (06 September 01:47) |
| The Great Recession may be ending. Optimists hope for an upturn this quarter, although pessimists warn about a double-dip recession. |
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Needed most A strong Opposition (30 August 02:35) |
| The Left, which could have been taken seriously had it taken itself seriously, reminds one of an anecdote which should be better-known. |
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L K Advani should have done a Sonia (30 August 02:31) |
| By undertaking a line job yet again, L K Advani miscalculated seriously. He incurred the wrath of those who were never at ease with him in the first place. |
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Cash transfers better than drought relief works (30 August 02:17) |
| Most people think that the Green Revolution ended mass starvation. Not so. The Green Revolution improved yields, and made India self-sufficient. |
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Dont fix history look at the future (30 August 12:23) |
| The reality is that despite its best intentions, the BJP is out of touch with the current generation. The recent Jinnah book/Jaswant Singh episode confirms this fact like none other. |
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Jaswant pays price for telling the truth (23 August 02:00) |
| For decades, Congress and BJP have jointly nurtured the myth that Britain teamed up with Jinnah to impose Partition on India, to institutionalise divide-and-rule even after leaving. |
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What SRK should learn from Kalam (23 August 01:59) |
| A celebrity is blessed with good fortune in many ways. A reporter, for instance, has to search for news. |
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Indian entrepreneurs are jiving to a new beat (23 August 01:11) |
| While many Indians, young and old, may aspire to emulate the commercial entrepreneurs who have made billions, there is a growing number of talented, educated young men and women who march to... |
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Echoes of myself in Jinnah That would be arrogant (23 August 12:56) |
| Jaswant Singh says, "Echoes of myself in Jinnah? That would be arrogant and impertinent of me. After all, this was a man of whom Gandhi told Mountbatten that he is a great Indian." |
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Swine flu Learn from 94 plague (16 August 12:57) |
| Swine flu has killed 21Indians so far, and may soon claim hundreds, even thousands. That is a tragedy. |
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