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| Pluralism and Tibet |
| Why is Han Chinese chauvinism kosher to the CPI(M)? |
| The controversy over Tibet is a controversy about pluralism. The main allegations against China — that it has tried to alter the demographic balance of Tibet by settling Han Chinese there, that it wishes to assimilate the religious and cultural disti... |
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| Sporting spirit |
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Sir — Sunanda K. Datta-Ray has rightly commended Bhaichung Bhutia’s decision to refrain from runnin ... |
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| Ash Wednesday |
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Sir — First it was Firpo’s, and now Mullickghat. The fire that razed the 125-year-old Mullickghat f ... |
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| SIBLING NEWS |
| It is not often that both of Sonia Gandhi’s children are in the news at the same time. This is especially true since Priyanka...|
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| TRAIN NEXT DOOR |
| It was through a haze of nostalgia that the Maitree Express ran between Dhaka and Calcutta on the first day of the Bengali ca...|
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| Blame It All On The West |
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The more they protest outside China, the more the Chinese defend their government. The photograph of a handicapped athlete tr... | Read.. |
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| Carefree under the sheltering sky |
| Oceans have always played an ambiguous role in the life of maritime states. They mark the farthest boundaries of a country, but are also the gateway to the world — starting po... |
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Catholics and Communists have committed great crimes, but at least they have not stood aside, like an established society, and been indifferent. I would rather have blood on my hands than water like Pilate. — GRAHAM GREENE
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