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| Poised on the brink |
| Governments are rushing to shore up the banking system |
| In financial markets, Black Monday refers to Monday, October 19, 1987, when share prices all over the world fell precipitously. The crash started in Hong Kong, and then gradually moved westward through the different time zones, finally hitting the ... |
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| The long goodbye |
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Sir — Nothing less could have been expected of a judicious and self-respecting cricketer like Soura ... |
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| FALL INTO SIN |
| There has been a flurry of policy changes by the Reserve Bank of India and by the Securities and Exchange Board of India. The...|
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| SHOCK TREATMENT |
| Like distant Khairlanji in 2006, Vatoli village in Andhra Pradesh too should enter public memory as a shameful reminder of th...|
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| From riches to rags |
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Pontification on the international economic crisis has been indulged in ad nauseam for the last many days and the prog... | Read.. |
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| Too little of a good thing |
| On ashtami, I revisited the Kalighat temple after several years. From the time I was a toddler till I left Calcutta for higher studies in my mid-twenties, I would unf... |
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| The one and the many |
| How well did Elias Canetti know the Indian subcontinent and its crowds? I remember reading his classic, Crowds and Power, as a student, and applying his theory... |
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| Control key |
| For the police, learning to manage crowds is part of one’s basic training. Although Calcutta never fails to provide a reason for people to assemble, this is the time of year ... |
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I walked around as you do, investigating/ the endless star,/ and in my net, during the night, I woke up naked,/ the only thing caught, a fish trapped inside the wind.— PABLO NERUDA
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