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| Unbelievable ugliness |
| Calcutta’s gorer math must be saved from a venal government |
| It cannot be too late for a citizens’ movement to impress on the Centre the need to save the tattered remains of what we called gorer math from falling into the clutches of a government that is beholden to businessmen, especially contractors a... |
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| First port of call |
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Sir — “Bid to hasten Kulpi Port” (March 5) was amusing for the old-timers of the Calcutta port. The ... |
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| Fear rules |
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Sir — Ashok V. Desai perpetuates some of the cherished colonial assumptions of the 19th century whe ... |
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| Help them survive |
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Sir — Asia’s largest remaining population of wild elephants is found in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reser ... |
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| PRESIDENT’S HONOUR |
| Appearances are often very deceptive. When Pratibha Patil became the president of India, her critics were unanimous in writin...|
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| Trails that retreat into the mind |
| Although Paramjit Singh is best known for his landscape paintings, it could be misleading to apply this term unqualifiedly to his recently concluded show at CIMA gallery (S... |
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| Sunday morning treat |
| Exceptional performances by Debojyoti Bose on sarod (picture) and Partho Sarathi Desikan (khayal) made Kajalrekha Musical Foundation’s 8th annual music concert at Madhusudan M... |
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| Differently beautiful |
| The Madrigal Singers (Calcutta School of Music, February 18) were a delightful mid-week surprise. Founded 10 years ago by Neecia Majolly with the aim of reviving the glorious ... |
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| Too colourful |
| The exhibition of paintings titled Himalayan Mountains in Colour (Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, February 12-20) by the Japanese artist, Kouzui Shimoura, lived up to... |
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The art of government is the organization of idolatry. The bureaucracy consists of functionaries; the aristocracy, of idols; the democracy, of idolators. The populace cannot understand the bureaucracy: it can only worship the national idols.
— GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
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