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 | Gandhi Jayanti under MNS hooliganism
Our Correspondent
There was an ugly irony in Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray’s latest essay in hooliganism. On Gandhi Jayanti—when India celebrates the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation—a well-known hoodlum lets loose his goons against a movie, <.. [ full story ] |
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Wages of casteism: Khagaria carnage exposes Nitish’s politics
Our Correspondent
One of the most persistent pathologies of modern times is the belief that an excess dose of any evil is its own cure. There is so much inequity, injustice, exploitation in the world, our philosophers and intellectuals told us. The way out is a new system,.. [ full story ] | |
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| Spectacle=protest
Our Correspondent
A stampede takes place in a government school in east Delhi; five girls are killed and many more are injured. About 20 days later, the school reopens. There is no parent-teacher interface to ensure greater security for the students; there is no meaningful.. [ full story ] |
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Tryst with turpitude
Our Correspondent
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram was not very polite—and, some would say, not very politic—when he said that state governments have reduced police officers to “a football, to be kicked around here and there, from one post to another, without regard to th.. [ full story ] | |
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| Trojan Horses: Ghandy’s arrest highlights old threat
Our Correspondent
On the face of it, Kobad Ghandy’s arrest as a member of the proscribed Naxalite group may appear bizarre—and this is the reason it evoked such media interest. For Ghandy was born to a rich Parsi couple, the father being a top executive in a pharma major; .. [ full story ] |
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Bordering on the weak....Prakash Singh for Indian Express