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S Dasgupta: A truth nobody will ever admit
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The long campaign for a grand Ram temple on the site of the 16th century Babri Masjid in Ayodhya was, at a very basic level, an issue of faith.
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M J Akbar: Does justice matter after 17 years?
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Democracy is a volatile game played in the open. What was there left to inquire into?
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Santosh Desai: Accelerating change: No easy way out
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Change will not occur with the speed and thoroughness that is deemed ideal unless we accelerate the process through forceful and specific interventions.
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M J Akbar: Next time, the volcano
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The Left emerged out of the chaos and violence that fractured Bengal; as it dissipates, will the vacuum be filled by violence? It is tempting to see the immediate future as a mirror image, with variations, of the 1960s.
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S A Aiyar: Killing me softly with your beedis
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Why have finance ministers over the years not done this? Because the beedi is the poor man's smoke, and the beedi industry employs millions. Yet, these are horrifying, cruel reasons for tax concessions for proven killers.
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S Dasgupta: Why the twitter-bugs can't change Iran's regime
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It is possible the angry young men and well-dressed women in Victoria Beckham sunglasses in Tehran - the only place where Mousavi outpolled Ahmadinejad - have different ideas.
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Vinita Nangia: When did you last really look?
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God they say is in the detail and he who has mastered the art of focusing on the minutest details, has mastered the art of blocking out the unpleasant...
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MJ Akbar: The US advice on Kashmir is lunacy
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There is nothing particularly new about the proposal of an interim balm for the wounds of Kashmir, demilitarization on both sides of the Line of Control. What is novel is the heavy Washington endorsement of this Pakistan-promoted option.
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Shobha De: Why Sheetal and Kalavati are women on top
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Both ladies are media savvy — they have perfected their sound bites. Their lives are not all that dissimilar — they make headlines for the wrong reasons.
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SA Aiyar: An open letter to Kapil Sibal
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Kapil Sibal, your new government is committed to affirmative action for the historically disadvantaged. This can be an excellent launching pad for school vouchers.
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