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China ‘crushing’ Tibetan dissident groups in Nepal
Tibetan youths during a protest march in New Delhi.China ‘crushing’ Tibetan dissident groups in NepalBharti Jain, TNN | May 19, 2013, 04.17 AM ISTNEW DELHI: Wary of dissident Tibetan groups making...
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IPL anything but a receptacle of moral trust -- Prayaag Akbar
What a crock of sh*t! IPL is betraying no oneMay 19, 2013My comment: A remarkable piece, Prayaag Akbar. You referred to Moral trust deficit. 22 idiots play, 22,000 idiots watch the fraud called a game,...
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A new hope in the neighbourhood -- Tavleen Singh
A new hope in the neighbourhoodBy Tavleen Singh on May 19, 2013See: http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/05/fallacy-of-political-tourism-in-pak.htmlFallacy of political tourism in Pak -- Subramanian...
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Simple and sublime, Gitanjali -- Suparna Banerjee In the centenary year of...
Published: May 18, 2013 17:16 IST | Updated: May 18, 2013 17:17 IST Simple and sublimeSUPARNA BANERJEEThe HinduA priceless gift: Rabindranath Tagore. Photo: K.R. DeepakIn the centenary year of Tagore’s...
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Pining for instability and creative disruption in polity -- N. Ram
ESSAYA State Of StasisWere this a crisis out of which something creative could emerge. But it’s a paralysed polity, clinging on to power, and leaving the nation and its people all the poorer for it.MAY...
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S&P sacrificing India for the European Union -- Madhav Nalapat
S&P sacrificing India for the European UnionMADHAV NALAPAT NEW DELHI | 19th May 2013The recent warning by Standard & Poor's (S&P) of a future downgrade of India to junk status is motivated...
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Indus writing and ancient Ivory. Metal traces on Phoenician artifacts show...
An area for further investigation is if the ivories such as combs with Indus writing also had traces of iron oxide or gold paints to posit a hypothesis that the Nimrod ivories were a continuum of the...
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The future of a continent -- Praveen Swami. The future lies in Indian Ocean...
In the hands of Li Keqiang and Manmohan Singh, the future of a continentby Praveen Swami May 19, 2013In the summer of 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Duchess Sophie were assassinated on the...
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I feel sorry for Sibal's zero-loss theory: CAG Vinod Rai. Let us pay a...
I feel sorry for Kapil Sibal and company for their zero-loss theory, CAG Vinod Rai saysPradeep Thakur, TNN | May 20, 2013, 04.07 AM ISTCAG Vinod Rai, who retires on May 22, feels there will be pressure...
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Second Ananthapuri Hindu Mahasammelan begins
20 May 2013ThiruvananthapuramSecond Ananthapuri Hindu Mahasammelan beginsAuthor: Express News ServicePublished Date: May 20, 2013 12:14 PMLast Updated: May 20, 2013 12:14 PM“The root cause for all...
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A crumbling Railway, a picture of a nation's troubles -- Declan Walsh
Pakistan, as Seen Through its RailwaysA homeless man slept near the tracks in a slum area of Karachi. Decades of misadventure, misrule and misfortune have left Pakistan’s infrastructure crumbling and...
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Where's the coal? -- Subir Gokarn, former Dy. Gov., RBI
Subir Gokarn May 19, 2013 Last Updated at 21:30 ISTWhere's the coal?The binding constraint has shifted from power generation to coal availabilityRELATED NEWSStates should bear cost of power subsidy,...
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See: http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/05/rethinking-indian-historical-linguistics.html Rethinking Indian historical linguistics Ref.:...
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The border according to China: what suits them -- Claude Arpi
The border according to ChinaBy Claude Arpi on May 20, 2013During the year 1960, long negotiations were held between India and China over their ‘disputed’ border.The background of these talks was the...
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Modern Humans Wandered Out of Africa via Arabia -- IBM & National Geographic
Modern Humans Wandered Out of Africa via ArabiaPosted by David Braun of National Geographic on November 3, 2011Through a new analytical method, IBM and the Genographic Project find new evidence to...
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Silence of the vultures -- MJ Akbar on priests of this religion called wealth.
Katy Perry in India IndiaIPL 2012 PHOTOS 4/3/2012 6:35:00 PMKaty is seen here being introduced to Arun Jaitley (l) as Shukla watches on.Silence of the vulturesLast updated: Saturday, May 18, 2013 8:05...
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Australia Needs Strategic Rethink on Submarines -- Ross Babbage. Indian Ocean...
Australia Needs Strategic Rethink on SubmarinesBy Ross BabbageMay 20, 2013Is Australia’s new submarine program being driven by careful assessments of the country’s future defense strategy or more by...
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India’s National Flag demeaned -- Kanchan Gupta
India’s National Flag demeanedBy Kanchan Gupta on May 20, 2013On Monday, May 20, @PIB_India tweeted: “On eve of martyrdom of late PM Sh. Rajiv Gandhi, M/o I&B releases TV spot ‘Sadbhav – The Idea...
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SoniaG UPA set for a crushing defeat: ABP News-Nielsen Survey
The importance of bedfellowsCong loss not BJP’s full gainOUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT | Tuesday , May 21 , 2013 |New Delhi, May 20: The mood of the nation has decisively turned against the UPA and...
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Indus writing in ancient Near East as metalware catalogs and not as agrarian...
Indus writing as metalware catalogs and not as agrarian accountingIravatham Mahadevan has drawn attention in his December 2012 article (cf....
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