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Aung San Suu Kyi: Symbol of ‘the Power of the Powerless’
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If Myanmar, formerly known as Burma,
is slowly but surely emerging out of its
pariah status, full credit to the frail, 66-
year old Aung San Suu Kyi who, unmindful
of all the hardships and persona
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Atul Cowshish
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Dissident to Travel Out of Myanmar after 24 Years of Resolving to Stay Put
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While Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi decided to
stay through the crackdowns, thousands of
democracy activists left the country, taking
refuge in Thailand, Europe and the United
States.
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Thomas Fuller
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Sufism’s contribution to Islamic civilisation
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Opponents of Sufi sm pose misleading
questions: is Sufi sm the same as
Islam? Then why Sufi sm? Islam is
enough. Is Sufi sm against Islam? Then we do
not need Sufi sm. Many people who neither
kno
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Asghar Ali Engineer
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Turkish Delights
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The local term for it is lokum, derived
from luqma (morsel). It was reportedly
invented half a century ago when
an Ottoman sultan’s peace was disturbed by
his quarrelsome wives and he asked his co
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Raihana A Hasan
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The lost romance of the glow of candlelight
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I suggest my readers to try
out the soothing infl uence
of candlelight. Electric
lights are garish; candlelight
brings peace of mind
and evokes memories of
days past.
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Khushwant Singh
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Children of god?
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WHEN an Australian editor posed a
question to the Indian press why it
never had a dalit, the untouchable,
at a top position in journalism, I felt embarrassed.
I considered it an omission which
sh
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Kuldip Nayar
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A Pilgrim’s Progress
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The British Museum should, in all propriety,
be renamed the British Empire
Museum. The largest repository of human
genius is a magnifi cent tribute to three
centuries of commercial and political p
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M J Akbar
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A provocative step
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The United States too has subsequently
jumped in to criticise the move. The US
statement Department said it “appreciates
the UAE’s efforts in his regard and urges
Iran to respond positively to the
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Seema Mustafa
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In praise of Lalit Modi
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A question has left me wondering about
an answer: how incendiary is the
combination of great ideas with great
luck? History must be full of sensational
ideas that withered because they did not pos
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M J Akbar
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Their discovery of India
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Shayak ends his story even more bleakly: “Jatin
did not jump into the Sabarmati that day. He does
not attribute it to a sudden fl icker of hope within
him. Nor does he say that better sense prevail
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Harsh Mander
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Günter the Terrible
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Though our Interior Minister, Eli Yishai, may have
garnered the individual championship by declaring
Grass persona non grata and banning him from
entering Israel for all eternity (at least). Yishai
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Uri Avnery
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Michael Clarke’s Australia pushes India down to No.4 in Test rankings
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Australia’s series win against the
West Indies has pushed India down
to 4th position in Test rankings and
much of the credit goes to its captain Michael
Clarke. Clarke’s captaincy has come in
for
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Neelakant Patri
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