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Education The Reform Buzz
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The reforms being introduced would be
meaningful if they lead to a stage where the
universities and colleges in India produce
scholars who are as good as those of similar
colleges and universities
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Atul Cowshish
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Right to Eduction and the marginalised
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Education is one instrument by which
the masses can empower themselves
and nations can develop. The Indian
education system is primarily a gift of the
British. It was in India that they fi rst tri
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N Jamal Ansari
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Certain Essential Aspects of the Hijab Controversy
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The hijab controversy in Europe refuses
to die down. It has acquired a new lease
of life with the French Parliament legislating
against it. More and more is being written
on it in the print media
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Asghar Ali Engineer
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A mosque has no door
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The true American patriot is Michael Rubens
Bloomberg, the mayor of New York, who has supported
the idea of a mosque. I use his full name
deliberately: he is of the Jewish faith, from a family
of
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M J Akbar
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A purple imagination and a bevy of pretty women
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In Praise of Older Women: This is the title
of the autobiography of Hungarian writer
Stephen Vicinczey, now a professor in
a Canadian University. The amazing thing
about him is that he hardly knew
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Khushwant Singh
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No ideal solution for Kashmir
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The pro-Pakistan tilt changed into a resolve
for independence, the slogan , which Yasin
Malik, the fi rst militant in Kashmir, raised.
Today that sentiment prevails in the shape
of demand for Kash
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Kuldip Nayar
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The Curse of Cain
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It was God Himself who cast the fi rst
curse when He drove Adam and Eve
from Eden and sentenced them to living
out their lives in this “vale of tears”, toil and
trouble. As Mark Twain puts it, “Le
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Raihana A Hasan
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Ineptitude Fans the Flames in Kashmir
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The fl ames are searing the skies, and
everyone seems to have run out of
water. Jammu and Kashmir Chief
Minister Omar Abdullah is using petrol instead
of water as is Union Home Minister P
Chidamb
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Seema Mustafa
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Common Mistakes during Ramzan
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Most Muslims who fast in Ramzan
focus on its benefi ts and rewards.
But in doing so, we often make
mistakes that instead of adding to our experience
actually detract from it; mistakes that
can co
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Seema Aftab
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No Short-cuts to Governance
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In real terms, it hardly matters whether
Suresh Kalmadi goes now or after the
Games. His role as the sports czar of India
is effectively over. It is only a question of
whether he gets a nice gift
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M J Akbar
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The new warlord of Oz
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Since her coup, Gillard has reaffi rmed this
racism at the heart of policy-making. Australia
takes fewer refugees than almost any
country, yet Gillard is using their “threat” to
outdo the hysteric
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John Pilger
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Murali Still Rules!
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The game of cricket will never see
another like him; an enigma to most
batsmen; `most’ because just a couple
in the long list of illustrious batters read him
right and plundered runs off his testi
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Neelakant Patri
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