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EDITORIAL COMMENT | A Test Of The Times
16 Dec 2008, 0000 hrs IST
This was a historic match in more ways than one. On the final day, Tendulkar along with Yuvraj Singh finished off the highest successful run chase in India, the previous best being 275 by West Indies at Delhi in 1987-88.

EDITORIAL COMMENT | A Woman's Worth
16 Dec 2008, 0000 hrs IST
It is fairly clear that the economic empowerment of women alone is not going to further the cause of gender parity. It requires a revision in our collective social mindset, which can be brought about only through better education.

 

Season of advent brings hope, light and cheer
16 Dec 2008, 0003 hrs IST, MARGUERITE THEOPHIL
The season of Advent for Christians begins four Sundays before Christmas Day, and ends on Christmas Eve.

Oneness principle in the elegant universe
15 Dec 2008, 0000 hrs IST, MANI BHAUMIK
Science and spirituality are two sides of the same coin. Our consciousness is the window that allows us to perceive reality.

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Letters to the Editor   Blog

Readerspeak: Unwise for India to interfere in Sri Lanka's affairs
11 Dec 2008, 1757 hrs IST
We urge our govt not to take any action that would weaken the war on terror because of partisan political or regional considerations says Inderjit Badhwar.

Readerspeak: Mother's words helped Taj hotel GM carry on
4 Dec 2008, 1943 hrs IST
We salute you sir and pray that god give you strength to overcome this. You are a great son of our great nation, says a reader.

 

Four years of UPA govt
22 May 2008, 1202 hrs IST
The UPA has managed to keep together all the coalition partners except TRS (Telangana) which left midway.

UPAs terror slumber
22 May 2008, 1202 hrs IST
The attacks prove that the government lacks a coherent nationwide strategy to deal with internal acts of terror.

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My Times, My Voice

Should our politicians be penalised for flouting traffic norms?
16 Dec 2008, 1116 hrs IST

While we, the people, are made to pay for breaking the law, our netas and their 'supporters' cock a snook at the rulebook.

Is the security check at city’s hotspots enough to check unprecedented incident?
16 Dec 2008, 1115 hrs IST

With terror's image looming large, the hotels and malls in Lucknow have, in a knee-jerk reaction, stepped up the checking routine.

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Interviews   Sunday TOI

'People like their netas surrounded by security guards'
15 Dec 2008, 0007 hrs IST
Veteran socialist leader Mrinal Gore, among the last of the ‘good politicians', speaks to Jyoti Punwani about the current anti-politician anger

'Aesthetically, nationalism is a cul-de-sac'
12 Dec 2008, 0000 hrs IST
Anthony Stanton teaches at the El Colegio de Mixico, Mexico City. An expert on the writings of Mexican writer Octavio Paz, he was in New Delhi recently. He spoke to Shreya Roy Chowdhury.

 

  • The Answer Is Quite Obvious: The protagonist - a middle-class man living in a small town in the heart of India - sits by the window, watching a sparrow fighting its own image in a mirror.

  • A-Z of cutting costs: Bollywood actors, big companies, luxury hotels, BPOs, bankers, socialites, husbands, wives and lovers... all are tightening belts to battle the economic squeeze.

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Subverse  

Pakistan needs to act
16 Dec 2008, 0000 hrs IST, Gordon Brown
I have greatly admired the Indian government's dignified and measured response to the outrage in Mumbai. Life in India goes on: I am proud that the English cricket team has resumed its tour.

It's all in the mind
15 Dec 2008, 0005 hrs IST, Mukul Sharma
People who have a presence in such virtual worlds like 'Second Life', for example, and have to key in 'grin' for their avatars to do likewise now merely have to grin themselves.

 

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Columnists
14 Dec 2008, 1158 hrs IST,Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar
S A Aiyar: Rescue package a palliative, not a cure

Will the government's economic rescue package revive the economy, which is caught in the throes of a global recession? Alas, no.

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