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‘First businessmen, now their agents in the RS’
Anil Ambani‘s decision to hitch his wagon to the Samajwadi Party and become a member of the Rajya Sabha was generally seen to have been one of the contributing factors …
Cricket’s cheap kicks and lingering hangovers
Ramachandra Guha in The Telegraph, Calcutta: “In my opinion, Test cricket may be compared to the finest Scotch, 50-overs a side to Indian Made Foreign Liquor, and 20-20 to the …
Ours is not to ask why; ours is to just do and die
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: My colleague D.P. Das Gupta (all names changed) called and confirmed he would be coming to Madras by the next day’s evening flight. DP was coming with …
If the bank can’t come to the customer, then…
According to the 2001 census, 72 per cent of Indians live in rural areas. According to finance minister P. Chidambaram, he can’t do anything about farmers borrowing money from moneylenders. …