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"American witness to India's Partition" Phillips Talbot is no more |
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Phillips Talbot, an American diplomat who helped mediate crises in South Asia and the Middle East during the cold war, died on Oct. 1 at his home in Manhattan. He ....... |
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Hidden language discovered in Arunachal Pradesh |
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A "hidden" language spoken by less than 1,000 people has been discovered in Arunachal Pradesh by researchers who at first thought they were documenting a dialect of the Aka culture, ....... |
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Mar Thoma Church's special school gets new building |
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From Perumal Koshy
THELLIYOOR (KERALA), OCT 6 -- Head of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church Dr. Joseph Marthoma Metropolitan inaugurated the jubilee building of Navajyothi School for the mentally challenged children, ....... |
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Marriage eludes poor Indian villagers |
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By Francis Rodrigues, Mangalore
A LARGE number of young men in Indian villages find it hard to get brides because they are less educated than women, a Church-managed matrimonial ....... |
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Catholic performs Hindu construction ritual |
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By George Kommattathil, Kozhikode
THOMAS marks a spot to dig for an open well. He is in great demand among Christians who want to build new homes.
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Post-verdict, the BJP's talk of 'reconciliation' |
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By Neena Vyas
NEW DELHI: It is becoming clearer by the day that when the Bharatiya Janata Party and the larger Sangh Parivar talk of "reconciliation" between Hindus and Muslims ....... |
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TRAVEL |
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Learning from Germany |
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By Simi Thambi |
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MY joy knew no bounds when in June last I was invited to take part in a model United Nations Conference hosted by Duisburg University at Duisburg in the Northern .... |
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Kashmiriyat revisited |
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By Ram Puniyani |
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THIS June 18, 2010, thousands of Kashmiri Pandits, including women and children, visited the temple of Mata Kheer Bhavani in Tullamula, 20 kms from Srinagar. It was the sacred day .... |
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OUR OPINION |
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Babri Masjid verdict |
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John Dayal |
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THE judgment of the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High court on the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi dispute is patently based on populist and political sensitivities, rather than on points of .... |
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ACHIEVERS |
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Hero of the faith |
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John Dayal |
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In a year which marks the centenary of Saint Alphonsa and Blessed Mother Teresa, most would find it difficult to find another authentic Christian hero for the faithful in India. .... |
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BOOKS |
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Hawking denies God |
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Rajendra Prabhu |
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THE first time I saw Stephen Hawking, perhaps the greatest living physicist and cosmologist in the world, I was stuck by one single thought. It happened in Delhi's Siri Fort .... |
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EDUCATIONAL |
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Small word, big problem |
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William Grimm |
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PEOPLE who have studied English as a second language tell me that three of the biggest challenges they encounter are pronouns, prepositions and articles.
Articles (a, an, the) are the most .... |
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JOBS & CAREERS |
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Two cities |
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By Abhijit Bhattacharyya
A BRITISH professor of human rights law at King's College, London, and a British cabinet minister have criticized the Indo-British visa policy. The professor is deeply "concerned" about .... |
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