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The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news
Published feedback from our readers: rants, raves, bouquets, brickbats
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Essay
Why isn’t good news getting the space it deserves? Is it too undramatic, does it sound implausible? Are we too much in the sway of the brute Indian reality?
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Village Positive
A magical oasis right in the middle of the suicide belt of Maharashtra, Hivre Bazaar village shows what united thought and action can achieve
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Man With A Steel Frame
By refusing to take bribes, the Madurai collector has earned 18 transfers in 20 years, a modest house and bank balance and lots of respect
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Himachal: Casteless Cops
Caste-based prejudice has long been a fact of life in Himachal Pradesh. Now, new initiatives look to change that—with the state police as catalysts.
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Cybergram
Jim Corbett might have put Kumaon on the map, but a new brand of entrepreneurship focused on rural Uttarakhand looks to unlock its potential
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Proud to be Adivasi
Tribals in Gujarat are holding out against possible industrial expansion into their lands by becoming more self-reliant
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Destination education
The freshest faces in Sino-India ties: bright young Chinese students studying in St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta, soaking in India and the English language
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Border haat: Kalaichar-Baliamari
A border fence dismantled a village market that fed and clothed many. A new initiative now resuscitates it—to roaring business.
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Not Pastoral Pantrys
While netas continue to moot steps to counter agricultural wastage, enterprising UP farmers are not about to let their hard work go to seed
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The forest comes alive
A couple—armed with ideas, patience and a Fukuoka blueprint—come to a withered Andhra district. Then the earth responded.
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Uniformly Good
A policeman in Andhra steps out of the line to serve the friendless dead, support orphans, and give shelter to the aged poor in their lives’ gloaming
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Countercolumn
Scotching the urge to self-censor, the press must report ‘bad news’—to guard the guards, empower the citizen, and usher in change
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Countercolumn
Why is it that feel-bad reportage makes the reporter feel so good?
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Countercolumn
You can’t dodge the question, for there are far too many scams that need answers. Therein lies the kernel of the ‘negativity’ debate.
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What Went Right This Year
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britain: riots
Criminality? Elitism? Erosion of authority? Britain really shouldn’t have been shocked.
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 opinion Riots Are ElsewhereSo thought Britain, till the hoods came out in London and beyond Mihir Bose |
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economy: global crisis
And markets across the globe fell. How India must cope.
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cricket: debate
Gavaskar’s attempt to make amends is drowned by calls for a clean-up, forcing the Centre to take note, and mull action
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profile
A Pakistani Malayali and a political activist
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