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| What?s Myanmar up to? |
When Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh visited Myanmar last month, an assurance — the first of its kind — came from the Myanmarese government that Northeast India militant groups settled in that country would be flushed out and that it would not allow any anti-India activities in its territory. After the visit, the Myanmarese government reportedly asked the Northeast militant groups ... |
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| IITs: The Way Ahead |
The Centre has convened a special meeting with the IIT Council on June 27 to address the concerns of students in the aftermath of the rejection of the proposed common entrance test for all Centrally funded engineering colleges by the IITs of Kanpur and Delhi. It was IIT-Kanpur that earlier this month first rejected the common entrance idea, saying it was ‘‘academically and methodically... |
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| Condemn the Blasphemy on Kirtan-Ghosa |
It would be in the fitness of things if Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary tenders an unconditional apology to the people of Assam for casting aspersions on Srimanta Sankardeva, without any loss of time, and desists from making any shallow but devastating remarks on the most versatile saint of this land
After a Russian prosecutor filed a case against the Bhagavad Gita, levelli... |
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| Art of Translation |
With
Malice
towards
One and
All..
Khushwant Singh
In my humble opinion the best translation of Urdu poetry into English were done by Victor Kiernan of the works of Faiz Ahmed Faiz. It was joint effort. Kiernan was teaching English in Lahore’s Chiefs College. Faiz was teaching English in an Indian College. Kiernan had on Indian wife and was a f... |
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