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HindustanTimes Sat,26 May 2012
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Real party poopers

A bit of a comic, are you? Keep your wisecracks to yourself if you don’t want the law after you.

Webbed to the cause

Net users and tech firms united to defeat the US pro-patent bills. Sreeram Chaulia writes.

The unreason of age

We spend our lives hostage to the biological count of years. Lena Saha writes.

Frights of fancy

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking. Manas Chakravarty writes.

No defence for this

I’m deeply saddened by the Army Chief controversy. Karan Thapar writes.

Shahabuddin verses

Syed Shahabuddin is one of history’s most underrated literary critics. Indrajit Hazra writes.

Quite off target

The barracks’ doors have always remained firmly bolted when our political worthies have popped around sensing an opportunity to put their oar in. Chanakya writes.

Transform, or perish

To solve the power crisis, free up pricing, set up a regulator and make the sector viable.

The art of the matter

The way art is taught in Indian schools is below satisfactory. We must engage with the subject in a meaningful way. Katherine Rose writes.

On the wheels of desire

Mini cabs may replace autos in Delhi. But it will not make the ride easier. KumKum Dasgupta writes.

Live and let live-in

Parliamentary democracy is as alien to our culture as living together. Should we do away with it too?

Don't censor the Web world

To stop digital piracy, the entertainment industry must focus on finding a new model.

Empire strikes back

It could cut waste and give the poor more money. So why is the world's largest identity programme being stymied by the home minister? Samar Halarnkar writes.

Willing and ready

The difficult political situation in Pakistan is good news for the army. Sudhanshu Tripathi writes.

Dragon on the dance floor

China's desire to hardsell soft power is inconsistent with its domestic realities. Joseph S Nye Jr writes.
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