December 4, 2001
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An incredible story
 The story of the Indian Legion in Germany, in which former soldiers of the British Indian Army volunteered to fight for the freedom of their country...
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EXCERPTS: Come fire, come rain
 Finally, there is a book on that most marvellous of women, the oval-faced, sad-eyed perpetually effervescent and forever-to-be missed film...
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EXCERPTS: What have you done?
 It was a few minutes to 8p.m. The crown prince walked up to his mother, who was with Princess Helen Shah in the central part of the room....
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ARTICLES: A study in revolution
 Revolutions are important landmarks in the history of civilization although the process of social and political change goes on continuously. The forces of continuity are constantly pitted against those of...
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ARTICLES: Tuesday’s literati
 Every alternate Tuesday, 12 women get together in what is primarily a social exercise. But it doesn’t end with biscuits and cakes. The common denominator among these women of diverse backgrounds...
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AUTHOR: Tariq Ali: Greying of l’enfant terrible
 The year was 1961. In remote Africa, in the little known state of Congo, Patrice Lumumba had been assassinated. It is doubtful that at the time of his murder many in...
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SYNDICATED: The upstart and the toff
 “To find a new angle on Napoleon has not been easy,” writes Andrew Roberts. I should think not, when his next 13 lines review the separate Napoleonic topics that have been...
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REVIEWS (ENGLISH): Liberating the poor
 When corporations rule the world is not the cry of some banner-carrying, placard-waving left-winger against the current economic order whose genuine concerns are usually condemned by corporations and governments alike as...
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REVIEWS (ENGLISH): Enlightenment: is it this?
 The concept of enlightenment has been challenged once again in our present age following the horrific events in New York on September 11, 2001 and their aftermath — the Afghan war....
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REVIEWS (ENGLISH): Campus life & lies
 From souls to software This was the title of a book review which David Lodge read in...
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REVIEWS (ENGLISH): Competing interests
 The Area Study Centre for Europe of the University of Karachi has undertaken a useful exercise by studying the prospects for cooperation in the 21st century between Pakistan and what is...
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REVIEWS (ENGLISH): Close to the roots
 While short stories continue to be translated into English from various languages including Urdu, Abbasi’s collection is one of the first to be written directly in English. It is a remarkable...
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REVIEWS (ENGLISH): The past in the present
 There is a tendency amongst lay people in general, and politicians and bureaucrats in particular, to blame much of the ills that afflict their (underdeveloped) countries, squarely on the developed countries....
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REVIEWS (ENGLISH): Stop the torture, please
 Torture is a word familiar to us all, whether we live in democratic states or under dictatorial regimes, in civilized societies or so-called ‘uncivilized societies’. For many countries and territories, in...
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