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There’s Peace in Books

ROBERT CLEMENTS IT was on my birthday friends called asking, “What shall we get you Bob?” “Books!” I replied. “Books?” they asked, “just books?” Years ago as a child; evenings...

An Indian in Love With Karachi

It is almost impossible to escape the genuine smiles, lavish hospitality and infectious warmth of the people of Karachi By SHILPA RAINA It feels like you...

Morocco’s Moderate Islam Can Save Africa

AHMED CHARAI IN the wake of unprecedented Islamist explosions and attacks across North Africa, the foreign ministers of 19 countries – including France and much...

From Nagabanda to Nellie, What Lies Beneath

The Assamese intelligentsia continues to live in denial of the massacre of Muslims from Nagabanda to Nellie three decades ago ABDUL KALAM AZAD MORIGAON, Assam, Feb...

Why WhatsApp is So Big in India

PRASANTO K ROY While much of India slept Thursday morning, one news of a big-time sale spread in minutes through the country, on Facebook,...

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