Another Third Front?
It took only a few steps that Jyoti Basu walked along with senior LF leaders in the Capital recently and the few moments he shared on a dais with some Opposition leaders at a dharna against the NDA govt's "apathy" towards WB, to once again raise the hopes of Third Front proponents.



An imperfect future
If only... two of the saddest words in the human lexicon. If only the world invests 0.2% of its income in its children, it would give them a great and equal start in life.



Lessons in irony
At a time when our own institutions are starved of funds, we go around distributing largesse to some well-endowed universities overseas.



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The sea route to power
It happened on TV, therefore it is real