Until I read the name I had no idea there was a place called Cuddalore. Nor could I have guessed where it was. Now, alas, I doubt if I can forget.

My secretary Aru, whose village i...
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I wonder if we have a sense of humour? No doubt we like to make fun of others but we aren’t very good at laughing at ourselves. And when outsiders do so we hardly ever join in. The jokes we’...
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I thought he was malingering when I first walked in. Stretched out on his bed in a dark curtained room, a blanket drawn up to his chin, he seemed large and motionless. A bit like a beached whal...
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I suppose it was the tone of voice that brought back memories from eighteen years ago or perhaps the look of surprise on his face when I thanked him. Either way, it was a lesson I sh...
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An autobiography is a tricky thing. The problem is the writer is also the central character and usually ends up the hero. When that happens the book becomes an exercise in self-glorification â€...
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Do eunuchs have a right to harass? If you’re a regular reader of this paper you’ll know this is not as strange a question as it might at first appear. After all, a certain Amin Khan, Vice C...
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Do manners maketh a man? Do clothes matter? Does the tie around his neck or the kerchief in his pocket say something about him? Or, in the case of Pakistan's Foreign Minister, Khurshid Kasuri, ...
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Today the final stage of the present round of talks between India and Pakistan will commence. The two foreign ministers will sit face to face. And they will talk. This, of course, is admirable a...
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When the thought first entered my head I dismissed it as flippant. But it wouldn’t go away. It kept repeating itself until I realised I had to take it seriously. That’s what I intend to do t...
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I wonder if you’ll agree or if you’ll think I’m simply winging and whining for no good reason at all? I feel depressed – no, sickened – by the morbid interest we’ve taken in Dhananjoy ...
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