Before the western model brought by the British or the Church, there were ezhuthu pallis, or writing schools, run by ezhuthu ashans, or writing masters.

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The Danish People's Party (DF) has strengthened its immigration stance by securing an agreement to pay 'anti-social' foreigners 100,000 kroner to leave Denmark.

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India's Hindu nationalist party has expelled one of its senior leaders for writing a book sympathetic to the founder of neighbouring Pakistan, a move that analysts say reflects the ascendance of the most hardline elements since the party's recent parliamentary election defeat.

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One evening in early August 1943, Brigadier General Mortimer Wheeler was resting in his tent after a long day of poring over maps, drawing up plans for invasion of Siciliy.

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Malaysia will revert to using its national language, Bahasa Malaysia, to teach science and math starting in 2012, abandoning a six-year English policy that the government said had failed to improve student grades. The long-awaited decision, announced Wednesday, came after mont …

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First, the frequency of meetings should be increased, especially in times of crisis, and the level of a few of these meetings enhanced.

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Clearly, it would be extremely difficult for the largely urban and Western-educated ruling class—the current UPA government has the largest number of MPs who studied in American and British universities — who are also among the richest in the country (300 crorepatis in the  …

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Manmohan Inc's team would be any multinational corporation's dream. Resume for resume, its key members are in a league of their own.

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For the opportunity to make a mark is more at state level, where the administrative unit is small enough for a strong-willed and focused chief minister to be able to make a difference.

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The British, by contrast, brought tangible development, ports and railways, that created the basis for a modern state.

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In exalting Gandhi, we've elbowed Sri Aurobindo into the shadows.

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In memory of our soldiers, the Late Maj Unnikrishnan (NSG Commando - martyred during Mumbai attacks) and Late Maj Mohit Sharma & his troops (Para Commando - martyred earlier this week in J&K) and hundreds of others.

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"I have told the PM several times that it would be so nice that like in foreign countries (US presidential debate), we should also have a debate.

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Having a central currency – let's call it the Zhou-Triffin Doubloon (ZTD) – managed by a supra-national organisation would make it more difficult for any one country to get into too much debt to another.

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The powerful Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) headquartered in New Delhi and the Archbishop's house in Mumbai are both going ahead with clarifications on the issue. Cardinal Vithayathil's controversial remarks came at a ceremony recently to mark the publication of his …

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"Unless the developed world puts together a well-regulated financial system and revives its financial institutions, the shadow of failure of the western world's financial system will fall upon all developing countries,'' Chidambaram said. The economic crisis in the developed wor …

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It is also true that there was huge demobilisation of soldiers during the first half of the 19th century. Mughal rule was on its last legs and small rulers did not have the resources to maintain a regular army.

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Badagara, Malabar, 13 January 1934 ... I had just finished my speech at Badagara ...

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Sixty years after Kashmir threw in its lot with India, the state remains an enigma for policymakers.

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