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Shashi Tharoor - A Year in the life as an MP
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 STEPS TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT
· Played a crucial role in gaining an IPL team for Kerala. Through this the possibility of Thiruvananthapuram getting a cricket stadium of international standard has been strengthened.
· Record allocation for Thiruvananthapuram from the Central...
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Palliative care lacking in much of the world - report
Reuters - By Tan Ee Lyn
HONG KONG, July 14 - Most people who are dying around the world have inadequate or no access to painkillers, hospice and palliative care, according to a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit on Wednesday.
The report blamed the cultural taboo...
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ONV on Asan Poems
Dear Bhasi
Received the translation of Asan poems you had sent. Thank you. Glad to have it.
Mrs Shanta Bhaskaran’s effort is indeed laudable. No words of praise would be excessive when it comes to appreciating her attempt at translating the works of the Kerala born, In...
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Shashi Tharoor: an Year into the Job
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 by Scorpiogenius
Spoiler: This post is a mere look-back on my MP Shashi Tharoor and how he has fared as the most hyped-up representative of Trivandrum. If you're looking forward to discussing the likes of cattle class, interlocutor, IPL and so on, then you may please close this brows...
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Pakistan gets nuclear deal by proxy
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 Pakistan was seeking equal treatment as India but it may have turned out to be more equal in the bargain, says T P Sreenivasan.
The signals from Washington in the last two months were clearly in favour of civilian nuclear cooperation with Pakistan after a couple of think-tanks came ...
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'Why Language Shift Among Singaporean Malayalee Families'
8th May 2010
Dear Mr. Bhasi,
I believe you must also be getting these regular posts from the 'Singapore Malayali' group.
The article below 'Why Language Shift Among Singaporean Malayalee Families' is apparently part of a PhD thesis, and early in it oc...
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Who is Shashi Tharoor?
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 Posted by shirazgidwani in General on April 16th, 2010
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN EXAMPLE IS MADE THE EXCEPTION
When I turned on the television, when I refreshed my twitter or when I checked my BlackBerry Messenger, only one question seemed pertinent; do these people ...
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Madhuri Gupta maligns the Foreign Service
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 April 29, 2010 14:43 IST
TP Sreenivasan
Someone just told me at a function in Thiruvananthapuram that it should be a dark day for the Indian Foreign Service since an Indian diplomat was caught as a traitor in an enemy State. After I recovered from the shock of that stat...
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Poems of Kumaran Asan
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 Poems of Kumaran Asan
Fallen Flower, The Low Caste Buddhist Nun, Seetha in Meditation
Translated by Santha Bhaskaran, Singapore
Published in March 2010
Sry. Santha Bhaskaran has done justice to Kumaran Asan’s...
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More Malay experts needed to address community’s problems: Dr Yaacob
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 SINGAPORE: Minister—in—charge of Muslim Affairs Dr Yaacob Ibrahim said there is a shortage of Malay experts to address the community’s problems.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with Malay radio station Warna 94.2FM on Monday evening, he said the problem must be tackled for the comm...
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