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OPINIONWhat’s your vice? Wine or ganja?
Farrukh Dhondy
"If centipedes wore shoes,
Shoe-makers would be rich".
From The Proverbs of
Bachchoo-ka-Adda
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Maoists talk only to the power of a gun
Balbir K. Punj
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Bt brinjal can awaken a sleeping poison
Suman Sahai
Nov.05 : What, you may ask, is common between potatoes, tomatoes, brinjal, chilli, datura, tobacco and the deadly nightshade (belladonna)? They all belong to a plant family called Solanaceae.
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