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The Year That Was

The sun is setting. Already it grows dark. It is that time of the year when another year gives way to yet another. In four days time we will bid adieu to 2011 forever. For so many it was the last year of their lives. For so many others, it marked new beginnings, of hope, togetherness and renewal. The world will welcome the new year with fireworks and merrymaking. Many will be waiting to start something anew. Many will make promises to themselves they will not keep.

Twenty eleven was a landmark year in so many ways. Things changed. The Apple is no longer the same. It’s a year since J D Salinger died. For the first time…

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You Don’t Know Jack

The Supreme Court of India today ruled that mercy killing or active euthanasia through administration of lethal substances is not a permissible option for Ms. Aruna Shanbaug, lying in a vegetative state for 37 years in a Mumbai hospital. However, it allowed passive euthanasia of withdrawing life support to patients in permanently vegetative state and laid down a set of guidelines under which passive euthanasia can be approved and monitored.

One of the most riveting films on euthanasia is the 2010 film You Don’t Know Jack starring Al Pacino in the title role as Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the controversial physician, who advocated the…

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