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Correction in correction: A few readers have pointed out that we were carried away by the series of elevens (11th hour, 11th day, 11th month) in the clarification on Armistice Day ("Corrections and Clarifications", November 28, 2006) and erred, which we regret. World War I was from 1914-1918, and did not end in 1911 as we had said. (World War I ended on November 11, 1918.)

A reader points out an error in the review of Diwan Singh Bajeli's book on Kumauni folk artist Mohan Upreti ("Revolutionary Artist", "Book Review" page, November 21, 2006). The reader says that P.C. Joshi, the person who initiated Upreti into Leftist ideology, was not a professor and his fame lies in being the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India and as husband of the revolutionary Kalpana Dutta, better known for the Chittagong Armoury Raid. Kalpana's younger sister, Ruby Dutta was married to another P.C. Joshi, who was a professor and served as the Director of Indian Institute of Economic Growth. The two namesakes both hailed from Almora in Kumaun and married Bengali sisters. The reviewer Jaya Ramanathan clarifies that Joshi the general secretary of CPI was known as P.C. (Puran Chand) whereas the second was Professor P.C. Joshi. The reference in the review is to P.C. Joshi, husband of Kalpana, and the prefix "Professor" is an error.

A sentence in the feature "In Bard's own country" (The Hindu-Magazine, November 26, 2006, page 8) was: "Years ago, as punishment in school, I had to learn by heart overnight the entire soliloquy of Lady Macbeth's `Is this a dagger that I see before me?'" A reader points out that the lines are by Macbeth and are "Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee" (Act II, Scene I, Lines 41-42).

In "`One of our most intensive camps'" (Karnataka, "Sport", November 25, 2006), a report on a training camp for the Doha-bound Indian swimming squad, it was stated that Khazan Singh won the silver in 100m butterfly in the Seoul Asiad in 1986. A reader points out that it was in 200m butterfly.

The report "Ankitha beats Mallika, retains girls' crown ("Sport", November 25, 2006) gave the name of a winner as Abhishek Yadav, while the caption of the accompanying photograph said it was Abhishek Madhav. The name in the text is right.

The Guardian clarifies: "In the report `How the archbishop [Dr. Rowan Williams] took on the world's favourite airline — and won', November 25, 2006, we use `cross' and `crucifix' as though they are interchangeable terms. They are not. The controversy is over Nadia Eweida's desire to wear a simple cross. A crucifix is a depiction of Christ on the cross." (The feature was reproduced in The Hindu, November 26, 2006, "Newscape" page as "When an Archbishop took on British Airways".)

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