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January 18, 2013

The Indian Spring

Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post

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In the past, mass agitations in India have been about religious nationalism or caste identity, or they have been demands for preferential treatment from the government. The more recent protests have a different character: They ask the government to perform its basic duties.

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