February 25, 2013

The Monarch and the Mask in India

Vidya Subrahmaniam, The Hindu

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It is a hard choice between the presumptive heir of a century-old political family and the man who wants every Indian cast in his own image

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TAGGED: Rahul Gandhi, Narendra Modi, India

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