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The return of an old mindset

If Mrs Gandhi were here today, there is much about current Indian attitudes that she would find familiar

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Illustration: Binay Sinha

In 1981, shortly after I had finished university, I spent a year travelling through the US and the UK to work on a special project. My intention was to investigate
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First Published: Feb 23 2023 | 9:46 PM IST

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