The distance to Delhi
Gurpreet Mahajan : Wed Dec 26 2012, 02:06 hrs
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There are, as a consequence, deep contractions in our society. If one set of pressures are pushing for an authoritarian personality, democratisation is taking us down a different path. Herein lies the challenge for Narendra Modi. Whether he will be able to successfully reinvent himself time alone will tell. But at present his asset is also a liability on his journey to Delhi.
The writer is professor at the Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
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