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The PLA looks impressive in ceremonial parades, but unlike the Indian Army it has no battlefield experience
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Kannada author Vasudhendra’s short stories about city and village life are rife with cynicism and social satire
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The threat posed by identity politics to India’s toughest economic reform appears to have influenced the government in taking a decision in the national interest
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