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My fear for the country is not personal, threat is real: P Chidambaram

Former finance minister P Chidambaram has been perhaps Prime Minister Narendra Modi's most vociferous critic. The Congress MP's barbs have not been personal, but couched in economic analysis and cultural concern. In Undaunted, a just-published collection of his newspaper columns, there is one message flashing bright red above the 'academic' tenor of his arguments: Modi is bad for India!

Excerpts:

Q:What most dismays you about PM Modi's first term in office?

A. That he wasted a godsent opportunity of heading a government with an absolute majority in the Lok Sabha. With that kind of majority, the government could

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