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Rahul Gandhi’s long walk offers a vision of an alternative India Mukulika Banerjee

How does an opposition politician seize the initiative in India, a vast country with an authoritarian ruling party and state? Rahul Gandhi has an answer, and it involves a pair of trainers.

Bharat Jodo Yatra, a “journey bringing India together”, is the name of a long march that Gandhi, a prominent member of the Indian National Congress party, has been leading from the country’s southernmost tropical tip to its icy north. By last week he had covered

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