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A DELICATE ALLIANCE The Struggle to Govern in India BY DARRYL D'MONTE BOMBAY TO EVERYONE'S surprise India's "rainbow" coalition, confirmed on June 12, has not merely avoided the stillbirth fate...
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Vol. 079 Issue 004 (July 15 1996)
Politicizing the Government
