Modi’s outsized image comes at the cost of a shrinking democracy
Synopsis by The Caravan Mar 24 23
In the 1980s, George H Gadbois Jr conducted over 116 interviews with more than 66 judges of the Supreme Court of India, including 19 chief justices.Read full article 
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