India has made a terrible mess of meritocracy

October 13, 2015 15:15

olitics is a human game; it sees a change of players from time to time as they pass on or pull out. The last general election saw the eclipse of Bharatiya Janata Party's older generation, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani. Read more

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