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The Past Clings to Us, While a Frightening Future Torments Us

The New Indian Express Shivamogga

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January 26, 2025

BARBED WORDS

- Pushpesh Pant Former professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University

ny—the heavyweights in Europe—are also Republics. India and Indonesia, among the most populous countries, also fly the republican flag. One could keep counting and the list would burgeon—Türkiye and the Islamic Republic of Iran, Egypt and dozens of countries in Africa have the 'R' attached to their name. Ironically, in many republics, the ambitious dynasts have clawed their way back to power. There are famous political dynasties both Republican and Democratic in the US

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