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Game-changing Indian elections: Decoding mega political theatre - Daily hunt

 

Democracy in India takes its larger-than-life 'avataar' during election time, the media bringing out its vibrancy. With barely two weeks to go for yet another massive exercise of people going to the polls in the 2019 Lok Sabha (LS) elections, this is an incisive book to be read carefully.

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