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Keeping it in the family
"Family" as the basis for claims to prominence and leadership has made its way into popular imagination and political acceptance, writes Harish Khare.

Cashing in on kinship
Regional parties in the south too have discovered the virtues of dynastic politics. Suresh Nambath details the scene.

Different, for now
The BJP has remained relatively immune to the "dynasty disease". However, it has not hesitated to give the ticket to a party leader's relative if it thought he or she could win. Neena Vyas reports.

An avoidable controversy
By Amit Baruah

NEW DELHI: It was a controversy India-Pakistan relations could have done without. After days of "informal" advisories from the Union Home Ministry that the Indian team's cricket tour to Pakistan be put off for security reasons, the Prime ...

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