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Ep 327: The Many Shades of George Fernandes

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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The Importance of Leadership in Politics

Gandhi Nehru and Beethgar had no chance of getting political power so when they came into the field they were animated by something else not by lust for power. Today people who are attracted to politics a kind of game it is a kind of power the state has are attracted by the lust for power, says Ravi Agrawal. Even opposition parties today all assuming that the Hindu vote is something that something that is there he adds. But politicians today are more likely to appeal to the intolerance to appeal to our baser instincts because that is what motivates people to go out to the ballot box I think before going to the George bi-grophy Gandhi's Khadi movement became

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