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The Nehru-Gandhi family has produced a prime minister in three successive generations since independence, and now a young Gandhi is again moving toward power.


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A Dynastic Scion Meets the People
Article | KUMHARPADA, India -- Hundreds of barefoot villagers left their chores and ran toward the giant cloud of dust blown by a descending helicopter. When the dust settled, a young bespectacled man with dimples and a shy smile stepped out in crisp white tunic and pants, waving to the people. The excited...
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