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Frames per Second: When 'House of Cards' played out at Raisina Hill

The midnight change of power at the CBI this week has opened a Pandora's box of speculations

CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana (left) and CBI Director Alok Verma were summoned by the Prime Minister’s Office
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CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana (left) and CBI Director Alok Verma were summoned by the Prime Minister’s Office

Uttaran Das Gupta
With the sixth and final season of Netflix’s wildly popular original series House of Cards slated to be released on November 2, I have been meaning to watch all the previous five. I have wanted to write about the series for some time but have not been able to do so. But, earlier this week, events on Raisina Hill — not Capitol Hill — prompted me to return to the series that I had binged on early last year, when Season 5 was released. I am referring to the midnight rejig of brass at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)