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Understanding the state of UP

The aab-o-hava (culture) of the state, its dialects, even eating habits, are very different in different regions

From Lucknow to Lutyens: The power and plight of Uttar Pradesh
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From Lucknow to Lutyens: The power and plight of Uttar Pradesh

Aditi Phadnis
From Lucknow to Lutyens: The power and plight of Uttar Pradesh
Author: Abhigyan Prakash
Publisher: Harper Collins
Pages: 239
Price: Rs 599

You need no special expertise to divine that Uttar Pradesh (UP) is a crucial element in Indian politics.  The state sends the largest complement of MPs to the two Houses of Parliament. It employs the largest number of IAS officers. It is a small country. Its population is the size of Brazil. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said as much when he said Brazil had suffered 65,000 deaths because of Covid-19 but UP saw 800. “It means many lives have been saved