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As the Indian republic enters its 72nd year, the three arms of government entrusted with protecting the Constitution have played their part in steadily weakening it. In the long run, argues the top edit, such tacit institutional weakening will ill-serve the country in terms of its global standing. “From the vortex of criticism that is emerging on the global stage, India is facing a considerable diminution of its soft power — that too at a time when it is clear that India can never be a hard power,” it says. Read it here
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