Among the avalanche of random tweets hailing Barack Obama’s re-election this week is one apparently from a young, disenchanted Indian voter expressing delight that many of his generation are excited by the victory. “And when was the last time you voted?” he asks.

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Sunil Sethi: What hope and change can mean

Mr Obamas return endorses that an image of sincerity and integrity, a hard-won effort to overcome policy failure, matters more than political parentage

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