 "What Ganga-jal oath means for India")
One phrase in a message Tulsi Gabbard sent me four years ago I shall never forget. “Our world is in dire need of servant leaders,” she wrote. I was reminded of it again when a few days after Tulsi announced her campaign to seek the Democratic nomination for US president in 2020, the papers carried a picture of police personnel detailed for duty at the Ardh Kumbh mela in Allahabad (sorry, Prayagraj) with their left arms extended in smart salutation but their right hands cupped in a curiously unmilitary gesture. Being in Adityanath’s Uttar Pradesh, they were taking the oath
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