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Why leaders seek mystics, soothsayers

By SHASHI THAROOR

The ongoing general election in India has brought to prominence not only the usual cast of political aspirants, campaign managers, publicists, and vote-brokers, but also an array of astrologers, numerologists, and pundits.

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