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There's an undeniably romantic allure to the notion that India's election result marks the ordained resurrection of the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty. Its improbable return to power, atop a messy and probably fragile coalition of the Congress Party was led by Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born widow of slain former Prime Minister Rajiv, who was son of the legendary prime minister Indira Gandhi (also assassinated), herself daughter of the country's legendary first prime minister, Jawarahalal Nehru, the father of modern India. As if to highlight the dynastic allure of her party, Sonia had her son Rahul...
...support of that socialist Left on which Sonia Gandhi and the Congress Party will have to depend to muster a governing coalition. But Mrs. Gandhi made clear on Friday that the economic liberalization program overseen by Vajpayee was, in fact, launched over a decade ago by her husband, and her government would continue on the same track of opening India to the world economy. She may, of course, have been anxious to reassure India's stock market, which dropped to a four-year low on the news of her victory, but Congress is committed to a broadly similar economic program...
...mosque, and have tried ever since to build a Hindu temple atop its remains. And also in Gujarat, scene of protracted communal bloodshed two years ago. With Congress in power and the BJP looking to make a comeback, it's a safe bet that a government led by Sonia Gandhi's party will face some tricky decisions not only on the economy, but also over how to manage communal tensions stoked by Hindu nationalist provocateurs. They'll take courage from the fact that the BJP lost its grip on Gujarat, which the party captured on back of a wave...
...Sonia Gandhi's entry into politics five years ago was widely viewed as an attempt to avert the total collapse of the Congress Party's fortunes, and prepare the way for one of her children to assume their father's mantle. The Prime Minister's office has suddenly become available, unexpectedly early, long before 33-year-old Rahul, just elected to parliament for the first time, is ready. She may not have anticpated it, but Sonia may now be forced to take the top job herself. Given the difficulty of altering the economic circumstances that ended Vajpayee's tenure...
...fourth piece, Sonia Todorova’s “Satin Doll,” featured four dancers who seemed to spend most of the work’s time on the floor in various somersaults and other sultry formations...