Family sway

The story of contemporary India is the story of coming to terms with the legacy of two families: the Gandhis and the Ambanis. Taken literally, this statement is, of course, absurd. But it is often a summary way of thinking of India’s power structure. Recently, in a lecture, I was making some quick remarks about the shifting bases of social power in India. The British Raj, for instance, used to be dubbed the Brahmin-Company Raj.

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