Culture | The dark side of Indian politics
A penchant for criminality is an electoral asset in India, the world’s biggest democracy
When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics. By Milan Vaishnav. Yale University Press; 410 pages; $40. To be published in Britain in March; £25.
This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “Conviction politicians”
From the February 4th 2017 edition
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