THERE’S going to be a lot of fireworks this Deepavali. And I don’t just mean the stuff that goes bang with sparkling bright colours at night.
At almost every open house, dinner and family get-together, the talk is going to be about that other explosive subject – the elections. The year-end rains and floods could well take a backseat.
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