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Comrade in arms: Pinarayi Vijayan

The Marxist CM is the man for a crisis. He’s dealing with two now.

Kerala's plucky chief minister Pin­a­rayi Vijayan wrestled two consecutive challenges this year, one natural, the other manmade. Both of them tested the mettle of the comrade from Kannur. In August, the worst

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