Modi: The surge from below

In the history of the Sixties' counter-culture, the anti-Vietnam war protests of 1968 occupy a very special place. The ageing radicals I encounter at various reunions in the pubs of London often recall the 1,00,000-strong demonstration chanting "Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh" outside the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square one overcast October 44 years ago. The more impish among them also recall how some contrarians with an exaggerated sense of self-worth even made the journey from the sublime to the ridiculous...

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