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t was widely described as the week India’s beleaguered democracy was pulled back from the brink. As the election results rolled in last Tuesday, all predictions and polls were defied as Narendra Modi lost his outright majority for the first time in a decade, while the opposition re-emerged as a legitimate political force. Last Sunday Modi was sworn