circles at Delhi, in responding to the Jharkhand problem, perhaps offers a classical illustration of the Pavlovian theory of conditioned reflex. Every threat of economic blockade brings out a profusion of platitudes about resolving the long-pending autonomy demand of the Jharkhandi people. The crisis over, it is of course business as usual, with none too much bothered about the pile of unkept promises.
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