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Sankaran Krishna

Vol. 42, Issue No. 03, 20 Jan, 2007

Obama, Charisma, America, Utopia

Vol. 42, Issue No. 03, 20 Jan, 2007

Commentary

Sankaran Krishna

A young, telegenic, black junior senator, Barack Hussein Obama, is the undeclared favourite for the Democratic Party's nomination for the 2008 presidential elections in the US. The appeal of Obama tells us a lot more about US society than about the senator's politics.

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