Mobius's Desai: Looking through the noise in India in 2019

Next year's general election set to dominate market discussion

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If you find yourself inadvertently sat next to a stranger in India, there are three topics of conversation that will usually be met with a receptive ear.

While discussions of the latest Bollywood blockbuster and the fortunes of the Indian cricket team may quickly find consensus, it is Indian politics that can stimulate some of the most engrossingly diverse perspectives. Indeed, the long march has now begun towards spring 2019, when the world's largest democratic exercise in history will crescendo in the form of India's 17th general election. But for those in need of a more immediate political fix, you need not look further than 11 December. Important state elections are underway in five states with a combined population greater than Br...

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