From the Rediff.com archives

Thu, 27 April 2017

12:29

"For the people of Gurdaspur, inhabiting a world of numbing ordinariness, a vote for Vinod Khanna is a vote for a sea-change in their world. A chance to reach out, to grab a star, and to anchor it in their midst."

From the Rediff.com archives, our 1998 piece on the campaign trail with Vinod Khanna in Gurdaspur. Do read

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