LONDON, Nov 11: There are important lessons that democracies in South Asia can learn from each other’s experiences, former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India Dr S.Y. Quraishi said at the UK launch of his in-depth analysis of the state of democracy in the region. ‘Democracy’s Heartland: Inside the Battle for Power in South Asia’, which followed Quraishi’s Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Fellowship at the King’s India Institute, came full circle with its launch at King’s College London last week. In the book, released in India in September, the former CEC argues that no other region has embraced the democratic experiment as fully, or as fiercely, as South Asia. “Dr Quraishi has spent his career in service to, and in defence of, one of the key ins

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