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Beauty is relative, evaluation reports…are not!

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By Sidonja Manushi  Some of the upsides of being governed by a painter in profession and an artist at heart are the capital buildings’ colorful facades and the Prime Minister’s own sense of fashion, which often makes headlines for its oddity, but is always entertaining to see. A big downside, we are coming to realize, is his conviction that, just like in art, everything is open to interpretation – a belief under which the entire Socialist Party is being indoctrinated.  Rama has played the game of personal interpretations many times in the past. The most noteworthy must have been when…

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