Meenatai, who turned 89, is a singer and composer just like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle and her other two siblings. She has also written a book on older sister Lata.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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