Dissent, is like a Gurkha's ‘khukri', once it emerges form its sheath it must draw blood before it can be put away again. (Shashi Tharoor)

Dissent, is like a Gurkha's ‘khukri', once it emerges form its sheath it must draw blood before it can be put away again.

Shashi Tharoor

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