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As for Nehru, he is determined to hold on to his post indefinitely, but even India's most popular man occasionally faces the limitations of fame in a country that is still only 24% literate. In a survey of villagers living less than 20 miles from bustling Hyderabad, university researchers reported that peasants variously identified Nehru as "head of a German state," "ruler of the world," and "some Brahman."
* Named for Kamaraj Nadar, former chief minister of Madras, who first employed it to advantage in his own state administration.