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Alok Rai

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they shoot horses don t they

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Shaktiman, the mare whose leg was amputated after an assault by political activists, is a symbol of our broken republic – a permanent and searing reminder of the dark forces that now threaten to consume us and our possible futures.