H. is a son of the soil entrepreneur who truly knows the pulse of rural India.

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Nor is Mr Kerry a son of the soil or toil.

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Mr Roh, a son of the soil who had taught himself well enough to get through South Korea's ferocious bar exams, was thought to be different.

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Mr Mahfouz knew his subject like a true ibn balad, a son of the Cairo soil.

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