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India is getting ready for its biggest-ever IPO. It’s not some new-age tech startup. In fact, it’s a very old institution — the Life Insurance Corporation of India, or LIC — the country’s biggest insurance provider and a household name. The Indian government currently owns it all, but not for long. Sushmita Pathak reports from Hyderabad.