Avani Tanya, Featured, photogallery, Parties, Politics May, 16th 2014
MODI WINS
Modi wins the majority of the Lok Sabha after a political campaign as a superstar
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photogallery, Kannagi Khanna, Politics May, 14th 2014
THE POLLING STATION GOES TO THE HERMIT
In India every voter should not have to travel more than 2 kilometres from home to be able to vote. In a forest inhabited by Asiatic lions, every election an elderly priest of the Shiva temple has the exclusive use of a polling station
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Arko Datto, photogallery, Kolkata, Parties May, 12th 2014
FLAG PEOPLE
Pluralism in the world's largest democracy is perhaps best found here at Burrabazar, where electoral merchandise of all parties finds itself mixed up in gay abandon
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photogallery, Mumbai, Nishant Shukla, Politics May, 7th 2014
BOMBAY, EXPRESSIONS ON THE FACES OF THOSE WHO HAVE JUST VOTED
A finger marked with indelible ink. This shows who has just voted. The photographer Nishant Shukla photographs citizens outside a polling station in Mumbai
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Avani Tanya, Bangalore, photogallery, Politics May, 6th 2014
IN THE POLLING MACHINE
THERE IS ALSO A BUTTON TO VOTE “AGAINST”
With the electoral electronic device, from this year Indian citizens will be able to indicate that they don't want to vote for any of the candidates presented. It will be, observers say, an important indicator to measure the discredit into which the country's political class have fallen
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Karthik Subramanian, Politics May, 5th 2014
STAR SYSTEM AND POLITICAL POWER:
HAND IN HAND IN TAMIL NADU
What if a candidate may win the election thanks to a selfie with a movie star?
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photogallery, Nirvair Singh, Politics April, 29th 2014
THE SIKH HARVEST FESTIVAL
IN THE PUNJAB ELECTION CAMPAIGN
Polling day is fast approaching Punjab too. In the pre-election climate there’s a special festival that draws visitors from all over northern India. Baisakhi, the harvest festival, with its fairground, horses, elephants and Sikh warriors
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