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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photogallery, Nikhil Roshan, Parties April, 28th 2014
A WOMAN AS DALIT CHAMPION
TO HALT MODI’S HINDU NATIONALISM
While the media has been writing of Modi’s sweeping to victory in the elections in Uttar Pradesh as a foregone conclusion, one woman may pose a serious challenge to his rise. But will people stand behind Behenji?
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Arko Datto, photogallery, Mumbai, Politics April, 19th 2014
AN ELECTION GIFT?
IT’S A GYM IN THE SQUARE
New pavements, potholes fixed, hurriedly inaugurated bridges. Pre-election time has always been a time for giving towns a face-lift. But in a Mumbai district a local party has had a different idea: fitness equipment outdoors at the disposal of residents
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photogallery, Kolkata, Politics, Ronny Sen April, 17th 2014
EVERY POLITICIAN TO HIS SHOW
IT’S TV THAT’S THE KEY TO THE LOK SABHA
In these political elections for the renewal of the Lok Sabha, television information will be of fundamental importance as to how Indian electors vote
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photogallery, Gitartha Goswami, Kolkata, Parties, Politics April, 15th 2014
LENIN, MARX, NEHRU AND GANDHI
MARXISM IN INDIAN SAUCE
A party office is a self-representation where the party’s identity is on show, its way of being a community and how it sees itself in relation with its electors
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Avani Tanya, Bangalore, photogallery April, 11th 2014
BANGALORE, IT MULTI-CULTURAL METROPOLIS
Themes, places and symbols of a city considered 'home' by 10 million people, world capital of Internet traffic
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photogallery, Kolkata, Parties, Politics, Ronny Sen April, 10th 2014
THOSE NAÏF GRAFFITI IN KOLKATA
Where have all the sharp and witty murals of Kolkata got to? Photographer Ronny Sen's tries to find out
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