On the fence between India and Pakistan, the tale of two villages

Starting out in Guwahati, Supriya Sharma concludes her 2,500-km rail journey to listen to India talk about the elections on the Line of Control in Kashmir, which goes to the polls today. Villagers here contemplate life under the shadow of the Indian army and the barbed wire coils that separate them from Pakistan.

Supriya Sharma

· May 07, 2014 · 09:11 am

On a packed train to Kashmir, conversations about empty polling booths

Through much of her 2,500-km rail journey to listen to Indians talking about the elections, Supriya Sharma had been asking, 'Who are you voting for?' But as she nears the end of her trip on a train to Kashmir, the question changed to 'Do you vote?

Supriya Sharma

· May 03, 2014 · 09:00 am

In Kashmir, many want a Modi sarkar in Delhi

Many Kashmiris plan to abstain from voting. But they still want Narendra Modi as prime minister, because they think he'll force a resolution of the Kashmir question.

Supriya Sharma

· Apr 29, 2014 · 11:01 am

In polarised Jammu, quixotic encounters with a Shiv Sainik and a Muslim fakir

As she nears the end of her 2,500-km journey through India, Supriya Sharma arrives in Jammu, where elections took place in a communally surcharged atmosphere. But, she says, you can always depend on the nomads and fakirs to diffuse the tensions.

Supriya Sharma

· Apr 29, 2014 · 06:28 am

Why the Aam Aadmi is doing balle balle in Punjab

Along her 2,500-km election train journey through India, Supriya Sharma finds that AAP has chosen candidates in Punjab with reputations for being independent and deeply engaged. Voters are responding enthusiastically.

Supriya Sharma

· Apr 25, 2014 · 06:00 am

Cocktail of drugs and elections is taking lives in Punjab

Stopping in Ludhiana on her 2,500-km journey through India, Supriya Sharma finds out why the deadly link between politics and narcotics causes de-addiction centres to fill up around election time.

Supriya Sharma

· Apr 21, 2014 · 06:14 am

Powerless under Akhilesh, the poor in Lucknow want either Mayawati or Aamir Khan

In Lucknow as she takes a 2,500-km trip through India, Supriya Sharma finds that Akhilesh Yadav's government has denied electricity to residents of a low-cost housing colonies constructed by Mayawati’s government. Summer is coming and so are elections. What options do the poor have?

Supriya Sharma

· Apr 19, 2014 · 09:25 am

On a train, first-time voter's disenchantment with AAP is BJP's gain

Travelling through India on a 2,500-km election journey, Supriya Sharma chats with a young man on the Lucknow-Chandigarh Superfast who has taken leave to go home to vote in his first election.

Supriya Sharma

· Apr 17, 2014 · 08:54 am

In Uttar Pradesh, big dons aren't afraid to cry in public

As Supriya Sharma stops in Gonda on her 2,500-km rail trip through India, she finds that criminal politicians in eastern UP have monopolised power by both force and cunning – which includes setting up colleges and shedding some tears.

Supriya Sharma

· Apr 14, 2014 · 08:30 am

Why Uttar Pradesh is in the grip of an epidemic of bad politics

As she travels through India listening to election conversations, Supriya Sharma finds that in eastern Uttar Pradesh, voters are unable to think outside caste, community and religion – not even those whose children are seriously ill.

Supriya Sharma

· Apr 13, 2014 · 09:07 am

In Haryana, women are voting – but not exercising free choice

As she travels through India listening to conversations about the elections, Supriya Sharma finds women in Haryana turning out in large numbers to vote. But that doesn't mean they are more empowered.

Supriya Sharma

· Apr 12, 2014 · 06:45 am

In Benaras, the nation's pilgrims are divided about Modi's prospects

In Benaras, a true microcosm of India, Supriya Sharma chats with pilgrims from around India about their election preferences. Of course, there's also wisdom to be sought from a boatman.

Supriya Sharma

· Apr 09, 2014 · 08:34 am