• An election worker carries a voting machine and his overnight bag as he leaves a central collection point to head for a polling station.
    An election worker carries a voting machine and his overnight bag as he leaves a central collection point to head for a polling station.
  • Indian election workers check voting machines before leaving a central collection point for polling stations.
    Indian election workers check voting machines before leaving a central collection point for polling stations.
  • An Indian security force soldier has his helmet adjusted by another as they wait to leave on election duty from a central collection point to head to secure polling stations in Leh, Ladakh, India.
    An Indian security force soldier has his helmet adjusted by another as they wait to leave on election duty from a central collection point to head to secure polling stations in Leh, Ladakh, India.
  • Election workers check voting machines before leaving a central collection point for polling stations.
    Election workers check voting machines before leaving a central collection point for polling stations.
  • Security force soldier stands guard on a rooftop at a central collection point for distribution of voting machines for polling stations.
    Security force soldier stands guard on a rooftop at a central collection point for distribution of voting machines for polling stations.
  • Election workers check voting machines before leaving a central collection point for polling stations.
    Election workers check voting machines before leaving a central collection point for polling stations.
  • Indian security force soldiers on election duty sit in a bus as they leave a central collection point to head for a polling station.
    Indian security force soldiers on election duty sit in a bus as they leave a central collection point to head for a polling station.
  • An election worker talks on the phone as he stands with voting machines while leaving a central collection point to head for a polling station.
    An election worker talks on the phone as he stands with voting machines while leaving a central collection point to head for a polling station.
  • Election workers check voting machines before leaving a central collection point for polling stations.
    Election workers check voting machines before leaving a central collection point for polling stations.
  • Security force soldiers on election duty unload equipment off a bus as they leave a central collection point to head for a polling station.
    Security force soldiers on election duty unload equipment off a bus as they leave a central collection point to head for a polling station.
  • Election workers check voting machines as they prepare to distribute them to workers at a central collection point before heading to polling stations.
    Election workers check voting machines as they prepare to distribute them to workers at a central collection point before heading to polling stations.
  • A Buddhist monk from the Drukpa lineage leaves a polling station after voting near the Hemis Monastery.
    A Buddhist monk from the Drukpa lineage leaves a polling station after voting near the Hemis Monastery.
  • Buddhist monks from the Drukpa lineage hold their voting cards as they wait outside a polling station to vote near the Hemis Monastery.
    Buddhist monks from the Drukpa lineage hold their voting cards as they wait outside a polling station to vote near the Hemis Monastery.
  • Ladkahis wait inside a polling station to vote near the Thiksey Monastery.
    Ladkahis wait inside a polling station to vote near the Thiksey Monastery.
  • Ladkahi women wait at a polling station to vote near the Thiksey Monastery.
    Ladkahi women wait at a polling station to vote near the Thiksey Monastery.

Inside India: Election Special, Kevin Frayer in Ladakh

Mark Asquith

May 08, 2014

A view of news and daily life on the Indian subcontinent for the week of May 8, 2014.

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