Inside India: Election Special, The Queues

Hindu saints stand in line to cast their votes at a polling station in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Reuters

Voters line up to cast their votes outside a polling station during the seventh phase of India’s general election at Rasan Hedi village in the northern Indian state of Punjab. Ajay Verma / Reuters

Indian women line up at the same polling station before BJP leader Narendra Modi arrived to vote on April 30, 2014 in Ahmedabad, India. Kevin Frayer / Getty Images

A Kashmiri man belonging to the nomadic Gujjar tribe, center, lines-up to cast his vote during the Indian parliamentary elections at a polling station in Wasun. Bernat Armangue / AP Photo

An Indian voter rests in the queue prior to casting her ballot at a polling station near Attari village, about 35 kms from Amritsar. Narinder Nanu / AFP

Voters line up to cast their votes outside a polling station at Howrah district in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters

Kashmiri voters stand in line to cast their votes at a polling station in Kangan, east of Srinagar. Danish Ismail / Reuters

Voters line up to cast their votes outside a polling station during the seventh phase of India’s general election at Howrah district in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters

Indian voters queue to cast their ballots at a polling station in Singur, some 45 kms north of Kolkata. Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP

Indian women wait in a queue prior to casting their ballot at a polling station in Rae Bareli. Sanjay Kanojia / AFP

Indian voters queue to cast their ballots at a polling station in Singur, some 45 kms north of Kolkata. Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP

Voters stand in line to cast their votes at a polling station during the seventh phase of India’s general election in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Amit Dave / Reuters

Voters line up to cast their votes outside a polling station during the seventh phase of India’s general election at Howrah district in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters

A view of news and daily life on the Indian subcontinent for the week of May 2, 2014.