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Strategies & Market Trends : India Coffee House

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To: JPR who wrote (7022)9/20/1999 11:25:00 AM
From: Nandu  Read Replies (2) of 12475
 
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The slaughter of democracy: How the army forced people to vote in Kashmir

The infamous Sopore is more deserted than Baramulla. Inside booth number 73B, I meet M Shahin Sheikh and Shah Shah. Their identity cards, they tell me, have been taken by the BSF; those will be returned only after they produce the nishan on their finger.

Unfortunately, Shah's name isn't on the voter's list. He cannot vote. "Please mark my finger then," he tells the polling official, holding out his hand, "I came only for this."

The official obliges. "Poor people. Why get them into trouble?"
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