Harsha Kakar The fourth round of polling of India’s parliamentary elections, marking the crossing of midway of the election process has just concluded. As per inputs approximately 970 million Indians, about 10 percent of the global population,were eligible to cast their votes. This is higher than the combined population of the US and Europe. Indian elections involve over 15 million polling staff, 5.5 million voting machines and around 11 lakh polling booths. Conducting elections in seven phases over 6-7 weeks … Continue reading Indian elections and world opinion