Elections 2014 in Sunday Magazine

Read all the stories on the Lok Sabha Elections 2014 from the Sunday Magazine in one place

April 27, 2014 02:16 pm | Updated November 13, 2021 10:28 am IST

Erode, 24/04/2014:Women wait for their turn to vote at Tamaraikarai polling booth on Bargur hills in Erode district, Tamil Nadu, on Thursday.PHOTO: M.GOVARTHAN - Erode, 24/04/2014:Women wait for their turn to vote at Tamaraikarai polling booth on Bargur hills in Erode district, Tamil Nadu, on Thursday.PHOTO: M.GOVARTHAN

Erode, 24/04/2014:Women wait for their turn to vote at Tamaraikarai polling booth on Bargur hills in Erode district, Tamil Nadu, on Thursday.PHOTO: M.GOVARTHAN - Erode, 24/04/2014:Women wait for their turn to vote at Tamaraikarai polling booth on Bargur hills in Erode district, Tamil Nadu, on Thursday.PHOTO: M.GOVARTHAN

>Why are more leaders talking about “empowering women” and offering them a wide range of enticements in these elections? Pamela Philipose looks at the emerging power of the women’s vote.

>The statement on the wall: Ranjita Biswas on the wall graffiti that is omnipresent during Indian elections

>Can party symbols not be designed and distributed afresh once a decade, so that new candidates can also have an equal chance at capturing the voters’ imagination, asks T.M. Krishna

>Posters and hoardings in Kerala show a disconnect between one’s personal and political lives.

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