Voting in a heatwave: Voters queue up in the heat to cast their ballot in Assam. — AFP
HOW do you run a democracy when the mercury rises above 40°C?
That’s the problem faced by voters in India. A swath of the country’s east is sweltering under a brutal heatwave. The city centre of Kolkata has emptied out, schools have cancelled classes, and one TV presenter collapsed on air with heat stroke.
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