Uttar Pradesh Elections 2022: The many moods, colours and voices behind the votes
Ahead of the seventh and final phase of the Uttar Pradesh state elections, Consulting Editor (Photo) Madhu Kapparath captures some of the action and colour on the campaign and voting trail since it began on February 10
By: Madhu Kapparath
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Cholapur-based brothers Arif and Ashik Ansari are master weavers of the exquisite dhakai jamdani that involves months of intricate work on a loom—a learning that goes back generations in the family. What do they make of this vociferous assertion of religious identity in election these days? "There are the visible threads that bind us. These are in the lower realms, like this world itself. Then there are the invisible threads that bind us. How can we speak of them in this world?” Sholapur, Varanasi, February 11, 2022
