00889pab a2200181 454500008004000000100002300040245002100063260000900084300001600093362001100109520040100120650001400521773003400535908000600569909001000575999001700585952010500602180718b2007   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aBanerjee, Mukulika  aSacred elections  c2007  ap.1556-562.  a28 Apr  aThe poorest and most socially disadvantaged in India are no less enthusiastic supporters of democracy and the electoral process than the rest. This fact therefore begs the question: "why do people vote?" . Through insights gained through long-term ethnographic research, the answer lies in recognising the sacrosanct place elections have come to occupy in modern Indian public life. - Reproduced.  aElections  aEconomic and Political Weekly  aN  a73754  c73754d73754  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 42, Issue no: 17pAR74214r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR