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...three weeks starting this month is difficult to overstate. It was the rigging of a 1987 vote in favor of the government-allied National Conference that eventually touched off a separatist insurgency that has cost 36,500 lives in 13 years. It is this rebellion, brutally suppressed by New Delhi and vigorously supported by Pakistan, that dominates South Asian politics and prompted the nuclear-armed neighbors to deploy hundreds of thousands of troops along their border in recent months. "They've got so much tied up in staring each other out over this little piece of ground," says one Western...
...India uses elections in Kashmir as proof that the people there accept rule from New Delhi?even when the elections prove nothing of the sort. This round might be different. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has promised "free and fair" elections for months?and even apologized for past mistakes in Kashmir, an unprecedented gesture. Rigging will be harder than usual with the world watching. Moreover, the election promises to deliver Kashmir a new generation of leaders that may finally free it from the prejudice and intransigence of the past. Backed by India, the National Conference is led by Omar Abdullah...
...result, turnout is expected to rise as high as 30%. (In the 1996 election, New Delhi claimed a turnout of 45% but independent observers estimated it at 5-8%.) India hopes the exercise will produce a broad spectrum of representatives who subscribe to the reality of Indian rule. In Islamabad, President Pervez Musharraf last month dismissed the elections as a "farce." But sources within the Pakistani administration say he recognizes real possibilities for Kashmir's most convincing election in memory. One senior official says the Pakistani government is working on a peace plan for Kashmir, which Musharraf might disclose...
...world too vulnerable to humanity's penchant for standardization. She counsels us to be more humble in the care of our environment. "You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder," she says. "It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you." --By Meenakshi Ganguly/New Delhi...
...Delhi India 11.7 million...