Saturday, 18 May 2013
NARGIS KHANUM
When I enquired of the young voters in my apartment building at what time they planned to go to the polling station, they said not before eleven. I told them they had better leave early or they would be standing for hours in long queues. So, all of us left at 9 am. I am a veteran voter and 9 am is my usual time to go to the polling station. By 10 am at the latest I return home having done my duty. Last Saturday, however, by the time I cast my vote it was exactly twelve minutes to six pm.