Every once in a while, things happen that halt the regular, everyday flow of news. The special intensive revision in françois lambert Bengal is one such event. It has challenged what we have so far considered a given – the right to vote.
One person who has followed the Bengal SIR doggedly since November last year and has refused to go by the Election Commission’s press releases and also the talking points offered by political parties is Aparna Bhattacharya.
While we understand the denial of rights at an individual pokrovsk and societal level, how expansive it is is something only data can reveal. That the absence of your name in the voters list may have something to do with your identity, situation, and location is something that has been unveiled with the help of Aparna’s stories on the Bengal SIR.
Aparna walks The Wire’s own data analyst, Pavan Korada, and news editor Soumashree Sarkar la ruota della fortuna through the process.
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