Sacred Election
Lessons from the Biggest
Democracy in the World
It’s the biggest single
organised event in the world
714 million voters
800,000 polling stations
7 million election
officials
…and 1.2 million
electronic voting machines
A 40 minute documentary to be broadcast
8pm Tuesday 12 May 2009 and repeated
5pm Sunday 17th May
BBC Radio 4 (92-95FM or 198LW) and Online for 7 days after broadcast at
www.bbc.co.uk/radio4
With
political anthropologist Dr Mukulika Banerjee of University College
London sets out to discover how the country manages to defy apparently insuperable
odds to deliver an efficient and effective democratic process that is admired
across the world. She talks to Election
Commissioner
Dr SY Quraishi, political analyst Yogendra
Yadav and veteran British psephologist Dr David Butler as well as many voters around the country -
from paddy farmers in West Bengal to slum dwellers in Mumbai.
Producer Mukti Jain Campion
A <<Culture
Wise>> Production for BBC Radio 4
www.culturewise.org
From:
M J Campion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 05 May 2009 19:02
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Subject: Coming soon on BBC Radio
4 Sacred Election: Lessons from the biggest democracy in the world 8pm Tuesday
12 May and repeated 5pm Sunday 17 May
Just back from a truly
inspirational 3 week trip around
Do listen to the programme
if you can and please forward details to anyone you think might be interested
too.
Best,
Mukti
Mukti Jain Campion
Producer
Tel: 0208 994 6980
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