7 a.m. voting in Pune, an experience you cannot miss
It is, a little past 7 a.m. on a strange April morning. Strange for 2 reasons, for one it is a little too hazy for a summer morning perhaps because of the slight rain the night before and for second today is the day Pune goes to vote. There is a buzz in the air that only a real Punekar can feel, people are up earlier than usual and one can hear vehicles purring down streets that usually bear a deserted look.
Soon old friends and neighbors, who have moved to different parts of Pune but have their voting center where they once lived meet; They talked of old times and how their families where. Students from HND hostel turned up in large groups , they made plans to spend the day studying and then watch a movie later. Families both small and big were seen helping their oldest member walk to the booth, some even got their little boys and girls to show them how voting is done.