The world famous Discovery Channel will be preparing a documentary on Ladakh polling. The region, far remote in the lap of Himalayas and cut off from the rest of the world for six months in a year, and with scant population, has got special attraction for the documentary team. How democracy has reached a far flung part of Northern India where ballot material and election staff needs to be brought by helicopters will present a unique feature of India’s democratic process. This is a land of great natural settings, high Himalayan mountains, people of ancient race with ancient ways of life but curiously more politically informed than other people in similar conditions. The documentary has been outsourced by the Discovery Channel to an Indian documentation team with considerable expertise in the field. The shooting will be completed in one week. Hopefully this will be a remarkable source of knowledge to those who are almost nostalgic about Discovery Channel.
Ladakh has great geostrategic importance for India. Border with China and Pakistan meets in Ladakh. The Siachin Glacier that has been the bone of contention between India and Pakistan is also located here. Cheshul at the height of 15000 feet above sea level has a few hundred votes and all arrangements have been made for the polling staff to reach it and give the eligible persons the right to vote. That is what the Indian democracy does for her people far and wide in the country.
The documentary is supposed to portray how the Election Commission of India conducts election in the world’s largest democracy in which 81.4 crore people are supposed to cast vote to elect a democratic Government.
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