Kolkata poll diary: Voters brave sweltering heat

Wed, 27 April 2011

16:30

It was almost as if it was a city on holiday.Shops and other establishments remained closed today as the third phase of polling took place in the Kolkata. Vast stretches of road in central and North Kolkata were deserted and even the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, one of the busiest ways surrounding the city, looked as if a bandh was on.

Rediff.com's Indrani Mitra traipses through the bylanes of a sweltering city and gives you this story.

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