Is it Mayawati time for India's Dalits, Harijans and Untouchables?

The late Canadian-born economist John Kenneth Galbraith once described India as "a functioning anarchy."

But there's nothing anarchic about the current general election here in the world's largest democracy. It is unfolding with surprising efficiency and even the possibility of a real upset as India's poor look to have found their champion.

Four of five days of voting have ended — the final day is Wednesday, May 13 — and three-quarters of the 714 million eligible voters have had their chance to go to the polls. More...

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