Poll vaulting in Meghalaya: Path ahead for all parties promises to be bumpy
Sanjoy Hazarika, international director of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, writes about Meghalaya and its political dilemmas.
Over 30 years ago, I drove from Shillong, capital of Meghalaya, through the town of Nongstein and then to Tura, the second largest city of that small state. I was assured of good road conditions and a journey of six or seven hours, it took me 12 hours, much of it on bumpy jungle tracks. There wasn't a single signboard to tell us we were going the right way.
