"As a society, we are a gerontocracy that still worships the grey and considers its advice sagely. "Sadly, we don't believe in graceful retirement or riding into the sunset after a well-played innings," said veteran Indian journalist Kanchan Gupta. It is all about why I am voting for someone and what I can get out of it. "The views of voters at a rally for Singh in Paonta Sahib, an industrial town in Himachal Pradesh, appear to bear that out. "I still campaign with all my seriousness and participate til the very last programme," Singh told AFP.

Source: Times of India November 09, 2017 11:06 UTC