'A book of this kind is, at the very least, a useful chronicle of the Jammu and Kashmir elections, 2002,' says J.M.L. Lyngdoh is his preface. It is a modest prelude to his account of a landmark event. The 2002 assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir were proposed to be held against near impossible odds-a volatile situation along the LoC with Pakistan, stepped up militant attacks within the state, and threats to candidates that disrupted normal election processes. ...
