A few kilometres outside Kohima town, at the new ISBT station, a group of men were deeply engaged in conversation. Hailing from neighbouring villages in the Eastern Nagaland region, they worked as daily wagers in Kohima and planned to return to their respective villages to vote in the upcoming assembly election on February 27.
Their chief concern was their mode of travel. Would it be cheaper to hire a taxi and pack in as many people as possible, or take a bus from Dimapur? From Dimapur, it takes 15 hours to reach the district headquarters at Tuensang, and then two or three hours to reach the villages.
