In this photograph taken on April 24, 2014, 97-year old Indian resident Shyam Saran Negi gestures as he speaks at his home at Kalpa in Kinnaur District in the northern State of Himachal Pradesh. AFP PHOTO
In this photograph taken on April 24, 2014, 97-year old Indian resident Shyam Saran Negi gestures as he speaks at his home at Kalpa in Kinnaur District in the northern State of Himachal Pradesh. AFP PHOTO

SHIMLA, India: As India held the latest round of its election Wednesday, 97-year-old Shyam Saran Negi once again trudged several kilometers to vote—a tradition he has kept up since independence in 1947.

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