Srinagar, July 28 -- As India prepares for another round of Panchayati Raj elections, the national spotlight rarely touches the dusty trails of Uttarakhand's remote villages. There are no campaign vans, no primetime debates, no television crews. Just faded chappals, creased voter slips, and countless silent struggles waiting to be heard. In villages like Halduchaud, Chaukhuta, and Bhimtal, people don't vote for ideology-they vote to survive."We don't care if it's Congress, BJP, or an independent," says Kamla Devi, 50, from a forest-edge hamlet near Halduchaud. "We just want someone who will get our hand pump working."These elections do more than choose local leaders-they expose the rural crisis in stark detail. From poverty and migration ...