I am 27 years of age and i have never voted in my life. A shameful confession!! For all my passionate views about politics, democracy and politicians....i have failed to exercise my right as a citizen. As a good citizen.
We so often hear, "Bad politicians are voted by good citizens who don't vote", its true. But its such a huge responsibility, isn't it? Such a huge burden, to be right...to do the right thing...to be responsible for your actions..! Scary..at least to me. And then there is the dilemma of which evil guy to choose to represent you, to put your faith in! For its propaganda campaign congress has released numerous ads and radio spots...all of which are in Marathi. They dare not get overtly secular at this point and address their message in Hindi, they can't afford to piss the maharashtrian's off, giving the opposition more than a likely chance of winning. Raj continues to hammer people with the 'Me Marathi' fever. Politics at its best.
We sit with our friends, discuss politics, talk about how our country is going to the dogs, how the mithi river is still as it used to be, roads have gone from bad to worse and politicians are bloody rascals - India ka kuch nahi ho sakta! We admire Rahul Gandhi and Sachin Pilot, for being so young, for standing by what they believed in and for making that difference that we have not made. We sit and hope that tomorrow the country will be a better place to live in, opportunities will be endless, more fly overs will come up, there won't be any slums scattered all over, we'll have metro's to speed up transport, crime will disappear and the prices for everything will fall. These are our expectations. And we continue to say that these things will not happen even in a 100 years.
They won't. Cause we're not changing. Cause I am not changing. Cause i think of getting my voters id every single day, but don't. Then i tell myself that its because i don't have the time...am so busy, i work late, what's the point anyway...etc etc.
I don't know how many of you share the same experience as me, how many of us feel terribly burdened by voting and make excuses to not vote. I, have decided to be the change, to contribute in a small way to the fate of this city and my nation. I am getting a voter's id.
6 comments:
good stuff...now go get a voter's id!!
I take it this way - the point is not as narrow as getting a voter's ID, but how you can make a difference. Say you get your voter's ID, than what? will the country not go to dogs by that? I think its about taking initiative, and making a difference in its own sweet ways.
The point is to take one small step at a time. I may not join politics or start my own ngo....but this is the beginning of being responsible and realizing that you have certain duties.
Stranger says: So What! I'm 29 and I never voted in Originaa , i.e. I voted once as a bogus voter in exchange of samosas and rasmalais as lunch...
The fish application on the right is damn cool!
And this is the truest reflection of the sad state of affairs... we always want the change to happen first elsewhere... then we'd like to change ourselves. Not knowing we must make the first move. But the truth still remains we mean nothing to the vote-hungry... This is what the netas take advantage of... has any neta EVER tried to contact you or entice you into voting for him? NO. Coz you dont matter - we are practically 15% of the voters. We urban dwellers dont count... When the constitution was made they contemplated whether to give voting rights only to the educated... but they decided against it coz of the phoniest word 'democracy'. And now everyone suffers.
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