Vote!

I was filling up a form at my desk.



My colleague cum friend came to my desk. She enquired about the form. I replied that it was for Voter ID Card. Then i asked her whether she had a Voter ID Card. She replied,”I don’t believe in this voting and stuff. This is all junk”.



Immediately, i remembered our heated argument about Hindi Language. It was the same person who said that as an Indian one should know the National Language of India. And now as an Indian, she didn’t believe in Voting! I was tempted to question her with this comparison. Didn’t ask her so bluntly because i was sure it would be quite hurtful. Later during lunch,i asked her whether she had casted her vote anytime. And the answer was No. I then told her that even i couldn’t vote last time without Voter ID Card.



Frankly, i had quite a respect for her after she argued so much for National Language (it even prompted me to think about Learning Hindi from a Patriotic perspective :)). And now her reply about Voting did cast a doubt! Ok, it might be wrong on my part to quickly jump to a conclusion. But couldn’t help it!!



Anyway, i am prompted to write this after seeing a celebrity video about “(No) Vote” in US elections in a blog…



Even in India, TataTea has been supporting a similar campaign - Jaago Re! One Billion Votes

I am not sure to what extent this will motivate our fellows to cast their vote. Infact the number of registered users is also only in 5 digits in the site.



The ads are quite inspirational…but it’s not shown in all channels and also it is still not shown in regional languages in regional channels.(or is it shown and i haven’t seen?)



Below are the ads,

A Guy interviews the Politician,







My favourite- To awaken the non sleeping crowd :)







Swarna/ charlie|thotti, this Link, NRI Voting Rights is for you…



hmm…two years ago, i didn’t know that one day Swarna will come under NRI category :)

Hope the inevitable doesn’t happen!