I swear that time I will stand up
Not for what i believe in,
but for what I dont
This time I will vote,
Not for but against
Against my own helplessness,
Against my own laziness
Against two words called Chalta hai
Aganist short cuts in queues
Against cheating in exams
Against Kharcha Paani in offices
Against powerless inquiry commissions
And powerful vote banks
Against religion in politics
and politics in religion
Against illegal constructions
and legal loopholes
Agaisnt every cynic, every non-believer
Against the belief that nothing will change
Against the feeling that my
vote cannot make a difference
Against every excuse for not voting
I will do this without fear or shame
Because only by voting against all that is
destroying our todays, will I give my childern
something to vote for tommorow
Not for what i believe in,
but for what I dont
This time I will vote,
Not for but against
Against my own helplessness,
Against my own laziness
Against two words called Chalta hai
Aganist short cuts in queues
Against cheating in exams
Against Kharcha Paani in offices
Against powerless inquiry commissions
And powerful vote banks
Against religion in politics
and politics in religion
Against illegal constructions
and legal loopholes
Agaisnt every cynic, every non-believer
Against the belief that nothing will change
Against the feeling that my
vote cannot make a difference
Against every excuse for not voting
I will do this without fear or shame
Because only by voting against all that is
destroying our todays, will I give my childern
something to vote for tommorow
My morning today started with this lovely oath in the front cover of TOI, most of u would have seen it to… but doesnt it beautifully put across the most important problems of the nation and the only possible solution… young india voting…
Take the oath here here and make a difference…
I loved it too. Got so inspired that I yelled at my kids – yup all 3 of em to get their voters id made. Lazy bums
Even I read it. I have thought of casting my vote but am not sure to whome.
Lets see.
Yup it is important to vote but the problem is of choice. Just did a post on elections as well.
I loved it too..read it here on your blog 🙂
its really nice and inspiring:)
Monika I read this today morning and it so cheered me up 🙂
Inspiring, and even the fact that it was put there, today, was so, so inspiring …
Thanks for posting about it 🙂
Very nice post Mon!
hey, loved the oath! Thanks for posting it!
@ritu,
they can vote without the voter-id card… all they need is there name in the voter list and that can be done via the tata tea’s jagor re intiative
wwww.jagore.com
@Piper,
welcome ..