Earn them or Buy them

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bangalore, india, politics, voting

Yesterday it was BBMP (municipal) election in Bangalore. While me and mil went and voted N couldn’t because he was traveling for some biking fun with the boys.

So yesterday when the maid came in late… I asked her

Vote de aaye?

And then she yes and said this

Haan madam de tou diya but kya fyaada… 20 din se sabko chicken biryani khila raha hai main nahin khaayi, kyonki mujhe usko vote nahin karna… acha nahin hai woh… and aaj subah subah aake blanket, saree and 500 rupiyah diya aur bola vote mujhko hi dena. chalo saath do deke aao… and uske bande sab saath gayee and ushi ko vote dena pada.. kya karoo madam aadmi bhi yahan nahin hai so jaisa bola waise kar diya

Translation : Ya I gave the vote but what good it is. One of the candidates was feeding the whole area chicken biryani in the night she claims she didnt even have one day as he is not a good candidate and she didnt want to vote for him. Then the morning of the voting that guy came and gave her blanket, saree and rs 500 in cash and asked her to vote for her… As her husband is not living (thats a story for another post) she did what she was asked to

I was stunned… I was angry… I mean I know buying votes etc is not a new practice but somehow I never thought it would be existent in a big city like Bangalore. The so called IT city of the country…

Is this voting even worth it? Then I was discussing this with thehrstore on twitter and he said this

@monikamanchanda – Damn! That’s bad. 😦 At least their vote counted. We’ve a number problem here. Glad u voted.

which made me think… true she has atleast voted this way and if she was smart enough she would have taken the money and voted for someone else 😉 but then how many people are so fearless and gutsy?

Does this vote really count? What do u think… is it better to not go and vote than to vote for people like this under such circumstances?

Can we have an Amol Arte please?

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dynasty, india, Paa, politics, young politician

PS: spoiler ahead, if u havent see Paa yet u might want to skip the post, it does divulge a lot of info 🙂

Just one, just one would do… Ideally one in every state but its ok to start with one in he whole country will do…

U guys do know who I am talking about right? I am talking about the dynamic young aspiring politician ready to take the world of corruption and dirty politics head on potrayed by Abhishek Bachan in Paa

What a character… A character in a hindi movie I fell in love with, A character I am desperately wanting to see become real, A character that our nation desperately needs

A character who has the means to go study Political Science in swanky foreign university but wants to come back to India to change the political system

A character who doesnt hesitate to tell his girl friend that we BOTH need to focus on our career right now and the baby can come later & no I didnt find anything wrong in that.

A character who when becomes a MP ACTUALLY works hard for the people

An MP who thinks out of the box and gives the award for the vision of India to a white globe 🙂

A MP who has the guts to do sting operation live on TV initially calling it his confession, he could have been written off even before the program began

A MP who finds time to actually fulfill the wish of a child suffering from a very very rare illness

A MP who when comes face to face with his child he didnt know comes boldly on the TV and says “I should have used a condom”

A MP who goes further and admits publicly that its his child…

I was blown away by the character, one such politician can probably help change the face of nation… atleast start the change

Also Paa helped me look at the dyansty issue in politics from a very different angle…

Amol Arte in the movie was the son of a well known and established politician, now think of any normal person who has no connection in the political world but has the same zest, same will power, same strength… infact for a moment lets forger Arte in Anmol Arte… how many of you think he did have the chances of becoming an MP at the age that is shown in the movie?

May be 10 years later he would have… but think about whaat would have happened in those 10 years… his josh, his youth would have died, he would probably have at some point have to succumb to the corruption to rise as he doesnt have the backing to do otherwise.

Does anyone of you remember Lok Paritran… a political part formed my ex-IITians… a brilliant idea which didnt really take off, now imagine one of them having some political lineage, do u think it would have made a difference?

I do agree that lineage gives an undue advantage but if we have someone like Amol Arte coming out of it do we mind? I dont what about you?

So here is my xmas wish to God… Give us on Amol Arte please….

What a Day (day 9, post 11)

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india, NaBloPoMo, politics, twitter

oh what a day it has been, the day which actually started on a slightly low note as N was not in town on a weekend gradually moved on to be a very interesting day…a day that brought a little exciment to my life after long and for that I want to thank Indians…

I was glued to TV as well as net, yes guys u guessed right watching Indian Election results…

I was hooked on to the #indiavotes09 twitter page, wow what a roit it was… to some abs hilarious tweets to really serious discussions I had total fun, this was surely one of my most active days on twitter

Also I feel good too that India has chosen well, its chosen the lesser evil well thats what atleast I believe and if its not the lesser evil its surely the only party which can carry us through another 5-year term…

Threes cheers to India…

PS: Also on a different note I made mango icecream and carrot muffins today, pics and recipe coming tomorrow… stay tuned

Life in a text mode

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india, personal, politics, rant

I really dont know where to start this post its a total random update from the past some weeks…

I am in text mode these days lol, what I mean is I prefer chatting, tweeting, commenting etc etc instead of talking… so guys if I have taken ur calls or not called u back please forgive me I do that when I am a little depressed… ping me on chat will chat for hours together 🙂

Also I am totally enjoying the company of Ojas and mom at home… golden times these are seing my son and my mom bond, what a pleasure

And oh ya yesterday we did, did u?

This was the first time N had casted a vote and he said the feeling is amazing and come to think of it, it does symbolize a lot of freedom isnt it, the freedom to choose our leaders but we have to remember the famous Spiderman lines “With great freedom comes great responsibility”

So make a responsible decision, go caste your vote…

The next leader

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Feminism, politics

So our dear sanjuy baba strike again… here is his in which he says that Manyata takes decision in the kitchen….

HT: Did your wife convince you to get into politics?

Dutt: Manyataji takes the decisions in the kitchen.. aaj biryani banegi ya phir kabab or chicken. That’s where she rules. In other matters I decide what’s to be done.

so now we will have an MP trying to run some part of the country when all is allowed is to take the decisions in kitchen

I dont know what to get more angry on… the women’s right here or the country’s future????

NO NO NO

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india, politics

I can say that as many times as it takes to make a difference…

Goofy Mamma has started a Say No to Criminals campaign which initially started after our dear (our shall I say our un-dear) Sanju baba decided to enter politics as he was really pissed with his sister to take over what his dad build…

A lot of bloggers have already said a lot abt it…Go read this and this by Goofy Mamma, IHM did two posts and then the famous Dutt Rhymes post which I enjoyed the most :), there one by Mad Momma

All has been said more or less…

Till he came out and did this smart thing I always had a little soft corner for him, I used to think he is one of those guys who is just refusing to grow up and is basically a spoilt brat but good by nature… he got stuck with drugs but he recovered everyone does some crazy things in the youth… then he got stuck with a gun…i still brushed it aside thought of it as childish act and always refused to believe he was guilty…my guess is there were a lot of people like me out there…today I am surprised why I behaved that way… but I did

But now finally what he has done is like a blow to me personally,I mean its like someone u like admire and stabs u in the back… I know I sound crazy but I didnt want to lie… But ya if there is one thing I am very clear now or for that matter always was only the reasons become stronger than softer now….

HE SHOULD NEVER EVER POLITICS….

does he even know what is politics? and I am not even talking about the remarks he made on women… What will he do for Lucknow sitting in Mumbai and Amar Singh said Films are his first priority…. is politics a hobby which u can take up as second third pr etc…. ridiculous….

But for me the most important part of this campaign is taking it beyond Sanjay Dutt and standing up and asking as a nation for leaders with Criminal records only…

We need people who are clean and honest to run this country….

I dont know what it takes to achieve this, I dont know if this post is going to make a drop of difference to anything… But someone started this and I want to support the noble cause as much as I can…

Come folks lets make the country cleaner…

LETS SAY NO TO CRIMINALS IN POLITICS ….

even if it means having only handful leaders left 😉