who is gandhi? or rather what is gandhi?
are you mad? you dont know gandhi? he is the father of nation. we got independance because of his efforts. he alone stood against the atrocrities of britishers and defied their laws. and thus we are here today breathing free air. he is my favourite leader. even in school, when i had to write an essay on my favourite leader i wrote on mahatma gandhi. and remember gandhi market. a new shop has opened there. it has got a good collection of kurtis. that reminds me of khadi. gandhi used to spin wheel and he boycotted foreign clothes. he promoted khadi. actually khadi nowadays is in fashion. they have got this lovely showroom of khadi stuff at gandhi road. but it is very costly. actually it is a very posh area. all gandhians live there. remember that well dressed lady who was a part of debate on gandhi and his relevance today on a news channel. she lives there only. she was wearing a lovely silk saree. she made her point very clear. gandhi and his principles can never be outdated. one must never lie. i got so engrossed in watching that programme that i forgot to do my assignment on gandi. give me yours. i will copy it down. teacher will never come to know. who wants be gandhi. if he says anything i will complain about him. remember what gandhi said. never stand injustice.its no cheating. come on.i am not gandhi. when is the next holiday? i guess its on 2nd october. gandhi jayanti. that day the greatest son of india was born. you have any plans? we can go out.oh! i cant come. i just remebered that they will be showing richard attenborough's gandhi on t.v. what a great man gandhi was. even hollywood made a full blown film on him. not like mallika sherawat. she had blink a miss role in jackie chan's movie. he must be really famous man. he should have been born now. he would have wiped all the corruption and nepotism from the system. great man. god bless his soul...
Thursday, September 20, 2007
My first Elections
My first elections
In school I had read and studied about elections. We were told that what sets India apart is the fact that we have a government which is elected by the people for the people and is constituted of the people. Such glorification of this great democratic exercise led me to believe that whatever may happen, in the end it is the power which is with the people will prevail. Though our system maybe corrupt, the freedom to vote and elect our government will nullify everything.
Hence continuing with my good faith in our democratic system I eagerly awaited my first elections. I was told that college elections will be fun and they surely were. We could get good long breaks in between the classes when candidates came for campaigning. Speech day was fun too. One could shout as much as he wanted. But of course you could not hear any of the speeches because of that shouting. Still, it was nothing what I had expected this GREAT DEMOCRATIC EXERCISE to be. Elections were supposed to start at 8.30 am. But at that time, college was practically deserted. Identification cards were not checked while allowing the entry. The best part was that I was still not sure to whom to vote for. My friends guided me regarding that and I finally voted. As far as university elections are considered, I simply did not know which candidate belonged to which party. So again, my good old friends came to my rescue.
This surely was not what I had elections to be. But then strangely, I am not very heart broken or disappointed though my so called faith has shaken up.
After giving the issue a thought I have come to the conclusion that maybe I am politically ignorant. Maybe it is just that I do not care enough who gets elected. Maybe I have this I don’t give a damn attitude towards the whole process though I don’t want to accept it. And finally maybe somewhere in my heart I know that all the high ideals I had about elections were a farce and a way to affirm my faith in the system I have been living in and living with.
In school I had read and studied about elections. We were told that what sets India apart is the fact that we have a government which is elected by the people for the people and is constituted of the people. Such glorification of this great democratic exercise led me to believe that whatever may happen, in the end it is the power which is with the people will prevail. Though our system maybe corrupt, the freedom to vote and elect our government will nullify everything.
Hence continuing with my good faith in our democratic system I eagerly awaited my first elections. I was told that college elections will be fun and they surely were. We could get good long breaks in between the classes when candidates came for campaigning. Speech day was fun too. One could shout as much as he wanted. But of course you could not hear any of the speeches because of that shouting. Still, it was nothing what I had expected this GREAT DEMOCRATIC EXERCISE to be. Elections were supposed to start at 8.30 am. But at that time, college was practically deserted. Identification cards were not checked while allowing the entry. The best part was that I was still not sure to whom to vote for. My friends guided me regarding that and I finally voted. As far as university elections are considered, I simply did not know which candidate belonged to which party. So again, my good old friends came to my rescue.
This surely was not what I had elections to be. But then strangely, I am not very heart broken or disappointed though my so called faith has shaken up.
After giving the issue a thought I have come to the conclusion that maybe I am politically ignorant. Maybe it is just that I do not care enough who gets elected. Maybe I have this I don’t give a damn attitude towards the whole process though I don’t want to accept it. And finally maybe somewhere in my heart I know that all the high ideals I had about elections were a farce and a way to affirm my faith in the system I have been living in and living with.
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