The irreparable politics and your vote

What we see and talk about politics are just what we see and hear through CNN IBN, NDTV and news papers. But there are a lot of issues which are ignored by everyone from last 50 years

1. Education

Can you even think of sending your kids to a government school? NO, right?? If that is the case, just imagine the fate of those who cannot afford costly education. What will be their future in coming years? (Unless, there are like a million slumdog millionaires!)

2. Food

42 percent of Indian Population is below poverty line. That means in every 10 people around you, 4 are struggling to even survive. What makes India Shining? (I mean other than the ever growing population!)

3. Corruption

Take an example of a young intellectual who wants to start a small business, He cannot start until he rides the corruption wagon, right from bribing to the local police wala, to the more sophisticated people in the Revenue Department, VAT agencies, Service Tax agencies etc etc. (and the list will go on!)

4. Unemployment

How many of youngsters who have graduated are getting decent jobs such that they can buy a home for themselves and lead a happy life? As population is increasing day by day, imagine the fate of the next generation if no proper opportunities are created.


5. Infrastructure

We worry about the incomplete flyovers and traffic, people in rural areas don't even have proper drainage facilities and toilets.

The list of problems is never ending.

The moral of the story is Congress or UPA or BJP or NDA or the third, fourth and fifth fronts spent 80 percent of their power to feed their kith and kin and increase their bank balance. The poor is becoming poorer rich is getting richer.

When a small government clerk job needs candidates of no criminal record, how come Members of Parliament or Legislative Assembly are exempted? Isn't it just because the law makers themselves are criminals?

Now the only thing which can rescue us are the two most underrated
rights given by constitution.

1. Right to Vote
2. Freedom of Speech

Being educated, it becomes our responsibility to realize the facts, exercise our vote judiciously and make the uneducated and innocent people who are victims of our political system. Remember Matrix?? Machines using humans as mere batteries for power. The same is happening here. The current political system forcing the poor and uneducated to remain in their current state, cashing their ignorance and their luxuries.

Good to see the advent of media and its reach to rural areas, educating the people and reflecting where exactly we are and whom exactly we are electing as our leaders.

I hope this change will become a revolution and hope there comes a day when every Indian has a 3 day meal, works for eight hours, enjoy with family and sleep in his own house.

But how will all this happen? How will things become better? How will things become the way we talk about in almost every huddle with friends?

I know most of us don't want to join politics even in their wildest dreams, still almost all of us have said this at least once - "Agar mujhe power de di jaye, to main india ko kaha se kaha pohocha dunga!"

But since no one's giving us these powers just for being idle, our minimum responsibility is to at least use the power that we have got by just being born in a democratic country, the power to "vote".

Every one knows that there is actually not an obvious choice to vote someone, especially for the educated junta, because to be fair there are no good options available. We need more people like Jaya Prakash Narayan and Meera Sanyal, who are actually trying to get in the system and change things. (I mean i am hoping that they won't turn into "politicians" if they ever get their chance!)

Friends, I request instead of voting for an obvious idiot, void your vote, But please please please, go and vote.