After the barbaric attacks in Mumbai on 26th November 2008, there was widespread agitation and the city saw thousands of protestors coming together lighting candles, chanting slogans and demanding a change in the political system.
However, not even five months later, in the assembly elections, the Mumbai voters’ turnout was abysmal. About 43% of the eligible voters turned to cast their precious votes. While the majority of them didn’t make use of the power vested in them by the government of India.
Most of them said that they didn’t go to vote since they were aggravated by the management at the booth. Some were just too lazy.
At one hand we talk about bringing about a change and at the other we don’t want to make that change. Aren’t these double standards we are resorting to?
Voting is our right, and we should make correct use of it or else what’s the point of living in a democracy. And with all kinds of awareness campaigns after the Mumbai attacks, if we still don’t know how to bring about change, then it’s something to be really ashamed about.
So please go out there and vote!
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Vote Today or Pay Tomorrow
Vote! We hear this word every time we near an election. Just hear.
But how many of us actually realize the true meaning of it?
The true power which has been vested in us by the Government of India with a view that we the people are going to decide the fate of our country.
India being the largest democracy in the world gives you supremacy as you are the one who will decide who runs your country. By this freedom you also get to decide how your country would be run.
Now, we all know that registration can be a bit of a problem, but we all need to understand that it’s essential for our own betterment.
Parties while running campaign spend millions in attracting the public, but they somehow overlook the youth-market. Why?
Because the sad reality is that year after year, the percentages of youth who are actually eligible for voting turn their back on the voting system, thus causing a low turn-out.
Some may say that how would voting help? How does my single vote matter? But surely it does. They say that even a flutter of a butterfly’s wings can cause a tornado to form, similarly your single vote can create the butterfly effect which India is waiting for.
But how many of us actually realize the true meaning of it?
The true power which has been vested in us by the Government of India with a view that we the people are going to decide the fate of our country.
India being the largest democracy in the world gives you supremacy as you are the one who will decide who runs your country. By this freedom you also get to decide how your country would be run.
Now, we all know that registration can be a bit of a problem, but we all need to understand that it’s essential for our own betterment.
Parties while running campaign spend millions in attracting the public, but they somehow overlook the youth-market. Why?
Because the sad reality is that year after year, the percentages of youth who are actually eligible for voting turn their back on the voting system, thus causing a low turn-out.
Some may say that how would voting help? How does my single vote matter? But surely it does. They say that even a flutter of a butterfly’s wings can cause a tornado to form, similarly your single vote can create the butterfly effect which India is waiting for.
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