Oh! Maa,
The 75-days countdown to the Lok Sabha polls has begun. Most of those who will hustle, bustle, jostle, lance and thrust at their political adversaries will be known faces. We the voters can now relax before our Xboxes, put our hands behind our heads, stretch our legs and watch the grand cacophony of claims and counter-claims, abuse and praise, credible and incredible promises and denouncements.
Elections in India/Bharat are synonymous to visits to the Children's Park and the Golden Circus merged into one. Petty politicians adept at trapezing will hurl themselves into the open arms of newfound friends in the numerous political outfits seeking an opportunity to test their popularity at the hustings.
The more astute will either hop onto the merry-go-round within their own parties seeking newer constituencies or refusing to hop off from their ceramic horses to afford an opportunity to their more robust colleagues.
The shrewdest, perched on the see-saws, will dig their heels into the sand and soil beneath their feet in a bid to rise above their political adversaries or topple them from their powerful heights.
We the voters have few choices to opt from notwithstanding the call from all the contestants to vote for Change. We have little to do with the selection of the candidates put up by the political parties. We can't even choose not to exercise our fundamental right to vote for the same old faces or the new faces that are ingrained with the age-old political culture.
We can't even cast invalid votes any longer to register our silent but immensely potent protest since the Election Commission of India introduced the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). There is no provision for 'Invalid Vote' on the EVMs. Even if we choose not to go to the polling booth there will be the political supporters of every outfit who will cast their votes and decide our future for the next five years.
If "Five Year Plan" is ever to have a diabolic meaning it is the finality of the EVM that decides our fate. Vote we must...for worse, or the worst. Is it for this reason that Tata Tea cleverly chose to sponsor http://www.Jaagore.com and bring out ads daily on every TV channel urging us to register ourselves as voters?
Tea or the bar rack anyone?
Oh.......(ba).......Maa!!
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