Voted?!

Hope that everyone out voted. I voted yesterday for the first time ever eventhough I had the right to vote for the past 7 years, but because of the fact that I didnt had a voter ID till now. Yesterday also I didnt had the voter ID. I had applied for Voter ID during this march and till tuesday no official had come for verification to my residence[Of course, we cant expect them to come at the last moment]. I was having the acknowledgement form which I got after submitting the voter information form during march. I had taken it to the booth [despite the fact that my parents were told by some officers that the forms submitted during march and thereafter were blocked at collector office] and asked the officials to check if my name appear in the list which they have. To my surprise, it appeared in the voter list and I recorded my first vote. Eventhough the person is appearing the voter list, just because of the fact that they had not been visited for verification will give an image to citizens that there name will not be probably in the list. Now my concern, is that how many of such votes will become kalla votes?

D-day tomorrow

More than last one month, all the parties were campaigning for the present lok sabha elections. Requesting all of you to franchise your vote. Please dont blindly vote for the party based on the money or things they give as bribery or any other parameter. Consider manifesto released by the parties and accordingly choose the right candidate. If you think no candidates are valuable enough, then use rule 49(O) to inform the same so that ur vote will still get counted.

Advance Happy Mother's Day

Wishing you all advance Happy Mother's Day. [In India, it is celebrated on second Sunday of May]. Thought of sharing the below forwarded mail: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why Women Cry? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?" "Because I'm a woman," she told him. "I don't understand," he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will." Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?" "All women cry for no reason," was all his dad could say. The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry. Finally he put in a call to God. When God got on the phone, he asked, "God, why do women cry so easily?" God said: "When I made the woman she had to be special. I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort. I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children. I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining. I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly. I gave her strength to carry a man through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart. I gave her wisdom to know that a good man never hurts her, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly. And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed." "You see my son," said God, "the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides."

Violation of laws

India is probably one of the country where laws are meant to be violated in most of the cases. For instance, previous week TN government had reduced the fares of MTC deluxe buses to half the amount to woo the voters as against the conduct guidelines given by EC. Previous week, while I was travelling from Thuraipakkam to Tambaram, I boarded in a deluxe bus and the bus conductor had given me ticket from Kandanchavadi to Tambaram for Rs.5. I was surprised and asked him why is it less? He said athellam kandukka kudathu[literally get transalted to '(you) shouldn't care that']. In this case, government had violated the law. Another case is that we all know that smoking is banned in Public places in India long back but I see many people smoking in public places without any fear. I had seen a person carrying his daughter in one shoulder while on other he was smoking a cigaratte in Tambaram railway station. I wonder if those people do know that smoking is banned in public places. This is just one instance where the law has been violated by an individual. There are many cases where law was/is violated by general public, government officials, etc. I hope it wont be violated in the future atleast.