I spent 30 minutes trying to come up with an intro for the most important blog but decided im not that gifted and so i have decided to just hit the nail in the head with a sledgehammer
I AM HALF A POLITICIAN,LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.No i dont mean i have been promising my mom that i would do all the domestic work or promising myself that i would get a girlfriend by this weekend..I just have indeed become a half-politician.
I campaigned for Lok Paritran..the new hope that has been forged by the elite of India.For the uninitiated, this is the party that everyone around you has been talking about,started by IITians.I was intrigued(read clueless) by their ideology but the fact that the very people who have been accused of not giving back anything to the society have decided to take things into their hands with regards to running this country is indeed refreshing.with this thought i decided to give them more than just my vote..
Inspired by a friend,who called me in the evening to ask me if i were interested in campaigning for LP,i decided to give it a go.i joined him in distributing pamphlets around my "constituency".What was interesting was the response of some of the oldies.."evalukkellam vera velaye illa...sayangaalam aana vandhuda vendiyadhu.."(rough translation:what the **** are doing in my place...being a very conservative locality ppl dont swear in your face..they swear at your back).But jokes apart,the response from the general public was very impressive.I got the impression that the people were disillusioned by the current lot of charlatans-calling- themselves-politicians and completely angry that they were being treated like this.
Some of the political parties' manifesto may be mistaken for a list written by a overly
expectant kid on the eve of christmas,But these people had promises that might actually work.Just reading the manifesto you could understand that they know their limitations and are not trying to fool the masses.When we were half way through with the distribution thing,the candidate called my friend that they had arranged a surprise rally kinda stuff and that we could come if we wanted.
It was a bike rally with around 10 people.we went around the place holding placards with the candidate leading the front.It was quite adventurous to see people waving hands at you(yes,indeed!!!people did wave at me!!).The most heartening fact was that whenever we stopped someone would come over,congratulate the candidate,and they were not just students.In fact,a 40-something gentleman actually offered to campaign for LP giving us his phone number and that he would be free after 6 in the evening.Thats when i really got some
semblance of a hope that this party may just work.
They sure have a long way to go and i plainly dont see them taking roots in some rather
important states of the country in the next decade or so,but everything good has to have a beginning and i am definitely happy that they are starting off from my city.
I would just like end this with what my candidate,Aravind seshagiri,replied to one curious
passerby:
You dont really stand a chance in this place.
i know i dont stand a chance here,sir.But the person who is winning here will know that there are people here who are ready to really work for the constituency and that non-performance will definitely not be tolerated.If He/she wants to win the next time, he has to perform.period.that is always a good sign,isn't it?
I AM HALF A POLITICIAN,LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.No i dont mean i have been promising my mom that i would do all the domestic work or promising myself that i would get a girlfriend by this weekend..I just have indeed become a half-politician.
I campaigned for Lok Paritran..the new hope that has been forged by the elite of India.For the uninitiated, this is the party that everyone around you has been talking about,started by IITians.I was intrigued(read clueless) by their ideology but the fact that the very people who have been accused of not giving back anything to the society have decided to take things into their hands with regards to running this country is indeed refreshing.with this thought i decided to give them more than just my vote..
Inspired by a friend,who called me in the evening to ask me if i were interested in campaigning for LP,i decided to give it a go.i joined him in distributing pamphlets around my "constituency".What was interesting was the response of some of the oldies.."evalukkellam vera velaye illa...sayangaalam aana vandhuda vendiyadhu.."(rough translation:what the **** are doing in my place...being a very conservative locality ppl dont swear in your face..they swear at your back).But jokes apart,the response from the general public was very impressive.I got the impression that the people were disillusioned by the current lot of charlatans-calling- themselves-politicians and completely angry that they were being treated like this.
Some of the political parties' manifesto may be mistaken for a list written by a overly
expectant kid on the eve of christmas,But these people had promises that might actually work.Just reading the manifesto you could understand that they know their limitations and are not trying to fool the masses.When we were half way through with the distribution thing,the candidate called my friend that they had arranged a surprise rally kinda stuff and that we could come if we wanted.
It was a bike rally with around 10 people.we went around the place holding placards with the candidate leading the front.It was quite adventurous to see people waving hands at you(yes,indeed!!!people did wave at me!!).The most heartening fact was that whenever we stopped someone would come over,congratulate the candidate,and they were not just students.In fact,a 40-something gentleman actually offered to campaign for LP giving us his phone number and that he would be free after 6 in the evening.Thats when i really got some
semblance of a hope that this party may just work.
They sure have a long way to go and i plainly dont see them taking roots in some rather
important states of the country in the next decade or so,but everything good has to have a beginning and i am definitely happy that they are starting off from my city.
I would just like end this with what my candidate,Aravind seshagiri,replied to one curious
passerby:
You dont really stand a chance in this place.
i know i dont stand a chance here,sir.But the person who is winning here will know that there are people here who are ready to really work for the constituency and that non-performance will definitely not be tolerated.If He/she wants to win the next time, he has to perform.period.that is always a good sign,isn't it?
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