The girl beamed at her card. She was the first in the family to have it made.
Then, her eyes fell on them
And...her heart sank...
Name - Mahalakshmy Gopalswamy
Father's Name - Gopalswamy Mahalakshmy ???
DOB - xx/xx/1986 (Now, what does xx/xx mean?? The year was wrong too !)
Address - Ok, apart from the flat number...everything was wrong !
Phew, she thanked her stars that at least the picture was hers and she could still do her bit !!
But again, nothing, means nothing, was right about their cards. Thank God for the picture !
Her husband Anthony, was now rechristened as Enthunio.
They replied within a few days -
What??? So you wont give me a Voter's Card because I had applied for it earlier too???
Besharami ki bhi hadd hoti hai, or so he thought.
All they had wanted was to vote.
Most of us apply for Voter's Cards in English.
Now, our conscientiousGovernment, ever so concerned about its people, decided to create employment here.
So, our English Applications were translated into Marathi Applications using a translating software !
Ahh now, our Marathi Data Entry Operators, used their skills to re-type the converted information back to English.
Achha achha....So this is how Anthony became Enthunio ??
Ok. I get it.
No problem at all. Employment is a good thing really.
Never mind, if some of us get new names, addresses, birth dates and new daddies too.
Jai Maharashtra !
Attached below are a friend's thoughts. I couldn't help sharing them here. I agree with most of them. Hope, they help us cast our votes sensibly.
Fiscal Deficit at 10.3% of GDP (highest in history, all time high)
Deaths from terrorist Attacks: 3674 lives (higher than North, Central, South America, Europe,
Real GDP Growth Rate (GDP Growth Rate less Inflation) is Negative, will we finally witness the stone age with the current deceleration in our economy?? My Camera is Ready, should the Congress win
For not supporting the War on terror. The War on terror is after all for countries like
Stalling Infrastructure Projects: Several Infrastructure Projects have been temporarily stalled. The Golden Quadrilateral has several phases still to be completed, our very own Bandra Worli Sea Link took over 10 years to complete, compare it to the Empire State Building built in record 13 months and that too in 1929 (Great Depression)
Making Aviation Expensive: Allowing the Private Airport Developers to charge User Development Fee, thereby making air travel more expensive. Lets rejoice once again and enjoy the good old fashioned rail travel. After all its always been the notion that only the elite can fly
I fondly remember, Aam Admi Ko Kya Mila Campaign by Congress, its good that they left it as a question, as it is still a question, after all what can the, ‘aam admi’ get when for terrorists welfare (Mr. Qasab) the tax payer simply pays closer to about 10 crores a day, what can the aam admi expect??
Aam Admi should not get anything as Congress is all about ‘Khaas Admi’, its just been one Nehru family that has been controlling the destiny of this country since 1947, maybe we haven't suffered enough from Mr. Nehru’s Socialist approach. It does appear if everyone that has a Gandhi Surname has a political future. What good is meritocracy, when most talented Indians are already abroad, why not get away with ridiculous reservations?
Mr. Shivraj Patil finally resigns after over 4 years of slumber, thank God he at least woke up. Why should he get fired any which ways, after all what good are reservations if they don’t protect the incompetent?
Decline in health care: It was quite annoying to visit government run hospitals that are disgustingly, rat and cockroach infested. What good is USD 320 Billion Forex Reserves, where a nation cannot guarantee its citizens quality, affordable health care?
Making
Our local candidate, Mr. Milind Deora during a meeting mentioned that do not come to my home for water, electricity and any other problems. It is not quite as relieving as watching him on news channels after the Mumbai attacks
Indian Army: Feel extremely proud of the Indian Army presentation during last year’s Republic Day, the short and medium range missiles. However, I feel we can reduce our fiscal deficit by creating a museum as we never intend to use these weapons. Our army are much better off committing atrocities in
For increasing tax rates, making us the 23rd least friendly tax climate, eroding investor confidence and entrepreneur’s profits. Instead of plugging in a leaking bucket, Mr. Chidambaram is too busy increasing avenues and milking its existing cash cows
Banning Smoking in Public but being least bothered to enforce it, making a sheer mockery of the government enforcement
My Fellow Brothers and Sisters, Lets get our Country Back
-DS
A brilliant write up on the upcoming elections and how various parties succeed at fooling the masses.
I love Rediff for it's editorial comments on various issues of Security, Intelligence and Politics.
While we are still on politics, I hope you have about the "I Vote" campaign apart from the now very famous Jaagore
Both these are fabulous resources and help one to register online without any hassles.
No more bahanas to not vote !
