The public's verdict

16 th May would always be a milestone in the indian politics. The verdict of the people is conspicuously clear , we no more can tolerate a government made of goons (of the RJD), a polity of nonsecular ( yes , which makes more sense after one of my friends told me the three 'basic' issues addressed by the BJP) people or representatives who brand themselves on the basis of caste ( with special reference to Mr. Pasvan).

Seeing the mandate , it is clear that the public still wants grass root politics , where candidates go to their villages and ask their problems ( as Rahul Gandhi did in UP) , not pompous advertising on every website you visit ( the campaign showing Advani humped ; which I got to know was even there on some porn sites) or someone who sits on the seat of power as if a queen ( and then calls herself 'dalit ki beti').

Mr Lone loosing his debut election shows that even the awam of Kashmir does not want seperatist leaders( considering a majority of people voting).

It is a landmark election , where at last , after some 15 years we would have a stable and independant government.

Looking = Eveteasing

Attached is a snapshot from the blank noise project .
15% of the people who have voted here think that looking , yes , looking is a way of eve teasing.
Well , I agree staring is , but looking?

And , for me the most surprising part is that 15% people also voted that , other than the ways of eve teasing in the list here, there are other ways of eve teasing as well. How can people think of so many ways!

Languages

And suddenly I want to learn Bengali for reading Tagore , Latin for Dante and Sanskrit for The Gita.

Polls 1

I want to see a national debate between the prime ministerial candidates. For once , something which would have a direct impact on the middle class , instigating them to vote , and that too for the right people.
Yesterday, one of my batchmates forwarded me BJP's IT vision.

I have never read a manifesto as such. But , seeing this, I think , being overtly optimistic about it's implementation , BJP with such points could bring in the digital revolution.
But then, the points specified are so generic that they can be the summary of a GD that takes place on Sundays.
Also, the implementation details are missing. It's something like their erstwhile India Shining , where a rosy picture is being painted, but which is far away from reality.
For example, how in 3 years can they give a national identity device to every citizen of India, when we do not even have a total count of Indian citizens?
Also, once this identity is with every citizen , won't the militant forces have a free access to get this identity of being an Indian citizen.
The country cannot afford to give a billion of identification devices which would be tamper proof.
This seems , on a cursory analysis to be , if implemented , something like the dotcom bust.
Mr. Advani , it would be better if this vision of yours could be tranformed from 'in your dreams' to something realistic.
But I like the idea of all the post offices being given broadband access ( well I feel even a dial-up would be just fine, considering the length and breadth of our nation).
Post offices can serve the dual porpose of being a place for the snail communication and the e-communication.
Advani's IT vision.