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India has spoken, and how! It has chosen development over the noisy, short-sighted and sometimes downright pathetic rants of some selfish fools. These politicians will never realize what the people want.
This time around, young first time voters were quite large in number. The youth have a completely different mindset and perspective than what most political parties are used to. We have grown up watching our leaders throw chairs and chappals at each other and listened to those election promises over and over to the point of being clichéd. We are tired of divisive, religion, caste based and hate politics. Personally, all I would want is to study and do my job well, go home and spend some quality time with family and friends, go on a fun holiday, do something constructive…not waste my life fighting, swearing at or degrading other people over some petty issues.
UPA won by a thumping margin and although the full credit should go to the humble Dr. Manmohan Singh and the young Rahul Gandhi, the Congress should also thank it’s opponents. The first remark, ’125 saal ki budhiya’ showed the people that the Congress still had the most experience in the field. The second about ‘dynasty politics’, a reference to Milind Deora, Priya Dutt, Sachin Pilot, Jyotiraditya Scindia among others, put the spotlight on the new, educated breed of politicians that the Congress had.
Heartiest congratulations to the UPA for pulling off this win. And although they have achieved a majority, I hope the Congress rules responsibly and takes clear headed decisions. Alongwith economic reforms, they should look to uplift the population starting with the most economically challenged and downtrodden sections of our society and seek a positive change in their lifestyle. Here’s hoping for a true ‘India Shining’ 
Dear Citizen of India,
Here is something you should be proud of.
35 states and union territories voted together across 543 constituencies where about 1055 political parties plus probably twice as more the independent candidates were battling out across 8,28,804 polling booths where about 13,68,403 EVMs were secured by 61 lakh civil personnels so that 71,40,00,000 (71 crore and 40 lakh) registered voters could come and make a choice of their candidates, it just cannot get anything bigger than this.
Every constituency was divided into an average of 1526 polling booths
Close to 11 thousand civil personnel were deployed in every constituency to take care of about 13 lakh voters in your constituency
VoteIndia.in applauds the effort of the Election Commision of India in conducting this mammoth exercise flawlessly.
We sincerely hope that you were a part of this phenomenon of “Indian Parliamentary Elections 2009”.
Jai Hind.
- Team VoteIndia.in
(Source : BBC)
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“See you in an hour”
She said smiling.
Anticipation her
new love gifted.
“Will you marry me?”
He said. Sipping
wine she was
from her glass
“Let’s not let
this moment pass”
And it did not.
The hour never ended.
It was a Wednesday.
Shridhar – 28-11-2008
The question of God’s justice involves certain problems, such as the existence of disasters, loss and evil in the natural order, and inequalities in the social order. This question arouses, in fact, a whole storm of questions and objections in the minds of many people. The problems they face are so fundamental that what start out as doubts and hesitations, ultimately become an indissoluble complex.
Such people ask how it is possible that in a world created on the basis of intelligence and wisdom, so much suffering, pain and evil should prevail; that the world should be subjected constantly to the successive blows of hardship and misfortune, with loss and deficiency always in the ascendant.
Untrammeled self-indulgence, love of the word, unrestricted pleasure seeking, heedlessness of higher goals all these are intications of misguid ance and lack of awareness. In fact, the most wretchet of men
are those who have grown up in the midst of luxury and comfort, who have never experienced the hardships of life or tasted its bitter days along with the sweet the sun of their lives rises and sets within, unnoticed by anyone else.
Following one’s inclinations and adhering to one’s desires is incompatible with firmness and elevation of spirit, with purposeful effort and striving. Pleasure-seeking and corruption, on the one hand, and strength of will and purposiveness, on the other, represent two contrary inclinations in man. Since neither can be negated or affirmed to the exclusion of the other, one must strive constantly to reduce the desire for pleasure and strengthen the opposing force within one.
Those who have been raised in luxury, who have never tasted the bitter and sweet days of the world, who have always enjoyed prosperity and never endur ed hunger they can never appreciate the taste of delicious food nor the joy of life as a whole and they are incapable of truly appreciating beauty. The pleasures of life can be truly enjoyed only by those who have experienced hardship and failure in their lives, who have the capacity to absorb diffi culty and to endure those hardships that lie in wait along every step of man’s path.
Material and spiritual ease become precious to man only after experiencing the ups and downs of life and the pressure of its unpleasant incidents.
Once man is preoccupied with his material life, all dimensions of his existence are enchained, and he loses aspiration and motion.
Inevitably, he will also neglect his etemal life and inward purification. As long as desire casts its shadow on his being and his soul is ensnared by darkness, he will be like a speck tossed around on the waves of matter. He will seek refuge in anything but God. He therefore needs something to awaken him and induce maturity in his thoughts, to rernind him of the transitoriness of this ephemeral world and help him attain the ultirnate aim of all heavenly teachings, the freedom fo the soul from all the obstacles and carriers that prevent man from attaining lofty perfection.
The training and refinement of the self is not to be had cheaply; it requires the renunciation of various pleasures and enjoyrnents, and the process of cutting loose from them is bitter and difficult.
It is true that such exertions will be for the sake of purifying man’s inner being and allowing his latent capacities to appear.
Nonetheless, patient abstention from sin and pleasure-seeking is always bitter to man’s taste and it is only through obstinate resistance to lower impulses that he can fulfill his mission of breaking down the barriers that confront him and thus ascend to the realm of higher values.
We Indians stand united whenever there is a crisis or calamity. The response to recent Mumbai attacks is one such example where millions of Indians around stood in solidarity with the victims and pressurized the Government to act to prevent such heinous crimes in the future.
The common thread that weaves in and out of the any crisis is that the citizens of India have always stood up with or without the government support. But we need able, upright and visionary leaders to steer the country to a developed nation free of hunger, disease ignorance and lack of opportunity. Unfortunately we cannot custom create our leaders but we as citizens of India through the power of voting have the ability to make or break these leaders.
For us, the proud citizens of India, 2009 is going to be a crucial election year. As you are aware, many of us (such as NRI’s and people on temporary move) , being registered voters of India are not able to caste votes due to geographical reasons. As per The Representation of the People Act-1950, voter can only cast his/her ballot in a constituency only if, he/she is “ordinarily residing” in the corresponding area for at least six months prior to the polling date. We are being denied our constitutional right to vote and the right to participate in Indian polity due to our temporary residence. We feel that this needs amendments to allow ‘absentee voting’ in the largest democracy of the world. Non-resident Indians feel a strong urge to exercise vote and be a part of the democratic setup. We say “My Vote, My Voice”.
As a first step towards achieving this goal, an online petition has been prepared addressing concerned ministry. Please take sometime to read and sign the petition. Link to Petition http://www.PetitionOnline.com/abvindia/
Please spread the word and send it across concerned friends/organizations/mailing-lists or through networking sites like orkut and facebook. Questions, if any, contact us. we will be glad to answer. We sincerely look forward to a very eager and enthusiastic response. Let us say “Voting is my might birth right, I shall definitely have it!”
Voters without Borders
India now demands LTTE chief Prabhakaran be extradited if caught. What use would that be? Even if he’s tried, the case will drag on and on until the guy gets old and dies of natural causes. India got Abu Salem extradited from Portugal. It’s been 3 years since and his trial is still being dragged on endlessly. Our justice system is a mockery, and anyone pretending otherwise are just fooling themselves. A testament to this fact is that Afzal Guru, the terrorist who attacked parliament was convicted and sentenced to death, still lives on. Now even some political parties support his clemency plea. What a bunch of rats!!!
26/11 saw 10 people create a bloody mess in Mumbai as if they were playing a game, with cheatcodes on. It took 3 whole days for our forces to control that situation. A lone terrorist was captured, but woe is me! We don’t have a defence lawyer for the poor guy, who found it quite entertaining to rain bullets on unarmed people, even a 6 month old child. Instead of fighting over the appointment of a defence lawyer for Kasab (who by the way was caught on camera brandishing his AK-47 and killing people at CST), the correct way would have been to appoint a committee or a special fast-track court, declare the punishment and carry it out, all within a week of capturing him.
India recently condemned Israeli attack on Gaza. At least Israel had the balls and the conviction to act against those who attacked their country. We are a sovereign nation, so can’t we make decisions on our own? Why do we have to keep running to other countries and seek their permission? By not taking firm action, we are sending a message to these terrorists and nations that no matter how heinous a crime you commit in our country, you will probably be let off quite easily. The US, NATO would obviously call for peace, as an Indo-Pak war would affect their own in Afghanistan. All that these nations and organizations care about is their own interests. It’s time we took care of ours.
More than enough has been discussed about terror and the discussion, I feel, now going nowhere. Perhaps we are very practical and know what we cannot do. But we do not know what we are capable of. Mr. Amitabh Bachchan is now sleeping with his firearms in the drawer. We are busy minding our own business. And sound sleeping in our sweet home until one new blast will wake us up.
Parliament is forwarding some instruments to fight against terror and we think that everything will be alright soon. No, certainly not. we have to demand full transparency in the legal and procedural activities of GoI. We should demand action in the stipulated time and zero failure of the Investigating agencies.
Pakistan is rightly denying every charges against Pakistan and Pakistani nationals. After all, it is shameful to accept the blames of Indian Govt. They have to answer their people. But what hurts me is the mindset of Pakistani people. Actually, it seems, the general public of Pakistan has no hate towards the terrorists and they never demanded wiping out of terrorisn from their land. We have nothing to do in this matters. Really, if the so called Jehadis make hell of Pakistan, we don’t care but they should not enter into our life.
Very soon we are going to vote in our parliamentarians and we should make sure not a tainted person should be elected. And I request and propose to choose and vote for only the two main parties so that the Government will have not to compromise on its policy and particulars for the sake of regional small parties.
And if we select young dynamic people and send them to form Government, it will be much better. After all, senior veterans of politics will find place in the Upper House who can rein in the excess youthful adventure of the Young Government.
Fellow country men & women,
This is not the time to blame who went wrong or who went right, this is a time to think what can be done, how can things be changed.
Because the fact is simple, this is do or die, perhaps more desperate than our struggle with the British Empire.
This is now coming down the question of our very existence and our way of life be it civilized, crowded, happy, sad, poor or middle class, we as a people will no longer have the right or means to live our lives unless we take some action, RIGHT NOW!
Things that we can force the government into doing
1. Setup a Homeland Security Department, run by a Armed forces general or higher ranking officer, with no political bias.
2. Setup a central database, of people, of companies, of floor plans, etc etc, to be used for data mining and gatherting of intel, to be kept under strict supervision of the Armed forces.
3. A Strict coast-border survillence system, satellites, people, whatever is needed.
4. Ask for help from USA. UK, they wil help us in gathering intel, as well as setup of such agencies, especaclly now that USA has new president who is eager to show that he cares for the entire democratic world.
Every civilised nation has these basic systems to fight terror, and other violent uprisings
I know that seting up a central database will take away some civil libeties, but what are we doing with those liberties anyways?
we are freely dying off for our nation while the politicans count and gather votes.
We must never sacrifice our values, not in the face of terror, or injustice or corruption, no compromise.
