Upon my left index finger..sits proudly..a lill black mark. Black marks are something which people generally hides. But this is one mark i would show off with pride. Its one mark which everyone should be proud to own. Its the prize for exercising your civic duty. Yes. Its the indelible ink mark for casting your vote. I hated CIVICS as a subject in school. I never liked those boooooring dragging never ending paragraphs of information, which i now feel were very very critical and useful. Usually History classes are known for the lullaby effect they produce and civics classes are the mother of all lullabies. Keeping the eyes open itself would be a Herculean task. Listening would be next to impossible. I used to wonder why the hell i should know the average age to be elected president of zilla parishad. But when i went to the booth to cast my vote, when my name was called and when i pressed the button against "my candidate's name felt a thrill running through me which was hard to express. It was as if its my vote which decided the fate of who would win and without me casting the vote it would have been a huge waste. After long struggle got myself a voter id and wen i proudly presented the id proof to the poll booth officer my joy knew no bounds. My first vote. Taste of power. Power to decide ones fate. Amazing. As spidey says With great power comes great responsibility. Hope everyone realizes the power at their finger tips and exercise their right. You may or may not be a fan of civics but being a civilian it gives immense pleasure in exciting your right to veto or vote someone to power. Try it to feel it. If you'vent voted u SURE have missed something BIG.
Long awaited movie. The expectations went up manifold after watching the trailors. Selvaraghavan is one of the few directors whose movies people flock to see just for his skill alone. This movie was no less. Right from the title, it sounded a magnum opus. Five minutes into the movie, you can feel that.."wow..this looks different". One thing, it didnt seem your normal tamil movie at all. More like an Indiana jones movie. I can boldly put my neck on the block and say that the first half of the movie, is something you would've never seen in entire tamil cinema history. It has THE BEST adventure sequence to have been visualised EVER in a tamil movie. I was simply amazed at that stone henge sequence and the nataraja shadow. It was simply..WOW. That one single scene has so many inbuilt sequences and logic that it was awesome. The cholas creating the hurdle in such a way that you've to be in the shadow of God (Nataraja, Chola's favourite deity) else get swallowed by bott...
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but you see.. your vote hardly makes a difference da... that's the truth..
in democracy.. it s the junta who call the shots.. you are just a infinitesimally small part of that really huge junta.. and if you think you can play a major part in deciding who gets elected.. then, i think you are wrong..
etho cinema dialogue kaeta mari irukku .. :-)
If every person thinks the same way as you do, then the politicians will know that they cannot take the common people for granted. Because we vote for them to serve us better, make our livings better..
Vidya
off the topic:
your phone number changed?
call me in my mobile da.. oru help vendum
i dont have a Voters id. heieheihe never applied for it.. but will critize the whole indian policitics..
ellam vetti thinnai pecchu than.. enna vethalai pakku onuu than koorachall