Aai casts her vote

Today, aai cast her vote like she has over the years with a strong sense of conviction, even if a single water drop in the ocean, her vote means something. Unlike the youth, it was a slight chore for her since she had to be driven down and escorted. I am guessing she probably voted for the same political party that she has for all her adult years: the party that has ensured she gets her deserved pension and addressed her medical needs as part of the CGHS scheme among others that were pertinent to her during the different phases of her life.

I, on the other hand, lack the clarity to pick my political party. This time, I came to face some politician faces marketed on ‘apta’ leaf paper handouts delivered home demanding votes while I was hoping to see some specific directives. Even a simple ‘this paper can be recycled’ at the back of the same 'apta' paper leaf marketing collateral would have bowled me over. Instead of TV ads that showed fluff and fake socialist causes supported by youngsters of a particular party, I would have been happy, if a politician would have considered one simple real life issue, say like encouraging people not to print balance receipts in ATMs if they were simply trashing it the very next moment, and supported that cause whole heartedly. 

After the fluff dies off, if I get to see a clean Ganges, I would be a happy person.
 

Everyone who went shopping instead or treated the day as a public holiday without a vote, should be ashamed. If the aged folks vote with such dedication, there's no excuse for not being committed to an important cause of our country.