I would be writing today no new thought
which is been not said in past or present by many. This thought has been said
thousand times but we as all time great Indians aren’t listening.
Well this thought came in to my
mind while coming back home last night, when I saw so many shops selling national flag of India & multiple items, on the eve of National Republic Day. From what I saw it struck to me that many people becoming suddenly Indians.
Many of them desperate to buy
national flag, and accessories associated with national flag colors. I wonder
why people are so eager to become Indian just a day before republic day, and I
have seen the same scene before Independence Day too.
May be it’s their way of showing
respect to nation or own way of celebrating national republic day & I certainly
respect spirit of these people to certain extent. Many part of country people don’t
even realizes the difference between Republic Day and Independence Day, for
them these two days are nothing but another holiday and these two important days have no meaning them. Buying national flag, playing loud patriotic music
on the streets, giving long speeches, wishing republic day or independence day by SMS, Email, social platform does all this
make any sense, or make change to our life’s. Well many of us are fail to do
one basic thing, the right thing that is, “WE DO NOT VOTE”
We do everything, but we do not
vote. We are so eager to show the respect to nation, to people, world our patriotism
only on these two days. But we don’t do the right thing on one day, when it
matters the most to us. On Election Day.
It not only matters to us but effect us largely from every angle to our life. Now the most common excuse will occurs,
What common men do?
What I can do alone?
How much my single vote makes any difference
to nation?
We great People of India note I am
not calling us Indians; I am calling us people of India. Because truly I
believe we don’t become Indians by showing respect, giving & sharing
wishes, buying national flag, wearing
the national color accessories, singing patriotic songs and cracking
firecrackers. We become Indians by doing the right thing, VOTE. Why we are not willing to make change for
good in our lives, for our society and for our nation? Why we as individual failed to realize the
power of vote? Or sub chalta hai attitude is so much dissolved in our self.
The Republic of India itself gives us the strongest power to Make Change at the tip of our finger. We should
vote and vote for the right candidate, we would say all the same candidate, all
corrupt. But at least take one side by voting. By not only you are nowhere and
no one. When you vote, you have right to
say, right to blame if candidate is bad or good. If you don’t vote, you lose
the right to blame anyone for not doing their job correctly. So I request all
my people of India to stop being or trying to be Indian for just two days and
be an Indian always to bring change.
I consider myself to be fortunate
enough and proud to be part of new initiative called United Votes of India (www.unitedvotesofindia.com). Where
we not only educate people to vote, giving them information about their constituency,
Member of Parliament (MP), Member of legislative
Assembly (MLA), and municipal constituency. What most unique part we do is we
make people aware of their candidate, whom they are choosing. We encourage
people to discuss, share about the candidate who are to become there
representative. People will discuss and debate and they will do internal online
voting against the each candidate to decide the best person who is right candidate
to represent them. And finally all the members are bound to vote in real
election for the candidate who has emerges as winner in online voting done by
them. It’s like making voting bloc to chose and vote for right candidate. Of course
there is no surety about the candidate performance or work he/she will do, don’t
do. But it’s about taking a stand at one side; it’s about making a choice.
Because when we vote; Shining India, Growing India, Amazing India and Incredible India these words will contain any meaning in them.
Wishing you all Happy Republic Day
