May 7, 2009
The election day in Rajasthan.
I would have been happy after I did all the pestering with the Jaago-re campaign, the awareness debates and the regular chats.
But it wasn't so. Because once again, I'd not figured in the voters' list.
Then I thought of relieving myself by logging on to the net.
Darn!he CPU wasn't getting switched on; I dismantled it, checked the few connections and it was still not working.
Time for the visit to the computer guy.
10 o clock- Having done with the breakfast, dad and I set out on the access with the CPU in his hands.
20 minutes later, we happily strode out of the computer shop as he'd fixed it without charging anything :-D
10:25- we pass the election booth on the way- Dad asks me to wait while he went and cast his vote.
For the next fifteen minutes, every passerby had his/her eyes fixed on me as I held the CPU in my hands.
Kya bhai, kabhi CPU nahi dekha hai kya?
Sure they must have, but it's not normal to see someone standing with a CPU in his hands by the main road side.
10:40 The ordeal ends and dad came out smiling. I thought he was also amused by the sight the couple made.
But no, he gave me a card. And wasn't I surprised? It was my voter-id. He said it had just arrived.
I jumped with joy but suddenly realized a few things.
One could hardly figure out it was my photograph.
The spelling of my name had been tampered with yet again with this time "Nabishan" entering the records.
I move down, dad's name was also incorrectly spelled.
The most shocking was my birth date!
It said-
Date of birth: xx.xx.1989
What? How on earth could they commit such a mistake?
Is 'xx' a day/month?
They didn't even guess any!!
and I was not born in 1989 :|
But to my surprise, my address has been spelled absolutely correctly.
Dad says, "It's not an issue- no one usually gets his name correctly on the card.Go, cast your vote"
I rush inside with joy and they all stare at this young guy who was all so excited to vote :-D
The authorities confirm my identity, put the nail paint and off I go to the corner of the room where this fascinating machine lay.
A quick glance at the list of candidates and *ding*
Breaking news: Anish Nambisan has cast his first ever vote :-)
