My take on election results

So the election results are out and the results were a huge surprise for one and all. It was supposed to be a really close election and I was expecting the results to be very competitive. Even the major parties had acknowledged it by saying that the results would be touch-and-go this time round. But the margin with which the Congress have won has taken everyone by surprise, including the Congress themselves I guess.

People have voted for stability is what is being said. But if stability is nice then even change is good isn't it? Manmohan Singh, the respectable soft-spoken clean man that he is, will yet again swear to be the prime minister. Rahul Gandhi, the baccha, has emerged a hero and so have all the younger lot of politicians. New parties like the MNS lead by Raj Thackerey collected a huge number of votes(althought they didnt win anywhere) and did a lot of damage for the BJP-Sena thereby helping the congress.

Where on one side we have a group of surprise winners , on the other side we have a long list of surprise losers including Lalu who lost from one of his constituencies (he won in one though). There were so many biggies vying for the coveted PM chair. Sharad Pawar, one of the country's real heavy weights tried his best but was unlucky again. So was Mayawati behenji and thank you people for doing that.

In all of this the BJP seriously took a beating. They were nowhere close to the Congress and this must have been a big hit for their ego specially for the biggies like Advani. So where did they go wrong? I am not really sure but I think they just failed to impress the younger lot of voters. If you ask me, I would say the BJP needs a big makeover. Enough of religion based politics now. The Muslims and the other minorities have always been with the Congress for their secular stand(now if they are really secular or not is another issue). The Congress are real pros at sweet-talking and maybe the BJP should take a leaf or two from their rivals book. The youth dont really care about religion and castes anymore. They want a secular state with a performing government. Taking note of that, the BJP should open up to forming a secular party , encourage young leaders and be someone who dont just sweet-talk like their rivals but also walk that talk.

Hooked on to FakeIPLPlayer

Hey have you heard about this fake ipl player's blog? In case you have not, don't waste time and quickly visit fakeiplplayer.blogspot.com because this one is one helluva blog.

Now this one has created waves in the cricketing and blogging world. Some one from the cricketing fraternity has supposedly created this blog and is secretly publishing all the internal behind-the-scenes stories within IPL. Cricketers, commentators, coaches, support staff, team owners - none of them have been spared. With funny nicknames and a witty narration this has become my favorite online blog.

This guy seems to be playing from SRK's KKR team but one cannot be really sure. The number of digs he has taken on the players, support staff and owners have ensured his end in case he gets caught. There's every chance that he actually is a fake guy no where related to cricket and his posts are just figments of someones imagination but still it makes for a damn good read. Having said that, I personally don't believe he is fake looking at his popularity( even Shobhaa De likes this one) and by the manner in which he describes the finer details.

Please read this one from the start and I am sure you will truly enjoy it.

IPL 2

Cricket fever is back and how!

Our everyday talk revolves around cricket and IPL these days. I was never a cricket lover but this T20 format is great fun. Right before the tournament started we had these many websites providing super selector kinda contests wherein you create your own team by purchasing any player with the fixed amount of virtual money they provide. I have registered myself on cricinfo and indianfantasyleague. Me and my colleagues compare each others points everyday to compare who knows his cricket better.

Sadly this time round the tournament is being held in South Africa else I really wanted to see it live here in a stadium. Unfortunately, I have never been to one. Cheering for Mumbai Indians and screaming for Sachin with thousands of other people together in unison would have been quite an experience.

I voted ystrdy ... did u?

So yesterday was the big voting day in Mumbai and I was lucky to get a holiday from my company. A lot of hype was built around voting awareness by the media( read 'jaago re'). Plus with political parties requesting votes from new technologically advanced mediums like blogs and online advertisements I expected this one to be a very strongly active election.

So I went about around 3 in the afternoon to cast my vote with my sis and bro. It was my younger brother's first time and he was quite keen to exercise his voting rights. So we went to the nearby school in the scorching heat where voting was held expecting less crowd at that time of the day but were pleasantly surprised to see long queues for the different voting rooms. Fortunately we had no queue for our room and we were quickly done with the process in less than 5 minutes ( yes all the 3 of us).

If you don't know how things go inside the voting room please read on else move to the next paragraph. Once your turn arrives, you show ur voting card ticket to the person nearest to you. He will go through his book of voters, search your name and mark it out. The next person will ask for both- your election identity card( or any other proof) and the polling slip(which shows if you belong to the given locality). He crosschecks it and his approval takes you to the next person who will use a strong ink to draw a line on your ahem, ahem, middle finger. Now this ensures that you vote only once. The last person will pull out some coupon and ask you to proceed to the all important voting machine. Now this machine will be strategically placed to ensure complete confidentiality. You press the button adjacent to your candidate's symbol, wait for the beep and you are done. Simple and fun if you are a young voter.

This was mine and my sister's second time and before we left the house, my mom and dad tried to use their influence on our votes( they both support different parties as of now). Smart kids that we are, we slipped away and gave our secret votes( we never mentioned our candidate's names to each other and our parents). I voted for the person whom I think has done enough for our constituency. Who becomes the prime minister and who doesnt really doesnt affect the local man I believe.

At the end of the day we found out that 40- something percent people had exercised their voting rights in our block. Today morning, the newspapers stated that it was the same state all over Mumbai. What a shame! All those loud ads on television did nothing for the common man is born to cry and complain all his life. I agree that joining politics is a tough option for young people but at least you can vote. These very people are at the front of the line to abuse politics and netas. If you happen to ask any of their little children about politics, they would say that its bad and corrupt, government sucks and blah blah blah. These annoying stupid kids of their hopeless loser parents.I hope you are not one of them. In case you are then please have some shame on yourself and don't repeat the same mistake again. I am not one of them and would never be one.

Hi

Hey there and welcome to my first blog ever. Its been a long time since I wanted to have my own blog but being the gifted procrastinator that I naturally am I always found some reason not to start one. But now I have finally done it and would try to be a regular sincere blogger. This being my first blog I don't really know what I should write into it. But I think I will try to tell a little bit about myself and give you a fair idea of what to expect from this blog.

So what do you want to know about me? Don't answer that one coz I am not going to answer it anyways :P. I will reveal only what I want to. I am a young boy from Mumbai, a computer engineer by profession and currently working in a software firm based here in Mumbai itself. Although I think of myself as a gentleman I think I am quite boorish and unsocial. Someone who likes his own space and is not at all interested in the majority of the people he meets. I respect my privacy and anyone who crosses it has to face my psychotic wrath. I like to philosophise and think about life, mans ideas, his ideals and what not. Theres a lot more I can write about myself but I will save it for some other time.

Moving on to what you can expect from this blog. The answer is anything and everything. The primary thought was to create a medium to vent out my frustrations and sort my thoughts. But at this precise moment I have not much idea myself about what I will write, how much will I reveal about my personal life so thats for you to wait and see. But since this is a personal blog I would like to talk about my experiences in life, my ideologies and philosophies, my observations, things which all of us should know, my ratings on movies, books and stuff plus all other things that occupy my mind( believe me its a big jumble up there).

So heres expecting you to follow my blog. Any ideas, views or comments are always welcome.
Ciao.