[Reader-list] BANGLADESH: Yes, I Voted ;hopes & wishe

[Taha Mehmood]

PS: Point to remember. Sometimes even a National Identity Card can be of
little help in the discharge of the most fundamental duty of a citizen, that
is, to vote. hummm interesting....


On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 4:50 AM, Taha Mehmood
<2tahamehmood at googlemail.com>wrote:

> Dear Naeem,
>
> Thanks for posting the link to your article. I congratulate you for the
> return of democracy in Bangladesh.
>
> On a completely different note though, while reading your article Yes I
> voted, I found the following entry of interest-
>
> 9:45 Amma is already home. She's upset. They were unable to find her voter
> number, even though she showed her National ID Card. Oh oh. "*Ki ekta
> jhamela*." My father says she can sort it out later. "Yes, but I can't
> vote later."
>
>
> It seems that even having a National Identity Card cannot completely solve
> the problem of identity as some of us in India would like all of us to
> believe.
>
> Regards
>
> Taha
>
>
>