[Reader-list] A modest query..

[vaid theite]

Dear Rakesh,

Thanks. But, how will your vote have an effect if you dont vote.
Like you, there should be many who have been very active on internet through facebook and other 'apparatuses'to want to bring change in system etc. It is an in electoral democracy. Only articulation and politicizing on through reading lists like SARAI will not help gaining confidence of overall community towards this expressions of intellectual bourgois on net. What do you say?

V
 

--- On Thu, 4/16/09, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] A modest query..
> To: dnyan21 at yahoo.com
> Cc: reader-list at sarai.net
> Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009, 10:31 AM
> Dear Vaid
> 
> While no such survey has been conducted, I would say that
> as I am registered as a resident of Bhopal, I am not voting
> as I am currently living in Chennai (student, IIT-Madras).
> The reason for being a voter in Bhopal is that I at least am
> somewhat familiar with issues in Bhopal and my vote has an
> effect there. 
> 
> 
> In IIT, whether UPA or NDA wins, it has no effect because
> no Hindutva culture would be practiced in the campus, no
> secular practicing too, no political campaigns inside the
> campus, 24 hour power irrespective of who wins (even the
> Third Front too), and water and food at cheaper rates
> combined with other subsidies. Also, living in a campus
> means we are cut off from the Chennai city and its problems.
> And while we can get to know them as we move around,
> experiencing them on a daily basis is something different,
> something I believe is very essential. 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Rakesh
> 
> 
> 
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