Do you need to vote?
Scene 1 I was on my way to Delhi on a business visit and we had a group of first time travellers from a couple villages near channapattana (Near Mysuru). All were elderly people perhaps in their 50s - 70s. For sure, they were excited as kids getting into the plane and those who got the window seats were super thrilled. One elderly gentleman, to whom everybody was addressing with respect and were calling him “ Gowdre” was seated just behind me and I could not help but to overhear the conversation that took place literally behind my back (pun intended). This group were on their way to Delhi and to visit Kashi, Ayodhya, Amritsar and various other places. They were mentioning that it was an eleven days trip. So, they were obviously missing to vote in this election. I thought of turning around and asking them as to why did they plan to go on this journey when the election was on and decided not to, as they were all in a happy mood. There was nothing that they would do...