Vanity, thy name is the vote and everyone’s a khas aadmi on voting day
On voting day for Delhi Assembly polls, that familiar rough magic of representative democracy was in the air. In 1947 many laughed at Jawaharlal Nehru. The vote in the hands of a country where almost 70% were dirt poor and only 12% were literate? But Chacha Nehru was no mean uncle and the Founding Fathers were Daddy Cool when it came to voting rights. Every Indian got the vote, and today six decades after Independence, almost every Indian has an inked finger selfie too.
Cast your vote but didn’t take a selfie? You failed in your democratic duty! After PM Modi’s famous selfie after the general elections, a Read More