DAY….. 23 April 2009
11.30am: woke up
12.30pm: Mission: VOTE!
onto the net to search for my voting booth address that I had seen days before on Jaagore.com
12.30 – 2.30pm: tried EVERY possible search combo to find out my record but no luck. (I was damn sure I had seen it a few days earlier but had forgotten to save it :| )
2.30 – 4.00pm: gave up .. did some tp .. had lunch
4.00pm: back onto the net for comix and stuff :D
4.15pm: found a new site to search for voter’s record (http://punecongress.com/html/
Voila! My record appeared on both search apps!
But yeh kya .. where the hell is this booth now!
4.15 – 4.30pm: frantic calls to everyone I know to ask for the directions.
4.35pm: BINGO! Last name on my list gave me the directions. Ran out of the house while still on call .. no rick available and it’s a 15 min walk :(
4.37pm: start to walk .. saw a friend coming back home on the bike .. frantic calls to him .. three words uttered .. ‘Need to Vote!’ .. one Q asked .. ‘where’
Guided him all the way to there.
4.43pm: at the gates of my voting booth. 17 min left .. still time! Aah!
4.45 – 4.50: searched all possible lists lying on the table (while fighting the crowd that wasn’t cooperating). Couldn’t find my name :(
Arrey aise kaise .. I am NOT gonna give up .. asked the mamu to look if any more lists were remaining .. and voila .. one last list comes out from under the table! And there it is! :D
4.52 – 4.55pm: note down the number .. run to find the room I have to vote in .. oh man .. just realized it’s the last one! Ran like crazy.
4.55pm: there I am .. 1 more person ahead of me .. show my number .. show my identity card .. get the ink mark on my left hand’s finger .. the person ahead of me is done voting .. I am asked to go ahead and cast mine too .. wow .. there are soooo many goddamn parties with weirdest of symbols .. spot the candidate I want to vote for ..
4.57pm: cast my maiden vote as a responsible citizen of India! :D
Dunno about you all but it was exhilarating .. was proud to have exercised my right! :D
And I’d like to think, that with that last vote, I probably tipped the vote scale thereby making my chosen candidate win! ;-)
