Set in the milieu of a small town Muhammadabad of UttarPradesh Dedh Ishqiya is all set to break the records and steal the hearts. Khalujaan and Babban (Naseeruddin and Arsad Varshi) come back and prove that their duo is unbeatable and their chemistry just gets better in this part. From the opening scene the movie grabs audience's attention and proves that it is going to be a better watch than Ishqiya.
The movie is raunchy , hilarious, dazzling, charming and poetic. The whole movie is like a poetic rendition with heart touching Urdu shayris and of course Madhuri Dixit is like the dazzling verse of the most beautiful poem and the fiery feisty Huma Qureshi complements her effortlessly! Writer-director Abhishek Chaubey and co-writer Vishal Bhardwaj have come up with a brilliant story line with many turns , twists and the humor which easily blends with the story and makes it a delightful watch. The director and the team have put all the efforts to make this sequel a non-redundant one and an extra entertaining watch!
Jaan Mohammed as (Vijay Raaz) is brilliant with his top notch performance and the rest of the star cast's performances are worth applause too. The cinematography , sets , costumes , jewels and the whole aura is grand and exquisite. Editing is flawless. Kudos to the story writer Darab Farooqui. The witty and funny dialogues and music by Vishal Bharadwaj spice up the movie.
Nawaab Iftekhaar and Begum Para
Muniya and Babban and their sizzling chemistry
Both Khalujaan and Babban just like in Ishqiya are deceitful and continue the shady affairs and when they come across beautiful women , they lose all senses as mush rules their brains :) The mush finally spoils their plans and exposes them to bizarre situations. The evil boss Mushtaq played by Salman Shahisand's intelligent scenes will make you clap in the movie. Begum Para uraf Madhuri Dixit the enchanting widow of Muhammadabad will keep your gaze fixed to her. The unique Nawabi Swayamwar adds a special touch to the movie and Naseeruddin who acts like Nawab of Chandpur will make you laugh out loud and you will also feel awesome on hearing all the shayris. The urdu language, dialogues and Shayris will steal any one's heart and are definitely not over done. Dr Bashir Badr owns the shayris and we can only thank him for adding elegance to the movie.The brilliant step taken is to provide English subtitles. This comes handy as many may not crack all the dialogues. I felt the necessity of subtitles while watching Matru ki Bijlee ka Mandola.
No spoilers in this review but if you want to watch good cinema go for it with out any second thought as in the recent past bollywood had dished out only the 100 crore club movies with meaningless story lines and bluffed us in the garb of entertainment . Dedh Ishqiya is a respite from all such trashy scripts with multiple twists, shoot-outs and of course, lots of humour. And there's Madhuri Dixit-Nene, looking extremely graceful . She's still capable of engaging the audience even during the end credits by dancing to Humri Atarya pe. She looks divine and the movie is like the seducing wine.
After Gangs of Wasseypur this is the movie which is equally good or may be this is much better. Go watch this paisa vasool movie to refresh your self and learn a new language "Urdu". The movie has everything which a good cinema can provide. Good story, rib tickling humor, two ravishing beauties, Khalujaan and babban ,heady language , nawabi grandeur , the Muslim upper class's love for shayris , ghazals ,etiquettes and memorable performances. Watch it today and get charmed! You will be amused to know that there is a combination of Gulzar , Rahat Fateh Ali khan and also Honey Singh (for the horn Ok please song) in the movie!
Highlights and memorable dialogues from the movie :
The “Seven Stages of Love” described by our beloved Iftekhaar uraf Khalujaan. Dilkashi (attraction), Uns (attachment), Mohabbat (love), Akidat (trust), Ibadat (worship), Junoon (madness) and the last stage is Maut (death).
The hilarious scene where Arshad Warsi is given options to get punished by Mushtaq.
The dance sequence- Humri Atariya pe by Madhuri
Dialogues which you will remember for a long time :
Para Jaan (Madhuri Dixit): Aapko pehle kahin dekha hai
Khaalu Jaan (Naseeruddin Shah): Yaad aaye kahan toh itilla zaroor kijiyega, hum bhi dhoond rahein hain kab se apne aap ko
Lyrics by Gulzar :
Na bolun main toh, kaleja phoonke
Jo bol dun toh zabaan jale hai
Sulag na jaave, agar sune woh
Sulag na jaave, agar sune woh
Jo baat meri zabaan tale hai
And all the shayris ofcourse
Thanks to the entire cast and crew for gifting us a great movie just in the start of 2014 which reminded us of Umrao Jaan era! I will eagerly wait for a sequel with an intriguing title again :)
Religion, cricket and Cinema rule India. We discuss Cinema importantly. Arvind Kejriwal may sign a new policy in Delhi but the movies which are queued up for release this week will grab our attention. Cinema is in our pulse. It flows in our veins. It twitches our nerves and rules our minds. When Blogadda posted Misslovely , An Off beat Hindi film - Weekend activity I first thought of skipping it as there are too many movies which I love, but being a movie buff I finally succumbed to it.
Mass movies which are most of the times unrealistic may earn 100 crores and attract more public by an item song or a skimpy clad heroine but off-beat movies which are close to reality instantly form a bond with movie watchers.Movie goers like me feel good as they watch something which makes them think rather than just sitting there for 3 hrs of colors, masala and entertainment. It doesn't mean that commercial movies are bad. I only mean I like off-beat movies more. Off-beat actually means unusual or unconventional.
I thought a lot to list down those top 5 Off-beat movies which I feel every one should watch and came up with the below list. 1.) Gangs of Wasseypur The first and foremost person who comes to my mind when I think Off-beat is Anurag Kashyap. The movie Gangs of Wasseypur he made 2 years back in 2 parts impressed me a lot. Keh ke lunga became a cult and O-womaniya became a soothing song for all the women out there. This movie proved that women in remote areas can also be bold and can revolt back. This particular point won my heart. The smashing star cast - Manoj Bajpai , Richa Chadda, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Nawazuddin Siddiqui , Huma Qureshi , the Bihari slang and locales, interesting story line, brutally honest dialogues , wonderful music by Sneha Kanwalkar and many more reasons just made it the most interesting watch of the year 2012 for me. Do read my detailed reviews atGangs of Wasseypur 1 and Gangs of Wasseypur 2 to know how much I loved the movies!
O womaniya song from GOW
Anurag Kashyap is so far the best story teller in Hindi film industry to me. There are many other good movies directed or produced by him like Dev D, Shaitaan , Luv Shuv tey chicken Khurana, The Lunch box and many more. Almost all the movies where he is involved have won applause! With Gangs of Wasseypur the number of his fans tripled! 2.) Dasvidaniya : Dasvidaniya which in Russian language means good bye was directed by Shashant Shah and written by Arshad Syed has VinayPathak in the lead role. When I watched the movie back in 2008 tears welled up in my eyes. It is about a boring person Vinay Pathak who lives with his mother. He does even the daily tasks with the help of to- do post its. The monotony of his life ends only when he realizes that he is about to die. That moment he actually starts living and sets out in to the world to fulfill all his dreams and desires. The movie is about how the journey unfolds and how he ticks off each wish in his bucket list. This is a feel good movie with no-nonsense. I love Vinay Pathak and his performance in almost all the movies. The song meri maa makes any one cry! It made me emotional even now when I was uploading the video.
3.) Black :
The 2005 movie Black by Sanjay Bhansali was a huge success. It touched millions of hearts and redefined Rani as an actress and needless to say Amitabh Bachan rocked. It is the story of a blind and deaf girl in whose life a teacher brings a ray of hope. Blackreceived awards and accolades and was listed in top 25 must watch hindi movies by India Times movies. Again I love black as it is a sensitive story which is heart touching. Great performances by Amitabh and Rani made it tough to decide whose job was better. I wish to see Rani Mukherjee in a good movie again! The role Debraj Sahai played by Amitabh is an unforgettable one. Black would be forever etched in my memory. Sanjay Leela Bhansali is known for his colorful movies. By far Black worked the best for him :)
4.) A Wednesday The 2008 thriller drama written and directed by Neeraj Pandey - A wenesday is my all time favorite movie. It stars one and only Naseeruddin Shah and has Anupam Kher, Jimmy Shergill and Aamir Bashir. I loved the movie due to the simple message of not tagging religion with terrorism. Naseeruddin steals the show through out and the movie makes you sit glued to your couches till the end. The movie just shows that a common man can do anything if he decides to implement what he thinks. The story focuses the 2006 Mumbai train blasts and makes the viewers feel sad and bad about the terrorist attacks on which one has no control. At the same time it makes us think about the cases where terrorists are not punished the way they have to be in India. A realistic take on the whole scenario with top notch performances by Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher.
The last option is tough as I want to list down many movies made in 2012 as good off-beat movies. How ever I am rounding on Barfi written and directed by Anurag Basu. Here is one more Anurag who raised the bar of Indian Cienma. Barfi is a feel good movie . It is the story of Murphy "Barfi" Johnson who is born deaf and mute but lives the life to the fullest due to his optimistic attitude. Ranbir Kapoor excelled in the movie and Priyanka Chopra as Jhilmil who is autistic is brilliant too.
The movie gave way to Ileana in bollywood and all the performances are memorable.Love doesn’t need perfection but love at times is a impulse of heart without any pre plans and so beautiful that you can lead a perfect life even with 100 imperfections. This is the beautiful message in the movie when Barfi and Priyanka start living together. If only every one who is physically strong could live in such a dream land of BARFI life would be easier and better. This movie can be savored just like the sweet dish barfi!
I want to write about many more movies but I am stopping here as we have to list down only the top five movies. The other movies which I want to watch are The Lunch box, Ship of Theseus, Girl in the yellow boots , Udaan and many more. Few other movies which I loved watching are Dilse, Swades,Iqebal, Ishqia, Do dooni chaar, Vicky Donor, Fukrey, Madras Cafe, Go Goa Gone and the latest Dedh Ishqiya charmed me. The list is quite long so I want to end my post here. Gone are the days for the bollywood where hero is poor and heroine is rich or vice-versa and then they fall in love with 12 odd songs through out the movie. The hero doesn't have to take revenge on the villain and save his sister and mother always. Bollywood has come out of that comfort zone and changed the equations and is all set to make wonderful off-beat movies which are also faring well at box offices. The big sponsors and the planned releases across the world is also helping a lot as many viewers are recognizing a good movie ! This post is a part of the Miss Lovely Activity in association with BlogAdda.
Miss Lovely, an off-beat film directed by Ashim Ahluwalia is set in the lower depths of Bombay’s “C” grade film industry. It follows the devastating story of two brothers who produce sex horror films in the mid – 1980s. A sordid tale of betrayal and doomed love, the film dives into the lower depths of the Bollywood underground, an audacious cinema with baroque cinemascope compositions, lurid art direction, wild background soundtracks, and gut-wrenching melodrama. Miss Lovely is scheduled for commercial release on 17 January 2014.
I knelt down by my bed side that night and prayed to god for long.
I was not asking for a favor or a help but wanted to know what's wrong.
In my heart I want to be happy but my head thinks differently.
Heart says, "You are mad. Bothering about your hair is so silly!"
Head responds, "What do you know heart? You ooze blood. I bear the hair!"
Heart says, "Heart knows everything. It just feels the happiness and despair."
Head: "My friends have a strong tuft of hair and I have measly strands which is not fair."
Heart: "But your friends cannot think like your head or mind. Is it not fair and square?"
"Oh! What do you know heart ? It is the external beauty which charms all."
"But history has proved that no brainers can rise but they soon fall!"
"History doesn't know all the mysteries. We humans are a challenge to history!"
"How can you say that? History witnessed the wars and the victory."
"I for sure know history can only witness but not resolve the conflicts between you and me."
"You and me can be one and the same if we sit and talk by not letting the differences just be!"
Head laughed loud: "Ha ha. Resolving the differences? You and me? For that you have to first listen heart."
Heart clearly puzzled replied: "But that's what I do starting from the morning to noon and till mid of the night!"
"If you know what I want, you would have done a miracle to make my hair silky."
"I know no miracles. If I interfere in your matters, you call me nosy and pesky."
"From this second I will not call you nosy. Now will you listen to my desires and wants?"
"If only you sit and talk and not get worked up and bang the doors and chant the rants!"
"You have no idea that I have been chanting prayers and not rants. I feel blue!"
"I am a part of you. I have seen your good and bad hair days along with you!"
"I tried to meditate along with my friend to ignore the hair problem."
"And you failed horribly even after chanting for hours , your Om Om Om!"
"I destroyed the idiot box which shows in the ads a lovely long mane."
"And I tried to stop you from doing the stupid act but you were insane!"
" I was frustrated to the chore as my hair looked like entangled set of wires."
"But your frustration lead to a decision which was hasty and unwise!"
"Then tell me what to do heart? Give me a permanent solution to fix this." "I can't do it overnight but this can help and give you some bliss!" Saying so heart handed over a magic solution to head. After few days head stopped whining and it felt like the happy time started! Head felt light and recharged. It felt like a final good bye to the loneliness. Head hugged heart and smiled broad due to the new found happiness. The hair felt lively and the life never felt so refreshing before. Head and heart wanted to experience this more and more!
Bad hair days affect my mood and my office work. Bad hair days lead to an ill-temper which makes me a jerk. Good hair days keep the mind fresh and cool. Good hair days make me feel that you lose and I rule. From then on days of good hair finally kicked off. Hair looks smooth, shiny, healthy and there was no huff and puff. Heart and head became friends again and even talk over a cup of coffee. Heart warns head not be obsessed with hair and not to fall for a taffy!
Both heart and head felt alive again and lived happily ever after. Their motive is to lead a peaceful life and never compare themselves with some other. A perfect balance between good looks and a warm heart is their art. Hair got shiny but the heart should be more glossy to win another heart! This post is written for Indiblogger's Recharge your HAIR, RECHARGE your life contest in association withsunsilk.Do visit - http://www.sunsilk.in/ Thanks for reading :) Note : All the above cartoons are made with the helps of bitstrips.com
Uday Kiran in Telugu means the
morning sun or the morning sun rays but sadly the actor Uday
Kiran did something which negates the meaning of his name. He ended his
life on the midnight of 05-01-2014. The glitz and glamour of Cinema blinds us
so much that we never really understand the actual emotions of any actor or
actress. Suicides are not new in film industry but every time I hear a suicide
news I am really not sure, how to react or whom to pity! Uday Kiran is famously
called as hat-trick hero as three of his consequent movies, Chitram, Nuvvu Nenu , Manasantha Nuvve were
super hit. Manasantha Nuvve was even remade in other languages including Hindi.
I remember the time in 2002 when all teenage girls had a crush on Uday Kiran
after watching his movie Nuvvu Nenu. The songs, the pair (Anita and Uday) and
the simple teenage love story charmed the audience. Even Nuvvu Nenu was remade
in Hindi in which Tushar
Kapoor paired up with Anita but definitely the magic couldn’t be recreated.
Uday Kiran was praised to skies
and he got the chocolate boy image instantly. He rose in his career and the
roles suddenly dwindled whatever may be the personal or professional
challenges. He tried his best to come back on the track but failed due to
various reasons. The competition and the passion to be a notable hero and the
financial issues weighed on him. Few news articles claim that few heroes have
conquered the filmdom and there is no scope for actors like Uday to rise and
shine here. This is partially true as we all know that it is easy to survive in
Cine Industry if you have a god father. However there are proofs that if you
are a bad actor survival chances are meagre. I can understand Uday’s depression
but what I don’t understand is the impulsion to die. Last year when Jia Khan
committed suicide I failed to understand the same thing. There are many popular
figures and celebrities who became famous only after their death. The life and
death of these stars is quite dramatic. Most of these stars are young. The urge
to die at the age of 20-30 scares me.
When I read that Uday informed
his friends about his depression and the will to die that fateful night I felt
that somewhere in the corner of his heart he wanted to live. If only someone
stopped him that second may be he would have come out of the mental trauma. If
only he received proper counselling may be he would have plunged back in his
career. If not in cinema may be he would have acted in TV. If only his family
recognised his suicidal tendencies and took some serious precautions may be
they could have saved him. If only Uday Kiran thought about his wife and saw
the future with her for a minute, if only he imagined for a second how doomed
his well-wishers will be after his demise, if only he fought with life rather
than embracing death so easily he would not have taken this hasty decision. But,
now we have only many ifs and buts looming in front of us.
These ifs and buts will haunt his
wife Vishita throughout her life. They will haunt his friends and family as
well. He hanged himself in the gym room of his flat but that one second just
before he died I wonder what would have crossed his mind. I wonder what all he
wanted to say to the world before leaving.
Uday Kiran with Wife Vishita - Image source - here
It’s not abnormal to feel
suicidal at some points of time. Feeling dejected and hopeless at one point or
the other is quite normal. Suicidal crisis is almost always temporary. When I
was browsing I found this interesting piece. Please give a read every one – How to prevent Suicidal
thoughts
I felt sad on knowing that he sent the sms, “I
love you too” to his wife. If only he loved himself little more and filled his
heart with courage he would have seen the morning sun rays of 06-01-2014! All
in all Monday morning was gloomy to me. I just couldn’t get his face out of my
mind. His smile and the dimple were dancing in front of my eyes and I couldn’t
sleep properly. May his soul rest in peace.
If I do a mistake I don't think twice. If you do a mistake you are experienced and wise. If I am used to something you call it a vice. If you are used to something you say it is nice!
If I break a promise I am heartless and take you for granted. If you break a promise you understand the situation and are sainted. If I am judge-mental I probably don't know the world's way. If you are judge-mental you know it all and hence you dare to say.
If you pass on an opinion you are true, frank and honest. If I pass on an opinion I am rude, thoughtless and blankest.
For once If I were you, will you be me ? For once if we shift our roles will we have a new way to see?
If you cut jokes on others and mock them you love having fun. If I cut jokes and laugh I am just not fair to that person. If you talk and talk and not listen to me, you have better things to speak. If I talk and talk about me, my monologue is boring and may also reek! If I shed tears uncontrollably, I am just being cynic and weak. If you shed tears in fear and pain I should understand and you need no critique. If you don't stay in touch and cannot talk to me you are just being busy. If I have a reason for not talking to you, I am just acting and being lousy! If you shut others mouth when you open yours you are speaking with heart. If I try to open my mouth you think I talk with anything but heart and you retort! For once If I were you, will you be me ? For once if we shift our roles will we have a new way to see?
" Every dawn has a dusk and every dusk has a night. To watch the changing sky in different shades is a delight. Every man has a life and every life has a wrong and a right. To be or not to be is the biggest question and the longest fight!"
Its the era of digital revolution. The world has traveled from the pigeon to post card , from All India Radio to Ipods and tablets and from telegram to twitter. There is no need to write pages on how digitization influenced every one's life.It is the era of tablets and smart phones. Every one wants to finish a task easily by flicking the index finger on their smart phones. The number of people using smart phones and apps is rising as days pass by. People may not be aware of AAP but evey one is aware of an app :)
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It is not an exaggeration if I say that some of our youngsters are laid back. They prefer being couch potatoes and staying blissfully unaware of what is happening around them, playing games on the same smart mobiles rather than thinking of the productive ways of using it. Politics is a bigger thing , many especially those who are working in I.T. are not even aware of a fellow colleague's name. We are so entangled in the social web that we don't have time to actually socialize and think of smaller and bigger issues in front of us.
I am guilty myself as I don't think much about the importance of Voter id, voting and how a huge difference can be brought if all the youngsters can vote! I voted twice till now after I turned 18 (the eligible age to vote). Reasons are many like not being in the city during that time, having exams, so on so forth. I first sensed the importance of social mobile apps and social network during Nirbhaya's case. The candle light marches and fight for the justice continued with anger, fervor and seriousness with the help of the social mobile apps. I got many smses and also messages on FB. Many groups were formed during that time. People fought for justice endlessly. Many foot in mouth statements uttered by the brigade who live in fools paradise were also criticized and they were put to shame with the help of social media and its easy accessibility on mobiles, tablets, ipods and anything which is smart enough to help us get in touch with the big Bad(good) world outside!
Whenever I think of social mobile apps, the only app which comes to my memory is the facebook app. It is the widely used app to spread opinions , angst , share the views from anywhere anytime ,to change something and also to not change something. Facebook is the messiah to many. Needless to say it revolutionized life. Second comes twitter. For those short sweet or may be sour, bitter and hot statements twitter can be used. I never felt like using it a lot as the 140 characters limit my expression but I keep seeing the tweets. Twitter helps many politicians to stay close to people and influence them. Check this to see the twitter profile of Aam Aadmi Party. How ever twitter is not efficiently used by all the politicians in India. I wish that the leaders who actually want to involve the young people in their movements and let them know their ideas and ideologies should use twitter. Below is the snapshot of world famous politicians from the U.S.A. using twitter for power including Barrack Obama
Few politicians like Narendra Modi took twitter's support to involve youth but many still are not aware of it ! I came across an interesting article which gives the six reasons why Indian politicians should tweet. Use of social network apps definitely helps to know peoples' pulse. It makes them feel that they know their leader thoroughly and personally. After Facebook and Twitter, I feel other social mobile apps which we can use to involve and influence youth are the chat apps like Whats'app , we chat and also you tube and Google+. How ever one should use the social media marketing effectively to get great results. Too many apps some times spoil the broth :)
A boy helping a politician
Click on the image for better view :)
To the question how I will influence India's youth to vote in General elections 2014? the answers are many and they are not so simple and easy. While many of the youngsters and also elders are hungry for the change- (the recent win of AAP goes to prove this) few are still reluctant to change. Those few are too lazy to think on serious matters like politics , corruption, power , leadership and whys and whats of it! No need to dig in to the matters deeply but it is highly important for the youth to equip themselves with current affairs and happenings across the country.
Given below is a sample conversation which many adolescents keep having !This is my own chat thread. Names are changed for convenience. Due to education, jobs , marriage and various other reasons all the friends stay away and can get in touch once in a while only with the help of social mobile apps like Gtalk, Whats app or we chat.
On one fine evening Leela pinged us to inform a good news on WeChat.
I got a notification as I was wrapping up the work at office. Leela broadcasted a message to the group.
Leela: "Hello all. I have a great news to share."
Rakesh , Jeena and Siva immediately replied while few others were dormant.
Rakesh: "What ? What?"
Jeena: "Spill the beans babe. Is it marriage on cards?"
I yawned thinking, when will Jeena come out of the marriage matrix.
Leela: "Hell. No. Who will get married so fast? I am going to the U.S. of the A. man. A long term onsite opportunity. I finally got VISA."
Me: "Wow Leela. That's indeed a great news. We should celebrate. When are you going to join?"
Leela : "Thanks for the wishes. September 2014. Why?"
Me: "Oh. Great. If its sep 2014 you will still be able to vote in April-May 2014 for Indian General Elections."
Every one typed at a time.
"What ? Are you serious?" "Have you lost it?" "You kidding buddy :P ?"
Leela : "I thought you wanted to plan a trip or some thing Afshan. So funny you are. Nothing can happen to this country. No one can change it. That's why I am going to the U.S.A. lady. The freedom one experiences in that country is matchless to any other country." pinged Leela in our group chat window.
One minute every one was calm. I typed.
Me: "Every country has its pluses and minuses Leela. It doesn't mean there shouldn't be a miniscule effort from our side to make it better."
Leela : " Uffo. Ye lo. Rang de basanti ki Madhavan aagai. Now don't lecture me O.K.?"
Me: "I am not lecturing yaar. I am just trying to educate and motivate you and trying to let you know the importance of the votes. We don't play a role in selecting our constitution and we blame it. Its not done. Do your duty. At least try and then blame. That is my policy."
Leela : "So , what do you want me to do madam?"
Me: "Know your right. Use your power. The voting power. I don't want you to be a social activist or a politician but I just want you to vote. I think that much you can do. The nation is changing. At least I can see the border of the horizon. Can you guys see that?"
As no one typed I sensed two possibilities. Either every one is listening with rapt attention or they must be ignoring me.
Leela : "So you say that just by my vote I can change the nation :P ?"
Me: "What if ten other people think just like you Leela? I am saying about the possibility of change. Change is inevitable if you want it. Like Gandhiji said why don't you try being the change you want to see? We appreciate the cleanliness of the U.S. roads but we dirty our own roads. We appreciate the freedom there but we don't speak a word when some one opposes some one's freedom here."
I went on
Me: "Many organizations have been formed to involve the public in general and specially the youth via social media and social mobile apps Leela. Just check this out- "iforIndia' . They have a facebook page too where you can voice your opinions on political leaders and the constituency. Check it out. There are many members in it."
Me: "Also all of you, if you are not a part of Change.Org do register now and see how many are struggling for a change there. You can do it from mobile as well. It just takes a minute."
Leela : "hmm"
Jeena : "Fine."
Rakesh: "O.K."
Me : "There are many such organizations which are trying their best to reach out to huge number of people. If you don't use a smart phone you can still access them from your laptops and desktops."
Rakesh : "Good to know all this Afshan but do you think our votes and involvement will bring a good time in the country!"
Me: "It will definitely bring. Like its said in the image I shared above. You can expect a change for sure and fight for it confidently only if you are involved. Every one does day dreaming Rakesh."
Leela, Jeena , Rakesh , Siva: "OK Afshan. After talking to you we all feel that we should really give it a try. Thanks for this."
Me : "I am so glad to hear it. Not only this I am planning to start a FB page just for friends where you can be part of it too, share your opinions , gain knowledge and know others thoughts and decide firmly as to whom you should elect and why. 18 doesn't mean you are of marriageable age. It means you are a major and you reached the vote-able age!"
"Aye Captain!" Every one replied in unision.
Me: "And this time you can use the NOTA option (None of the above) which is also known as "against all" or a "scratch" vote. If there are majority NOTA votes variety of decisions will be taken . You can read it all at NOTA. Read about the NOTA usage this year here."
Leela : "By the way. Why don't you think of forming a party. You are so passionate and I feel you sure will be a ray of hope to the nation."
Me: "Ya. But I singly can't . People like you , me and many other youngsters can surely bring a change if they join hands :) "
Siva : "I feel like dedicating a song to you from YUVA. Here you go and I promise to use my voting right :) "
I was happy that day. I am sure they will definitely use their voting right in the coming elections. I will for sure spend time to remind them. To motivate and inspire few friends from closed circles I will follow the below steps
Create a facebook page or group to increase the awareness among friends and others.
Send them reminders for the last date of registration of voter ids (which as of now is over) and remind them to vote on the election day and let them all know about the elections schedule.
Broadcast messages using chat apps like WeChat and request them to not forget their right to vote. Send inspirational forwards which can increase the awareness
Simply use every opportunity available on the mobile to inform , inspire and encourage as meeting in person is tough in the day to day rush :)
Last but not the least I will try to voice my thoughts and opinions using twitter and the hash tag #VoteForIndia. Do check my tweets @afshu18
Now if you have really read my post do acknowledge it and share your views rather than just blindingly #votingforme on Indivine. India needs votes and not me :) I am content if my post has slightly created awareness!
Thanks for reading this.
PS: The cartoons above are made with the help of toondoo.com and bitstrips
