A Confused Indian Voter

Vote for Narendra Modi! Oh! I am not convincing you to vote for one of the most successful chief ministers so far but many social media campaigns are running for Narendra Modi. I am not denying that he is one of the best. But does he really have solutions for all your problems? Shall we get rid of current situation if we ‘vote for Modi’? Such common question are coming in my mind.

When you read articles in newspapers, discuss local politics in trains and buses and try to become a responsible voter, you have to consider only one factor and that is ‘who is going to develop and maintain your electoral area’ without concentrating on national politics. But if we vote according to this criterion, the results can be different. Obviously there are voters belonging to minority groups and election candidates spend upto crores to distract them. But still your vote matters. Considering scams and various weird economical decisions, people seek a change in government. At least BJP core thinks like that. But what if people would have forgotten Suresh Kalmadi or A. Raja, we have to suffer one more term under these fake leaders where decisions are taken by one and they are represented by others.

So If I choose not to vote UPA and their allies, what options I have. I can vote for either NDA or third front or independent candidates. The major problem creators in congress or BJP government are their allies. All the allies have their specific group of voters and they only think for their development which is not wrong in a sense but it is affecting the growth of India. Again coming to the subject, if I really choose to vote for Modi then I have to vote for their ally in Mumbai, Maharashtra which is like hanging sword on my head. I really have spoken for this political party from my childhood, seeing their efforts for people of Maharashtra but when I think in broader way I see many faults and setbacks in development. Mumbai could be much better and maintained till now which is not. Considering first point of this discussion I can’t vote either UPA or NDA now.

We also have got a considerably   good option of abstain which can be chosen if you feel that no candidate is good for the betterment of your area. If you see the statistics, maximum 100 people go for this option and don’t get any results at the end. Electoral commission may not even consider these votes in front of thousands which are surely enough to win one of the not so eligible candidates. Again I cannot go for this option. So now I can vote for either third front or independent candidates. Very few, say 1 percent, independent candidates are really ready to wok and trustworthy. Others simply take their share to join the government, obviously if they manage to win. I am happy that I have reached at single option that is third front. Third front is very weird as it sounds. There is no bonding or construction of their alliance in third front. So If I consider that third front is going to win which is as impossible as the end of this world on 21^st December, 2012; I doubt they can manage to run their government for even six months. There is one more option which I did not include in the discussion knowingly, the rising Aam Aadmi party. Many months have passed since their formation but there is not a declaration of any strategy towards 2014. I consider that all these parties will come forward and will give a good reason to choose one of them next year.

Book Review – “Dark Pursuit- The Lost Shinmahs”

Title:  Dark Pursuit- The Lost Shinmahs

Author:  Kevan Dinn

About the story: I like to read books. I am a weird type of reader. Either I lose myself in history or biographies or fictions which make you bite your nails. I love those authors and their work which don’t allow me to leave their book before completing. What will be your reaction if all the above expectations are satisfied in single novel? Yes, here I am talking about Kevan Dinn’s debut entry in the world of historical fictions: Dark Pursuit- The Lost Shinmahs.

I left the book only after completion with four mugs of coffee in a row. It is a story of a family of Shinmahs, the people with uncommon mental prowess who were considered as the saviors of this world from the threats from the dark warlord Khomer. The story is based on one such family of shinmahs who hide their child from the truth of their unbelievable power. One day they forecast the threats and obstacles coming in their lives in future and leave their small town to move towards Liguanea under the reason of higher skills development of their child.

But their journey gets adventurous day by day. It is the thrilling story of their reactions to the attacks which follow them throughout journey. The boy is the center attraction of the story when he comes to realize about his powers and he learns to use them by the time. You can pick this first novel of the series of four to start the journey with shinmahs with number of twists and surprises. You will crave for the next one once you finish this one.

My Review: This book has a rating of 3.86/5 on Goodreads which is nothing but a stamp mark on this review. The style of writing is fresh and it will never disappoint you in the area of excitement for the twists. One really cannot expect such a level from debut Indian author.

First I got confusion when I read the word shinmah but when I started the book the word came as a very interesting concept which was opened very slowly in the story as interesting as opening of Saussuria Obvallata, Brahm Kamal.

Today many authors are succeeding in historical fictions and Kevan’s this book is matching the level of popular novelists, Here I suggest you to read the book and start guessing the plot of next novel. The price of the novel is very cheap compared to its level of content. Go for it and happy reading!

Rating: 4/5 (A good read)

The book was received as part of Reviewers Programme on The Tales Pensieve.