Indi elections 2009

The never ending long elections of the world's largest and oldest democracy are finally over and the people's verdict is out. Sadly I couldnt vote this time around, as I was out of India - been to the UK on a client visit, during the period. There was one surprizing trend I noticed in the UK. Many people in client's office were from UK / Europe....but they all were following the Indian elections. We used to have long conversations about what the goods and bads our government has done for us; and how they have been impacted by it. Those used to be a nice break from the work though. It was the office people, who updated me on victory of Congress government.

In these general elections 2009, the various political parties have taken a new leaps in advertising and promotion. I still remember my school days (1980's) when there used to be a lot of flags for houses tops, flags for scooters, stickers, leaflets, badges, shirt button stickers, thumb stickers, tyre covers painted in parties flags. We, as kids, used to collect as much as possible :) Today, the promotion is more about advertising, educating people, internet ads. There has been a lof inclination towards technology during these elections.

As part of the rigourous promotion; and the actions undertaken by political parties over past 5 years, the people in India too have become better educated. The election results have shown that people of India too want a stable government which can do good for India. The eyes of the world are on India - not just for saying but for reality. Hope our dear honorable PM - Mr. Manmohan Singh does us proud and squashes away the regional parties which have caused so much disruption in the country