Jai Ho!

Well, the Great Indian Elections are here, and there is the usual amount of hype and hoopla.
Government schools closed for a month, teachers shanghaied into manning election booths, rural banks shut down.
Murder, mayhem, hate speeches, community polarisation along lines of caste and religion.
Sorry, I won’t be voting.
Why? My name mysteriously disappeared from voting the list during the last general election, and in spite of ‘intimations to the concerned authorities’ it hasn’t materialised on the rolls yet.
This is probably because one hasn’t the inclination to lubricate a couple of palms to expedite things.
So much for transparency, democracy and all that jazz.
Jai Ho!