For all the hype about the largest democratic experiment in the world, the number of people who actually vote in Indian elections has been traditionally low. While I was sailing, in the days of paper ballots, a joke was ‘even when they capture booths and stuff ballots, we don’t record 99% turnout.’
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Thankfully, we are seeing higher and higher percentage of people willing to stand in line to exercise their democratic right. Even more wonderful are the initiatives by independent and concerned people and organisations to create voter awareness. One such voter awareness program came to my attention yesterday - The Ungli Campaign - focussed, though not exclusively, towards the youth.
I took a look at their music video ‘The Ungli Song’, and could not stop replaying it thrice, for the jangle is catchy. The lyrics are a tongue-in-cheek poke (no pun intended) at the shenanigans of (some) dirty politicians and the Indian polity in general.
I burst out laughing when they jangled about the ‘oversight of the Supreme Court on our bedroom action’, though I have not understood the reference to D’Jango a little bit earlier. You can watch ‘The Ungli Song’, graciously shared by Vebbler on YouTube.
The Ungli Song is part of an initiative by the Indian personal networking platform Vebbler, who have launched a portal to enthuse people into voting booths this elections. The Ungli campaign has a microsite at ungli.net, which aims to be a one stop online portal for all news and information regarding the Indian elections.
The promo song or anthem or whatever they call it is 'The Ungli Song'. This song aims to highlight the power of the common man's Ungli. Shibani Kashyap and The Band of Boys have sung the song, along with support from celebrities such as Arbaaz Khan, Prachi Desai, Sonu Sood, Esha Deol, to name a few, showing their support by being part of the video.
So,what watch the video, spread the word, and do not forget to get in there and vote on election day.
Disclaimer: I have absolutely no connection - personal or commercial - with Vebbler, The Band of Boys or any others. This is just own 2 pokes for the democracy, on a request.
:-)
Thankfully, we are seeing higher and higher percentage of people willing to stand in line to exercise their democratic right. Even more wonderful are the initiatives by independent and concerned people and organisations to create voter awareness. One such voter awareness program came to my attention yesterday - The Ungli Campaign - focussed, though not exclusively, towards the youth.
I took a look at their music video ‘The Ungli Song’, and could not stop replaying it thrice, for the jangle is catchy. The lyrics are a tongue-in-cheek poke (no pun intended) at the shenanigans of (some) dirty politicians and the Indian polity in general.
I burst out laughing when they jangled about the ‘oversight of the Supreme Court on our bedroom action’, though I have not understood the reference to D’Jango a little bit earlier. You can watch ‘The Ungli Song’, graciously shared by Vebbler on YouTube.
The Ungli Song is part of an initiative by the Indian personal networking platform Vebbler, who have launched a portal to enthuse people into voting booths this elections. The Ungli campaign has a microsite at ungli.net, which aims to be a one stop online portal for all news and information regarding the Indian elections.
The promo song or anthem or whatever they call it is 'The Ungli Song'. This song aims to highlight the power of the common man's Ungli. Shibani Kashyap and The Band of Boys have sung the song, along with support from celebrities such as Arbaaz Khan, Prachi Desai, Sonu Sood, Esha Deol, to name a few, showing their support by being part of the video.
So,
Disclaimer: I have absolutely no connection - personal or commercial - with Vebbler, The Band of Boys or any others. This is just own 2 pokes for the democracy, on a request.
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