Sunday, May 18, 2025
[AAP ka vote]:The face of Delhi changing? I suppose yes!
Well, I have been thinking of writing for a very long time now, but the pressures of my workplace have been far too troublesome off late.
Sundays generally are my recharge days & today was one such day. Thanks to AAP.
How? Read on...
My brother landed in New Delhi today for an assignment.
As an elder brother, I, out of good faith handed him generous doses of advice on dos & dont's, so did my mother.
One of the very eerie feelings that my mother had this morning was that he would lose his wallet & she kept on telling him that he should always keep it secured in the front pockets of his jeans or trousers.
Bored & disillusioned with all that banter, he just wanted to break free & so there he went.
Boarded the flight & landed in New Delhi. Took a taxi to reach my relatives' place.
Now as luck would have it and as all mummies around the world would say - "See, I told you, but you don't listen" - he dropped his wallet in the taxi!!
The moment he got down, he was happy to meet the family.
Happy & free - hugged all his people & rejoiced!
An hour later, he started looking for his ID card & there - BAM!! Reality struck.
"Mummy dearest's face was ballooning over his head saying to him - See, I told you, but you never listen"
He was mighty worried - his PAN Card, ATM card, Identity card & 3000 rupees cash were in that missing wallet. Quite a lot for a student!! :)
His living daylights had already been knocked many times over by now.
Picking up some courage - he decided to ask the Police!! Brave step I must say, because not just the police in Delhi, but police departments across India are considered lazy, inept & incompetent.
The moment you go to them - the first thing they do is shamelessly ask you for money.
Even if you are there asking which side the toilet is - you would probably have to pay them for it.
Anyway, coming back - he was at the police station writing down a complaint.
A written letter that received an astonishingly quick reply.
They swooped down at the taxi bay from where he had boarded the taxi. Got all the drivers assembled & got him identified.
The driver sensing that there is no way out - promptly returned the wallet.
All the documents were in it except that instead of 3000 rupees, it contained 1000.
That I still thought was a smaller price to pay. Yaayy! The wallet was now back with my brother with the documents that he had kept in it.
Delhi police still has a long way to go, but looking at today's incident & the speed with which they acted, I can easily say that things are changing for good.
And who is driving them with a stick - err broom stick in his hand??
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Well, like Aloknath says - "Shayad ye hamara KEJRU hai".
Yes, the government departments in Delhi today are scared of taking bribes because anyone can record it on their mobile phones & initiate legal action against them.
The anti-corruption helpline number seems to have lit a fire under the government departments' heavy & lazy backsides.
I very much & in totality agree that the means & methods that the AAP is employing to prove it's point are not correct, but the intentions are very sacred.
They are young, give them a chance. They have a good heart & it's showing.
Today was just a small example, but no political party has taken on Reliance Communications headed by Anil Ambani like KEJRU did today.
We need to give them time & I am sure they will ripen & mature with time.
Politics is at a very interesting juncture today in India - AAP may never get to
lead the country, but if they get a sizeable number of seats - who knows they
could act like a watchdog & a vigilante!
This vigilante will be our very own batman who will protect the Gotham city against the political wolves.
It's high time the Aam Aadmi returns & rises.
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