Pappu shows the middle finger to a boring vote
Even after a publicity overdrive urging Middle India to exercise its vote, it has shown its disdain for our politicians
By Archana
Half of urban India has been caught napping in the middle of the biggest election process in the world taking place in its own courtyard. Three out of five phases of the general election 2009 are over and the Great Indian Middle Class. The driver of change that has powered the country's recent economic successes” has shown how clearly uninterested it is in electing its own leaders. It's shocking, especially because the run-up to the elections had seen unprecedented campaigning by NGOs, film stars (many of whom did not keep their promise to be at the polling station on the appointed day), citizen-activists and even a slew of companies, from Tata to McDonaldâs urging people to cast their ballot.