It was my third awakening after 2 failed attempts to get my voter id done in Bangalore.
Believe me, its too high-fi with all the information available in web.
http://www.jaagore.com/ - With support from Tata Tea, volunteers across have setup India setup this portal to share the Voter ID registration process, share election related news. Its so unique and helpful, after my registration, they gave send me my Form - 6 application, to be registered with Election Commission of my Bangalore constituency. They have been sending constant reminders for me to enroll.
http://ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in/indexw.asp - Official portal of Karnataka CEO. It provides each month the latest updated Voter information. Some portion of it is in Kannada, but its search will do the purpose.
Back to my story, i believe if we want to create our India, exercising right to vote is must. For that, entry ticket is voter id card :-). i wanted to solve this conundrum for sure by myself. Despite providing my application through local panchayat from our apartment in the past, my name was not their in the latest list.
They were distributing voter id cards to those who haven't collected from the Govt in the neighbouring Law college. There was feeble queue for this. Here is quick gist of my conversation with the person in charge for this.
I:- Sir, Voter ID card bandhilla
Govt Rep:- Sir, list idhae, nodi...
He gave me some printouts containing the list of names recently added/modified. It was segregated based on some regional divisions (they call id part number).
I:- Sir, Nandi Park part number yavudhu..
GR:- Gothilla.. Adhae full list..
Phew! i stood their for a second expecting better answer from him. He said, next :-( i went through all his part number list, each part number contained 10 sheets of voter data. I was clueless. back to him again,
I:- Sir, list alli name illa. Oasa application kotidhini.. List alli name bandhilla.
GR:- Gothilla sir.
I:- Oasa application elli kodu baekku
GR:- Bansankari Taluk Office
I:- Saturday work aagathaa taluk aapice.
GR:- Yes, sir, Monday rajaa
By the time i left Law college, there was sizable queue to collect their voter ids. Happy me, another puzzle to solve the crystal maze. This time in Bansankari.
On reaching, i enquired few auto fellows to know the direction to Taluk Office. One friend while i was leaving Law college, told me its near to Bansankari temple.
I:- Sir, Bansankari Taluk office elli..
Auto driver1:- Gothilla Sir... Mundhae hogi kaelbidi..
I:- Bhayya, Bansankari Taluk office elli...
Auto Driver2:- Haan! yavu area
by the time a passer by in the road asked me what i want, he showed me neighboring building as the taluk office... Go straight inside... He said and continued his walk... May be it was hot, Auto drivers were waiting for customers for a while... they have not changed in these years when you ask for direction...
Finally... reached the right place.. little queue again... Reached the desk of the person collecting form... He verified my list of applications and said..
GR:- sir, 2008 phone bill copy baekku... 6 months older bill.
I:- sir, nan manae gottigere alli idhae, ogi barubaeka ondhu arai agathae... dhaya maadi..
GR:- Illa sir, agalla... next :-(
it was almost 12 noon... i was thinking about my bad luck... did think about the freshness of the address proof i carried. Read what jaagore rule book said.. it never mentioned about 6 months old address proof... then i did another smarter think of carrying copy of my house katha certificate. with a hope of trying again, i approached same Govt representative..
Sir.. Nanthra Katha xerox idhae.. nodi..
He gave the application list to his boss...
GR:- Sir, osa address proof, katha kotidharu...
GR Boss scanned my application fully and then gave it to the girl who was listing in a register to include my application form also... She added to her list and gave me an acknowledgement and asked me to contact the office after 15 days...
Happy me!! they say Never stop trying... as i walked out the office, Govt representative was asking everyone to leave as it was closing time... Lucky me...
I need to call them in 15 days to know my application status. with these success, i know if it was bad news, i will make another attempt..... Why sleep again... i am already awakened!!
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9 comments:
Government officials in India are a unique species. They are impossibly good at delaying work. But, if one is willing to pay "speed money" and/or use "connections", then the officials cooperate in suprisingly efficient manner, that leaves one amazed - a buffalo just turned into a horse.
Hi Mr Partha Suvratha,
Kemchu!!
You are right, our experiences with GR does not stop..
Guess what, with hope, i am going to try with Food & Civil Services office for my APL (above Poverty Line) ration card...
Yes, Jaago re is quite a cool initiative.
Last time, during state elections, i was at my place for voting. And i couldn't as i neither had voter id nor the name was in the list. Luckily, this time, i have already applied for Voter ID card and it is ready to be distributed it seems.
Hope i get to vote this time. Also somehow, i want to vote in TN for a while :)
Yes, TN badly needs genuine voters. Good luck for maiden voting attempt
jaago re or "rock and roll re"????
Dhanya, i did not understand your comment,
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http://dhanya-impulsive.blogspot.com/
Dhanya, i understand your comment better :-)
I agree that rock n roll will not take us where we wanted to go, but the web site does many more activities, for ex, depending on your need, whether to apply new voter id card (form 6) or change your details, (form 8), with your registration in their web site, they give you pre filled application form, when i went to VFC, there were only kannada printed form, some were struggling to fill it, i was ready with my print out :-)...
Apart from this, they are running surveys to find out the most important poll topic for your constituency.
it is much more than rock n roll...
i agree partly with u.i am not commenting on their initiative.its about the way its being approached.i mean,its kind of making election a grand corporate event.
I guess there are better ways to approach such an initiative than just pulling up a string of rock concerts country wide.its kind of giving an incentive for youth to vote which is very illogical.
anyways,a good initiative by TATA group,i only hope that v youth realize the importance of voting b4 its too late.
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