Hammer when its red HOT!

The weekend has gone now. For the general working class of people, this weekend means day(s) of their own. The Sunday (as it is off for most of the regular working people) is the day when people get their real freedom from the bounds of their work or professional cells. Hence this day holds importance like no other days. Not even festivals. Because for most of them, the festival holiday means getting out from the bounds of work and getting into the bounds of relatives / tradition / customs.

Other days of equal importance are the three National holidays and a day which comes once in five year. Yes the Voting Day. Its a social fact that the rarer the phenomenon it is, the more important it becomes to cherish it. After all no matter how beautiful the "Dooj ka chaand" (the crescent moon on the second day from new moon day) is, "Idd ka chaand" (the moon seen on the eve of festival Idd) holds more importance.

We always try our best to not let go the one day - The Sunday. Because on this day we get to behave and live the way we want to live. And if we get bonus like the voting day, how can we resist the temptation to feel free. And it is this temptation that gives rise to the cynical views when it comes to voting. We hide behind this cynical attitude just to justify our stealing the purpose out of this one day. The primary purpose being "To Vote". Our excuses?!!! Well its just one vote how does it matter? The whole system is corrupt, even if i give my vote sensibly what is the guarantee that others will? At times it even goes to the level of "I was feeling very sick and hence could not go out!"

Well i am not writing this post to tell you what has been told by hundreds of other videos, ads and articles, prepared under various campaigns to educate people to vote and vote sensibly. But what i am pointing out is that i have seen a ray of hope from these very people.

The ray of hope was in the form of people coming out of their homes, and spending their most important "Sunday" for a cause. But before we start dreaming of a better future, we have to analyze why these people are ready to spend their important Sunday even when they don't feel motivated to spend the voting day to its right use. Is it just the cause? The Anti-Corruption movement? Well there had been more than hundred protests in the past related to this cause but none has gained such a support of people.

I think the answer lies in a word which defines relation between two individuals - "Trust". Its more of a trust or a larger hope which is riding on the trust towards the very people who are leading this movement. And what generates this trust is the fact that here is a set of activists who are not just protesting but are proposing a solution. A solution, which is at least logically correct if not fully technically or practically correct.

One can always argue that this may not be the right way to get things sorted. This is more of a "blackmail". But I look at it with a different angle. I look at it as a step in getting the trust of people towards a set of people who are real activists, who want to really bring change to this society without seeking any personal favor.

This movement has proved that people are no more ready to stay inside their home and spend relaxing Sunday. They are ready to come out and voice their views provided they have someone whom they can trust to lead and do the rightful. So what is now required is to make sure that this agitation does not go cold and in the meantime, we prepare ourselves to take a bigger step of being directly part of the government.

I compare this protest to the heating process of an iron bar. And when its the right time, the time for election, the time when the iron really becomes read hot, I believe that people will be ready to come out of their home and hammer it hard with their votes. With a possibility of 1.2 bil hammer shots, forget about iron we can reshape Titanium!