Many techies like me could nt vote in the past.. In my personal experience, i was turned down 3 times in order to apply for a voter ID. Each time they ask me to come after 2 months. Finally i became reluctant to spend my time on these lazy buggers. I know it is not correct; we need to bring awareness in the educated people first. PS: Is there any other way to apply for voter ID?
What a great step forward. We need leaders like you. My vote is for you. You are a winner. It'll be difficult to face your opponent s and their goons but wish you all the success. I appeal people to vote for you.
During the last elections, few graduates from various IITs got together and contested elections in different constituencies. They sure did get few votes......but later on the movement fizzled away. With all due respects to their intelligence in scoring good marks and getting degrees from prestigious institutions, social / public work is totally a different ball game. You cant expect Viswanathan Anand to shine in T20 , just as Dhoni will come out a cropper in front of a chess-board.
If Sri Ravi Krishna Reddy wants to make some difference , then his role model should be persons like Dr.Jayaprakash Narayan, who quit his IAS posting and has taken to social service. This kind of observing 3-day fast is a cheap gimmick and attracts nothing but laughter.
RE:RE:A sure failure
by AJ M on Apr 29, 2008 07:16 PM Permalink
I beg to disagree. Ravi Krishna has foll choices- 1) Cultivate a God father in politics, pay sums of money, promise bribes in lieu of etc. etc. 2) Cultivate a base (say among professional, intellectuals) by cost effective advertising and PR'ship. He will have to generate funds online ala Obama style but which he can't do unless he awaken's the people's consciousness or more appropriately the "fear of goonda politicans mortgaging our country and children's future to vested interests in US, Italy or competing neighbors like CHina". 3) Start small and build up on small successes. Build name recognition SLOWLY and STEADILY. Take up issues which stir people like a red rag to a bull. Network with media; Network and start a party and invite membership; publish manifesto. Population control is something that bothers me no end. I am sure it bothers a lot others. Lack of Primary education and substandard municipal schools and teachers (graduates with 33% marks can become teachers) and bogus college eductaion (BED degrees are handed without real learning) are other issues that's keeping this country's millions of children devoid of education and future. These are issues no political leader is taking up because there is no money involved. THIS IS AN OPENING! YOU NEED peoples SUPPORT NOT goonda LEADERS SUPPORT. Once they see this KRISHNA getting public support, they will all line up behind him. Krishna can then play them.
RE:A sure failure
by on Apr 29, 2008 07:43 PM Permalink
He is no gimmick, he has highly principled by the way no where in the article it was told he is fasting. He is just sitting there spreading the word, not without food I hope.
This guy has done what a lot of us (professional people)should be doing. He has taken the lead and chosen the constituency well which is IT folks. With good PRship and speaking skills, he should be able to influence hundreds of thousands of IT engineers and other engineers to vote for him. I was smiling when I read his justification that IT folks have a lot of bright ideas (we all know from previewing the message boards) but do not come out in the real ugly world to fight politics and political dakus (goondas). He has also shown to a lot of us IT folks a raasta to an alternative career choice. After all there is a huge demand (scarcity) of good leaders at the top..with only Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka, Advani and Modi left. Everybody else seems to be a fruitcake of some sort. Not that Rahul or Priyanka are not furitcakes but the dearth (or void) is too glaring and obvious. We Indians mostly aren't leaders (we don't seem to participate in politics much), we leave much to others to manage for us hoping they will care for our interests. If we want political change, we have to become political just like this guy. If we do not want to risk our careers, at least we should give him full support.
We already have enough Reddy menace in A.P. We dont need these guys in Bangalore. If he really has BALLS to contest he should take off the CASTE tag before begging for votes. BLOODY CASTE POLITICS.
RE:Reddy menace
by rajiv varma on Apr 29, 2008 07:39 AM Permalink
You call Reddy's a menace and at the same time you ask this poor guy to take of the CASTE tag. Get a grip dude. Think before you write!
RE:RE:Reddy menace
by ravi h on Apr 29, 2008 08:19 AM Permalink
What I mean is he should contest without his surname 'Reddy' if he really wants to garner votes purely based on his manifesto if at all has one.
Let him be not under the illusion that being a REDDY does not automatically entitle him to be elected.
RE:Reddy menace
by Sunit Kumar on Apr 29, 2008 01:32 PM Permalink
So u mean he should have said his name is Ravi Krishna (Congresi) ? or say Ravi Ganguly (Commi) or Ravi Khan (Modern) i think ur castist ur self the moment u saw a name u jumped, and i bet its not only u everbody did it !!!
