Voting - Its your Right & Responsibilty

Hello Everyone,

You see, there are 5 set of people in this country:

1] First set of people have Voter Id card & do Vote regularly.

2] Second set of people have a Voter Id card but never take an effort to vote. (Only uses Voter ID card as an ID card, may be to buy a sim card you see).

3] Third set of people are those who already have a Voter Id card but due to some mistakes in the Voter Id card (Wrong name or photo printed), they refrain from getting it corrected and Don't Vote.

3] Fourth set of people are those who are already some where in the age above 20's & they are the ones who have enrolled for PAN card, Driving Licence, credit cards etc but havent applied for Voter ID card as they feel Politics is useless.

4] Fifth set of people are those who have just completed 18 and are eager to get that ink mark on there finger after voting, but are clueless on how and where to apply for a Voter ID card as even there parents dont encourage them to get one made at the earliest.

Dear Fellow Indians,
If you feel proud to say that India is a democratic country than do realize that Voting is not only your Right but also a Responsibility.

Do understand that:

a] A holiday on Voting day isn't meant for picnic.

b] Avoiding voting is the biggest sin you commit.

c] Voting someone against some cash received as bribe is the worst contribution you ever did to the nation.

d] Never discourage anyone from voting, instead feel motivated & encourage those who refrain from voting.

e] Do a small homework before voting to know who all are standing in your constituency, whom you should vote and why.

f] Do not force somebody to vote for a specific candidate, everyone have their rights to choose there own choice.

g] Do not provide wrong information in the voter id card.

i] Most important, Do not waste your vote by not voting, not voting is never a solution.

Here is "A guide for the Voters"

Well here are few very important FAQs:

1] How can I get registered/enrolled in the Electoral Roll?

Ans. You have to submit a filled in Form - 6 to the ERO of the Assembly Constituency.

2] What is the procedure to make corrections in names / other details that have been
misspell in the Electoral Roll?

Ans. For incorporation of corrections in the Electoral Rolls, You have to submit Form - 8 to the ERO of the Assembly Constituency.

Following are the various forms useful for registration as voter, corrections, change in address etc.

For inclusion of names (First time) ------------------------------------- Form 6
For any objection on inclusion of names ------------------------------- Form 7
For correction of entries in the Electoral Rolls -------------------------- Form 8
For transposition of entry in electoral roll ----------------------------- Form 8A

3] I have shifted my residence recently. How do I ensure that I am enrolled in my new place of residence and my name is deleted from the old place?

Ans. In case the new residence is in the same constituency please fill Form 8A otherwise form 6 and submit to the ERO (SDM) or the AERO of the area of your new residence.

4] I have shifted my residence recently. I have Photo EPIC Card with the old address. Can I get new EPIC Card for the present address?

Ans. First of all please ensure that you have enrolled yourself in the Electoral Roll of the concerned AC, where you are now residing following the procedure given in Ans. 3. Subsequently, a new card at the present address will be issued to you.

5] My old EPIC Card is defective. I would like to have a new EPIC Card with correct particulars. What is the procedure?

Ans. You can get your I Card rectified by depositing it in the Office of the ERO concerned or at Photography Centre when the work of preparation of Photo ID card begins.

6] Where to file Form-6?

Ans. 1] During revision period, the application can be filed at the designated locations where the draft electoral roll is displayed (mostly polling station locations) as well as the Electoral Registration Officer and Assistant Electoral Registration Officer of the constituency.

2. During other period of the year when revision programme is not going on, the application can be filed only with the Electoral Registration Officer.

If you are resident of Mumbai, here is the list for Addresses of "Electoral Registration Offices in Greater Mumbai" and for Thane Suburbs 

Also find Voting related information at Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website, link is "HERE"

Sitting anywhere in India, if you want to check your name in the Electoral List please visit this "LINK" or (http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/linkto_electo_search.aspx) and select your state & Constituency. 

For more questions please visit here "FAQs - Electoral Rolls"

Also my request to all the youths, take up the initiative and join with me in the Voter registration drive, all you have to do is to get access to your office/college notice board & with permission put up information regarding Voter Id card awareness. 

Here is what I put in my office and got few people motivated to get there Voter ID card done. You can feel free to take a printout of Voter ID Registration Pdf.

Instead of convincing your friends to vote for BJP or Congress, convince them to VOTE first. Regards:
Gunjan Dayal Mathur.
@hellogunj
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Is Sarkar ko main dikhta nahi kya??

Aap sabhi Padne walo ko namaskar, aapko batana chahta hun main apne pe hue atyachar,
likh raha hun Vyang, kavita na samjhna,
mere sawalon ka mile jawaab, toh jarur sichit karna,
baar baar har baar ek sawaal joh mere mann main hai samaya,
main puchta hun, Is Sarkar ko main dikhta nahi kya?

Main thehra ek gareeb insaan, is bhayankar mehangai se trast aur pareshaan,
roz kamaane sadak par nikalta, lagata hun jee jaan,
main puchta hun, Is Sarkar ko main dikhta nahi kya?

Humare neta kare ghotale, koyla bech dale, kabhi chara Khale,
Humne kiya tha desh chalane ko inke hawale,
main puchta hun, Is Sarkar ko main dikhta nahi kya?

Aaj jis bhi sarkari daftar main jaaun, file ko clear karwane main main piss jaun,
majburaan inki jeebe bharne main, main kangaal ho raha hun,
main puchta hun, Is Sarkar ko main dikhta nahi kya?

Har jagah hai naam likhwaya, pure pariwaar ka panjikaran karwaya,
Voter ID se lekar PAN Card banwaya, arey doston ab toh Aadhar bhi aagaya, par mere jeene ka adhikaar nahi aaya,
main puchta hun, Is Sarkar ko main dikhta nahi kya?

Mat baat mujhe Hindu Musalman main,
na Majority ya Minority k jaal main, Ek aam aadmi hun, mujhe chod do apne haal pe,
main puchta hun, Is Sarkar ko main dikhta nahi kya?

Na main hun Gujarat se, na Dilli na Rajasthan se, na main marathi, na bangali, meri pehchaan hai Ek Bhartiya ki,
Ek Bhartiya ki ehsiyat se main puchta hun, Is Sarkar ko main dikhta nahi kya?

Main dango main jala hun, baad main baha hun,
meri sudh lene aaj tak na aaya koi, apna haqq maangne k liye dalaalo main kata hun,
main puchta hun, Is Sarkar ko main dikhta nahi kya?

Main achi Shiksha prapt, aaj ka berozgaar naujawaan hun,
khud kamaa kar pet paalna chahta hun, bus rozgaar ka awasar he dhund raha hun,
main puchta hun, Is Sarkar ko main dikhta nahi kya?

Main kamau, kapda khareedun, cinema dekhun, ya khana khau, sabse pehle main Tax chukau,
par phir bhi ye kamar tod mehangai aur khastahaal Sadak jhel raha hun,
main puchta hun, Is Sarkar ko main dikhta nahi kya?

Jab chahe aatanki bomb barsaaye, goli chalaye hume marvayein,
sarkar kare bhashan aur deti hai gheese pite Aashwasan,
unhi ko sun sun kar tadap raha hun,
main puchta hun, Is Sarkar ko main dikhta nahi kya?

Jab aate hain chunaav, aati hai tumhe meri yaad, kisi bhi kone main kyun na hun main,
dhund he lete ho mujhe, tumhe mera SIRF VOTE he nazar aata hain,
main puchta hun, Is Sarkar ko main dikhta nahi kya?

Meri ek pehchaan, mera ek naam hai, main bhi hun ek kaabil naagrik, desh k liye kuch karna ka vishwaas hai,
par netaon ne mere sapne diye tod, inhe dikhta hai sirf Note aur mera VOTE,
main puchta hun, Is Sarkar ko main dikhta nahi kya?

- Gunjan Dayal Mathur 

@hellogunj

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Why am I a Hindu... :)

Disclaimer: Its an Awesome article I came across online, wanted to spread it hence only reciprocating here without any self editing.. Kindly read, enjoy, feel proud & share..

A Hindu was flying from JFK New York Airport to SFO San Francisco Airport CA to attend a meeting at Monterey, CA.
An American girl was sitting on the right side, near window seat. It indeed was a long journey - it would take nearly seven
hours.
He was surprised to see the young girl reading a Bible unusual of young Americans. After some time she smiled and we had few acquaintances talk.He told
her that I am from India
Then suddenly the girl asked: 'What's your
faith?' 'What?' He didn't understand the question.
'I mean, what's your religion? Are you a Christian? Or a Muslim?'
'No!' He replied, 'He am neither Christian nor Muslim'.
Apparently she appeared shocked to listen to that. 'Then who are you?' “I am a Hindu”, He said.
She looked at him as if she was seeing a caged animal. She could not understand what He was talking about.
A common man in Europe or US knows about Christianity and Islam, as they are the leading religions of the world today.
But a Hindu, what?
He explained to her - I am born to a Hindu father and Hindu mother. Therefore, I am a Hindu by birth.
'Who is your prophet?' she asked.
'We don't have a prophet,' He replied.
'What's your Holy Book?'
'We don't have a single Holy Book, but we have hundreds and thousands of
philosophical and sacred scriptures,'
He replied.
'Oh, come on at least tell me who is your God?'
'What do you mean by that?'
'Like we have Jesus and Muslims have Allah - don't you have a God?'
He thought for a moment. Muslims and Christians believe one God (Male God) who created the world and takes an interest in
the humans who inhabit it. Her mind is conditioned with that kind of belief.
According to her (or anybody who doesn't know about Hinduism), a religion needs to have one Prophet, one Holy book and one God. The mind is so conditioned and rigidly
narrowed down to such a notion that anything else is not acceptable. He understood her perception and concept
about faith. You can't compare Hinduism with any of the present leading religions where you have to believe in one concept
of God.
He tried to explain to her: 'You can believe in one God and he can be a Hindu. You may believe in multiple deities and still
you can be a Hindu. What's more - you may not believe in God at all, still you can be a Hindu. An Atheist can also be a Hindu.'
This sounded very crazy to her. She
couldn't imagine a religion so unorganized, still surviving for thousands of years, even
after onslaught from foreign forces.
'I don't understand but it seems very interesting. Are you religious?'
What can He tell to this American girl?
He said: 'I do not go to Temple regularly. I do not make any regular rituals. I have learned some of the rituals in my younger
days. I still enjoy doing it sometimes'.
'Enjoy? Are you not afraid of God?'
'God is a friend. No- I am not afraid of God. Nobody has made any compulsions on me to perform these rituals regularly.'
She thought for a while and then asked:
'Have you ever thought of converting to
any other religion?'
'Why should I? Even if I challenge some of the rituals and faith in Hinduism, nobody can convert me from Hinduism. Because, being a Hindu allows me to think independently and objectively, without conditioning. I remain as a Hindu never by force, but choice.' He told her that Hinduism is not a religion, but a set of beliefs and practices. It is not a religion like Christianity or Islam because it is not founded by any one person or does not have an organized controlling body like the Church or the Order, I added. There is no institution or authority..
'So, you don't believe in God?' she wanted everything in black and white.
'I didn't say that. I do not discard the divine reality. Our scripture, or Sruthis or Smrithis - Vedas and Upanishads or the Gita - say God might be there or he might not be there. But we pray to that supreme abstract authority (Para Brahma) that is the creator of this universe.'
'Why can't you believe in one personal God?'
'We have a concept - abstract - not a personal god. The concept or notion of a personal God, hiding behind the clouds of secrecy, telling us irrational stories through few men whom he sends as messengers, demanding us to worship him or punish us, does not make sense. I don't think that God is as silly as an autocratic emperor who wants others to respect him or fear him.' He told her that such notions are just fancies of less educated human imagination and fallacies, adding that generally ethnic religious practitioners in Hinduism believe in personal Gods. The entry level Hinduism has over-whelming superstitions too. The philosophical side of Hinduism negates all superstitions.
'Good that you agree God might exist. You told that you pray. What is your prayer then?'
'Loka Samastha Sukino Bhavantu. Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti,'
लोका समस्ता सुखिनो भवन्तु !!! ॐ
शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः !!!
'Funny,' she laughed, 'What does it mean?'
'May all the beings in all the worlds be happy. Let there be Peace, Peace,and Peace every where.'
'Hmm ..very interesting. I want to learn more about this religion. It is so democratic, broad-minded and free' she exclaimed.
'The fact is Hinduism is a religion of the individual, for the individual and by the individual with its roots in the Vedas and the Bhagavad-Gita. It is all about an individual approaching a personal God in an individual way according to his temperament and inner evolution - it is as simple as that.'
'How does anybody convert to Hinduism?'
'Nobody can convert you to Hinduism, because it is not a religion, but it is a Culture, a way of leaving life, a set of beliefs and practices. Everything is acceptable in Hinduism because there is no single Authority or Organization either to accept you or to reject you or to oppose you on behalf of Hinduism.'
He told her - if you look for meaning in life, don't look for it in religions; don't go from one cult to another or from one Guru to the next.
For a real seeker, He told her, the Bible itself gives guidelines when it says '
Kingdom of God is within you.' I reminded her of Christ's teaching about the love that we have for each other. That is where you can find the meaning of life.
Loving each and every creation of the God is absolute and real. 'Isavasyam idam sarvam' Isam (the God) is present (inhabits) here everywhere - nothing exists separate from the God, because God is present everywhere. Respect every living being and non-living things as God. That's what Hinduism teaches you.
Hinduism is referred to as Sanathana Dharma, the eternal faith. It is based on the practice of Dharma, the code of life.
The most important aspect of Hinduism is being truthful to oneself. Hinduism has no monopoly on ideas. It is open to all.
Hindus believe in one God (not a personal one) expressed in different forms. For them, God is timeless and formless entity.
Ancestors of today's Hindus believe in eternal truths and cosmic laws and these truths are opened to anyone who seeks them. But there is a section of Hindus who are either superstitious or turned fanatic to make this an organized religion like others.
The British coin the word 'Hindu' and considered it as a religion.
He said: 'Religions have become an MLM (multi-level- marketing) industry that has been trying to expand the market share by conversion. The biggest business in today's world is Spirituality. Hinduism is no
exception'
He said "I am a Hindu primarily because it professes Non-violence - 'Ahimsa Paramo Dharma' means - Non violence is the highest duty. I am a Hindu because it doesn't condition my mind with any faith system.
A man/woman who changes his/her birth religion to another religion is a fake and does not value his/her morals, culture and values in life.
Hinduism is the original rather a natural yet a logical and satisfying spiritual,
personal and a scientific way of leaving a life..

Gunjan Mathur.
@hellogunj