Saturday, April 2, 2011

A Letter to the TN CEO

If a common man has to write a letter to the TN Chief Electoral Commissioner, this is how it would be. A wild imagination!

Dear Mr Praveen Kumar,

As citizens of Tamil Nadu, we were (are) expecting the Assembly Elections with great eagerness and when both the Dravidian parties of the state released their manifestos, our joy knew no bounds and have surpassed expectations. But alas, it's with great sadness I'm telling this, you and your men are depriving us of all the bonanzas that we will be getting this time. Our wallets and physique have attained Size '0' - thanks to food inflation, soaring fuel prices, et al.

But, we were elated to see the promises by both the parties. If one promised a grinder/mixie, the other was ready to dole out a washing machine and fan. We already have a Colour TV set sitting pretty on an attic in most of the homes (that's another thing, anyway). See, what and all we will get - Fan, wet grinder, mixie, washing machine, education loan waiver, laptops, free rice, free power supply, free cable connections, gift voucher of 4 gm gold (imagine, we can't afford that shiny yellow metal these days, Mr CEO).

We were on cloud 9 and most of us were planning to give our daughters in marriage after the Election (as we would garner most of these items before polls and save it for them). But Mr CEO, you have thrown a spoke in to the wheels of our hopes, with all your video surveillance teams (Fie on technology!), etc.

Our sincere request: either be lenient towards these parties (after all what is Election without money distribution and dhamaka?) or sponsor our daughters' wedding expenses!