Polls Apart

I remember the big-sized radio we still have at our home and the associated memory during the past elections when I was a kid. That was probably the only time when mine & my strict schoolteacher dad's interests would converge. Taking the liberty of that moment, I used to take the radio inside the mosquito net while going to bed at night in order to listen election results. It was a 3-4 days affair as there was no use of EVMs. Then I grew up, but in place of radio bulletin, came in Pranay Roy & team's analysis on ND TV. I would make it a point to stay put in hostel during elections as we didn't have a TV at our home. Slowly, I lost interest, but I always had a soft corner for this phenomenon called General Election. From the beginning, I could relate with the Indian politics in such a way that an expert cannot even think of. I was a fan of Biju Pattanaik as a schoolkid & Atalji as a collegegoer. Today, I am nobody's fan. Just like to be a mere viewer, all alone, on my LCD screen. No more fight to listen from radio or struggle to have a glimpse of Pranay Roy from NDTV.