Woke up and was thinking while brushing, at about the exact moment, 6:10 am
marks one month to the day and minute that changed our lives.
One of those numb moments you pass through in a sense of stupor,
yet tinged with sadness.
Today was also the first time I exercised my franchise as a voter.
Why? The conscience feels lighter -- you perceive yourself as making a difference, even if the difference is only to your conscience.
I generally revile politicians as bandicoots who loot funds in collusion with works contractors, with the victor decided by the morally shifty sections of society.
What surprised me was the absence of queues.
Booth opened at 7 and I was there at 7:10.
Four booths at my polling station, with just one vote cast prior to me at my assigned booth.
Walked in, a duty officer verified my name in the voter list (with four other political party observers doing the same), checked my photo id (passport), and announced both presumably for the benefit of the observers. He then made an entry in the list of votes at the booth, and took my signature, and motioned me to EVM, to which the on duty officer had released a single ballot using the control unit.
Took a few seconds for me to locate my candidate on the EVM.
Pressed the button, an LED next to the nominee went red and a loud beep resounded --
my vote was cast.
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