I would be 30 later this year. And today was the first time I made the effort to vote.

The elections are related to the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon which has largely been a dysfunctional body.

People are hoping that these elections would change the entire scene and we would see some improvements in the infrastructure of the city.

Anyways… here is how it went. I reached the voting booth at around 8PM. There was a small queue. Women’s queue was of course smaller.

People in the queue were talking about the same problems I have faced in the recent past. It is literally impossible to get the mistakes in your Voter ID card corrected. One of the guys standing in the line said that he applied for corrections 4 times and even that did not help him out.

The process of voting was rather simple. Showed the required documentation (they accepted PAN card as a proof). Got the famed ink on my finger.

Pressed the button to register my vote and that was it.

The shameful part of the elections in the city has been the annoyance it has caused to people living in the city. For the last couple of days, there were loud noises coming from speakers in cars promoting different candidates. The entire colony areas are defaced with posters representing the different candidates. They have not spared the walls of houses. They have not even spared cars. There are strict rules against such defacements but apparently nothing was done to stop the mess.

I have been a non-believer in my right to vote. I exercised it for the first time today. It was exciting. I am not expecting anything in return. Nothing is going to change. Gurgaon would remain the mess it has been for a decade now. The candidates who were visiting door to door would no longer be accessible.

But I guess I would continue to vote in the future. That’s the best I can do in current circumstances.