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It was the election day.  I set out with my voters id card and booth slip to cast my precious vote to the usual polling booth just 200 mts away from home, only to be told by the officials that my polling booth had changed to VIBGYOR School. ( yes the one made infamous by the leopard visit a couple of years ago) . I check on Google maps and it says 1.8 kms 21minutes by walk.   Navigating through the treeless concrete jungles of Bangalore in the oppressive heat of May is’nt exactly very appealing. My-vote-is-not-going-to-make-a-difference… or-does-it . Should-that-really-matter …   Truth be told, I was not always a very conscentious citizen, however I have been taking my voting rights seriously off late.  Thanks to Newton .   The vehicles parked on the main road,exactly 200 meters away from the polling booth with the symbol of a certain flower would have a happily offered me a free ride to the other polling booth. But I obviously could not...

SECOND DAY SECOND SHOW Ok ok ok !!!   for the rest of the world a ‘second day second show’ may not be a big deal.   But for us the Brave Bangalorean Thalaivaa fans it was actually the first day.   Albeit the second show. Cannot still understand why HDK Anna created such a fuss and stopped Rajini Anna from releasing the movie in Bangalore. It is besides the point that he relented after the first day and let the movie show in bangalore theatres.   HDK – Anna   - this was free post election propaganda for your party and your allies who benevolently bestowed the power on you.   Chill Madi. Having bunked half day at office and braved our way through the Friday afternoon bangalore traffic for the second day second show , it was a heart sinking feeling to see no cut outs , not even a poster of the ‘Thalaivaa’ at the Cinema theatres.   Deliberately empty billboards hurt, really hurt.     After all what is a new Thalaivar r...