Whose line is it anyway?

ASSIGNMENT-
In upto 500 words write about the concept of the petition "Issues for the Young Adults in Delhi Assembly Elections ". Write about your contribution to the above mentioned activity both in terms of ideas and activity. In your estimation was the activity a success or a failure. If success why? and if failure what are the ways in which it could have been turned into a success?


“Yeh world hain na world…is main do tarah ke log hote hai…” -Bubly aur Bunty

I’d be most glad to complete this statement… “Ek type ke log jo…news dikhate aur banate hai. Aur dosri type ke log jo…un news ke ‘items’ hote hain”. However, it would be wrong to say that the second years of KNC journo are the first kinds. I’d rather say that they are the mixed doubles, who tried to play a fair match. Elections have always been about a white kurta and un-kept promises; we the students, looked up at this event---not as a reason to crib and criticize about the wrong and unfair politics, but as something more concrete and positive to look forward to.



“Mere paas gaadi hai, bangle hai, shaan-o-shaurat hai…tumhare paas kya hai? Hayee?...” -Deewar

The concept is very simple, short and sweet- “Mere paas petition hai…jisme 250+ signatures hai!”. We don’t care if it is rejected. We don’t care if it is disapproved. We don’t care if it is thrown into the bin or crafted into airplanes. Moreover, we don’t even care even if it is read after elections. The attempt has been made- for a good cause which affects more than a millions. Somewhere some minds got together to think of improving the status of the present, instead of cursing and blaming the government. The concept deals with the youth trying to put forward what it wants to be served with- almost like giving the order for the first time in a restaurant, rather than being served anything and everything!



“Haehae…Ohhh Sambha…Kitne aadmi thee???” -Sholay

"Sarkar…sirf 250 se thode zaade…” So what??? Haan Kalia? So what? Who gives a damn anyway? If 250 do…that’s cause they genuinely do! And why should 250 men and women not be heard in a democratic country? Therefore, the second years planned a media strategy. “How to get who all we want!” Many contacted radio stations, TV channels, newspapers, ad companies, students, teachers, friends etc. While the rest of the class was upto looking at the bigger and broader picture I was making telephone calls. Yes, I know…Idea is expensive these days, but not at the cost of a nice chit-chat with people I’m not in touch with! So, I began conversations leading one after the other. Conferences and tele-discussions on the phone line about the petition. After all the calls while I watched favorite soaps, I re-thought of my plan. I had to…had to… get into the mindsets. So I mailed the idea to all those people again, in a very sarcastic manner. Then, I changed the tone of the mail and sent it to all the newspaper agencies I knew of. The next day with a help of a friend, I put the site name on all the PC’s desktops in the comp lab. Later, we also put posters in our college and in Gargi. I joined the facebook gang and then finally- I motivated. Those around me and those with me. For by the end of the day, a good leader is always a good motivator!



“Jaani, yeh chaku hain na chaku…lag jaata hai toh khuuuuun nikal aata hai!” -Chalbaaz

I don’t care less if it was a failure. (In the sickest way possible…) I DON’T CARE! I know I have succeeded. I could have spent a whole lot of that money talking, messaging or playing silly internet games on my phone. I could have spent all that time whistling away to tunes of “ma-da-ladala”. I would have never irritated the computer lab bhaiya as much as I did on that day. I could have never motivated people around me for all I know! But you know what---I DID! I did end up doing all those things at all those crazy times. I definitely don’t feel I failed. I tried, I scratched, so now I know I can move it !!! I know that somewhere I feel empowered. The next time I file a petition, I wouldn’t make the same mistakes. The next time- Id be better focused. And most importantly, the next time- they’d know---that--- WE KNOW!

“Hum jaha pe khade ho jaate hein, line wahi se shuru hoti hai” - Kaaliya


~~~AMEN~~~