We are a team of ordinary citizens, committed to greatly increasing voter (electorate) turnout from all communities in India. In the near future, our focus is to cause change in IT communities. Other communities will be included, as and when appropriate resources become available.
Our intention is to maintain this community as a non-profit, non-partisan (i.e. not biased to any party), non-religious movement that has no caste or creed or language barriers.
What is the purpose of this website?
Our intention is have this website to the one-stop information/support/motivation center for people committed to vote. We want to make it easier, by removing barriers or roadblocks, for people to participate in voting process.
What Information can I expect on this website?
We plan to have information related to what/when/why/where/how of voter registration, polling stations, elections etc such that any motivated voter would find it easy to vote. Please stay tuned, as we may greatly expand the content as deemed necessary and appropriate.
Where are we focused on at present time?
Based on the current resources we have and plan to have in near future, our initial plan is to focus on causing change in greater Bangalore area. As and when resources from other IT presence areas join the cause, we will increase our focus.
We, the people in Indian IT community, are among the smallest electorate turnout to vote, and very far behind electorate turnouts from rural and less educated communities. Moreover, we have been doing the most complaining, particularly in media (TV, newspapers etc), about the disappointing state of corruption and politics in our country. While less privileged people seem to be doing something about it, we have been on sidelines with resignation and indifference. Yes, there may be valid reasons such as corrupt system/ individuals being too powerful to be confronted by a single person, but time and time again there are examples of how a collection of committed people accomplished unthinkable (hint: how do you think we won our independence?). Enough is enough!
We are now determined to take concrete and consistent actions to greatly improve deep-rooted ills of this country. We are of belief that ‘Voting’, with goodwill of country in mind, will help bring fundamental and sweeping changes to our beloved country. ‘Voting’, while costing nothing or very little to each and every one of us, is the most effective tool to cause change. A single vote can be like a drop of water that has no power to cause change, but when our votes collect together to form an ocean like our mighty and formidable Indian ocean, there would be no doubt about bringing big changes in our society and government. It is our belief that ‘Voting’ is the highest solemn DUTY that any civilian can do in a democracy. So, enough whining, let’s each of us do our bare minimum part, and collectively we will have the best electorate turnout in entire country and then world.
