When I woke up yesterday, rubbing my eyes in the way to toilet, I wasn't aware that the day, that particular day was not just another rainy Mumbai Day of my life, but my first celebration of democracy @ TISS.
Golly! The election of SWSF (Social Work Students Forum) and CGPC (Career Guidance And Placement) are over. Although, the suspense of candidates' names had left me with a doubt if it was really going to be an election or SENIORS would finally need to invite few among us to join the committees, but the great words are proved again: People Love To Be That Runner, Who Enters At Last but Wins The Race - my words.
The long curious queue as seen in the picture above didn't surprise me, and even, to some extent, compelled me to announce it the celebration of democracy. Election can have a little importance, being just within a group of hardly 200 students, but the messages which are passed through the well-cherished participation were never little, and will never be little.
Needless to say, students came to cast their vote stealing some precious moments from their busy schedule, bunking classes, missing lunch, letting wait their dates at bandstand and the queue had no bounds of age, gender, complexion, region, religion or language. And now it seems awkward to hear Mini-India for TISS, it's complete India, as complete as the Almighty could ever and ever make it.
As the thrones of big-clock kissed the rosy numbers of 4 and 12, the boxes were closed with the destiny of one of the very active committees of Social Work department of a college, which is more than a milestone for other colleges of social works in India, it has become an unachievable destination for them.
Being the first chap to cast the vote and also a polling agent in the vote-count for SWSF, I witnessed the never-seen-before confidentiality and commitment of seniors to bring those faces, whom WE chose, by OUR votes, for the betterment of US. Till the evening 8:30, results were declared, and with that the locked destiny of almost 200 students got wings of freedom to fly out of the counting room.
Well, in SWSF, where the result of Sohni Harshey, one of the most convincing candidate, who lost it finally by just one vote (7 INVALID votes could change it) surprised me, in CGPC some well known names like Pratibha Sharma, Neeru Malhotra and above than all Saurav Datta, who sits on more knowledge than the sum of half of the MSW 1st year, he too missed the list of winners leaving me with the last option to bite my nails to search for a reason. Still, the fact is that they, whose name appeared on the list, are considered the best by us. It tells just one thing that those, who had the fortune to touch the light, touched it, and those, who couldn't touch it this time, have to wait until the sunrise.
Lastly, whoever won or lost, it was the victory of democracy, where we all won!!!
:- A Leaf of TISS
