PANAJI: Since Navendu Shirali relocated to the US a decade ago, he has made six trips again house to Goa so that he doesn’t fail to spot his proper and duty as a citizen of India: Vote.
Navendu, 36, is now based in New York. But while many citizens simply select to take elections as a vacation and abstain from voting, the management skilled has no longer neglected an election since he was eligible to vote in 1999. Since then, he worked for 10 years with Infosys in Bengaluru and then moved base to Belgium and the US, each and every time making it some degree to go back house and cast his vote.
The Dona Paula resident will return to New York once he casts his vote at the parliamentary elections on Tuesday.
“In my thoughts, we can't crib in regards to the gadget, if we don’t do our elementary duty as a citizen. Every citizen has two duties—one is to vote and the opposite is to invite questions in regards to the ones who we vote for,” Navendu instructed IdealNews on Monday.
On Tuesday, when Goa votes to make a choice its two representatives to the Lok Sabha, Navendu will line-up out of doors the polling sales space within the town first thing within the morning.
More than a formality, it’s a duty that is still sacred to him, although he admits his personal cousins don’t care to vote if they are out of doors the city on election day.
“India is a vibrant democracy but the quality of our legislators we could us down. The form of content that is going in another country about our legislators is unhappy. This is in sharp contrast to the talent that we produce in different sectors.
“The downside with Indian politics is that the top talent is going to company, the next top turn out to be executive officials, leisure do circle of relatives trade, while the least get into politics. Our supply line in politics could be very deficient. We need a new batch of politicians, however whoever wants to get into politics is eliminate via how other people select their representatives,” said Navendu, who was “brainwashed” into voting for a certain party when he was younger, however sooner or later learnt to make his personal selection.
Navendu has been a voter of the Panaji assembly constituency and repeatedly requested questions of his legislator, Manohar Parrikar, until 2014 when he took over as Union defence minister. Until his demise remaining month, Parrikar was “open and engaged in conversation”.
Rescheduling meetings and making the long go back and forth house doesn’t come simple.
“For this go back and forth on my own, I needed to reschedule a lot of my meetings with purchasers. The voting share in the US is low, so many of them find it humorous that I'm going the entire manner (house in India) to vote. But there are others who recognize me,” said Navendu.
Back house, his folks are satisfied to see him, although they too can't understand his obsession with something that many take as a right.
“They feel I prioritise voting over different important things. There had been issues up to now when I've no longer travelled. I want to strike a steadiness. I am just too captivated with this,” he said.
Navendu, 36, is now based in New York. But while many citizens simply select to take elections as a vacation and abstain from voting, the management skilled has no longer neglected an election since he was eligible to vote in 1999. Since then, he worked for 10 years with Infosys in Bengaluru and then moved base to Belgium and the US, each and every time making it some degree to go back house and cast his vote.
The Dona Paula resident will return to New York once he casts his vote at the parliamentary elections on Tuesday.
“In my thoughts, we can't crib in regards to the gadget, if we don’t do our elementary duty as a citizen. Every citizen has two duties—one is to vote and the opposite is to invite questions in regards to the ones who we vote for,” Navendu instructed IdealNews on Monday.
On Tuesday, when Goa votes to make a choice its two representatives to the Lok Sabha, Navendu will line-up out of doors the polling sales space within the town first thing within the morning.
More than a formality, it’s a duty that is still sacred to him, although he admits his personal cousins don’t care to vote if they are out of doors the city on election day.
“India is a vibrant democracy but the quality of our legislators we could us down. The form of content that is going in another country about our legislators is unhappy. This is in sharp contrast to the talent that we produce in different sectors.
“The downside with Indian politics is that the top talent is going to company, the next top turn out to be executive officials, leisure do circle of relatives trade, while the least get into politics. Our supply line in politics could be very deficient. We need a new batch of politicians, however whoever wants to get into politics is eliminate via how other people select their representatives,” said Navendu, who was “brainwashed” into voting for a certain party when he was younger, however sooner or later learnt to make his personal selection.
Navendu has been a voter of the Panaji assembly constituency and repeatedly requested questions of his legislator, Manohar Parrikar, until 2014 when he took over as Union defence minister. Until his demise remaining month, Parrikar was “open and engaged in conversation”.
Rescheduling meetings and making the long go back and forth house doesn’t come simple.
“For this go back and forth on my own, I needed to reschedule a lot of my meetings with purchasers. The voting share in the US is low, so many of them find it humorous that I'm going the entire manner (house in India) to vote. But there are others who recognize me,” said Navendu.
Back house, his folks are satisfied to see him, although they too can't understand his obsession with something that many take as a right.
“They feel I prioritise voting over different important things. There had been issues up to now when I've no longer travelled. I want to strike a steadiness. I am just too captivated with this,” he said.
From New York to Goa, executive flies down for every vote
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