Saleel Pulekar

We went like this in the metro from Keshav Puram to Kashmere Gate to Rajiv Chowk and back. The response was very strong. People were eyeing us as though we were celebrities (of corse we are), some looked with suspicion, some even with some fear and insecurity....may be they though we are the goons of the politicians or politicians of the goons ;-) Some people even asked us who should we vote, we just said, we need a change! Some asked us, who are you supporting? We said doesn't matter. You make your choice. Some were cribbing, its not going to make any difference. Some were appreciating our efforts, some started arguing with us. It was fun. I realized even more strongly the extent and intensity of the apathy in the Indian educated masses about the Indian political scenario. Most people have given up hope. People have lost trust in governance, they are disgusted. But I am determined to make a difference, and so can you. VOTE and tell 10 others to VOTE, for a change. All the best

No, I am not referring to His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, definitely not Mr. Manmohan Singh;-) Embodiment of Excellence Mr. Vinod Menon, my TTC (Art of Living Teachers Training Course - Phase 1) teacher; and I take great pride for having done TTC with Vinod bhaiya. I was lucky enough to meet him on Thu evening. Some snippets: ....Apply the spirit. Many times the mind, intellect, memory or ego come in the way of the objective of the spirit. For eg. If you want to meet another volunteer to discuss some seva project, the ego may say, he should come to me, why should I go to him? Excercise your awareness and make the intelligent choice of honouring the spiritual objective by overriding the objective of the ego. Fri, 10 Apr, 12 noon...Vinodji was scheduled to conduct a session for YES!+. We were to finish showing a 20 min video ' Shashi Tharoor interviews Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on CNBC '. At 1150 am we were still struggling with the projector cable and laptop...when he arrived ..10...