Hellow I am here with another tale from an Indian village where a majority of its people belong to Lambadi tribe.I happened to speak to one of its older woman-Dhammi Bhai wife of Naik.She is the mother of a son and a daughter.Son, working in Rayalaseema Thermal Power Plant- a PSU and daughter in RIMS-KADAPA as a nurse.She is responsible for the maintenance of the nearby temple built by a Reddy of that village.
I happened to visit that temple during the time of elections.I was in 8th standard then, so I could not gather much information nor could I ask significant questions to know about her.To my luck, I remember my father asking her about the election atmosphere there and her opinion on that.
She explained my father about those two rivals contesting the elections, each one backed by a Reddy(dominant caste in that region).Then, with an innocent face and with a sense of faith in god and dharma she explained to my father that, one of the contestants gave two wine bottles to her son and the other gave 500 rupees to her.So they decided to be impartial- 2 members would vote to one and the other two of the family to the other!
I was shocked at the degree of ignorance they had.Many of them have this even now.But it is tough to educate them about politics and their right to assert their opinion in elections.After all, the only thing that bothers them is the wage that they earn by working the whole day and any extra bounty during these dramas-elections.
I happened to visit that temple during the time of elections.I was in 8th standard then, so I could not gather much information nor could I ask significant questions to know about her.To my luck, I remember my father asking her about the election atmosphere there and her opinion on that.
She explained my father about those two rivals contesting the elections, each one backed by a Reddy(dominant caste in that region).Then, with an innocent face and with a sense of faith in god and dharma she explained to my father that, one of the contestants gave two wine bottles to her son and the other gave 500 rupees to her.So they decided to be impartial- 2 members would vote to one and the other two of the family to the other!
I was shocked at the degree of ignorance they had.Many of them have this even now.But it is tough to educate them about politics and their right to assert their opinion in elections.After all, the only thing that bothers them is the wage that they earn by working the whole day and any extra bounty during these dramas-elections.
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