Now the Fever has caught me...

No I'm not talking about the summer heat here.. I'm talking about the election fever. I, as a honest citizen (or supposedly one) do not want to miss my vote. But who do I vote for?? Name one candidate opting for re-election whose assets have nto increased manifold without anybody else knowing how. Is that hard?? Ok name one candidate who has a solid ideology - ok this is asking for too much.

The problem is, everytime I think of whom to vote for, I seem to have no option but to lower my expectations. There are these simple things I would love to see in my country:
1. Solid infrastucture
2. Solid plan for poverty erradication - if people want to get out of poverty - they must have a way out.
3. A conductive environment for innovation
4. No bloody red-tapism and buerocracy.
5. A vast majority of the population who are literates
6. Absolutely no corruption
7. Overall sense of security in the society

Maybe these things are not so small. But lets face it, I'm sure everyone in this country wants these things right? Who is the right person to give all these things. Definitely not Congress or UPA. They have already proven to be disasters in all of the above. The first things I decided when I started reading the news about elections is that, if the same group of people come back to power, then it is doomsday for the country. But what are the options I have?? Advani?? What crediability does he have. Communists?? I better be dead than red. So, on the face of it, I do not have much options.

In this scenario, there is only one thing I can ask each of you to do. Please do vote. Let us make a difference this time guys.