A new session, a new beginning. Freshers enjoying the newness in their life and the older ones enjoying seniority. It was a zestful start of the new academic year. Most students are in complete action yet some of the timid ones are making their way through the daily happenings.
30th August, yet another common day, horrible sultry weather, early morning traffic congestion, utter chaos at the college entrance, students running late for classes, teachers in full spree - well planned with their lecture schedules for the day, everyone out there was following their daily rituals. This ordinary day became not so ordinary as soon as the news of college Presidential elections made a buzz around. Until last week there were inputs from North Campus regarding the DUTA elections and this week again we had something to our delight, the college President and Vice-President elections. The most spontaneous thought that struck everyone’s mind was of the nominations in the following categories. With immense pride we were informed that a third year student from our course was one of the proposed candidates. Enthusiastically I and my friends began campaigning for her. In the past we had seen her promising performance in all spheres, so to speak. We all know with upcoming positions in life comes responsibility too! Her accomplishments in the past had been such that they were self explanatory of her calibre and dedication.
The election fever was in the air. Everybody was equally excited as the candidates themselves. I and my friends became a part of the core committee for election campaigning. We gave in our inputs too, not only designing posters to be put up all around college, but also to the extent of exhausting our phone balance in promotional text messages, no stone was left unturned. This wasn’t the end to our fancy propaganda strategies, in order to show our support for our candidate we all decided to wear badges with the candidate’s name on it. Each and every person’s support mattered a lot for her victory. Until all this happened no one could have better understood the Airtel advertisement 'har ek friend zaruri hota hai .' We went about the entire campus sporting her promotional colour ‘yellow and black’ in a funny manner yet delivering fashion statements by carrying matching coloured hoardings to team up with them. We also came up with catchy slogans like‘‘hamara neta kaisa ho kanika chaturwedi jaisa ho’. Ignorant of the glances people made to our unusual appearances, we were just so proud to be a part of the campaigning session. The best part of all this was that we could miss classes on the pretext of elections and actually chill in college which was a rare chance for JMCites. Our entire day went by giving our candidate an edge over the other competitors. After a daylong hectic campaigning in and around the college campus, everyone was assembled in the hall as it was time to deliver the much awaited & well rehearsed speech. Each nominee exploited their full potential to deliver a speech of purpose. Each one tried to state their best possible suggestions to address the common problems of their fellow mates.
The current scenario is that election campaigning is an ongoing process and the footfall of supporters is increasing every minute. Fingers are crossed, anxiety levels are at its peak. Everyone’s hopes and aspirations are awaiting the final judgement. I, as an individual gained a lot from this experience, the right kind of spirit, healthy competition, moral and ethical concerns relating to the procedure, free will to support whosoever one likes. I would sum up this article by saying that elections and in turn being voted for a position is a great platform to explore one’s leadership qualities and whether or not one wins, one should not get disheartened as there is definitely a lot to learn, hands down. My best wishes with the candidates. May there be a "a new leader, a new vision and a new direction."
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Surbhi Vip is a psychology student from Jesus & Mary. She is immensely passionate about dancing, an ardent lover of various dance forms. Her hobbies include expressing her inner self and interacting with people through her articles, poems, blogs, etc. and through DU Dastan she wishes to reach out to her peer community at DU.
