19 Things You Should
Know About the
2019 Elections
Dr Prannoy Roy and
Mr Dorab R. Sopari-
wala have summed
up the 2019 Lok Sabha
elections rather well.
Their pre-poll research
and analysis offer deep
insights. Some of their
estimations and con-
clusions did not prove
correct on countingA River Runs Through Us
This story by Steve Salerno isbeautifully narrated.
One cannot help but recall Lord Alfred Tennyson’s
‘Song of the Brook’ and its immortal line: ‘For men
may come and men may go—but I go on forever.’
Human life is a quest for joy and meaning, and as
we grow, we distance ourselves from old relation-
ships and make new connections. The permanence
of nature and everlasting relationships, set in its
midst, makes it all so beautiful.
—Dr N. Gopalakrishnan, BengaluruThey have understood
that the party capable
of leading the nation
on the path of develop-
ment, peace and pros-
perity deserves their
vote. These election
results bear this out.
Let us salute the
mature voter.
—Ved Prakash Arya,
JaipurThe Magic Bus
While reading Kindness
of Strangers, I imagined
myself in the place of the
narrator and found great
relief that the kind man
offered his seat to the stu-
dent. It is wonderful to
know such gracious peo-
ple are still among us.
The end of the story: “It
revealed to me an impor-
tant fact—that we can all
share what we have, in-
cluding our burdens, and
help our co-passengers in
this journey called life.”—
brings immense hope.
Kudos to the author,
Jagdish Joshi.
—M. V. Apparao,
HyderabadThe Life of Letters
This story was an inter-
esting read. It rekindledOVER TO
YOU
Notes on the
May issueday—the incumbency
factor, representation
of women and youth,
effect of the assembly
elections, pay-off from
alliances—but most
other observations
were valid.
Truth be told, vo-
ters tend to be unpre-
dictable. Over time,
though, the Indian
electorate has matured
beyond expectations.16 july 2019
Dr N. Gopalakrishnan gets this month’s ‘Write & Win’ prize of `1,000.—EDs