Hey everyone, I hope you liked Episode two! I learned a ton on this one. I'm curious to hear what was the most surprising thing to you in this episode. We've got three more episodes coming, every wendesday. So keep an eye out for that. Also, If you want to help me make Vox Borders bigger and better, check out the Video Lab: bit.ly/vox-video-membership See you next week!
Thank you Johnny Harris for creating such precise, unprejudiced and informative content from my homeland. We love Vox Borders and always look forward to your new content! :)
I love how fact-based this video is. No Bollywood music, no politics, no assumptions that Indian's all speak Hindi. Keep coming up with more fantastic content my brother!. Kudos.
Despite the many flaws of our country and it still being quite backwards, India has made a lot of progress throughout the years!!!! We have some stuff that other countries dream for. And some of it, we are struggling to keep like secularism when the Pakistani refugee bills or whatever you call it came up back in December, and many other problems as well, India still has some hope perhaps. Can't say the same for countries like America where Trump is still likely to be reelected.
My grandmother is 77 and when she go with my father to vote i can see the smile on her face.. a smile of pride .. As she was born before independence of India she admire the election and her right to vote!
Same for my grandpa, born in 1926 he was an independence activist, he died 2 years ago, he wasn't satisfied with India though, he said if people like Bhagat singh and SC bose would be alive today they would be ashamed of what India has become and failed to develop
@@waitwhat3547 India is stil a developing country because of congress , in 1970s&1980s when congress was in power they didn't give a single development to us that is why in 2020 India is still a developing country . And even Shaheed Bhagat Singh and SC bose too hate Congress party . when in 70s & 80s china and Japan were working hard to become a super power in 2020 at that time in india Congress was doing corruption which made us still a poor nation
@@arldsouza8463 yes, they are corrupted and in a report it was even said that 55% MLAs in BJP are criminals but still in last ten years we have seen a rapid growth in gdp and in economic sector too we are growing very fast and modi is doing more for defence sector as China and Pakistan are always there to take are States and Congress will sell whole country for some money but BJP is not that corrupt to sell the ladakh or arunachal pradesh to china instead they have done more work on our soldiers .
I spent six months working in India a while back, and during my stay, many of my Indian coworkers made legitimate complaints about political problems in India: corruption, political dynasties, and other things. And I agree, there is still a lot to root out. But there's one thing I can't shake: throughout its independent existence, India has never had a military coup. Never had a dictator take power. And quite frankly, that's better than much of the world, so kudos.
@@adrian.henriq I was saying that a huge part of brazil is covered by the amazon rainforests , and is not fit for agriculture . And anyways , the gangetic basin is still the most fertile in the world along with east china and east usa.
Me too. Just like you said , it is incredibly overwhelming yet humbling at the same time. I also applaud the thousands like us who contributed to make the process a bit easier. Proud to call myself an Indian
@@JayPatel-ug1nh Currently NDA Govt. Is really working out for Infrastructure I don't if you know about Western Dedicated Freight Corridor(To be Completed by 2022 /21 end now partially opened) and Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (2023-24) And Logistics park along ports If you don't know this the reason why many companies were not intrested in Setting up manufacturing plants in India And Its due to WDFC That now We expect pur Economic growth to be 11.3% and 13.4%(Moody's Report) in Fiscal Year 2021 Hope the situation improves
Wow. Our country is reallyyyyy small and theres about 70 different places to vote and many people still refuse to vote. Nice to see large countries like India care enough for it
@@charlenecamilleri8580 i m always curious about 'Malta' as a country name..? Is ur country the number one producer of Malt in the world....😋 Just curious ....it must have some historical significance?
This guy gets everything right: 1.States all the facts instead of making assumptions. 2.Presents the fact that we don't only speak one language and understands the magnitude of cultural diversity. 3.None of that annoying stereotypical Indian music.
@@StreetDrilla I would agree but everyone uses the same sitar tune with table in the background. But there is good diversity in Indian music which needs to be more out spread. Just saying.
@@pranavtaysheti7858 It's the insecurity I guess nowadays...they want to unnecessarily project themselves as comparable to the west, they are not confident in who they are themselves..
Well tbh EVM's are not very much reliable nowadays in India making it worse for democracy to work there are many aspects to Indian voting system like here in India the major drawback is the voting here is based on caste base politics and votes are easily being manipulated due to lack of educational awareness among the rural region man power is another aspect that plays a major role in corrupting the voting system India being a quasi federal state makes it more peculiar for the largest democracy to work properly so basically it's all hoax in reality
@@amanazhaan7740 Lol stop lying, they're reliable only, Congress is spreading misinformation to gain sympathy. Go and check I amount of work they do in an election booth, everything is checked multiple times and there is VVPAT checking too
Actually many details are missed here about election procedures. Like checking before voting starts. A new feature called VVPAT where you can cross verify in a print slip about your vote etc.
@@kiranp5611 oh really well Netherlands banned it for lack of transparency , Ireland after three years of research worth 51million pounds decided to junk EVM's , Germany declared EVM's unconstitutional and has banned it , venuzula , Macedonia, Ukraine stopped using EVM's after rigging was found
Oh VOX you have done something I didn't think possible , the languages in india 22 official language, Everyone else thinks the language we speak is hindi. Thank you for clearing them out.
It's always hard with multilingual countries. From easy ones like two Canadian languages to really nightmares like the two Congo Republics or South Africa.
@@allentey6870 one in English and then the same paper translated to the native language of that state. So two sets of the same paper in two different languages
This dedication to equality in a developing nation is not only inspiring, but something that needs to be shared globally so that people understand how much work India is putting into their progress
Sir sadly this equality is only in the voting line nowhere else , the government tries to target the majority of india (religion wise) which is Hinduism and they try to take away the secularism and they say it in front of people so you can think what happens under the table.
@@HarshKumar-tp4ts Socialism is terrible idk why people still support socialism when country stayed poor because of this socialism and not to mention congress government also appeased minority to win elections.
For anyone interested, there's a movie called "Newton" which based on the hardships faced by an election official during voting day in a remote, millitant infested region in India
That movie is inspired by the book *Broken Republic* by Arundhati Roy. In that film, in an earlier scene, the army officer, played by Pankaj Tripathi, gives his gun to the polling officer, played by Rajkumar Rao, and says, "भारी है? ये देश का भार है, और हमारे कंधे पे है।" ("Heavy right? it's the country's weight, and it's on our shoulders") Classic example of the ultra nationalist narrative which preaches that army is some sort of deity and it's incorruptible, so it's unquestionable. But in the climax, Raj Kumar Rao snatches the "country's weight" from Pankaj Tripathi's shoulders, just to register few couple of aadivasis' votes!
US: You have to climb a mountain to go vote India: Election comes to your doorstep This is what an honest approach to democracy looks like! Well done India
@@emsontopno5603 that is true,,!! But in America people can send their votes through mail so I think there is no need to set up election booth at the top of a mountain in USA
@@balakumaran1 Do you know the process you have to go through to vote by mail? People only did it more because of coronavirus, so they don't have to go out of their house.
Do you know that in the Gir forest there is an election booth for a single person Edit:Thank you Guys for the likes, these are more than I have ever gotten before
Have to mention this. There is one guy who lives alone in the middle ot the Gir Forest in Gujarat. Which is very farther from any other clusters of settlements. The ECI sets up one booth for this one person, every election year. That is remarkable!
Well it's sad that 1. Our journalists are doing a bad job. 2. These types of things should be communicated to people and people should also come forward to learn these things
As someone from a very small country (The Netherlands), I took a lot of processes like this for granted. In a small country with great infrastructure, it's much easier to set up poling stations. I also have a hard time imagining just how huge India and it's population actually is. It's incredible how many people call India their home country. Thanks for making videos like this! They, without a doubt, broaden my personal borders.
@@placeholder1308 It is tho. You can go from Groningen to Maastricht within 4 hours, and that is sometimes how long it took me to just go from one end of the city to the other in India. Size-wise there are smaller countries, but in terms of accessibility, the Netherlands is small considering how easily I can access all places!
Huge respect for their voting system. As a person who has many Indian friends, i think they are one of the nicest people in the world. This show even more how much they care about the voters.
I came to comment section to post this precise comment. There's also a dude who has voted in every general election ever happened from 1950 till 2019. I just can't remember his name though
Actually, fun story: I was in India during the 2019 elections (my family and I had to go for a family emergency). I had never seen an Indian election in India before, I had always watched it on the news. But it was super cool to see and watch everything going on outside our home! It was insanely organized, right down to the last voter. If only bigger countries could adopt this model. Edit: Also, I recommend the movie _Newton_ to anybody interested in this subject. It's about officials trying to get tribal people in India to vote, even though there's only 76 of them and they live in the depths of a jungle.
It's still less. The main problem is people in big cities vote less. And also there is no postal voting for people(it's their only for military personnel and those on election duty) so when people leave their cities for work they can't vote.
@@poojan423 you are absolutely right. There is a definite room for improvement. As a matter of fact, even I didn't vote. Because I am studying in a city more than 800kms away from my hometown. So, it wasn't feasible for me to manage my exams and voting. But all in all, it is still a very good example that our government and in particular EC is setting
One more thing is even the military personnel don't put any effort in sending postal votes but this year the postal votes we're very high they started counting at 7 instead of 8am. My hubby was on election duty he never used to vote through post but this year he sent the postal vote As he was on duty. He never voted before because he would be on duty.
I heard a lot about the election in the news. But not these kind of details. Wow... I mean, just: wow! Never would have realized it was this kind of undertaking to get every vote. Honestly, India. I'm impressed by this. Kudo's to all these people that help make this huge undertaking as successful as possible.
i am civil engineer i was polling officer this time...but i enjoyed the days while working with people from other department....and yes government gave me double salary and paid for everything. I will do this job even if government stops giving double salary and other perks.
USA: Russia intervened in my election Russia: USA intervened in my election Latin America: Both of you guys intervened in my election Middle East: You guys have election? India: All I've is election
My polling booth was less than 50-60 meters away from my home..i voted for the first time and they also gave me energy drinks and biscuits and some children were playing guitar singing songs outside the booth....i was amazed...i like how my country celebrate elections like festival❤️India❤️
@@charito1595 Yes, only Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and every other English-speaking country in the world. And also only the BIPM, the international organization which regulates the metric system. Oh, and also the US Metric Association and the ASTM, among many other American organizations.
@@anantissar4028 Or, uska matlab hai ki 'It is not without cost. It is understood that a point of praise costs 0.02KB, about RMB 0.0005. But for the rich, they don’t care at all.'
Agreed sister, we have many problems- politically, socially and economically. But we are still a 70year old country and evolving and devoloping rapidly
@@oka3076 Yeah we have some problem but we are growing now People s income increasing Every one is coming online day by day In some years we will solve all these problem s
Yes I like this good job india with so many people and still pay so many efforts and it's working. What an amazing country you've made. Love from bulgaria 🇧🇬❤️🇮🇳
Well done! It is hard to imagine an election with more obstacles, yet India adapts and overcomes all obstacles. My hope is the 21st century will be the century of the free and democratic people of India.
I also noticed that they didn't say the name. Prolly because they didn't wanna butcher the pronunciation. It's respectable. They didn't pick on Assam and leave it out.
@@lois1677 Eminences above 600 metres (2,000 ft) are referred as mountains. Morever, the highest mountain range in the world - the Himalaya is in India.
@@vivekanandan5093 The range extends all the way from Pakistan to Bhutan and China in the east. But the majority of Himalayan Range is within the territory of India.
India: Tries to make voting as easy and accessible as possible for their citizens USA: Tries to make voting as complicated and inaccessible as possible
This process costs $10billion . (38billion considering purchasing power parity to US) To get that much money , Senate approval is needed...Which will never happen 🤕
@@JM-mr6lv you're right, you must have a voter ID to vote in India (so only citizens can vote), no exceptions. Not just that, you can only vote in the constituency where you are registered to vote, for example, I'm a working professional in Delhi but my voter id is registered in another city (hometown) which is pretty far away. So if I want to vote I'd have to take time off work when it's election time in my state and fly back and forth on my dime, which is why a lot of working professionals don't/can't vote and hence why many rural places/towns have higher turnouts than big cities. It's not like you can just waltz your way into a booth and vote like it's nothing. Also, even with all this voter fraud is not complete uncommon. The ruling regional political party of Indian state of Bengal has given voter ids to hundreds of thousands (if not a couple million) of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh (think India's Mexico/Central America) to increase their voteshare. The ruling conservative party at the federal level has promised to deport every illegal immigrant from the country, but as you would guess the issue is as complicated as in the US. Firstly, Bangladesh has already said they won't accept any deported people without any thorough proof of them being Bangladeshi. And Secondly, India & Bangladesh enjoy very friendly relationship, so India for the larger good wouldn't want to upset Bangladesh especially with China already having an eye on all other neighbours of ours. So yeah, illegal immigration is also a hot button issue in India. American conservatives are worried about future demographic changes due to unchecked immigration, a couple of states in India have already undergone a significant demographic change due to years of unchecked Bangladeshi infiltration and one of those states is already pretty close to being a Muslim majority. I'm an out and out social liberal, but I'm against illegal immigration as well.
@@JM-mr6lv theyre seen as illegal and unfair because for the very poor, the IDs are not as easy as its made out to be to get. For example, there may not be a DMV in rural counties where many poor people live (and in the south a lot of black people). These people may not have reliable transportation, putting an unneeded hurdle in their ability to vote. Also a lot of states that put these laws in place couldnt provide evidence of impersonation or illegal voting either, so there was no point
I'm I mean for Real We were actively closing Polling Stations so that minorities cannot vote and back In India they are opening new Stations like they are McDonald's outlets.
Wait what. What does the probability of a house being 50m close to a polling booth have to do with the elctions. Of course there are going to be houses within a 50 m radius
@@jaykay6249 Many of newly developed mini-townships/multi-storeyed colonies with large no. of residents r provided their own EVM booths by ECI, it has ensured even middle-class/urban voters participate with full fanfare.
And it took me just 5 min to reach the polling booth from my home, 10 min if I had walked it... which is a blessing during the summer... Thank you INDIA 💗.
@@endeliggnist5066 I don't know if you heard but there government is providing free food to everyone during this lockdown. India had been self sufficient for decades but in a population of 1.3 million it's impossible to cover everyone that doesn't mean that we can afford it.
inking is just now a traditional thing... unique identification number of every person is synced with central data base so double voting isn't possible. and voting officers tick the name in the voting list at that booth.
Voter suppression in the US by means of partisan gerrymandering, decreased number of polling locations in a community (especially in communities of ethnic or racial minorities), unfair and politically-motivated census questions, etc.
@@jessemonster3659 voting is a success in india due to voter IDs. This is considered racist by US people therefore people like trump try to suppress votes to prevent illegal immigrants from voting.
@@mayday9621 Trust me, as an ABCDesi, it is MUCH better in India than the US. The govt. officials actively try to stop people from voting, and so only 55% of people voted at the elections. Be proud of India, I know that I am! (Although, yes, I agree that we can do better - we have the intelligence and guts for it :)
And of course, there is automatic voter registration! With no way to effectively double-vote, any Indian citizen over 18 can cast a vote with virtually no hassle!
That's not true, actually. I couldn't vote this time because I turned 18 a month before the elections and the Election Commission was unable to register me fast enough. I know a good few people lost their votes due to this reason but obviously the Election Commission did a spectacular job to carry the 2019 elections through.
@@MyNontraditionalLife read about that coz there is amazing rule to mark last end of the right hand whether be it fingers or half cut hand or shoulder.
@@MyNontraditionalLife well they go from home to home every 4 years and if someone needs to apply for a voter id they just can give details to them and youe voter ID ll be at your home in a few days
Deva Rafael we use the electoral college because mob rule always fails. But your pant suit queen lost thus you now hate the electoral college, even though it placed Obama in power too🤦♂️
@@manaskale1030 That's sad :(( Even Chandigarh saw a drop in voter turnout from 74% in 2014 to 70% in 2019. Half the drop was because "what's the point of voting, all our candidates are bad"
@@vaish_kash :- i knw......it's like weekend + election day holiday = beaches in Kokan region. anyway .....its improving now days , much better thn 10yrs back.
Where was he assigned to do his duty? Because if your father was in a turbulent state like Chattisgarh or Andhra (where mobs can get aggressive), he must have had a hectic job.
@@MrSHERLOCKHOLMES42 He did have that actually. So he fought in kargil. BSF is Border Security Force. A lot of people don't realize that the people protecting our borders are not army but BSF. So they are our first line of defense. He was posted in bandipur during the war and later stayed in Kashmir for a year. He was also posted in hazaribag during the 90s which was a naxal area but he himself didn't fight them. But BSF does do that.
@@Sailed_away I am talking about technology while, Rahul gandhi raised the concern on delivering of these EVMs to secure place where counting takes place
*Development in democracy can be slow,but the freedom we enjoy in democracy is just wow !* Yesterday I voted for the first time in Bihar,India (state election). I can't express how much responsibility as a citizen I felt while pressing the key of Voting Machine❤️
@@kuryamtl I was posted as Micro Observer, I only had to see whether there is any problem or not. But I had to do normal election work because the time and place demanded it. At first, it felt why am I doing this. But when I was done, there was self satisfaction.
Be ready for casting vote in Indian election within 6-7 years.. Bocz election commission planning to make easy for nri to cast vote (for proper presentation of nri) without coming India. Just like our burrocrat( ambesbord) cast their vote without coming India
Considering the voter count of 900 million and as the 67.1% (607.9 million) voters voted this time, that figer dipping is really expensive for us because that ink is also little bit expensive.
@@MyNontraditionalLife why if the people want to vote they will vote no need shoving it down ignorant people's throat when most don't pay attention to politics.
Us Indians have come a very long way since 1947 in terms of Economy, Infrastructure, Poverty, Literacy etc. It's not perfect. It never is and there's plenty of bad news always in the air like the threat of Wars, Caste discrimination, rape (even though per Capita we're actually lower than so many 1st world countries but still it's nothing to take comfort in, we can do better) and so much more yet Elections are something that restore faith in this nation. Go to any rural area and you'll see even the illiterate person understanding the value of the vote and taking pride in this election system. Sure, we're not perfect but we always strive to make ourselves better and that genuinely warms my heart.
Yeah, and India will grow constantly. Eventually you will be able to get way better. India has grown a lot in the past decade. I know the country has a bright future(unlike countries like China), and will one day be a prosperous nation with freedom and happiness. respect from Korea.
I always admire India. I love u India!! I wish you all the best and I pray that you will surpass China as the new global superpower. Indians here in my country tend to be kind people and businesmen. Love from the Philippines.
A lot of countries send observers to learn from the Indian elections process. It is truly spectacular. India may lag behind in many things but it has successfully ingrained the concept of democracy in it's people.
Pegasaus no, but if i successfully win your home by out bidding you and then find money under the floor and spend the effort getting it out then yeah the money is rightfully mine
Imagine if they drag it up to a mountain hermit just for him because he is so isolated, and he says “you know what, I don’t feel like voting this year”
It's interesting how India tries so hard to make every voter count, while American politicians (I'm talking about you, Brian Kemp) try so hard to exclude groups of voters.
Democrats love using the black communities for votes but I guess they won't need them anymore as they are attempting to get immigrants to vote for them now.
They aren't telling you about Dalit and Muslim voters who were systematically erased from voter rolls and so lost the chance to vote this year. India's democracy is becoming a farce.
Please don't delete this comment just because it is an inconvenient truth. Most BJP supporters constantly delete any comments that are truthful. Millions of Voters Are Missing in India - Foreign Policy In Tamil Nadu, Muslims and Dalits find it harder to stay on the rolls - The Hindu Over 10,000 Muslim voters 'missing' from electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu's Harbour Assembly- money control.
i don't know why he made video of only 7 minutes only. there are lot of others things in this process which are very interesting like polling booths in snow and how election officers and cops on duty caste their vote, why someone who is in jail can contests the election but can't vote,how election commission arranges 2.6 million employees for elections, why IT guys and civil engineers are important in the whole process, one polling booth in the gir Jungle for just one voter who lives there with with asian lions, bann on alcohol and advertisement, state wise capping on spending for election campaign, effect of two children policy, role of minorities and many more things during this amazing election month!
@@vaibhav3946 you mean a convincted person can vote? In some countries, politicians arrested under preventive laws(due to politicking) won their seats as well.
@@alantan9863 if somebody is still not declared as a guilty then he can contest the election but he can't vote. But nobody in India will be able to win because Indians never accept criminals in the society forget about accepting as a leader. Even having more than two children is against the rules and such parents (born after April 2005) can't become politician in India and they loose many subsidiary and social benefits also because of having more than 2 children.
@@alantan9863 India's judiciary is absolutely independent of it's legislative and executive branch.... A characteristic taken from the US constitution.... Our judiciary is the protector of our constitution, which if threatened by any means, be it an executive order or legislative law, the court has the power to nullify it ...... No one can influence the court and any ruling of the courts regarding the constitution our country is absolutely binding.....
India lives and breathes politics. Almost in every home, every friend's group people discuss about election & politics. And the voting is like the finale for them.
India’s commitment to being the world’s largest democracy is well and truly admirable. Especially when that *other* rising Asian economic power doesn’t exactly have the same commitment to democratic ideals
@nothing If you think Modi is anything like Hitler then you are being wilfully ignorant. You cannot win the resounding majority Modi has in the Indian Parliament twice in a row without the support of minorities, especially Muslims. The minority electorate has clearly spoken about how safe they feel in India through the way they have voted.
Judging by the facts that they founded the country around the same time as India in terrible conditions and is now decades ahead of India in development and quality of life, I'd say it was a pretty good choice. Of course, each country has a unique circumstance and no system is the universal best, maybe democracy will eventually bring India up to pace, there is the possibility.
You're lucky kid. Older folks couldn't learn about the other side of the world so easily when we were your age. The Internet and social media have dramatically expanded access to information.
America: "Brazil, I can explain-" Brazil:"You can vote when you're 18, why not us?!" China:"Wait, you guys have election?" India:"All I have... are election"
Hey everyone, I hope you liked Episode two! I learned a ton on this one. I'm curious to hear what was the most surprising thing to you in this episode.
We've got three more episodes coming, every wendesday. So keep an eye out for that. Also, If you want to help me make Vox Borders bigger and better, check out the Video Lab: bit.ly/vox-video-membership
See you next week!
Thank you Johnny Harris for creating such precise, unprejudiced and informative content from my homeland. We love Vox Borders and always look forward to your new content! :)
I don't hear much in reporting about the caste system in India, and I would like to know how it affects voters.
I expected it to be more about borders rather than indian elections! Still loved it and love your work Johnny Harris ! Editing is bomb!
I love how fact-based this video is. No Bollywood music, no politics, no assumptions that Indian's all speak Hindi. Keep coming up with more fantastic content my brother!. Kudos.
Best ♥️
1/8th of the world’s population was eligible to vote in this election.
That blew my mind.
Here before this comment reached 40 likes!! Predict 1.2k+
@@rafiashraf2769 bruh
@Nate and Noah Try Life ikr
i have voted 1 in evm by 7 o clock in morning 😍
@@rafiashraf2769 let make this happen
No stereotypical Indian music, well researched, unprejudiced... American mainstream media watch and learn
Those americunt media would shoot a video of old delhi while speaking of election in Manipur
Very true!!
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Indian music is not bad but ok.
@@himul9526 what?
What is more surprising for me is that everyone is so surprised, and we in India take this luxury of democracy for granted.
I know right
Despite the many flaws of our country and it still being quite backwards, India has made a lot of progress throughout the years!!!! We have some stuff that other countries dream for. And some of it, we are struggling to keep like secularism when the Pakistani refugee bills or whatever you call it came up back in December, and many other problems as well, India still has some hope perhaps. Can't say the same for countries like America where Trump is still likely to be reelected.
True
@Ranaveer Singh yess
@Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin Stalin are are you.... talking abt Indian elections??😂😂
My grandmother is 77 and when she go with my father to vote i can see the smile on her face.. a smile of pride ..
As she was born before independence of India she admire the election and her right to vote!
My great grandmother is like 102
Same for my grandpa, born in 1926 he was an independence activist, he died 2 years ago, he wasn't satisfied with India though, he said if people like Bhagat singh and SC bose would be alive today they would be ashamed of what India has become and failed to develop
@@waitwhat3547 India is stil a developing country because of congress , in 1970s&1980s when congress was in power they didn't give a single development to us that is why in 2020 India is still a developing country . And even Shaheed Bhagat Singh and SC bose too hate Congress party . when in 70s & 80s china and Japan were working hard to become a super power in 2020 at that time in india Congress was doing corruption which made us still a poor nation
@@triptisharma3376 BJP is as corrupt if not more than congress
@@arldsouza8463 yes, they are corrupted and in a report it was even said that 55% MLAs in BJP are criminals but still in last ten years we have seen a rapid growth in gdp and in economic sector too we are growing very fast and modi is doing more for defence sector as China and Pakistan are always there to take are States and Congress will sell whole country for some money but BJP is not that corrupt to sell the ladakh or arunachal pradesh to china instead they have done more work on our soldiers .
I spent six months working in India a while back, and during my stay, many of my Indian coworkers made legitimate complaints about political problems in India: corruption, political dynasties, and other things. And I agree, there is still a lot to root out. But there's one thing I can't shake: throughout its independent existence, India has never had a military coup. Never had a dictator take power. And quite frankly, that's better than much of the world, so kudos.
There has been attempted military coups and you could say dictators if you could kings.
There has been no attempted military coup or dictators. That is just plain wrong
Never had dictator take power? Kidding right?
We have a dictator in making.
Military coup can't administer such a big territory.
Now THIS is how western media should do a piece about India. 10/10. Borders is my favorite part of Vox for a reason.
Yea same
@@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw aa gaya missionary agenda waale
@@prathamyadav3105 In Brazil, most of the lands are good for agriculture!
@@adrian.henriq I was saying that a huge part of brazil is covered by the amazon rainforests , and is not fit for agriculture . And anyways , the gangetic basin is still the most fertile in the world along with east china and east usa.
@@prathamyadav3105 No, you said most of the land and it's not true!
I was a polling officer in this year's election for the first time and the experience was incredible. The sheer scale of it was tempting.
Well done for your service, a very admirable thing to do
Me too. Just like you said , it is incredibly overwhelming yet humbling at the same time. I also applaud the thousands like us who contributed to make the process a bit easier. Proud to call myself an Indian
Looks like a fascinating and important job! Where did you go?
@@minch333 Uttar Pradesh. A village near Gorakhpur.
Thank you for your service 🙂
USA : So, how can we exclude these people from voting?
India : *literally carry an election booth so that some lonely dude in a jungle can vote
And this is why I am proud of my country. ❤️
He died.
Note: there is another lonely lady in the mountains of Arunachal Pradesh
@@onodera387 RIP
The USA is not the democracy they like to say they are
And then these votes are rigged by political goons.
I flew from Germany to cast my vote. Even though I am non resident, they consider my opinion as I am part of India.
they should have flown the ballot to you man
You could have sent ur vote through post....😂
Man i was on Mars, still on my way back XD
@@rohitrai6187 My country does so but starts counting overseas votes _after_ announcing the results (unless the winning margin is
But a non Indian couldn't get a voter id
Fun fact
In Gujarat, India
Election commission sets up polling both in middle of jungle just for One person!
Edit- sadly that guy died few months ago.
Hes a priest in a temple which is in the middle of the jungle FYI
Ok, now that is what I call a government that cares for its people and democracy!
@@pinksheep406 government don't conduct election.. There is a free body called election commission... Then conduct it...
@@pinksheep406 If our government truly cared for India then we would be ahead of China in terms of technology and development
@@JayPatel-ug1nh Currently NDA Govt. Is really working out for Infrastructure I don't if you know about Western Dedicated Freight Corridor(To be Completed by 2022 /21 end now partially opened) and Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (2023-24)
And Logistics park along ports
If you don't know this the reason why many companies were not intrested in Setting up manufacturing plants in India
And Its due to WDFC
That now We expect pur Economic growth to be 11.3% and 13.4%(Moody's Report) in Fiscal Year 2021
Hope the situation improves
Wow. Our country is reallyyyyy small and theres about 70 different places to vote and many people still refuse to vote. Nice to see large countries like India care enough for it
Vatican city?
@Devesh Gupta oh you have no idea...I call it a democratic dictatorship.
@@hemasingh8033 nope. Malta.
@@charlenecamilleri8580 i m always curious about 'Malta' as a country name..?
Is ur country the number one producer of Malt in the world....😋
Just curious ....it must have some historical significance?
@@theunknown9123 its because back in the roman era honey was made here and honey means malet in Greek, and slowly, Malet became Malta.
This guy gets everything right:
1.States all the facts instead of making assumptions.
2.Presents the fact that we don't only speak one language and understands the magnitude of cultural diversity.
3.None of that annoying stereotypical Indian music.
come on stereotypical indian music is great
@@StreetDrilla I would agree but everyone uses the same sitar tune with table in the background. But there is good diversity in Indian music which needs to be more out spread. Just saying.
I am seeing this comment everywhere. Dude what's wrong with indian music?
@@pranavtaysheti7858 Panjab MC is all you need
@@pranavtaysheti7858 It's the insecurity I guess nowadays...they want to unnecessarily project themselves as comparable to the west, they are not confident in who they are themselves..
Interesting fact- India has a election booth for only 1voter in a jungle.
Tbb re G wut??
Tbb re G maybe there are alot more in that jungle but there is only 1 guy that is brave enuf to vote
Na there is a sole resident in gir forest. An entire booth is setup for him only
siddharth johri how did they know he lived there
siddharth johri source?
I think it's amazing that India works so hard to make sure everybody votes
Well tbh EVM's are not very much reliable nowadays in India making it worse for democracy to work there are many aspects to Indian voting system like here in India the major drawback is the voting here is based on caste base politics and votes are easily being manipulated due to lack of educational awareness among the rural region man power is another aspect that plays a major role in corrupting the voting system India being a quasi federal state makes it more peculiar for the largest democracy to work properly so basically it's all hoax in reality
@@amanazhaan7740 Lol stop lying, they're reliable only, Congress is spreading misinformation to gain sympathy.
Go and check I amount of work they do in an election booth, everything is checked multiple times and there is VVPAT checking too
Actually many details are missed here about election procedures. Like checking before voting starts.
A new feature called VVPAT where you can cross verify in a print slip about your vote etc.
@@amanazhaan7740 well election commission is openly challenging, that no one can tamper EVM. If you can go to EC office
@@kiranp5611 oh really well Netherlands banned it for lack of transparency , Ireland after three years of research worth 51million pounds decided to junk EVM's , Germany declared EVM's unconstitutional and has banned it , venuzula , Macedonia, Ukraine stopped using EVM's after rigging was found
Oh VOX you have done something I didn't think possible , the languages in india 22 official language, Everyone else thinks the language we speak is hindi. Thank you for clearing them out.
So in the school did they only teach Hindi or adding more language from the 22 language ?
Typically, most states have a state language and in schools they teach that language but they might teach other languages as a second language
It's always hard with multilingual countries. From easy ones like two Canadian languages to really nightmares like the two Congo Republics or South Africa.
@@johnjoseph9494 For state exam. Which language will they use for writing the question ? The popular one ?
@@allentey6870 one in English and then the same paper translated to the native language of that state. So two sets of the same paper in two different languages
This dedication to equality in a developing nation is not only inspiring, but something that needs to be shared globally so that people understand how much work India is putting into their progress
Thank you so much
Sir sadly this equality is only in the voting line nowhere else , the government tries to target the majority of india (religion wise) which is Hinduism and they try to take away the secularism and they say it in front of people so you can think what happens under the table.
@@HarshKumar-tp4ts Socialism is terrible idk why people still support socialism when country stayed poor because of this socialism and not to mention congress government also appeased minority to win elections.
@@IndianRepublic_1947 I think you are kinda right in terms of india
@@IndianRepublic_1947 andhbhakt
For anyone interested, there's a movie called "Newton" which based on the hardships faced by an election official during voting day in a remote, millitant infested region in India
and its on netflix
Raj Kumar Rao...
++
That movie is inspired by the book *Broken Republic* by Arundhati Roy.
In that film, in an earlier scene, the army officer, played by Pankaj Tripathi, gives his gun to the polling officer, played by Rajkumar Rao, and says, "भारी है? ये देश का भार है, और हमारे कंधे पे है।" ("Heavy right? it's the country's weight, and it's on our shoulders") Classic example of the ultra nationalist narrative which preaches that army is some sort of deity and it's incorruptible, so it's unquestionable.
But in the climax, Raj Kumar Rao snatches the "country's weight" from Pankaj Tripathi's shoulders, just to register few couple of aadivasis' votes!
@@rajadhirajmaharajLMAO you have the best name ever!!!!
i can't help but smile when i see the youngsters could finally vote!! Really wish the best for them!! From China
How can you use youtube?
@Vũ Mạnh Hưng Đoàn Oh, I thought vpn is also banned in china xD
so you wanna be an indian....
Yes，Breathe of Democracy is so great.
FREE HONG KONG
US: You have to climb a mountain to go vote
India: Election comes to your doorstep
This is what an honest approach to democracy looks like! Well done India
REALLY??... I am Indian and I found this really funny ...but seriously...is it that hard to vote in America??...
@@emsontopno5603 that is true,,!! But in America people can send their votes through mail so I think there is no need to set up election booth at the top of a mountain in USA
@@balakumaran1 Do you know the process you have to go through to vote by mail? People only did it more because of coronavirus, so they don't have to go out of their house.
@@emsontopno5603 Yep it seriously is. Plus they make it hard intentionally, more so for some than others. Google "voter suppression".
America is still using primitive methods like Ballot and there isn't a federal autonomous body. It's extremely bad lol
Election having more than 1 candidate is always complicated.
------Kim Jong -Un
Lol
😂
😂😂
That's a bruh moment
@@h.roychowdhury6026 More like a Kim moment
Fascinating story. I had no idea this was how India voted. Love it, democracy at work.
Do you know that in the Gir forest there is an election booth for a single person
Edit:Thank you Guys for the likes, these are more than I have ever gotten before
I know. The guy is too busy to go out.
There are actually couple of other such booths as well.
@@ScottNguyenRCAC the guy is priest in an ancient temple deep in the forest
I bet you got that info from Bright side.
Or else you could be a guy interested in such things
Yup and that guy votes for the BJP.
Big respect to India. Hope to travel there some day. Greetings from Sweden.
:)
You are very much welcome
You are very much welcome. You will be amazed by the incredible culture of our country.
@@akash_321 which city do you recommend?
@@onlyeveryone2253 Gangtok is very beautiful city and city as shimla, bangalore, nainital which are cities you should visit.
Election in India is like a festival ,rather than democratic exercise
what useless sick mind to dub democracy as festival....
Not a festival if you're disappointed by the results
We voters are like guests and the candidates contesting are like the people who invited us. The EC becomes the organiser. It's amazing!
@@navinbhatia9936 well it is not entirely wrong. election is a celebration of equality, individual right and right to choose leaders in a way........
@@navinbhatia9936 do you even understand English?
Have to mention this. There is one guy who lives alone in the middle ot the Gir Forest in Gujarat. Which is very farther from any other clusters of settlements.
The ECI sets up one booth for this one person, every election year. That is remarkable!
Ya they missed this I was expecting
one who lives in his own shrine, right?
@@lynxb8300 yes
He died😪
@@neelkanth3002 what
You know its good journalism when people from India are learning something new themselves
Well it's sad that
1. Our journalists are doing a bad job.
2. These types of things should be communicated to people and people should also come forward to learn these things
Kiran P dude when our newspapers carry any news their philosophy seemed to be 1 positive news? Well then have 10pages of bad news
@@georgepaul341 bad news is generally more alarming and emotional, which sells better.
Exactly 💯
As someone from a very small country (The Netherlands), I took a lot of processes like this for granted. In a small country with great infrastructure, it's much easier to set up poling stations.
I also have a hard time imagining just how huge India and it's population actually is. It's incredible how many people call India their home country.
Thanks for making videos like this! They, without a doubt, broaden my personal borders.
Jonathan Netherlands infrastructure is not great, its excellent!! A desi in netherlands 😊
Do you watch F1? I saw Giedo van der Garde's video of Ziggo Dome completely filled with Max Verstappen fans and the atmosphere was bonkers.
I wouldn't say the Netherlands is a very small country
@@placeholder1308 It is tho. You can go from Groningen to Maastricht within 4 hours, and that is sometimes how long it took me to just go from one end of the city to the other in India. Size-wise there are smaller countries, but in terms of accessibility, the Netherlands is small considering how easily I can access all places!
Jonathan Netherlands needs more immigration, cultural enrichment, higher population etc. No white
Nevada is still counting their votes
Meanwhile India: **plugs EVM into a computer so that the computer can count the votes on its own**
3 minutes later: *done*
Huge respect for their voting system. As a person who has many Indian friends, i think they are one of the nicest people in the world. This show even more how much they care about the voters.
they aren't generally nice
but i'm glad the one's you met were nice
@@rohitrai6187 I wonder why?
I'm gonna cry.... No one speaks that much Good for us...thanx brother. 😭😭😭😭😭😭
@@rohitrai6187 what u mean??
@@Mohitkumar-mv8mj jaan hi rahe honge aap. Ek se ek bekar ke log hote hain.
This is just so impressive and wonderful. I can't help but feel so very proud even though I'm not Indian.
Incredible India!
When you feel that India is incredible, you are already an Indian..
much love
Me too, I felt so proud and I’m not even Indian
Much lovee to youu ❤️
They also carried a whole polling booth for one person who lives in Gir forest in Gujarat, India.
*Your dedication increased by 1*
I came to comment section to post this precise comment.
There's also a dude who has voted in every general election ever happened from 1950 till 2019.
I just can't remember his name though
Mihir Patel what do you mean so?
@Mihir Patel aisi English to Oxford me bhi nhi pad hate😂
@@ccx22Nice to meet u here.
My homies the Indians using the Loteria game illustrations in order to vote
Greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽
Thanks man Indians love Mexico especially our common taste for spicy food😎
Mexican candy is either spicy sour sweet or a mix of all
Hola Amigo
American: we are the best democracy in the world
Indian: hold my lassi
Kyle D Hahahahahha I couldn’t stop laughing. That made my day Kyle. Mango Lassi 😂
American: Should I drink it?
More like hold my chai......
i guess you have north Indian friends😃😃
Liberandus be like all people are voting democracy is in danger 😂😂😂
Good for India, greetings from Canada!
Thanks Joseph.
India is a beautiful, diverse, culturally rich democratic country. Hope it stays the same.
yes but full of scammers buddy and i m ashamed of the scammers that destroy our image worldwide
@@shagunmohta5994
Yup
I hope that it can keep this deep culture while improving and transitioning into the first-world
Very true! Love to my Indian brothers and sister. From a Pakistani ❤️
@@alinaumer7543 Wow Wow Just Wow ...
I am reading first time someone said love to India from Pakistan ...thanks mate
Actually, fun story: I was in India during the 2019 elections (my family and I had to go for a family emergency). I had never seen an Indian election in India before, I had always watched it on the news. But it was super cool to see and watch everything going on outside our home! It was insanely organized, right down to the last voter. If only bigger countries could adopt this model.
Edit: Also, I recommend the movie _Newton_ to anybody interested in this subject. It's about officials trying to get tribal people in India to vote, even though there's only 76 of them and they live in the depths of a jungle.
Newton is a masterpiece .
I am very interested in this. Thanks for the movie recommendation
Wow, that 67.1% voter turnout is very impressive! Way to go India
One of the reason... i m sitting here in US, so couldnot vote. Love my india.... जल्द मिलेंगे
And adding to the fact that India's population is so huge... 67% suddenly becomes an even bigger number.
It's still less. The main problem is people in big cities vote less. And also there is no postal voting for people(it's their only for military personnel and those on election duty) so when people leave their cities for work they can't vote.
@@poojan423 you are absolutely right. There is a definite room for improvement.
As a matter of fact, even I didn't vote. Because I am studying in a city more than 800kms away from my hometown. So, it wasn't feasible for me to manage my exams and voting.
But all in all, it is still a very good example that our government and in particular EC is setting
One more thing is even the military personnel don't put any effort in sending postal votes but this year the postal votes we're very high they started counting at 7 instead of 8am. My hubby was on election duty he never used to vote through post but this year he sent the postal vote As he was on duty. He never voted before because he would be on duty.
I heard a lot about the election in the news. But not these kind of details.
Wow... I mean, just: wow! Never would have realized it was this kind of undertaking to get every vote.
Honestly, India. I'm impressed by this. Kudo's to all these people that help make this huge undertaking as successful as possible.
It's called festival of democracy in India.
@@vaibhavdeshpande2586, is it or did you just make that up for fun?
Isn't it a festival of democracy? It's a largest festival of democracy.
@@vaibhavdeshpande2586, ya it is. Just that I've never heard it called so.
For those who are wondering, election officials are usually school teachers,state govt employees who have to do the election duty.
Thank you!
i am civil engineer i was polling officer this time...but i enjoyed the days while working with people from other department....and yes government gave me double salary and paid for everything. I will do this job even if government stops giving double salary and other perks.
They are tormented by this job😂 since its tough and risky.
@@manumudgal4988 my dad also gets election duty but he is happy as he meets many new people yeah it is tough but every job is na....
USA: Russia intervened in my election
Russia: USA intervened in my election
Latin America: Both of you guys intervened in my election
Middle East: You guys have election?
India: All I've is election
This needs meme platform
🤣🤣🤣👌
🤣🤣🤣
Mate we just had 3 elections here. Maybe another one on its way
@@lidormizrhai1176 Israel? Bibi is a tough man.
My polling booth was less than 50-60 meters away from my home..i voted for the first time and they also gave me energy drinks and biscuits and some children were playing guitar singing songs outside the booth....i was amazed...i like how
my country celebrate elections like festival❤️India❤️
+1. Also, metres, not meters.
200th like
@@tstcikhthyss Only Canada spells it like 'metres'.
@@charito1595 Yes, only Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and every other English-speaking country in the world. And also only the BIPM, the international organization which regulates the metric system. Oh, and also the US Metric Association and the ASTM, among many other American organizations.
Mine was infront of my house 😂
China: democracy is not gonna work.
India: am i a joke to you?
China:yes，you are点赞并不是没有成本的。据了解，点一个赞要耗费0.02KB，约合人民币0.0005元。但是对于有钱人来说，他们根本不在乎(๑•ั็ω•็ั๑
to the above,
as mentioned that pressing a like needs negligible cost, then what affects because of it.
樓上,
既然點讚要微不足道的成本
那它帶來甚影響
@@anantissar4028 Or, uska matlab hai ki 'It is not without cost. It is understood that a point of praise costs 0.02KB, about RMB 0.0005. But for the rich, they don’t care at all.'
@@lottery248 this is what I wonder either
我也好奇[手动滑稽]
@@VahinSharmalol
India never ceases to amaze, always inventive. Ever striving for a better world!
Agreed sister, we have many problems- politically, socially and economically. But we are still a 70year old country and evolving and devoloping rapidly
@@RahulKumar-ng2gh it truly is Incredible India! 😊
Zuri ToniAnn ”never ceases to amaze” india?? Really??
oka Yeah it’s a pretty great country
@@oka3076
Yeah we have some problem but we are growing now
People s income increasing
Every one is coming online day by day
In some years we will solve all these problem s
Yes I like this good job india with so many people and still pay so many efforts and it's working. What an amazing country you've made. Love from bulgaria 🇧🇬❤️🇮🇳
Thanks...all credit goes to Election Commision of India...they have done great job over the years..lots of love from India.
thank you.
World's Highest Poling booth is set up in Himachal Pradesh (India) 15000ft.
Singh sahab savarn aarakshan ka laabh uthaao
Aur karo tilak lekar taiyaari
Kyunki aa rahe hain bhagwadhari
@@TheAkhilMishra aa chuke hai bhai.....✌️
It's Himachal pradesh
i like how you gotta emphasize its (india). is it even disputed or something? lol
@@debuagartala thank u..... I again made that mistake that I always do😟
Well done! It is hard to imagine an election with more obstacles, yet India adapts and overcomes all obstacles. My hope is the 21st century will be the century of the free and democratic people of India.
By 2025...it's going to overtake japan ...
Source: the economist, i guess
The election month is like a festival here in india, everyone is full of enthusiasm to cast their votes 😊
Kojiro Hyuga
CORRECTION: everyone who is not under 18
@@edrianjustine6608
Even kids celebrate with there parents who cast vote
EdrianJustine kids get a holiday they also celebrate 🎊
No one cares actually and just celebrates for the memes
@@arnavbibra4958 exactly
ASSAM is a northeastern state of INDIA. Thank you.
I also noticed that they didn't say the name. Prolly because they didn't wanna butcher the pronunciation. It's respectable. They didn't pick on Assam and leave it out.
The central India is a open threat to Assam culture and its tradition.
Jai aii Axom.
@@pikurajbhuyan2207 utter nonsense
Assam is an integral part of India
Moi axomia aru moi Mur nijor matribhumi bharati aiik manu
At 15,256 ft., the world’s highest polling station is in India.
That's a mountain. Wow.
Just wow.
@@lois1677 Eminences above 600 metres (2,000 ft) are referred as mountains.
Morever, the highest mountain range in the world - the Himalaya is in India.
@@zravasyaaaryaman6767 and ranges to our Brother nation Nepal...
@@vivekanandan5093 The range extends all the way from Pakistan to Bhutan and China in the east.
But the majority of Himalayan Range is within the territory of India.
@@zravasyaaaryaman6767 yes.... And moreover Himalayas are named after Sanskrit word..
India: Tries to make voting as easy and accessible as possible for their citizens
USA: Tries to make voting as complicated and inaccessible as possible
This process costs $10billion . (38billion considering purchasing power parity to US) To get that much money , Senate approval is needed...Which will never happen 🤕
Yet somehow all of these people are required to have voter ID, but Democrats think that’s too much of a chore in the US.
@@JM-mr6lv you're right, you must have a voter ID to vote in India (so only citizens can vote), no exceptions. Not just that, you can only vote in the constituency where you are registered to vote, for example, I'm a working professional in Delhi but my voter id is registered in another city (hometown) which is pretty far away. So if I want to vote I'd have to take time off work when it's election time in my state and fly back and forth on my dime, which is why a lot of working professionals don't/can't vote and hence why many rural places/towns have higher turnouts than big cities. It's not like you can just waltz your way into a booth and vote like it's nothing.
Also, even with all this voter fraud is not complete uncommon. The ruling regional political party of Indian state of Bengal has given voter ids to hundreds of thousands (if not a couple million) of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh (think India's Mexico/Central America) to increase their voteshare.
The ruling conservative party at the federal level has promised to deport every illegal immigrant from the country, but as you would guess the issue is as complicated as in the US. Firstly, Bangladesh has already said they won't accept any deported people without any thorough proof of them being Bangladeshi. And Secondly, India & Bangladesh enjoy very friendly relationship, so India for the larger good wouldn't want to upset Bangladesh especially with China already having an eye on all other neighbours of ours.
So yeah, illegal immigration is also a hot button issue in India. American conservatives are worried about future demographic changes due to unchecked immigration, a couple of states in India have already undergone a significant demographic change due to years of unchecked Bangladeshi infiltration and one of those states is already pretty close to being a Muslim majority.
I'm an out and out social liberal, but I'm against illegal immigration as well.
@@JM-mr6lv theyre seen as illegal and unfair because for the very poor, the IDs are not as easy as its made out to be to get. For example, there may not be a DMV in rural counties where many poor people live (and in the south a lot of black people). These people may not have reliable transportation, putting an unneeded hurdle in their ability to vote. Also a lot of states that put these laws in place couldnt provide evidence of impersonation or illegal voting either, so there was no point
@@siddharthmehta6220 that was interesting, tnx for sharing
"How India runs the world's biggest election"
*China has left the chat*
Dude, China doesn't have a democracy.. It has a single party rule..
@@pakshalshah8934 that's the joke.
Lol
@@ablackscreen9688 r/ihavereddit
@@pakshalshah8934 That's why they are so successful. The west gave you democracy so you are in a constant loop of infighting and not doing like China.
Who's here after the mess that was the 2020 U.S. election?
I'm I mean for Real We were actively closing Polling Stations so that minorities cannot vote and back In India they are opening new Stations like they are McDonald's outlets.
We need voter ID, this video only further cemented that for me. If they can do it, we DEFINITELY can too.
ya ...i amn
me dude
almost a week after election day... and Trump still trynna win.
Polling Stations within 2 kilometers. Just amazing.. Love You neighbours.. 🇵🇰❤️🇮🇳
Yup bro 👍
Sending some love back at ya our beautiful neighbors ✨
Thank You Guys... Really appreciate your positive response to my comment...
Some love for love♥️♥️ God bless us all....🇮🇳🇵🇰
Love from India to all my Pakistani brothers and sisters ♥️♥️🇵🇰🇮🇳♥️♥️
My polling booth was less than 50 meters away from my doorstep. That's Indian election for you.
Mine was barely 100m too!!
Wait what. What does the probability of a house being 50m close to a polling booth have to do with the elctions. Of course there are going to be houses within a 50 m radius
@@jaykay6249 Many of newly developed mini-townships/multi-storeyed colonies with large no. of residents r provided their own EVM booths by ECI, it has ensured even middle-class/urban voters participate with full fanfare.
Dude. You just happened to live near a booth. Mine was roughly 1.5 kms away.
Mine too nearly 100m.
And it took me just 5 min to reach the polling booth from my home, 10 min if I had walked it... which is a blessing during the summer... Thank you INDIA 💗.
All that money spent listening to everyone's pointless opinions, yet India can't afford to feed her people.
@@endeliggnist5066 ok boomer
Mine was barely 2 minutes walk from my home
@@fahadaslam2000 lucky im not even 18
@@endeliggnist5066 I don't know if you heard but there government is providing free food to everyone during this lockdown. India had been self sufficient for decades but in a population of 1.3 million it's impossible to cover everyone that doesn't mean that we can afford it.
this is how the US should manage it's election not with electoral college
Electoral college is idiotic thing.
USA has a presidential government while india has parliamentary.
@@gabbar51ngh yes 😃😃🤗❤️🇮🇳
If there wasn’t electoral college that means the big cities would decide the election, not the American people.
I dont understand why u guys cant afford about half million EVMs . Whats stopping you.
this is so interesting!! and inking fingers is a genious way to both prevent double-voting and giving people a symbol
inking is just now a traditional thing... unique identification number of every person is synced with central data base so double voting isn't possible. and voting officers tick the name in the voting list at that booth.
& the ink stays for months.
I still had the mark until last week... Moreover as Vaibhav mentioned. polling officer takes hour name off the list.
When we were kids we used to get inked after taking the polio vaccine.
I didn't know other people didn't do that! We are just so accustomed to that, it's like a symbol of democracy now.
India: "Every person should have access to a polling booth"
Meanwhile in the US: *Finding ways to increase voter suppression*
How so?
Chutiya
Voter suppression in the US by means of partisan gerrymandering, decreased number of polling locations in a community (especially in communities of ethnic or racial minorities), unfair and politically-motivated census questions, etc.
@@jessemonster3659 voting is a success in india due to voter IDs. This is considered racist by US people therefore people like trump try to suppress votes to prevent illegal immigrants from voting.
I was just waiting for this comparison
meanwhile in the US you can’t get access to polling booths in city central
Why ?
Don't forget voter suppression
@@RS28_Sarmat Disenfranchisement.
It's disgusting.
Voter turnout in US is surprisingly low most of the times. I always wondered why.
Good job, Indian friends. Keep the democracy. Support from China!!!
Swift Rein you expect him to be know anything about this
How can you use TH-cam?
@@souranilpaul6285 I was thinking the same😂😂
@ImSoBilalPlayer2 People from Tawan and Hong Kong both consider themselves to be the true china...
@ImSoBilalPlayer2 Hong Kong is part of China, and Taiwan’s Official name is the “Republic of China”
Nobody:
State of Georgia:
2km? Do you *want* people to vote? Why doe?
Care to provide the context here?
Pegasaus voter suppression, regressive and inconsistent voter ID laws,
@@baghazukhov152 georgia is xlosing many voting stations, especially in poor/black comunities, to make them walk more and deicentivize voting
@@mohammedsarker5756 do voter id law force people to provide an id and that's it? Cause if that's it that's normal
The US is not a democracy.
This is amazing and beyond impressive. I wish other countries would follow India’s example of trying to include all people to vote!
still we aren't happy maam , we want at least 85% to participate in democracy by casting their vote . particularly more women . I am a poll official .
@@mayday9621 Trust me, as an ABCDesi, it is MUCH better in India than the US. The govt. officials actively try to stop people from voting, and so only 55% of people voted at the elections. Be proud of India, I know that I am! (Although, yes, I agree that we can do better - we have the intelligence and guts for it :)
@@s29nv1sr1 bro come to west bengal bihar punjab and even kerala and then comment.
Amazing stuff. Glad India makes the effort given how hard it is.
Never have I ever seen so much love for India on the internet.
Lol makes me proud tbh
And of course, there is automatic voter registration! With no way to effectively double-vote, any Indian citizen over 18 can cast a vote with virtually no hassle!
Jacob Moss Media nah you gotta register. But it's very easy, so
That's not true, actually. I couldn't vote this time because I turned 18 a month before the elections and the Election Commission was unable to register me fast enough. I know a good few people lost their votes due to this reason but obviously the Election Commission did a spectacular job to carry the 2019 elections through.
@@MyNontraditionalLife read about that coz there is amazing rule to mark last end of the right hand whether be it fingers or half cut hand or shoulder.
@@waterfallsdontsaymeow2917 You are not eligible to vote unless you turned 18 on 1st January of that year. (In this case 2019).
@@MyNontraditionalLife well they go from home to home every 4 years and if someone needs to apply for a voter id they just can give details to them and youe voter ID ll be at your home in a few days
Damn, the US could learn something about voter accessibility from these guys.
Every official city or town has a voting poll.
@Deva Rafael that's less of a gimmick and more of an underlying problem.
albeit it's true, in the US they try to create less accessibility as opposed to more
Deva Rafael we use the electoral college because mob rule always fails. But your pant suit queen lost thus you now hate the electoral college, even though it placed Obama in power too🤦♂️
@@adog7787 So... each person's vote counting the same = "mob rule"?
There's one thing I absolutely hate about this episode.
That it's only 7 minutes.
watch net geo documentry
same here
Who are all here after messy US Elections 2020?
Me
me
The 67% turnout in so difficult conditions makes the turnout in the 2016 US-election honestly emberassing. 55% turnout is just bad
In many states it goes as high as 80% .and in some states it goes as low as 50%
Over that, a lot of people can't vote at times because of some issues with their voter card registration, the number can easily go way up.
@@vaish_kash:- in Mumbai if u give tht excuse people will laugh at u!its holiday so here people go for extended holiday so less voting :/
@@manaskale1030 That's sad :(( Even Chandigarh saw a drop in voter turnout from 74% in 2014 to 70% in 2019. Half the drop was because "what's the point of voting, all our candidates are bad"
@@vaish_kash :- i knw......it's like weekend + election day holiday = beaches in Kokan region.
anyway .....its improving now days , much better thn 10yrs back.
My dad was in the military and it was part of his duty to stop booth capturing. The stories he would tell.
Mind telling us a few?
सच में plz बताओ
As I go get my 🍿
Where was he assigned to do his duty? Because if your father was in a turbulent state like Chattisgarh or Andhra (where mobs can get aggressive), he must have had a hectic job.
@@MrSHERLOCKHOLMES42 He did have that actually. So he fought in kargil. BSF is Border Security Force. A lot of people don't realize that the people protecting our borders are not army but BSF. So they are our first line of defense. He was posted in bandipur during the war and later stayed in Kashmir for a year. He was also posted in hazaribag during the 90s which was a naxal area but he himself didn't fight them. But BSF does do that.
You forgot to mention how these EVMs are one of the most secure voting machines
Rahul gandhi wants to know your location 👀
@@Sailed_away I am talking about technology while, Rahul gandhi raised the concern on delivering of these EVMs to secure place where counting takes place
@@Sailed_away bhakt spotted
@@leevon8908 I've called antinational more times **
I'm here after EVM found on BJP MLA's car in Assam
that indelible ink is very strong. It's been 2 months since I voted but a little mark of that ink is still visible on my 💅
That's silver nitrate
This is absolutely beautiful! Going out of your way to make sure that everyone is included is a lesson we can all learn from India 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
India said:"go big or go home"
rose anne no u
How about I do both
I know what you mean 😛
*Development in democracy can be slow,but the freedom we enjoy in democracy is just wow !*
Yesterday I voted for the first time in Bihar,India (state election).
I can't express how much responsibility as a citizen I felt while pressing the key of Voting Machine❤️
Yes that's true ❤️🇮🇳🤗
Hopefully, Bihar will be corruption free and be free of its legacy....
I voted for the first time also in UP state election. high Five bihari Bro
One question though, why do you always vote for that Nitish Kumar? Vro don't you guys get bored?
I worked as election official for the first time.
Thank you for your service.
Thank you bhau. 🙏
That is great. How was it? Was it what you expected? Any surprises?
@@kuryamtl I was posted as Micro Observer, I only had to see whether there is any problem or not. But I had to do normal election work because the time and place demanded it. At first, it felt why am I doing this. But when I was done, there was self satisfaction.
@@vijaykumar18081993 thank you for your service
I'm Indian citizen and this is genuine video. Great effort Vox.
@Pavan Kumar true😅
@Pavan Kumar that's better than those showing only old delhi
Good job India from U.K, we may did some good and bad in the past but we look up to you and your democratic powers.
Well done to India from the US! 67 percent participation is incredible!
Not some bad things so many things U have done to us bro
It's OK, we beleive to forgive and love that's the only way to move on.
@@MHCE444 😂😂😂😂
Y'all didn't do anything wrong, your ancestors did. Don't take that guilt up personally on yourself.
I'm Indian but I live in Australia now.. watching this makes me so proud of India
Be ready for casting vote in Indian election within 6-7 years.. Bocz election commission planning to make easy for nri to cast vote (for proper presentation of nri) without coming India. Just like our burrocrat( ambesbord) cast their vote without coming India
@@anonymous5946 that's really good 😃😃❤️🇮🇳🤗
Bow Down to the Election Commission of India for pulling such mammoth task. 👍
900 million voter....can u imagine !!!! Bigger than total population of Europe continent
This is very impressive, especially how they just give you a small ink line. In Jamaica they dip your index finger elbow deep.
ROFL ... that made me laugh 😅....is it true or you just being sarcastic?
This indelible ink is supplied to other countries also. Only one company is given the licence to make this ink.
🤣🤣jamaican election commission needs some lessons though
Considering the voter count of 900 million and as the 67.1% (607.9 million) voters voted this time, that figer dipping is really expensive for us because that ink is also little bit expensive.
Damon Salvatore loool it’s true, with a dash of exaggeration. Maybe wrist deep 😂
It's a constitutional right that no indian should travel more than 2 kms from his/her home to cast a vote
@@MyNontraditionalLife why if the people want to vote they will vote no need shoving it down ignorant people's throat when most don't pay attention to politics.
@@JaKingScomez Our election Commission also spends money to bring awareness and posts ads to Vote.
Well, that's not a constituional right, but the Election Commision's policy
Who said it? 🤔 It's guideline by Election Commission.
@@MyNontraditionalLife actually no. That's not a thing
It's pretty impressive ... Respect for Indian people
India is a country like no other. Both in good and bad ways.
It's more of bad when it comes to hygiene, rape, and politics
@@c.c7490 not in rapes for sure...even conviction rate is high in indian than many developed countries. read the rate statistics of the world.
Indian here.agreed 100%
Mostly bad ways. You see the vote count of NDA in TN and Kerala and you understand it.
It's extremely bad in the matter of Rapes and Overpopulation and Corruption.
Us Indians have come a very long way since 1947 in terms of Economy, Infrastructure, Poverty, Literacy etc. It's not perfect. It never is and there's plenty of bad news always in the air like the threat of Wars, Caste discrimination, rape (even though per Capita we're actually lower than so many 1st world countries but still it's nothing to take comfort in, we can do better) and so much more yet Elections are something that restore faith in this nation. Go to any rural area and you'll see even the illiterate person understanding the value of the vote and taking pride in this election system. Sure, we're not perfect but we always strive to make ourselves better and that genuinely warms my heart.
Yeah, and India will grow constantly. Eventually you will be able to get way better. India has grown a lot in the past decade. I know the country has a bright future(unlike countries like China), and will one day be a prosperous nation with freedom and happiness. respect from Korea.
Golden words dude . 👌🙏🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳❤️
Yupp only under the current govt not under the one which wastes so many years.. :)
So really, India is the worlds greatest democracy.
I always admire India. I love u India!! I wish you all the best and I pray that you will surpass China as the new global superpower. Indians here in my country tend to be kind people and businesmen. Love from the Philippines.
We love you too. Personally I think it's time for the east , south America and Africa to shine❤.
I took my mom with me to vote and the matter of fact we voted for different political parties 😂
Hahaha
Thats Indian democracy. Democracy at home as well !!:)
@sumit singh 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍best comment which only Indians can understand....same thing happened in my family.
my dad voted for Congress and mom for BJP🤣
@Idk seems like dads are quick learners 😂
A lot of countries send observers to learn from the Indian elections process. It is truly spectacular. India may lag behind in many things but it has successfully ingrained the concept of democracy in it's people.
Neon Manas thanks to Britain
@@gryffith1378 : Nope, thanks to The Indian Constitution.
Serving it Cold I’m not british... and why should they return the jewel, it is rightfully theirs
@@gryffith1378 'Rightfully theirs' . So if I break into your home and take your TV , it's rightfully mine?
Pegasaus no, but if i successfully win your home by out bidding you and then find money under the floor and spend the effort getting it out then yeah the money is rightfully mine
For the special folks who still use the imperial system of measurement 2km=1.2 miles
@vishu singh nah imperial
@vishu singh sorry, I don't speak school shootings
Tony Toons sorry, I don’t speak no dental care
Ian Holm Expected a better comeback dude.
@@djokerdevil lmao
Imagine if they drag it up to a mountain hermit just for him because he is so isolated, and he says “you know what, I don’t feel like voting this year”
We have option for that also it's called NOTA means non of the above basically you are not voting for anyone
There is a polling booth at up exclusively for just s single person living inside the Gir lion reserve. Read up on it
@@harsh.mishra28 neat
LOL
I heard he died recently
It's interesting how India tries so hard to make every voter count, while American politicians (I'm talking about you, Brian Kemp) try so hard to exclude groups of voters.
Democrats love using the black communities for votes but I guess they won't need them anymore as they are attempting to get immigrants to vote for them now.
They aren't telling you about Dalit and Muslim voters who were systematically erased from voter rolls and so lost the chance to vote this year. India's democracy is becoming a farce.
@@timepickle8443 dalits and muslim voters removed from registers??? What nonsense... show proof or shut up... i bet you are a jealous pakistani.
Please don't delete this comment just because it is an inconvenient truth. Most BJP supporters constantly delete any comments that are truthful.
Millions of Voters Are Missing in India - Foreign Policy
In Tamil Nadu, Muslims and Dalits find it harder to stay on the rolls - The Hindu
Over 10,000 Muslim voters 'missing' from electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu's Harbour Assembly- money control.
@xmr7 pt95 Every time I try to bhaktards delete the comment 😂
Go to the main comments and check for the comment by fed up wannaquit.
I honestly forgot how freaking big India was, like damn
@@manubhatt3 nah, I think it would be 'populous'
Yes diverse and populous both
India is 7th largest country in the world so yeah it is pretty big
So, this is how indian election works. I hope one day, we can see that process in another country.
i don't know why he made video of only 7 minutes only.
there are lot of others things in this process which are very interesting like polling booths in snow and how election officers and cops on duty caste their vote, why someone who is in jail can contests the election but can't vote,how election commission arranges 2.6 million employees for elections, why IT guys and civil engineers are important in the whole process, one polling booth in the gir Jungle for just one voter who lives there with with asian lions, bann on alcohol and advertisement, state wise capping on spending for election campaign, effect of two children policy, role of minorities and many more things during this amazing election month!
@@vaibhav3946 you mean a convincted person can vote? In some countries, politicians arrested under preventive laws(due to politicking) won their seats as well.
@@alantan9863 if somebody is still not declared as a guilty then he can contest the election but he can't vote. But nobody in India will be able to win because Indians never accept criminals in the society forget about accepting as a leader. Even having more than two children is against the rules and such parents (born after April 2005) can't become politician in India and they loose many subsidiary and social benefits also because of having more than 2 children.
@@vaibhav3946 btw, if there any politicians jailed for trumped up charges before? Does India have judicial independence?
@@alantan9863 India's judiciary is absolutely independent of it's legislative and executive branch.... A characteristic taken from the US constitution.... Our judiciary is the protector of our constitution, which if threatened by any means, be it an executive order or legislative law, the court has the power to nullify it ...... No one can influence the court and any ruling of the courts regarding the constitution our country is absolutely binding.....
India lives and breathes politics. Almost in every home, every friend's group people discuss about election & politics. And the voting is like the finale for them.
अपना काम मन लगाकर अच्छे से करो... दुनिया आपकी वाह वाही करेगी. पर कभी भी घमंड मत करना... बस दिल से अपना काम करना
Yep👍👍
Bahut badhiya kaha bhai sahab aapne ! 👌👌🙏🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳❤️
India’s commitment to being the world’s largest democracy is well and truly admirable. Especially when that *other* rising Asian economic power doesn’t exactly have the same commitment to democratic ideals
In China there are more than 1 million ethnic minorities in detention camps so democracy still seems like a better option...
@nothing If you think Modi is anything like Hitler then you are being wilfully ignorant. You cannot win the resounding majority Modi has in the Indian Parliament twice in a row without the support of minorities, especially Muslims. The minority electorate has clearly spoken about how safe they feel in India through the way they have voted.
Judging by the facts that they founded the country around the same time as India in terrible conditions and is now decades ahead of India in development and quality of life, I'd say it was a pretty good choice.
Of course, each country has a unique circumstance and no system is the universal best, maybe democracy will eventually bring India up to pace, there is the possibility.
@nothing kyu be jali na teri lol it was clear and clean verdict elected by people of india get outside the rock you live in . Lol
Modi2024
I’m 13 and always find these videos interesting, Vox borders has taught me a lot about the other side of the world, like life in Hong Kong and India
Same lol
You're lucky kid. Older folks couldn't learn about the other side of the world so easily when we were your age. The Internet and social media have dramatically expanded access to information.
Same but I'm 12
America: "Brazil, I can explain-"
Brazil:"You can vote when you're 18, why not us?!"
China:"Wait, you guys have election?"
India:"All I have... are election"
😂😂😂
Brazilians can vote from 16 and u can even vote in the consulate if u lives outside of Brazil
@@napa5235 oh my bad, sorry
🤣🤣🤣👌