An appeal to VOTE...

I came across is beautiful poem* during some random reading. I thought it's apt and would inspire some (if not at least one) of you to go and vote in the coming Indian elections:

It has happened
and it goes on happening
and will happen again
if nothing happens to stop it.

The innocent know nothing
because they are too innocent.

The poor do not notice
because they are too poor.
And the rich do not notice
because they are too rich.

The stupid shrug their shoulders
because they are too stupid.
And the clever shrug their shoulder
because they are too clever.

The young do not care
because they are too young.
And the old do not care
because they are too old.

That's why nothing happens
to stop it.
And that is why it has happened
and goes on happening
And will happen again.

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*This is an English translation of a poem written by German poet Erich Fried.