Azaadi to patriotism, a generational sweep-India-The Times of India
Abdul Hai Khateeb, 80, has never ever voted — he believes in "azaadi". He has no intention of changing his stand at this ripe old age and will not vote this time either. He is the resident-grand-old-man with his known "separatist views" in this town where both BJP candidate Daya Krishen Kotwal, as well as Congress nominee and former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, are trying to woo him into casting his vote.
His son will not vote because he is not around. He crossed over 10 years ago — into Pakistan, along with militants. He is apparently still there. The family seems to have given up on his return.
Khateeb's grandson Abu Zarein Khateeb would have been a first-time voter at age 26. An MBA graduate from Bangalore, he runs the family shop in Sadarbazar, set up by his grandfather. Abu declares emphatically: "I am a hundred per cent Hindustani."
Monday, November 24, 2008
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