Flip the bird
2009 April 28
Voters in some parts of Maharashtra will get their middle fingers inked by polling officers. The Election Commission has introduced this change, as most parts of the state voted for municipal, zilla parishad and gram panchayat elections recently and most voters’ index fingers are already inked.
A voter shows his inked middle finger after the polls in Pune on April 23. 
Edited to add on 30th April: Bachchans showing middle finger after voting. Courtesy: Filmcafe.
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rofl!!!:D what an apt choice!
Thats what so many Indian voters actually want to do in their heart of hearts
oh!to be a voter in those parts of Maharashtra and get some perverse satisfaction by convincing myself that this is what they deserve…
Seriously!
Couldn’t EC choose some other finger?
you back ??????????
cudnt stay away cud u ???
and save you from all the calls of Dhirenbhai?
LOL!!
And Indyeah – are you back from your loooong vacation?!!
yes I am
Cool…Exactly my sentiments…
trust midday to report such stuff…
they could have used the thumb instead?? of F off i must say..lol..
They could have used the other index finger also na… But i guess they wanted to be funny.
thats the most apt finger… finally they chose the right one… its symbolic for elections in India !!!!
Indyeah said it all…
Meg, lolzz.. 
Awesome take!
me: Ushus, you finally back or just a teaser? Misssssssssed you. Left couple of comments on your blog. {{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}
Me back… sort of
For now am just reading, and attempting a few re posts on A Quest 
Wl take a bit more time to draft one here.. 
But then, have been reading a lot this morning, and I am itching to get back… Still, the Thrissur Pooram is on Sunday [is it Mothers' Day too?] and I can find time only after that, but I promise to be around to read, ok? 
Looks like the EC has a sense of humour
that’s like Indian Politics is telling us “u voted, hahahahahah, this is for u and u can’t blame us, coz u did it to urself!!!!!”
am not as cynical about eveything…just about politics
Seriously??? LOL. They couldve chosen another hand, right? or another finger like the thumb (no wait, hrithik has two thumbs. Ok, thumb cancelled), the little finger or the ring one?
LOL @ hitchwriters comment
hahahaha….. the joke as i see it, is always on us….
one way or the other!!!!
Very innovative, I have to say
Aaaah CT’s in life;-D
LOL:) Perfect! As OG says, either way, the joke is on us
perfect i would say.. LOL
the voter’s real emotions are out now.. legally
Hmm…. Interesting. Can’t really related to it as I don’t understand clearly what is happening.
And the fact that I don’t like in India, doesn’t really help either. Hence I know nothing about Indian politics, besides the drama in Bollywood movies.
Interesting! Now I feel like going to India and voting!!!
me: Exactly my feelings. For long wanted to show that finger to our politicians.
Can’t blv they did that!
wish we could have a bunch of them showing off to a few leaders! what an apt show of emotion it would be!
As soon as I clicked your blog, this photo was visible and I was wondering why you were showing this photo, with the middle finger out!! Expected to read some joke. Well…..we have to treat it as a joke, hmm?
me: Sandhya, Did you think that Solilo gone mad showing unwanted gestures on her blog?
In some parts of Maharashtra, people have voted and inked on middle finger.
Today, for Gujarat election, everyone was showing double fingers, thank god. I noticed, their forefinger too had small ink mark on their nail. But they did not bother to change the finger. Thank god for that.
Hey, I knew! I didn’t tease you. Election has become a joke now.
But this has turned out to be real joke now with just 45% votes in an highly educated people area! This, after the actors pleading to vote!
Nids aka NM(the stalker)
OG said it all
he he he he
On this topic, check this out.
The Maharashtra CM showing his middle finger to us?
Ha…ha..ha…Thanks AD for the link. Till now we only had doubts but now it is clear that this is what they do to us after elections.
LOL Solilo
About time somebody showed the finger and tell the politicians what they really think of them. Super post!
What a photograph! Where has the ink gone? Was the finger “used” on a politician after voting?!
me: People are complaining of diluted Ink and it is actually dripping. As if we didn’t have enough adulterated products.
lol
Let us all get together to show finger to our netas.
lol.. there has to be a foreign hand in it.. am sure
Wow! I am torn between calling it a “lack of general knowledge” OR “height of sarcasm” on the part of the EC! Whether its a joke or a dumb act, it does echo our views!
ROFL!!check out the whole family!
this is so hilarious!
Solilo awesome pic
They seem rather proud of it too
saw the pics in the paper and felt it was so apt!! what was the EC thinking??? hehehe
I saw that pic in today’s news paper.. and thought Solilo posted the post one day too early !!!
but well here are the great family.. !!!
though i m so sad people are making fun of my most most most favourite Amitabh !!! tsk tsk… sob sob…
me: Ha..ha.. not only Bachchans but many actors showed middle finger and then laughed.
me and N discussed the same thing this morning and the way bachan’s show it is also funny
lol… thats funny…
hey how are you????
At last someone gives the reason..I have been wondering about this as we didnt get inked on the middle finger.