I'm thinking of the boys I met in Matihana village in Jamshedpur district, bordering Bengal. Their village looked totally remote with the tribal women still wearing sarees without blouses.

In Bengali they told me that they were from the Munda tribe, many of them voting for the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Because the village looked really beautiful and because we had no other place, we did the show from this village. We struck a deal with local boys that we would give them a tour of our bus if they sat around quietly while we anchored.

Naghma's show went first and then I came on. Some people heard me for five minutes and then got really restless because they couldn't understand me. I asked what was wrong. They said that they spoke many languages-Santhal, Munda, Bangla, Oriya and many even, Hindi. Being multi-lingual came naturally to them but the language they really wanted to learn was English.

Which party understood their needs? None, they said. Actor Nitish Bhardwaj of Mahabharat fame had once been their MP but had worked no miracles, given no 'darshan'.

The boys were in a village but they knew all about our world. During a tour of our bus, they knew what a satellite was and even a production control room. But they didn't know how to make their politicians understand their aspirations.

Some had voted for a regional party, hoping that being closer would make them listen more. They wanted more. Especially to add English to their long list of languages.