Elections in India are often a time of enticing promises and opulent gifts, and everyone in politics is suddenly and touchingly concerned about the daily suffering of the regular citizen. Bicycles, phones, computers, free water and power, cheaper food and fuel, significant amounts of cash, and free water and electricity are usually on the menu. Freebie culture has reached such alarming heights that the majority of some political parties’ election platforms are, as carefully thought-out plans, based only on offers of freebies, explicitly promising voters that they will receive tonnes of freebies if the political party wins. In India, it is a common tradition for political parties to present voters with gifts right before elections. Money has always been offered to voters; this has never been a secret. Political parties, however, are increasingly luring voters with freebies like energy, water, internet, public transport and even meals if they back and elect them to office.