So, as
you have guessed, this piece is on Arvind Kejriwal. Before going through the
rest, please think on your own for once (so that you can’t blame me for making
you biased).
Who is
Arvind Kejriwal, in your eyes? An IIT
Kharagpur graduate who dares to be different? An ex-IRS officer, who didn’t
care about his lucrative job? A genuine crusader against corruption who is to be supported blindly given the fact that India is regularly ranked as one of the world’s most corrupt countries? A mere nitpicker who would be
suited better as a journo? A super-ambitious politician? Or an over-hyped
guy who is misled by Indian media? Or simply
a person who is best-fitted under the tag “Mr. Super-clean”?
Well, I know this question is difficult to
answer in one-line. His character has so many shades that it’s next to
impossible to depict him in a single sentence. So, we’ll not try to do that. We
are going to do an in-depth analysis on him.
First
of all, though it may seem from the title of the post, it’s not the fact that I
am dead against of IAC or AAP and going to slam Arvind in the rest of my post (if
you are an Arvind-maniac, relax dear). I have to agree that Arvind has the
courage to be different and he has already done some significant ground-work. As a social-activist, he indeed has appreciable achievement under his belt. Let’s look into his life(as a social worker) briefly:
