Worth A Read ! Till I went to IIT, I didnt have a clue about the world. There, I heard people having conversations in English for the first time and I was shocked to learn that people in India had such conversations. Surviving the first few weeks of intense ragging would perhaps help him learn conversational English, a language he had studied but rarely spoken at home. As he grappled with his engineering classes, Kejriwal would also learn about the wider world. Read Complete Article: hindustantimes/india-news/arvindkejriwalacommonmaninpolitics/that-man-in-the-corner/article1-1176778.aspx While many credit Kisan Baburao Anna Hazare for the success of the 13-day agitation for a Lokpal Bill in 2011, few knew that it was Kejriwal who was driving the movement. While Hazare lay on stage, fasting, Kejriwal led the backroom strategy meetings. He would tell us what to do, who to speak to, who to tap for resources. Anna would just wave but it was Kejriwal who would formulate the positions that the movement was adopting, says a senior party colleague. As the agitation began to gain critical mass, Kejriwal deftly navigated Hazares name and face, which seemed to match his messianic belief in rooting out corruption from the prevailing public discourse.
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