Don't underestimate the power of a common man in Delhi!

Looks and profession can be deceptive most of the times. Look at this person in the picture who is around 65 years of age and whom I have engaged from Rajghat to Connaught Place in Delhi.

He runs this recently introduced eco-friendly rickshaw to carry at least five passengers on share basis to eke out his livelihood. The maximum speed it can touch is 35km/hour and costs around Rs.1.2 lakhs. Anyway that is not of much  relevance here.

He is very friendly and seems to have a permanent smile on his face.In the 15 minutes pleasure ride I had on this rickshaw in the company of my colleague Saroj Kumar Singh, interesting things have been realised that illustrate the power of technology and how it has made even ordinary people powerful and well informed.

His name is Abdul Rahim and he is an AAP sympathiser, that too because of Arvind Kejriwal's association with Anna Hazare in the past during the anti-corruption drive. He is proud to wear the AAP badge on his shirt but feels that AAP is disappointing these days. He is of the opinion that Arvind is not going in the right direction as in the initial days. He is extremely happy that NOTA is an option in the elections and feels that though not yet decided he might prefer to use it.

The most exciting learning happened as we alighted. When I asked him if I could shoot his picture, he accepted very willingly and asked me to post it on Facebook. I was pleasantly surprised and asked him if he knew about Facebook. To our utter astonishment, he took out his smart phone from his kurta pocket and showed us his FB page. He revealed his gmail id to us and requested us to get connected.
At that point, the only dialogue that hit me was "Don't underestimate the power of a common man" by SRK in Chennai Express.

Imagine how soon India will develop if we only we had good governance and good leaders with such powerful common men across the length and breadth of India, supported by the latest technological advancements.

Hats off to Abdul Rahim. We need as many of them as possible and I repeat "Don't underestimate the power of a common man".

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