At a time when the media is rife with speculation about the fledgling Aam Aadmi Party breaking up under the weight of it's own inner contradictions and wrangling, here comes a book that more than demystifies the myths surrounding Shri Arvind Kejriwal, debunks the oft repeated dictum about him being a hopeless anarchist and last but not the least a person who brooks no dissent whatsoever against both his expressed as well as considered views..........
As Shri Arvind Kejriwal is prone to saying in his own words, "depending on what you call disruptive, what we are doing is a shake-up of present-day politics; protests are fundamental to our constitution, since when have protests become disruptive?????", so now do tell me do you you want to persist with your nocturnal trend of branding Shri Arvind Kejriwal an anarchist and disrupter........
Gautam Chikermane and Soma Banerjee's 225 page sterling effort entitled "The Disrupter: Arvind Kejriwal and the audacious rise of the Aam Aadmi" traces the meteoric rise of the Aam Aadmi Party- from the day since it's inception to the epochal and historic day when it assumed the reins of power in the national capital (New Delhi) all within a span of a mere thirteen (13) months..........
"The Disrupter" is essentially a saga or then should I say life story with three principal stands: first, Arvind Kejriwal; iconoclast, leader and disrupter par excellence, who has dared to show the guts and temerity to defy nay shake up the fundamental templates of Indian politics and governance.........
Second, the coming together or coalescing of a disparate group of unprecedented and unheralded diversity- a lawyer, an academic, a policy maker, a CEO, an architect and last but not the least a poet amongst many noteworthy others on the streets of Delhi, all bound together by the idea of an India that could be.........
And third, the awakening of the collective consciousness of the Aam Aadmi, and of his belated realisation of the indisputable fact that he can be as active a participant and change-maker in national politics as any other........
This more than welcome reader friendly, easy to understand yet deeply insightful and telling fly-on-the wall provides the reader with a no holds barred account of how these three strands came together or merged to create a brand new political tapestry with unique and eccentric hues intrinsic to it........
And most significantly how a nascent, fledgling and stand alone political party dealt deathly body blows to the prevailing status quo, captivated nay captured or rather held hostage the collective imagination of the citizenry of this vast country; and last but not the least changed in ways unimaginable until now, the contemporary political narrative in ways and manners that are unthinkable, unprecedented and audacious.......
Priced at an extremely pocket friendly and affordable Rs. 295/- (I got if for Rs. 205/- from Flipkart), this eye opener is certainly a must read of every self confessed fan or devotee of Shri Arvind Kejriwal like yours truly; do lay your hands on it and read it even if you detest or loath Shri Arvind Kejriwal from the very depths of you heart as the same may just force you to do a rethink and find merit in Shri Kejriwal and his way of doing things in a manner that is all his very own........
ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Gautam Chikermane is a writer, tracking the unholy trinity of money, power and faith. He is currently hard at work on a subaltern trilogy based on the Mahabharata. As a journalist of some repute, he has held important and domineering positions in some of the country's leading newspapers and magazines Including Hindustan Times, Indian Express and Outlook........
Soma Banerjee in her first innings of twenty three (23) years, worked as a journalist exclusively for the Economic Times and chronicled politics and the energy sector. While she confesses to still feeling the tugs of that profession occasionally, she has recently embarked on an equally creditworthy second innings of heading the energy vertical of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)........
As Shri Arvind Kejriwal is prone to saying in his own words, "depending on what you call disruptive, what we are doing is a shake-up of present-day politics; protests are fundamental to our constitution, since when have protests become disruptive?????", so now do tell me do you you want to persist with your nocturnal trend of branding Shri Arvind Kejriwal an anarchist and disrupter........
Gautam Chikermane and Soma Banerjee's 225 page sterling effort entitled "The Disrupter: Arvind Kejriwal and the audacious rise of the Aam Aadmi" traces the meteoric rise of the Aam Aadmi Party- from the day since it's inception to the epochal and historic day when it assumed the reins of power in the national capital (New Delhi) all within a span of a mere thirteen (13) months..........
"The Disrupter" is essentially a saga or then should I say life story with three principal stands: first, Arvind Kejriwal; iconoclast, leader and disrupter par excellence, who has dared to show the guts and temerity to defy nay shake up the fundamental templates of Indian politics and governance.........
Second, the coming together or coalescing of a disparate group of unprecedented and unheralded diversity- a lawyer, an academic, a policy maker, a CEO, an architect and last but not the least a poet amongst many noteworthy others on the streets of Delhi, all bound together by the idea of an India that could be.........
And third, the awakening of the collective consciousness of the Aam Aadmi, and of his belated realisation of the indisputable fact that he can be as active a participant and change-maker in national politics as any other........
This more than welcome reader friendly, easy to understand yet deeply insightful and telling fly-on-the wall provides the reader with a no holds barred account of how these three strands came together or merged to create a brand new political tapestry with unique and eccentric hues intrinsic to it........
And most significantly how a nascent, fledgling and stand alone political party dealt deathly body blows to the prevailing status quo, captivated nay captured or rather held hostage the collective imagination of the citizenry of this vast country; and last but not the least changed in ways unimaginable until now, the contemporary political narrative in ways and manners that are unthinkable, unprecedented and audacious.......
Priced at an extremely pocket friendly and affordable Rs. 295/- (I got if for Rs. 205/- from Flipkart), this eye opener is certainly a must read of every self confessed fan or devotee of Shri Arvind Kejriwal like yours truly; do lay your hands on it and read it even if you detest or loath Shri Arvind Kejriwal from the very depths of you heart as the same may just force you to do a rethink and find merit in Shri Kejriwal and his way of doing things in a manner that is all his very own........
ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Gautam Chikermane is a writer, tracking the unholy trinity of money, power and faith. He is currently hard at work on a subaltern trilogy based on the Mahabharata. As a journalist of some repute, he has held important and domineering positions in some of the country's leading newspapers and magazines Including Hindustan Times, Indian Express and Outlook........
Soma Banerjee in her first innings of twenty three (23) years, worked as a journalist exclusively for the Economic Times and chronicled politics and the energy sector. While she confesses to still feeling the tugs of that profession occasionally, she has recently embarked on an equally creditworthy second innings of heading the energy vertical of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)........
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