Thou Shan't Fail

Arvind Kejriwalji,

Namaste.

Let me start with introducing myself. I’m a politically active citizen of India. Of my 6 years of right to vote I have witnessed 3 elections and have voted in all. I’m not a Delhites, hence all I know of you, your party and your philosophy is only through media peep hole. Now that you know me, allow me to congratulate me for the magic you have spelled. No, not that of coming from nowhere and becoming a chief minister, but for making the this country politically alive. We now have more of discussion in our lunch table and coffee breaks on political future of India rather than saying “Iss desh ka kuch nahi ho sakta”.

Thank you for being such a badass. J

Before we talk more, I shall confess that initially when you moved apart from the man who has led all his life fighting for what you say is your mission, I found you opportunist. I smelled that this is what you wanted from Day 1. But somehow sequence of events later and post declarations of results have changed my perception completely towards you.

I really don’t know how are going to fulfill all that you have promised. I also don’t know if all of that can be logically possible or not (all those who have many more grey hairs than me say that your promises are like “Mungerilal ke hasin sapne”). I also don’t know if you will get the required support from one’s who are all looking for one such opportunity to tear in pieces. I also don’t know if you have your own men with you or not. 

You are one that Yudhisthira in this Mahabharata where all can be as sinful as they want but you cannot afford to be wrong even a single time.  

But having said this all, I still want you to win. I wish your experiment with countries politics succeeds. And all this not for any other political party but for commoners (Aam Admi) like me who's just waiting for you to lose and then they can happily say - "You know I knew it. He's just another man like me. He can't do anything........just like me".

I want you to win to break the kind of scepticism we show today, no wonder we will never change and if someone from us try to bring a good change, we will pull that person down, beat him up and make a real good example for the rest of the world that he who tries to come forward will be meted with this consequence.

Sorry Aam Admi, pardon for being a rant. But we all are judgemental and critical. Instead of looking at the positives and be hopeful, we try to win our arguments by nit-picking the negatives. Yes they may be too bullish about their theories and they may fail and probably learn from them too. But they have shown good intent towards a positive change. They may fail and might fail by miles, but what they have already won is a hope. A hope that if I if I stand against the tide, I might “win” too.

You might term me as a blind supporter of AAP. I might be or might not be one. But one thing I definitely am not, I am not a cynical or a cribber who is waiting for AAP to fall and say "dekha, maine na bolta tha, ye kuch nahi kar sakte".

Wishing you Luck,

Asheesh.