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[Photo essay] A date with Ramlila

Rishika BaruahFebruary 16, 2015 | 13:14 IST

Balbir's camel makes his way to the Ramlila Maidan all the way from Rajasthan. When I tried to get on top like some of my more adventurous colleagues, Balbir refused saying, "Woh bawla ho raha hai". I backed off, as quick as I could.
Guns and brooms don’t go together, ordinarily! But whose talking ordinary? After being teased for a whole year with the tag, AK49 owing to the short 49-day tenure, a supporter has woven a gun with broom sticks titles AK67. #AAPSweep
The Tricolour costs money, be it the flag or the three streaks of paint on your face. But the AAP Topi is "muft muft muft"!!
Auto walas are nobody’s friends, but Roshan Lal from the Krishna Nagar constituency is celebrating the AAP victory over Kiran Bedi. He is running a free auto service for all the elderly people who wish to attend the swearing-in ceremony and charging the youngsters so he can still afford to buy his running gas.
There were only a few lakh like him at the Ramlila Ground, he embodies the quintessential aam aadmi with the most khaas jhanda.
At the Ramlila Ground, it was The Imitation Game, aam aadmi-style. Impersonating grooms to tiny kids dressed like the MufflerMan. Creativity in full display.
The Ramlila Ground: An all to familiar scene, gauging the barometer of yet another watershed in the ever dynamic political history of India. While every October during Dussehra, a sea of humanity gathers to see the theater of Ravan kidnapping Ram’s Sita, today it yet another promise of good over evil that the sea of humanity was there to mark.
Last updated: February 16, 2015 | 13:14
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