Two icons have dominated India’s political imagination over
the past few years of dramatic change: the mufflerman and the chaiwala. In the
Delhi Assembly elections, mufflerman, also known as Arvind Kejriwal, beat the
chaiwala, aka Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for the BJP campaign had Modi
written all over it. After his victory in the 2014 general elections, Modi’s
chaiwala faded in the glare of power. He shifted from his earthy vernacular to
English, from his native kurta to expensive
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