At the beginning of October, after I had gone to #Mysuru to walk awhile with the #BharatJodoYatra, I had pointed out how @RahulGandhi had chosen the difficult path, and by doing so, he had completely stumped the toxic media and propaganda machinery. 1/ It brings a lot of satisfaction today to find people gushing over @ravishndtv saying the same thing from the platform he occupies. #BharatJodoYatra is the difficult path, but it is drawing people out of their homes to connect with a leader who listens to them every day. 2/

The significance of the fact that I was stepping out of my home to join the #BharatJodoYatra on #GandhiJayanti was not lost on me. I have been worried for some time now, on how, as citizens we have let down the Mahatma whom we best know now only as the face on currency notes. 1/ Was my participation in the #BharatJodoYatra a simple matter of walking with others on a city street? No. The Yatra was not passing through Bengaluru, so I needed to take a train instead, to Mysuru. My daughter decided to accompany me, with her son. We reached that afternoon. 2/

#भारत_जोड़ो_यात्रा की ख़बरों को जिस तरह मीडिया ने पूरी तरह दबाने की कोशिश की है, उस हिसाब से तो जिन लोगों ने यात्रा में दो कदम भी चला हो, अपने अनुभव और विचारों को लोगों से साझा करना चाहिए. मुझे ख़ुशी है की मैं कल और परसों मैसूर में यात्रियों से मिल सकी और कुछ देर चल सकी. 1/ कांग्रेस ने #राहुलगाँधी जी के नेतृत्व में यह यात्रा तब निकाली है जब हमारा देश महंगाई, बेरोज़गारी,चीनी अतिक्रमण,बिगड़े सामाजिक संतुलन से गुज़र रहा है. लेकिन इसे महंगाई-विरोधी या नौकरी-दो यात्रा नहीं बुलाया गया इसे #भारत_जोड़ो_यात्रा का नाम दिया गया. हम इसका सही अर्थ कैसे समझें? 2/

1/ From 2000 to 2002, I traveled across India studying toymakers who made and sold their wares on the streets. #Entrepreneurship of the poor 2/ How these men and women used their creative impulse to survive grinding poverty made me feel great respect for the #UnorganisedSector.