When the Ghotala Rath Yatra (Chariot of Scams) rolled out at the 53-day dharna demanding the right to information in Jaipur in 1997, it was a masterstroke in communication. Shankar Singh was the moving force behind this unique messaging. Dressed as a neta he stood on the chariot and irreverently acted the part of a mindless politician. What he said was funny but it was also tragically true. So was the song, ‘Ghotalaraj ki jai jai bolo‘. Its lyrics underlined the irony of representative politics, divorced from people and their realities.
Not far from the arc. . .