The Congress Party has come a long way from the Indira Gandhi era, when Aam
Aadmi meant a member of the weaker sections of the society: Dalits, tribals and so on. Under Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Common Man represents anybody who is below upper middle class. In a market economy, he must be cared for by both the government and the private sector.
(This story appears in the 05 June, 2009 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)
Is he the silent, moustachioed old man with a wisp of white hair, dressed in dhoti and jacket, such as the creation of Times of India cartoonist R.K.Laxman? Or is he Budhiya Das Manikpuri, the hapless farmer in the movie 'Peepli Live,' who finds himself considering suicide as an escape from the debt trap? Or is he one of the rural folk from India's drought-stricken Bundelkhand region who arrives at Delhi's Sarai Kale Khan bus terminal seeking employment in the big city? Common man as âthose who are below the poverty line. In India, common men are peasants, agricultural laborers and middle class who all constitute over 85% of the country's population.
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