http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/24/world/asia/india-spider-man-politician/index.html?hpt=ias_mid
A 31- year old independent candidate named Gaurav Sharma from south Mumbai is running for a seat in India's general election. He scales walls and talks through windows to get citizens to vote for him. He used to climb skyscrapers and puts his talents to use by finding a unique way to get citizens to vote for him. He also promises to fix the obvious problems like education, water, and electricity, and not get caught up with frivolous problems that don't help citizens. In a country where illiteracy has ruled for so long, Sharma uses his unique campaigning ways to help identify his polling symbol that will appear next to his name for the illiterate to identify the runners; his symbol will be a window: a window of opportunity that looks out onto the future of India.
I think this guy is great. He gets people to remember him in a way that will also benefit them. He talked about education being important and then uses a symbol that people who can't read will instantly recognize as his own for the polls. He gets it and that's what makes him different from the other candidates.
I just hope he's as good a politician as he is an attention-getter.
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