On the afternoon of Jan. 5, Indian Twitter user Utsav Chakraborty (@SatanBhagat) discovered and gave a shout-out to a very unusual and interesting Twitter account.
If there is one account you must follow this week ---> @GareebGuy
@GareebGuy tweets from the perspective of – well – a gareeb Indian guy. It definitely isn't a politically correct Twitter account to follow (so close this window if you're easily offended), but it started going viral in a matter of hours.
I can't enjoy a family movie. 16 of us can't fit in a room.
Ji Sahab. Railway line ke paas poverty line hai. Uske neeche rehte hain hum.
Obviously – and for justifiable reasons – some people aren't a fan of @GareebGuy's co-opting of a poverty-stricken identity.
@GareebGuy @dennyabrain Yeah...but the class-politics is tricky (+ debatable) here IMO. Hence less RTs, more favs i guess.
@GareebGuy Mocking the plight of poor now, are we ?
But the tweets are flowing in and the follower count is exploding. Here are some of Gareeb Aadmi's tweets:
I love street food. Ghar ke khaane ki baat he kuch aur hai.
Some of this stuff is straight-up dark.
Kaash aas paas deewarein hoti.
Biscuit khane ka man kar raha hai, chalo blood donate kar aate hain
Don't you just hate it jab aapke ghar pe koi Bulldozer chala de
He's also secular, which is great.
I am secular. Temple mein breakfast. Gurudware mein lunch. Dargah mein dinner.
Mera beta kehta kal ki log kapde dhone ke liye alag saabun use karte hain. Kuch bhi bolte hain aajkal ke naujawaan.
New Delhi railway station pe aaj kal bheed bohat badh gayi hai. Raat ko baar baar neend khul jaati hai.
Tech problems? More like NO problems. Literally.
Computer to kya, mere ghar mein windows bhi nahi hain.
Is baar diwali pe new banyaan khareedunga.
Even with very little, Gareeb Aadmi never forgets to polish up his pickup lines.
My pick up line: "Can I beg you a drink?"
Weird metro announcement: "Kripya Jameen pe na baithey". Arrey aur kahin baithna he nahi aata.
He hates it when this happens.
" Khaana kha lia kya?" - The taunt that I hate the most.
Kabhi kabhi toh lagta hai hamaare bhagwan ke paas bhi paise nahi hai.
My son said he wants to be a janitor when he grows up. Huh. Jo jyada aasmaan mein udta hai Woh girta bhi jor se hai.
Things get too real too fast for Gareeb Aadmi.
Mard sirf thandey paani se nahaate hain. Him toh majboori mein mard ban Gaye.
I smoke, but only second hand.
Parso bohat burey haal ho gaye. 6 ghante street light ni aayi.
In summary:
@GareebGuy @varungrover @dennyabrain I think he is funny, depressing, revealing and brilliant all at once! Best handle I have seen for long