AAP changes political chemistry in an election year.
![Arvind Kejriwal, shunning privileges, has ushered in a new age of simple living [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20141952928595734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Saba Naqvi is a New Delhi based journalist who follows politics and issues of identity. She writes for Outlook magazine and is the author of In Good Faith, published in 2012.
AAP changes political chemistry in an election year.
![Arvind Kejriwal, shunning privileges, has ushered in a new age of simple living [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20141952928595734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
In India’s upcoming elections, corporate interests are at the high table, and communalism on the ground.
![Arvind Kejriwal, leader of the newly formed Aam Aadmi (Common Man) Party, is making gains in advance of the 2014 elections [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/201312972431252734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)