Gareeb Aadmi is one of the most famous Indian Twitter profiles. Using humor to cover up a dark aspect of the Indian society is very new and Twitter users have responded positively to the antics of the Gareeb Aadmi.
Buzzfeed’s recent article on the Urban Poor who aren’t poor because of circumstances but because of poor life choices. The article has received a lot of feedback with people deciding to ride the wave with jokes. Gareeb Aadmi is very upset with the article.
Here are a few of his tweets about the entire urban poor fiasco:
Will the real Gareeb Aadmi please stand up?
When Urban Poor started trending on Twitter
Statistically correct.
But I am urban poor, where’s muh sympathy
Tum saala gareeb log hamari jooti ke neeche rahega
Bhai roxx
Aren’t we all special little snowflakes
Digital India aane toh do
Everytime I’m at Hauz Khas Village
This is the summary of the entire urban poor debate