The Power of Spiritualizing Politics

Posted on: Saturday, March 10, 2012

 He owes his positivity to his spirituality, so much so that he feels that his political path has been a spiritual experience. Indeed some of the best politicians that India has had strong spiritual connections.

Balasaheb Darade, is a faculty member of the Art of Living Foundation. He also has a NASA participation certificate for working on the Mars Rover and Deep Impact Mission, holds masters degree in nanotechnology from the University of Cincinnati, and was an entrepreneur in the U.S.A, returned to India last year to work for his country.

Armed with the experience of working as a core member of the India Against Corruption Movement (he lead a team in Cincinnati) and his own rural development project titled “Shankara”, Balasaheb stood for the Zilla Parishath elections in February (2012) and won over 50 % of the votes (he won 4087 votes).

“That’s the highest ever margin for an independent candidate in Maharashtra,” he points out.

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