This is one of the things i never could understand .. Che Guevara is the face which is found the most on T-shirts in India. I think he beats Gandhi in this aspect .. Infact he beats everyone in the world .... His Photograph 'Guerrillero Heroico' is the most famous photograph in the world. While i have read about him a lot of times in bits n pieces from his autobiography, what gave a better understanding of him is the book Motor Cycle Diaries and of course the movie ... A lot of people have told me they loved the movie but they could not tell me who exactly Ernesto guevara was and what is his claim to fame ... And most of these people are management students who burry their heads deep into newspapers every morning to improve their general knowledge ....
Anyways while i was talking to few people about the movie / book or as a matter of fact when there were questions in my quiz about him, i realised lot of people do not really know Che Guevera by his name .. If i had to conduct a survey by asking people who che Guevara was, i would get lot of answers and 99 % would say " Do not know". No problem with that coz learning is a matter of opportunity and not every one gets an opportunity to learn everything . Even i did not know who Anna hazare was until he was in Media recently.... Even people who supported him do not know his story even today .. So coming back to the title of discussion, since many people did not know who Che guevara was i decided to show them the 'Guerrillero Heroico' and luckily many people seemed to identify him but could not give the right answer .... here is the typical response you would get if you asked thousands of students who they thought Che Guevera was after looking at the photograph......
Anyways while i was talking to few people about the movie / book or as a matter of fact when there were questions in my quiz about him, i realised lot of people do not really know Che Guevera by his name .. If i had to conduct a survey by asking people who che Guevara was, i would get lot of answers and 99 % would say " Do not know". No problem with that coz learning is a matter of opportunity and not every one gets an opportunity to learn everything . Even i did not know who Anna hazare was until he was in Media recently.... Even people who supported him do not know his story even today .. So coming back to the title of discussion, since many people did not know who Che guevara was i decided to show them the 'Guerrillero Heroico' and luckily many people seemed to identify him but could not give the right answer .... here is the typical response you would get if you asked thousands of students who they thought Che Guevera was after looking at the photograph......
While the first 5 answers have been doing rounds and are totally acceptable and to an extent tolerable, i am sure some one will definitely give me the last answer and i am prepared for it ....
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