Hyderabad, Oct. 31 -- Hark back to the oral observation of the Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, on October 15: "If every citizen becomes a journalist, it will create problems for all." He was not wrong, because each person with a smartphone can record and upload events-or even small but significant ones-in no time, catch the world's attention and show the mirror to the authorities. It has happened with the Delhi Police often enough since the Cockroach Janata Party came on the scene.

The power of reels-that is, the stuff caught on the phone camera and uploaded to Instagram-can be huge. A young man from Marathwada, Raviraj Sabale, an agro entrepreneur, proved it by contesting the recent elections from the Aurangabad Graduates Constituen...