Many of my wise & learned friends are relating Anna Hazare's current crusade against corrpution as a camera gimmick. I somehow am not able to purchase their argument.
I had witnessed the event at Jantar Mantar, the day before. It shouldn't be called an event rather, it was a history-in-making. That day as Anna broke his fast while citing the present plebiscite of a necessary political
alternative, there was a huge applause. I could feel the vibrations of the thundering noise emanating from all corners. I could see the ray of a new hope among the masses witnessing the event. Unprecedented crowds, Muslims and Hindus, Rich and the Poor... everyone was present to witness the scene when Ex-Army Chief General V.K. Singh was helping Ex-Sepoy Kisan Hazare with a glass of water. The crowd so unprecedented, that even cameras could not capture.
I can't grab any reason as to why some of we (aam aadmi) are hell bend in not allowing to see Anna's Party, the light of the day.
Any elementary mathematics would tell us that we have nothing to loose in the bargain. There are over 1000 political parties in India fighting for 543 Constituencies. We have given umpteen chances to these existing
parties for so long. What's the loss, if 1 more party gets created. The probability of we failing is None.. as we are already in the basket of tragedies and turmoils.... with such huge deficits piled up on governments balance
sheet, with such a surge in inflation , with constant spectacle of hung assembly every general election... what losses will Anna's party can bring now.
Playing a devil's advocate i may say.. that, similar movements such as Jai Prakash Aandolan in 1970's created politicians, who are currently under judicial scanner (Laloo and Mulayam) .. that, Anna is just a mask of this movement and not the face and hence Anna's Party would again be the
same in the time to come.. that, even Karl Marx's ideologies, which threw Czar of Russia, in turn gave rise to Stalin - The dictator, so the same fate may happen to Anna's Party as well.
But the point is, that, as a responsible citizen what do we do... just watch the spectacle.When one is drowning , even a straw appears an avatar of God at rescue. Hence, we should just not, be panicked by the media's views, especially the TV anchors who offlate have started loading their own opinions on us. And make a just judgement.
I had witnessed the event at Jantar Mantar, the day before. It shouldn't be called an event rather, it was a history-in-making. That day as Anna broke his fast while citing the present plebiscite of a necessary political
alternative, there was a huge applause. I could feel the vibrations of the thundering noise emanating from all corners. I could see the ray of a new hope among the masses witnessing the event. Unprecedented crowds, Muslims and Hindus, Rich and the Poor... everyone was present to witness the scene when Ex-Army Chief General V.K. Singh was helping Ex-Sepoy Kisan Hazare with a glass of water. The crowd so unprecedented, that even cameras could not capture.
I can't grab any reason as to why some of we (aam aadmi) are hell bend in not allowing to see Anna's Party, the light of the day.
Any elementary mathematics would tell us that we have nothing to loose in the bargain. There are over 1000 political parties in India fighting for 543 Constituencies. We have given umpteen chances to these existing
parties for so long. What's the loss, if 1 more party gets created. The probability of we failing is None.. as we are already in the basket of tragedies and turmoils.... with such huge deficits piled up on governments balance
sheet, with such a surge in inflation , with constant spectacle of hung assembly every general election... what losses will Anna's party can bring now.
Playing a devil's advocate i may say.. that, similar movements such as Jai Prakash Aandolan in 1970's created politicians, who are currently under judicial scanner (Laloo and Mulayam) .. that, Anna is just a mask of this movement and not the face and hence Anna's Party would again be the
same in the time to come.. that, even Karl Marx's ideologies, which threw Czar of Russia, in turn gave rise to Stalin - The dictator, so the same fate may happen to Anna's Party as well.
But the point is, that, as a responsible citizen what do we do... just watch the spectacle.When one is drowning , even a straw appears an avatar of God at rescue. Hence, we should just not, be panicked by the media's views, especially the TV anchors who offlate have started loading their own opinions on us. And make a just judgement.
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