Perpetually Perplexed

First of all we are all relieved that you have broken your fast. We were worried.  But most importantly thank you immensely for helping us get the respect we deserve as citizens of this country. Thank you for making us feel that we are part of this democracy and we DO have a say in this democracy.  All these days we were mute, helpless spectators to the drama . Everyone from chaparasi to minister suck our blood for a any work from getting into college, to getting hospitalized. We had almost forgotten that all these are not favors but our rights.  Now there may be some kind of relief. But I am not being naive here. I don't expect that corruption will stop overnight and we will have RamaRajya. But at least Anna has helped us in achieving the first step. And we can hope that if Strong Lokpal comes into existence, the fear of punishment at least will make the people from asking bribe.  (Like HDK couple now or memory loss of bsy) Thank you anna again, for making me feel p...

As I mentioned earlier, whenever I watch discussions in news channels, I physically want to go inside the TV and bash many of them. But alas, technology has not reached that level yet nor do I have any magical powers. (Good for TV show anchors. ) Yesterday Karan went on out shouting others when they tried to bring the positive aspects of Anna's movement. One of the panelists could not bear it any longer when Karan tried to compare Anna with Hitler just because Kiran Bedi told India is Anna and Anna is India. He said some of the media persons are government spokespersons and they are looking for post retirement benefits. The much embarrassed Karan tried to save his face by asking are you calling me a government spokespersons. Ha, that was the moment which really made my day.

I do not very well all these political science terms. I thought democracy is rule of people. People elect their representatives and these representatives rule the nation on behalf the people who voted them. But I hear  every day people saying that Anna Hazare is disrupting the democratic process. If a person protests peacefully, then how does that disrupt democratic process.  Or is my knowledge of the term democracy wrong? Does the term mean, that people who sit in parliment/legislative assemblies rule. Period. So they have right to everything and common man has right to almost nothing. Is this how it is? When I  watch the discussions on the television channels regarding Anna Hazare's fast everyday, I feel enraged so much so that I want to murder these anchors.  I can understand political parties opposing Jan Lokpal bill. They will lose quite a lot if a strong anti corruption body is established.  So they go to any lengths to stop this. Some non-congress parti...

We are a very strong nation with a great law enforcement body. We may not be able to nab the terrorists. We may not be able to catch naxals. We may not even catch petty thieves. But we can certainly catch and arrest an old man who wants to protest by fasting. He is corrupt. His bill is draconian. And his arguments are so irrational. He says we need a stronger body to stop corruption. Where is corruption in our country? All these scams you hear are hideous designs by opposition parties to malign us. 

A few TV channels like CNN-IBN are questioning the India Against Corruption;s Jan Lokpal bill and are mentioning that this will cause Lokayutkta to be a super body and what if it does not function properly. Watch this video by CNN IBN which was telecast yesterday http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/148610/does-the-jan-lokpal-bill-undermine-democracy.html When they ask what about democratically elected people, question is are these people democratically elected in true sense? How many of them, haven't contested the election from one party, defeced to another party? How many of them are having criminal backgrounds? Do they really represent us, the common people of India? (If they represent anything at all , it is suitcase  ) And how does giving more power to non-politicians translate to undermining of democracy? And as one of the correspondants of India against corruption pointed out in a TV interview yesterday, if any has misapprehensions about any part of Lok Janpal Bill , they must se...

Indians have shown that they want to put a stop this rampant corruption in this country. The support Anna Hazare is getting throughout the country is really praiseworthy. And there is already one result, Sharad Pawar has stepped down from Group of Ministers for Lokpal bill.    Normal feeling about middle class indians is that they are self centered , they have chalta hai attitude etc. etc. But they have shown that what they lack is one good leader.     Indians are asking, if Egyptians can bring about change, if middle eastern people can bring about change, why not us? We have realized our power.   Two things to be noted here. Politicians are not allowed to sit with Anna Hazare for the strike  because people know too well that politicians come here to take advantage of the situation for their own benefit and youth sometimes as young as high school children are supporting this cause.   And as a young man pointed out in NDTV programme yester...

In my previous post, I wrote Mankutimmana kagga about work being its own reward. Nishkaama karma as it is known in Sanskrit has many models in India. Now Anna Hazare is starting his fast unto death to force the government to bring Jan Lokpal Bill as a means of anti-corruption crusade. This bill was written by Santhosh Hegde, Prashant Bhushan and members of India Against Corruption and has more stringent provisions and wider power to the Lokpal (Ombudsman).     Look at our country. Scam, scam, scam everywhere. People do not eat rice. They just eat ghoos. Some body has finally shown enough courage to fight against this Rakshas. Isn't it our duty as Indian citizens to support him?    Someone had commented in another site that "we did not know how to bat or to bowl. We still prayed for Indian cricketers." But Anna Hazare is fighting for you and me. So we must support him all we can.  Please visit the web site India Against Corruption and do your alilu ...