Anna Hazare is literally rocking the country and how! It is amazing
to see how something that started as a small campaign has turned into a
revolution of sorts and has engulfed the entire nation in a matter of time.
Despite many differences, the Anna revolution can be counted as one amongst the
many uprisings happening all across the globe, especially in the Arab countries.
Everywhere the common man has found a collective voice. The methodology used is
however different. The one in India is soaked in the Gandhian philosophy of
non-violence.
Ramlila ground is the new Kurukshetra, all sorts of people have
been converging here . some truly understand the cause they are supporting, some
have a vague idea, some only interested in the word 'corruption' and many I am
sure joining in just to be a part of the so called second freedom fight, but
still they are there.
India has not seen such a mass movement since the original August
Kranti. Indians are an unbelievably tolerant class of people but that tag comes
with conditions applies warning. The tolerant part holds true only for issues,
which concerns the nation or your next-door neighbour. For larger issues we
continue to suffer until we reach the high point and then surprisingly we cool
off again. The vicious cycle continues. When it comes to corruption, the tipping
point was breached a long time back. We were just waiting for someone else to
fire the shots.
