ANNA EK, IRAADE NEK, BHRASHT NETA ANEK

Rohan:  I wish to change the operating sytem. It hangs time and again. It takes a lot of time to execute even simple processes. It consumes much  more resources than it deserves. Its inefficient. Its not even user-friendly. Why not upgrade it or rather change it.

Manmohan: Look I’ll install the latest version of Microsoft Word as Administrator is Supreme: there’s nothing above it! The speakers are very good and the cabinet case of CPU is admired by the whole world! In any case, changing the operating system is not the only solution. We can deploy sweepers for cleaning everything once in a year, we can spray perfumes all around to keep the users happy.  We can have small flower-pots surrounding the………… 

Manmohan is going on with his nonsense without knowing an iota of what the common man Rohan has to convey. The problem with pure academics and zero leadership and no connect to the masses has been best demonstrated by Mr Manmohan (he would have deserved to be called Dr Manmohan Singh had he been the finance minister). His government and for that matter most of the leaders have failed to decode the writings on India’s streets.

Aandolan is artificial

Theory No 1: It’s a media generated movement.

Theory No 2: It’s an urban movement (as if people in cities do not have a say in electoral democracy)

Theory No 3: Middle class protests (you know, middle class doesn’t come out to vote!)

Theory No 4: It’s an upper caste movement (Cudos!)

Our respected netas use such sophisticated gadgetry that they listen only that they wish to. They can’t listen that on a day when youth of India is striving for excellence in his professional and utmost satisfaction in his personal life and working hard for it, it can’t tolerate frozen and preserved systems of yesteryears where people need extra bucks to even open a file! They can’t understand how ‘Chalta hai’ people can become restless and say ‘Ab nahi chalega’. It must be fabricated, rehearsed and probably sponsored! Shame on you, leaders of India! If you can’t listen to people’s cry for a change in the outdated, corrupt and frustrating system, at least stop counting how many are dalit and how many Muslims among the faces that flash on your TV screen!

What Lokpal? How will we run our business?

Anna Hazare fasted in April to force the government to include civil society in drafting the Lokpal Bill. See what happens next: Kapil Sibbal and co convey it to Team Anna in simple political style- “Look, we are bringing the Lokpal Bill. Now don’t ask for this provision and that clause. We’re bringing the bill which all the prior parliaments avoided, should be more than enough for you. If you come with us, ok; if you don’t come with us, then also its ok.”

When a hollow bill in the name of Lokpal Bill is presented in the Loksabha, the govt makes its best attempts to crush any voices raised against it by even denying permission to Anna Hazare for his fast. Hiding behind the Delhi Police, Sibbal and Co send Anna to Tihar after unleashing Manish Tiwari cannon on him couple of days before. Unfortunately, the events took an unprecedented turn and Anna wave started sweeping the country. The govt remained unfazed and looked the other way hoping all this would die down soon. Only when a sea of humanity in support of Anna Hazare compelled them to take some action, they came up new ways of defusing the “Bring Jan Lokpal movement”. First strategy was to make it Anna Vs Parliament alongwith ‘threat  to democracy’ campaign with a few appreciations here and there.

It was an amazing eyewash that Loksabha came up with its unanimous appeal to Anna Hazare to end his fast in lieu of parliament’s resolve(?) to bring a ‘majboot’ Lokpal bill, without mentioning the specifications of the bill. None of the parties have come out in support of the Jan Lokpal Bill which has strong provisions to curb corruption and create a fear for the corrupt. Of course, all the MPs are worried that how will they make their living in just Rs 80,000 plus free facilities for almost everything. It wont be easy for the ministers to survive with a few lacs per month. The party funds and election expenditure also presents a worrisome picture for all of them.

My fellow countrymen and ever-determined Team Anna, be prepared for a really long war to see the end of corruption in our country. This movement is a real threat to the Multi-Trillion-Dollar industry called Corruption and the industry will use all its might to nullify the upsurge.

The great Indian Political Tamasha!

A movement which was aimed at implementing  Jan Lokpal Bill and which gained such support from the nation that neither govt, nor media and nor even Team Anna had expected, is begging to end on discussions of three provisions of the bill! This miracle is the outcome of the tamasha created by all political parties along with their big brigade of uneducated and also illiterate leaders, aided by an almost equally naïve  media. Very sadly, Anna Hazare and his chief warrior: Arvind Kejriwal had no clue about the unfolding of this tamasha. They just wish to find a sound cause to end Anna’s fast and the frustration in their camp is visible by the mimicry put up by Kiran Bedi on 26^th evening at Ramlila stage.

I strongly feel that the incumbent system will make every attempt to save itself from any radical change and Corruption will remain a monster looking into our face and asking us :”Look, you can do nothing, Can you?” till the breed of people at the helm of affairs in government are replaced by a new breed. I see the real hope in the gen Y and middle class coming out to vote sincerely and shun its inhibitions about politics. Most specifically, dropping the mottos of the kind: “Bhagat Singh ho par mere ghar me nahi”.

 Let the day come when the most powerful chairs go to the most deserving men of India.