Blog Posts - Anna Hazare

Originally written on: August 15, 2011There was an "Anna movement" which circulated world wide two years ago. This was the coverage done by me while I was a writer for Liveo Magazine, of a group of Indians who participated in a peaceful march ag...

  In the first part of the review, I had given the outline of the book, and the overall approach. As I stated earlier, the book focuses on core issues of governance: giving people a say in the running of government in areas that directly...

"So it is clear that neither than the MPs and MLAs help solve our daily problems, nor can they help in getting good laws passed. This is the dichotomy of the situation. We elect them, but they act according to the wishes of the party they belong to.

Reproducing from Sanjeev Sabhlok’s Revolutionaty Blog Everything must start with an idea. Some time ago it became evident that we needed a new wholistic (not just anti-corruption) movement for reform in India. It had to capture the aspirations...

Reproducing from Sanjeev Sabhlok’s Revolutionaty Blog Everything must start with an idea. Some time ago it became evident that we needed a new wholistic (not just anti-corruption) movement for reform in India. It had to capture the aspirations...

Corruption is not new to India. Our country has been a front runner in this field of socio-political malady in the global perspective. It was, it still is and will remain so in the near future. Our country has been the biggest Exchange for...

Article first published as India: The Dilemma Of Anna Hazare on Technorati. Anna Hazare, the crusader against corruption, first became a phenomenon, then got into frequent spells of silence and confusion, had a few flop shows over the period of...

You know I feel guilty not agreeing with Anna Hazare or Arvind Kejriwal. Why? Simply because these guys are actually doing something. They are protesting, marching towards PM’s house, fasting and even getting beat up with lathis. More important...

A simple perusal of the movements of the past 3-4 days throw up a very interesting scenario. Anna Hazare and team have, for all practical purposes, accepted that pushing a workable as well as effective Lokpal through the current set of polticians is...

The righteous minded hates corruption and wants this evil eradicated from India or possibly form planet Earth. Therefore, when Anna Hazare launched a movement in April, 2011 he immediately enjoyed unprecedented mass support and captured the national...

I had been away for quite some because of personal reasons, I am back. Also, the fight against corruption has taken a new turn. I had predicted that Anna Hazare’s campaign will not yield result and that is exactly what has happened. It is unfor...

Anna Hazare has proved to be the modern Don Quixote of India. Your life is only worth as the cause you stand for and legitimate action by the government can wipe out your cause. That is what Anna Hazare movement eventually shows the world. If America...

The Hindu : Opinion / Lead : Disturbing trends in judicial activism: 'via Blog this' An interesting article on Judicial Activism in India by a senior advocate in the supreme court has highlighted cases where the apex court intervened. A look at t...

It may well be that - as the older members of the Sathya Sai Baba cult get old and die - the Sathya Sai Baba cult will take new turnings. It hard to predict at the moment. In any case, especially younger generations be alert. They will need to see, a...

Anna Hazare has proved to be the modern Don Quixote of India. Your life is only worth as the cause you stand for and legitimate action by the government can wipe out your cause. That is what Anna Hazare movement eventually shows the world. If America...

The past 18 months have been a roller coaster ride for Team India Against Corruption - starting with the massive interest in the movement in April 11, moving on to the next few heady months... right till the peace in December. During this period, the...

Article first published as India: Anti-Corruption Fight Goes Political! on Technorati. It was possibly the biggest movement to rock India after Independence. With unprecedented support for the cause the anti-corruption fight started by social...

Has the anti-corruption movement in India gone into a self-destructive mode? Or was it long overdue and inevitable?

So Anna Hazare and Team Anna are back with their fight against corruption in India and to ensure the implementation of the Lokpal Bill. There are mixed reports in the media about the success of this round of agitation, as … Continue reading ...

So Anna Hazare is back with his fight against corruption, along with Team Anna. There is going to be another round of fasting, sloganeering, jail bharos, allegations, counter allegations, etc., etc. Another storm before the calm. The discourse on cor...

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