".And if Anna wins, the nature of Indian politics will change." Only because this I support ANNA. Students, Police those who indulge in corrupt practices only because system led by the Higher classes make them compel to do so. Once the system don't allow them to do so, they will be the most happiest of all.
Sushanta Kar On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Altaf Mazid <altafma...@gmail.com> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: sachin sharma <sachinshrm...@gmail.com> > Date: 19 August 2011 15:37 > Subject: [Fropki] Why Anna Hazare should not win this battle > To: Fropki Group <fro...@yahoogroups.com> > > > Why Anna Hazare should not win this battle > CP Surendran > 18 August 2011 > > A most comical anti-corruption opera is being staged all over the > country under the leadership of Anna Hazare, who in his moral tyranny > is actually beginning to look like Mahatma Gandhi. This itself is a > bit of laugh: when a man wants to be someone else eventually > transmigration of the soul and nose happens. It only remains for Anna > to hold the Dandi March. > > But the real reason why this anti-corruption campaign is looking like > an over-stretched Johnny Lever joke is that the people largely > constituting the movement have happily externalized corruption as if > it's an event happening outside themselves. > > The fact is that the petite bourgeoisie-auto rickshaw drivers, and > constables, if Haryana Police Sangathan support for Jan Lok Pal's bill > is any indication, and low paid government officials and assorted > elements-have no idea that they are very much part of the corruption. > They believe it is a disease outside them, primarily endemic to the > government and its institutions, when they are active players in the > drama. > > The others who are a part of the movement, including the youngsters, > who this lookist country swears by, are there for an opportunity to > hold candles and chant Sarojini Naidu kind of poems which normally > begin: O, deliverer… The youth will hold a candle and even burn a > finger from the dripping wax, but when it comes to admission, if an > IIT director or an engineering college dean will accept cash for > seats, they will gladly part with it. > > For one with passing interest in the Lokpal politics, the only major > difference in the bills drafted by the government and Anna apart from > bringing the PM into the bill's ambit, seems to be that the government > wants to set up a separate investigative agency while Anna and his > team want an existing investigating agency like the CBI to report to > the Lokpal committee. That would eventually mean the Lokpal evolving > into a parallel power vortex, and might make Parliament redundant. > > In other words, those whom you elected will not be of as much > consequence as those self-appointed or government nominated Lokpal > committee members. That is a fraught process, and actually might > create more unaccountability and corruption. > > That is one part of the joke. The other, equally entertaining part has > been the Congress-led UPA government's complete and visible bankruptcy > of ideas to tackle an agitation outside party structures. Much the > same happened before the Emergency when Jayaparakash Naryan led a > movement that cut across party lines against the Indira Gandhi led > Congress government, which panicked and declared an Emergency. > > Anna's movement is mostly apolitical. And the support it has drawn, > for all its faults, is an indication how political parties and other > democratic institutions have failed to represent people, or inspire > faith. Across the world, memberships of political parties are > decreasing. Alternate people's groupings with environmental and > ethical themes are gaining strength. In Europe and America where > democracies are institutionally stronger and fairer than in India, > this could be explained as an evolution. > > But, in India where fairness woven into the system is at best fraying, > when a movement is directed primarily against its institutions and the > political party in power as well as the ones in Opposition are > fumbling in their response, a movement like this can have dire > consequences. Clearly, the parties have failed to represent the > people, which is why a moral tyrant like Anna is holding the > government to ransom. When institutions fail, individuals take up > their role. .And if Anna wins, the nature of Indian politics will > change. > > It'd be fun to see who were the advisors who landed a wimp like Prime > Minister Manmohan Singh into the Lok Pal soup. A party that can't > argue its case against a retired army truck driver whose only strength > really is a kind of stolid integrity and a talent for skipping meals > doesn't deserve to be in power. Power goes to people who love it. Anna > Hazare loves nothing more than power. > > __,_._,___ > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > fropki-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com > Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > > __,_._,___ > Altaf Mazid > 2 Udayachal Path > Christian Basti > Guwahati 781 005 > India > www.sauravkumarchaliha.org > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > -- Sushanta Kar সুশান্ত কর তিনসুকিয়া, আসাম আমার ব্লগগুলি: http://sushantakar40.blogspot.com http://ishankonerkahini.blogspot.com http://ishankonerkotha.blogspot.com আমার সম্পাদিত 'প্রজ্ঞান' http://pragyan06now.blogspot.com http://sites.google.com/site/pragyan06now "স্বাজাত্যের অহমিকার থেকে মুক্তি দানের শিক্ষাই, আজকের দিনের প্রধান শিক্ষা" রবীন্দ্রনাথ _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
