George wrote:
"What solutions against corruption have all these Anna Hazare critics
offered in the past? There is a good deal of journalistic and media space
spent opining on what Hazare did, should have done, could have done, would
have done, etc. What were they doing sitting at their keyboards all these
years? Now they worry for Indian democracy!! This is really rich."
Response:
Too premature to celebrate Anna Hazare. A long long way to go and many hills
to cross. It will not be as easy as getting incorporated on the committee.
But the means used to achieve the end are equally important. The game
actually starts now. Hope the Jan Lok Pal Bill of Anna Hazare and gang does
not become as menacing as POTA.
Meanwhile, let us not be carried away by media proaganda in thinking that
others were not doing anything towards tackling corruption. Many have been
contributing their mite, some like Satyendra Dubey and others got killed,
others maimed and some other survived. All this often away from the media
glare.
To throw caution to the wind by embracing the monster to fight corruption
could in fact be rich thinking.
-Soter
