On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Dinesh Venkateswaran <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I had a certain reason why I thought they were being jealous. With > Aruna Roy on the timing of her proposal, and with Arundhati on the > contradictions in her article and her rhetoric. > Quote "For three days, while crowds and television vans gathered outside, > members of Team Anna whizzed in and out of the high security prison, > carrying out his video messages, to be broadcast on national TV on all > channels. (Which other person would be granted this luxury?) " > ... and for the fact that they have condemned Anna's approach without > realising that its no mean feat to make the middle class to sit up and > notice, and speak out. Thinking about what you have said, many Indians are > not being sofa- and mouse- potatoes for a change. Well, you can accuse me of > it, I don't quite mind :)
What bothers me is the indignation that greets any criticism of Hazare. You're essentially saying that Hazare's success in mobilizing the middle class grants him infallibility and therefore only people with a personal axe to grind could possibly disagree with him. If we're joining a cult I'd prefer to follow someone to who does better magic tricks. :-) -- b
