Follow the idea Anna

I have been following this movement and outside supporter as Left to congress in UPA I days. Outside, because I have not actively participated but idea resonates with me. I support the cause without doing too much dissection of things and unduly opinionated

In days of media, everything is scrutinized to minute level. Be it Maninder Sing or Kapil advising Sachin to retire... or people from congress giving morality lesson to Anna team ...observe the paradox.

I am writing this against the backdrop of Anna’s one day Jantar Mantar fast and was seeing debate "Kab Tak Jantar Mantar". It was more focused on "why you folks are still shouting”..shut up and F** off. Why are you making so much fuss when no political party is ready to take the bait. How long can you continue this? Discussion was more around, has he followed all the rules from some hypothetical "How to run a movement" constitution.

Perhaps you and me are no different and are lost in details of things, being analyst. I believe the larger question is what I did in my capacity as individual. I am proud of few of my few friends as they have taken pain to visit Ram Leela and other IAC discussion and engaged with movement within their own limited way. In democracy, count does matters and the largest contribution we can make is by adding to crowd.

We can find fault with Gandhi and Bhagat Sing as well. Had Gandhi and other freedom fighters born in today’s world, they might have to face likes of Manish Tiwari questioning their authority and legitimacy for fighting for country. 

Anna’s movement is big fight against establishment and this needs a big heart and deserves oodles of respect and support. Aren’t they saying what we know and keep discussing in our drawing room. They are bringing common man voice to streets, to media and questioning high headedness of political class. When was last we saw someone echoing national interest, national plight and making it heard? He is fighting our fight. He is been upright and straight and not mincing words and thinking too much of being politically correct, not fooling people like other political parties. Very true to Indian DNA as we are not known to be sophisticated and good in disguising  feelings.

It is easy to question Anna than Sonia and others. I am yet to see any channel asking Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Sing with same audacity that why you are making a fool of people and not giving a committed bill as Manmohan is shouting in parliament and red fort speeches. Also, why are you trying to fool people by wrapping crap as Lokpal, as it defies basis framework of logic to prove that it is strongest bill and path breaking and revolutionary as quoted by Rahul Gandhi in his parliamentary speech. -"game changer" and how 

I am not even eligible to comment on the nature of movement and its fine prints. However, all I know there is no definite right and wrong. For once, Let’s forget the details and support the cause. It is the cause that’s compelling, how you achieve is a journey. We are NO third party to this. This is not Arab spring happening in Egypt, Syria or Lebanon .This is happening right in our county and at our doorsteps. Also, this is not a movie or cricket match and critical views are unwarranted. You are NOT spectator curiously watching “ANNA vs Govt”.

I have seen people saying Anna kae movement ki hawa nikaal gayee but then does that not mean it’s our failure too. It took us 60 years to reach this stage and If we fail now then when?

It is still a big question mark if Anna movement will be successful and will cheap politics make it die natural death. It will be our loss than ANNA. We might have to answer ourselves as why we let this movement fail. Team Anna can still die with their held head high. They did their best, perhaps we let them down. It’s in our interest that this movement succeeds. Let people say that there was time when Indians come on street to change system than there was Anna who failed. I would prefer former.