Anna Hazare could not have appeared at a more appropriate time on the scene.
Just when a helpless nation stunned and plunged into darkness, by scams and governance deficit, was trying to ward off its despair to some solace in World Cup win (by blowing it out of proportions), a little known, unassuming common man appeared on the scene, and declared his intention of taking on to the corrupt system, head on.
A wary nation first looked at him with suspicion but soon found that it was not possible to ignore his determination. So awesome was his simplicity and truthfulness, that in no time he struck the cord with the entire nation and took its population into firm grip.
For a nation in the darkness, a magnificent spark flashed. In hopelessness a streak of hope appeared. In a moment the euphoria of world cup vanished into the thin air, and it was this little old man everywhere. Youth particularly found itself strongly pulled to his influence.
Slow moving government apparatus did not move at first. Two days later, misjudging the mood of the nation as usual, government tried to project a brave face by rejecting the demand of the old man to issue a notification. Next day, rocked by the huge roar of support coming for him, resistance of the government crumbled and it issued the notification in the evening.
Anna Hazare phenomenon has changed the destiny of the nation, for good. In just four days it has turned many age old concepts and beliefs (like nothing positive against corruption is possible in this country) upside down. Dozens of writers and analysts will spend years to find out why and how this phenomenon happened at all.
But as Anna himself has said, it is only a beginning. A long battle is ahead. Those whose dreams have shattered will not sit idle. They will try every trick in the book to scuttle the progress of this movement. But real threat to this movement shall come from the people who on seeing this as a great opportunity have jumped into the bandwagon. Anna was right in stopping the politicians from taking advantage of the situation, but it may be a difficult task for him to guard against a large number of self seeking swamis, babas, NGO walas and others, who have crowded his dais. He would need to tackle these people very cautiously and carefully. It would perhaps be better for him to move alone on his path like Mahatama Gandhi did, and only pursue his own line of action i.e. criminals should not be allowed to enter the Parliament and every govt. functionary, even Prime Minister should be accountable to the people of India. But he also need to be very careful that in this process his image of a simple and humble person should not be affected, otherwise all the gains shall be lost in no time.
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Time only will tell what happens next. But it looks that the destiny of this nation has changed because the public has, as it is called, tasted the blood, and it is a matter of time only when the demands of Anna Hazare are met. Hearts of corrupt and manipulators must be shivering to see the support for the campaign against corruption and for transparency.
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