Are You Supporting Anna Hazare?

I honestly don’t know how to react when I am asked that question. People support a lot of things. I support Manchester United (Yes, I do know it’s not what it used to be, but… UNITED FOR LIFE). When I say I support Manchester United, I know what I am supporting. Anna Hazare – I don’t really know what the noise is all about. 

I can’t understand what it is that Anna Hazare and his supporters are trying to accomplish over here. They seem to be of the opinion that corruption exists solely in the political circles. That – as any thinking brain will confirm – is NOT the case. My suggestions for dealing with corruption are way way off from all this nonsense.

A couple of scams have come out – CWG, 2G and god alone knows what else. Obscene amount of money being said to have been pocketed. What I can’t understand is – what exactly will be accomplished by Anna Hazare fasting along with 40-50-100 thousand people?

Does Anna Hazare and his idiotic team of supporters believe that with their march and protests they will be able to topple the government? Ok, let’s just assume that they are able to, then what? The new government WONT be corrupt?

Arrey paagal ke bachche – corruption is not an isolated epidemic / disease affecting the politicians or just one particular political party. Corruption is everywhere. The change has to come from the PEOPLE and does not necessarily have to start from the head of government. The change has to start from the people who are rallying behind you without even understanding what they are rallying for!!?

As hard as it may be to believe / understand / accept – The Prime Minister of the country has a lot less control over - you handing a 100 IRS note to the peon at the passport office, to expedite your file - than you do. Think about that for a minute. Read that line again, slowly and it WILL make sense.

That is not all that’s bothering me. The guy wants to go on a hunger strike with a bunch of idiots – arrey go ahead. What difference does it make? I don’t understand why the government or the police have a problem with it. I think it’s wonderful news. All the jobless idiots gathered together for days in one place and the rest of Delhi has significantly reduced traffic on the roads. Great news for those who actually have things to do.

Welcome him and his supporters with a smile and say please go ahead. Take whichever ground / venue you want – (I would even suggest to charge them rent) and then make sure that there is 24X7 media coverage as well. Shouldn’t be a problem considering how many dedicated news channels we have who make an exclusive out of just about anything. Let’s make sure all these people are actually on hunger strike.

If he dies while fasting – what’s going to happen? Another statue won’t make a difference. In my opinion, the police and / or the government should keep out of this as long as it’s a peaceful assembly of idiots.

Why do I keep calling them idiots – well here is why:

A while back, I was listening to BBC – World Have Your Say, where Kiran Bedi was acting all pricey with comments like – “I am in the middle of the movement and I can give you only 15 minutes of my time”. Wow. Why bother even coming online? It wasn’t as if she shared some insightful comments or gave information that wasn’t already available.

Just a while before that, on one of the Indian comedy news channels, a correspondent was talking to a protestor / supporter who had come with his entire family for the hunger strike. When asked what him and his family were doing there, his response was “we are here to support Anna Hazare”.

The correspondent presses on as to what exactly he is there for and the supporter responds “we are on hunger strike in support of Anna Hazare”. When asked AGAIN what’s the agenda / demands and what they seek to achieve, the supporter simply replied - “I don’t know”.

Dikhaawon pe mat jaao… apni akal ladaao.