Yes Prime Minister...Sab Theek Hai !

(with due apologies to Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey Appleby)

21.12.2012 has come and gone ! Yes, Dear Prime Minister.......Sab Theek Hai !

Shit Happens, Mr Prime Minister........but Sab Theek Hai !

Legislation for FDI in Retail and other sectors, Banking Reforms were passed despite strong opposition in a single session ;  Reflects the priorities of our political class ;  Mr Prime Minister, Sab Theek Hai !

And yet the Lok Pal Bill seems stuck in limbo despite parliamentary consensus and your promise to the nation 16 months ago ! Remember the Sense of the House Resolution....Nonsense !    But Yes Prime Minister....Sab Theek Hai !

A Union Cabinet Minister, who resigns due to corruption charges, is now set to be Chief Minister......Dear  Prime Minister, Sab Theek hai !

2G, CoalGate, CAG, CWG, Mera Bharat Mahaan........Jee Prime Minister, Sab Theek Hai !

It takes you a week to address the merciless rape of Amanat, right in your neighbourhood. To mention the rape of a girl every 20 minutes in the rest of India, I imagine, would be pointless ;  yet Mr Prime Minister, Sab Theek Hai !

Fast Track Courts for Rapists and Terrorists ! But No Fast Track Courts for Corrupt Polluticians......or Law Makers who break the Law ?..........But Dear Prime Minister, Sab Theek hee to Hai !

Ratan Tata retires at 75, Sachin Tendulkar retires at 39......yet Mr Advani nurses ambitions to occupy your chair at 80 (of course you are only 79).............Yes Prime Minister, Sab Theek Hee Hai !

Allegations against Mr Vadera...........and Union Cabinet Ministers defend him. Independent Media conveniently forgets the story within 3 days ! Incredibly Independent Media .....Yes Prime Minister, Sab Theek to Hai !

IOA re-elects office bearers and gets suspended from IOC ; Sports Code not yet implemented, and some of them are esteemed members of your Cabinet ! Sporting Politicians, bah ! .................but Yes Prime Minister, Sab Theek hai !

48% of Gujarat voters re-elect Mr Narendra Modi (52% voted against him) ! Next Prime Minister ?.......Yes Prime Minister, of course, Sab Theek Hai !

The World Cup Winners of 2011 lose to England at home even after they got pitches of their choice.....Jee Haan Prime Minister, Sab Theek Hai !

And Sir, You are the Prime Minister.....so Sab Theek Hai ???

We are a Facebook Nation Now ! Our attention span to issues is only limited to the titillation in the headlines and the voyeur in our mind ;  

My Dear Prime Minister..........Kuch Theek Nahin Hai !

The Great Dictator

Ever since I can remember, I have always had this fascination about the period between the two World Wars...and how the happenings in that period have shaped the world as we know it today. Restating the obvious, Mr Hitler and Mr Churchill were the two characters who influenced this period in more ways than one. I am still nonplussed at my own fascination about Mr Hitler ;  An Austrian corporal, rejected from pursuing a career in painting in Vienna, went on to become a pivotal figure in history ; and a reviled one at that ! A master communicator, who early on utilized the medium of mass communication (radio and film medium) to reach across to his fellow Deutscher ; who understood and exploited symbolism as the key to influencing the masses be it the uniformed military parades or the Architectural splendour of the Third Reich ; who was democratically elected to his post but slowly (not really) but quickly sidelined all the democratic institutions and assumed the dictatorship of Germany. It makes interesting reading to analyze how the German aristocracy, the industrialists and the intelligentsia took to Mr Hitler, and in fact deified him ; though it is a matter of conjecture how much the german population actually knew of the "Final Solution" at the time. Centralized decision maker, larger than life image, megalomanic....and yet he was able to hold sway over the scientific and displined  Deutscher for close to 15 years. A Great Dictator, if ever there was one ?


I wonder, are there  leadership lessons to be learnt from him....? Both for Business and Politics ? Is there really something close to a leader, Hitlerian in approach ; but without the baggage that Hitler had ? Does a Benevolent Dictator exist somewhere ? Can our democratic polity provide us with one ......or do we already have one ;  in Kolkatta, or maybe Chennai, or for that matter, Gandhinagar ?

As I write this, I look to our leadership in New Delhi. Did I say Leadership ?? Apologies, The UPA2 is a leaderless alliance. One would figure that a country with the energy and creativity we profess to have, we would have leaders of  who would, well.....Lead ! When you look back at the last decade, we have institutions encroaching on spaces created and left vacant by weak governance ; be It  the Supreme Court, the CAG or the Armed Forces. Witness the Supreme Court admonishments to Governments, be it on policy making or corruption ; The CAG appointed to probe leakages and audit government, itself suffers from a perpetual malady of  "wikileaks" ; and the recent saga on the Chief of the Army Staff. For that matter, even Civil Society was institutionalized by the formation of the National Advisory Council ; thereby creating an extra constitutional body which takes on itself what Parliament is supposed to do. Is Parliament not representative of the citizens of India that we need the NAC to proffer advise ? 


The Chaos that is India....! Seems reminescent of the post WW1 Germany, in disarray, with institutions buckling under pressure, and seemingly under decay ; coupled with the Great Depression of 1929.  Are we drifting to a situation wherein we expect deliverance from the Benevolent Dictator ?

The Stockholm Syndrome

The Stockholm Syndrome is an apparently paradoxical psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy and have positive feelings towards their captor, sometimes to the point of defending them. These feelings are generally considered irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims, who essentially mistake a lack of abuse from their captors for an act of kindness.

The incidents leading to the Babri Masjid incident of 1992 finally culminated in the catharsis of the 2002 Gujarat riots. The political experiment of the BJP in polarizing society based on religion peaked in 2002 and nowhere  has this experiment succeeded more than in Gujarat. So what is it about Mr Modi, ....and what is it about Gujarat and Gujaratis who have bought into this experiment so whole heartedly ?  Is it the "Stockholm Syndrome " at work ? 

A few weeks ago, we completed 10 years of the shame that was the Godhra Train Incident and the aftermath that followed ! It was ironically missed out that this was also the completion of a decade of the homecoming of Mr Modi. And what a homecoming it was..! 

I still remember the period leading to the state assembly elections in 2007. Gujarat was a State of Siege. All that you read about was the 2002 incidents, how industrialists were avoiding Gujarat, the encounter episodes, and so on and so forth.There was this sense of being caught between a rock and a hard place. However the last 18 months before the 2007 elections, there was a sudden "feel good" factor. Gujarat suddenly became Vibrant....! Though the Vibrant Gujarat Summit had had two previous editions (2003 and 2005), the scale and grandeur of 2007 was undoubtedly different. The branding exercise had culminated in grand style. The focus shifted from religion to development. Real Estate prices appreciated, farm land was coveted and industrialists were welcomed with a red carpet. The image makeover worked, Mr Modi was even branded as the most successful marketing manager (I think it was Business India).  This rebranding coupled with the TINA factor (the congress is in a shambles in Gujarat) worked,..........well, even I voted  BJP in 2007 !!  The astute use of electronic media, print media & the internet has successfully created a personality cult, which makes a rebuke of Modi, a rebuke of Gujarat and Gujaratis ! So if a Time Magazine puts Narendra Modi on the cover, we have hoardings up and about the next day in all cities of Gujarat.....but the same Time Magazine poll on which leaders should "NOT" be on the 100 most influential list also has Mr Modi topping !!

Was Gujarat not always a prosperous state ? Were Gujaratis not always entrepreneurial in nature ? Was "Kaam Thai Jase" not always on everyones lips in Gujarat ? Were Gujarat roads not always the best in the country ? Were not all Gujaratis always law abiding citizens ? Was lawlessness and crime ever an issue in Gujarat ?

Obvious rhetoric...right ?

(1) Which State does not have a Lokayukta since 2003...........and do we really believe corruption is any less in Gujarat than in any other state of its kind ? Sure if Jharkhand is our benchmark...

(2) Which State Human Rights Commission has the post of Chairman vacant since.......?
http://www.ias100.in/news_details.php?id=623
(the current status however does show Justice Bhatt as Chairperson)

(3) Which State has one of the poorest records in implementing the RTI Act ?
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-13/ahmedabad/30275122_1_rti-awareness-rti-applicants-rti-activists

(4) Which State is one of the most dangerous for RTI activists ?
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/comment_rti-activists-have-always-been-targetted-in-gujarat_1608315

(5) Which State has serving IAS / IPS officers RB Sreekumar, Kuldip Sharma, Rahul Sharma, Pradeep Sharma, Sanjiv Bhatt, Rajnish Rai......deposing against a serving government for irregularities in 2002 ? What is the morale of the law and order forces in this state ?
http://kafila.org/2012/03/19/on-the-low-morale-of-gujarat-police-rb-sreekumar/

(6) Which State was censured by the NCPR  and urged to have a State Child Rights Commission (which incidentally is still not formed) ?
http://counterview.org/2011/08/03/dalit-body-asks-gujarat-governor-to-form-separate-state-child-rights-commission/

(7) Which State is the only developed state in the country where the percentage of malnourished children is higher than the national average ?
http://telegraphindia.com/1111022/jsp/nation/story_14654747.jsp

(8) Which State is continuously reporting a lowering Sex Ratio...?
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sex-ratio-dips-to-a-new-low-in-vibrant-gujarat-in-10-years/926337/2

(9) Which State continues to use the Prohibition Act as an instrument of corruption, creating a nexus between the law makers, law enforcers and the law breakers ?

(10) In Which state is the ruling party MLA and the ruling party's farmer wings  agitating for the rights of farmers against landgrab by industry ?
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-03/rajkot/28650073_1_nirma-cement-plant-padhiyarka-mahuva

(11) Why does the government not agree to release details of the agreements with Business Houses ? Why do citizens have to resort to RTI for the same ?

Yes, Gujarat is on the highway to Growth ; Modi  means Business, even Time Magazine says so....! But Can Business and Growth ever be a substitute for Development ? Sure growth drives development...but "Time" will show us the legacy.....................! Sure, there is no doubt that he has a vision (and one can agree or disagree with the vision, per se), but is there a rational debate on his economic policies and methods ? 

One of the most insightful articles I have come across on the "Man of the Time" is appended below...
http://www.caravanmagazine.in/Story.aspx?StoryID=1315&Page=1

Travel Musings - Lanka

Travels,,,,and Travails ! My first attempt at a travel blog, and what better place to start with than Sri Lanka. Travelling with a family group of 12, ages ranging from  6 to 66, poses challenges on what and how much one can do ; but all in all, a wonderful place to holiday in.

(1) Visa on Arrival, very smooth and seamless. 

(2) Suprisingly, and pleasantly ; and what hits you most right from the time you step out at Colombo ; is the cleanliness. And this is evident not just at the airport, but right through our trip from Colombo, to Kandy, to Dambulla, to Anuradhapura and down south to Galle. Public hygiene and cleanliness, and one would tend to agree with Mr Lalit Bhanot, Sri Lankans sense of the same is definitely different from us Indians ; even if, as a Sri Lankan friend puts it, it is a recent phenomenon.

(3) Sri Lanka is a poor country, torn by internal strife, for more than the past two decades. But one does not see street beggars or slums. And lo behold, the traffic, be it autos (tuktuks) or buses, they stop for pedestrians. They actually stop their vehicles, and wait for you to cross the road. !!!!!

(4) Colombo, in itself, seems to have got stuck in a time warp. Whether it owes its name to Christopher Columbus or to Sinhalese equivalent of "Harbour with leafy Mango Tree" (and there are plenty of mangoes in Sri Lanka), it still retains the old world charm with a mix of the Portugese, Dutch and British influence on its architechture. Stay at the Galle Face Hotel, and feel it for yourself. Visit Galleria, the cafe housed in Jeffrey Bawas office ;the Cricket Cafe and  Paradise Road outlets and get a feel that eclectic experience that Colombo provides.

(5) As with most developed countries, the road network is third world ; but well maintained. Highways are two lane, and do not expect to clock more than 40 kmph on the highways. For travellers from India, highway etiquette is similar to India, where size rules ....and "the side I drive on is the right side" rules apply.

(6) Kandy and Dambulla are important parts of the Buddhist tourist circuit. Attire, no showing of arms (sleeveless) and legs allowed. So dress accordingly when visiting many of the Buddhist temples enroute. And if you do forget this rule, be assured someone will be on hand to help out with shawls or sarongs.

(7) Dambulla is central to the cultural triangle of ancient Sacred cities of Sigiriya, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Kandy, and part of the World Heritage cultural sites. A common entrance ticket is available which covers most of the sites, and for SAARC country residents is available at a discounted rate. But some of the people manning the ticket offices do not or pretend not to know about this special rate, as we found out to our annoyance at the Museum ticket counter at Anuradhapura. Ticket prices and specials need to be displayed prominently would be my suggestion, if anyone from the Sri Lankan tourist office is reading. And strangely, SAARC country children are charged the same rates as adults ; and Non SAARC country children are charged 50% of the adult fare.

(8) On a whim, I decided to take the train from Kandy to Colombo. Reached the ticket counter 5 minutes before the train was to depart,  was informed No Tickets.....but a bit of persistence with the the platform ticket collector paid off ; and got the seats on the A/C Coach. The A/c Coach is managed by a private contractor, who issued us an online ticket on the internet, sitting on the train itself. He even refunded the amount for the snack he was not able to provide since it was a last minute booking...but he made up for it with endless helpings of  the Sri Lankan Dilmah. Unfortunately, the train does not stop enroute ; so no pictures to tell the tale. That the train left 15 minutes late, and arrived an hour late in Colombo just added to the charm. I was in no hurry to catch a train....as it were.

(9) I had to rejoin my party in Galle, and originally had thought would take the train from Colombo to Galle. But the train tracks to Galle were washed away by the Tsunami...so took the A/c bus (more a minibus) from Colombo to Galle. The tuktuk from the hotel to the Peta bus terminal cost me SLR 300.(distance 2 km)...and the bus ticket (distance 120 kms)  put me back SLR 200. The 3 hour journey took 120 kms...(yeah, just making sure you are really reading this)......with the bus stopping every 5 minutes to pickup and drop passengers. At the end, I do not think there was a sq. inch left on the bus which was not occupied.

(10) The drive to Galle is along the coast.....and as you get closer to Galle, you cannot help but notice the frequent gravestones and cemeteries on either side of the road. A grave reminder (as it were) to the devastation caused by the Tsunami. This stretch was the worst hit by the Tsunami of 2004. 

(11) Galle, a port city, fortified by the Portugese and the Dutch, home to the Galle cricket stadium,  which you get a handsome view of from the Galle Fort, a World Hetritage Site. Very quaint, walk about the fort, and frequent the restaurants and hotels inside the fort area....and yes, the jewellers. 

(12) Beautiful Beaches, this entire stretch from Colombo to Galle....but the sea can be pretty rough. Waves are high, breaking on the reefs and rocks on the shore,,,,,leaving a permanent mist along the coast line. The setting sun can be quite mesmerizing, if the rain gods allow it. That was about the only regret,,,,got to see just one sunset in the 13 days we were in Sri Lanka.

(13) Being a family of 12, we had rented a villa to ourselves for our 6 day stay there. I am not sure if there is a category above 7 star,,,but if there were....it was available here. The service was quite outstanding, and can recommend this place without a second thought (www.auraliya.com).

(14) Saving the best for the last, the hospitable and friendly and fantastic Sri Lankans....the icing on the proverbial cake. Ever smiling, gentle and genial......makes we wonder about the ethnic strife the country witnessed these past couple of decades.  

A wonderful place to visit, and revisit....offers great value for money and if they can improve the flight connections and timings....a great alternative, as it were, to Goa.

Ceylon Images

Arab Spring, Capitalism Fall & Democratic Winter of Discontent ?

Back after a bit, been travelling in the bastion of Adam Smith & Capitalism. Coming off the Anna movement in India, the Occupy Wall Street provides a strange followup to what we saw in India. Reading and watching the Republicans and Democrats squabble in both the Congress and the Senate makes me wonder if our politicians in India are playing copycat ; the position of the Opposition is to Oppose, even though we might agree on most of the actions needed to pull back from the precipice.

It has been a strange two years. One ostensibly should have learnt the lessons of Lehman Brothers and 2009 ; but it does seem the lessons are badly learnt. What happened to the banking system, is now happening to the Eurozone. Will Greece become the Lehman Brothers of 2011 ; and will this domino effect bring about the dismantling of the Euro Zone ? And another financial catastrophe ?? Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal ; the PIGS are about to bring about another bout of swine flu on the financial systems of the World.....!

Which brings me to the fundamental question.....Is this heady and deadly mix of capitalism and democracy unsuited to a Global World Order ? In the interconnected world that we have today, are our current systems of governance and commerce capable of delivering an equitable share of the proverbial pie ?  The European zone is paying for its excesses of the socialist welfare state they have created. How do the "leaders" of these countries now balance the need of their own against the need of the rest of the world ? Balancing the budget is imperative ; as are taking the harsh austerity measure which affect the populace of Greece or Spain.

How does the democratic model which depends on the popular vote balance these needs of their "own" who elect them against the "many" who finance them ? 

The anticorruption movement in India, the Occupy Wall Street movement, the strikes in Greece and Spain, are all the symptoms that the Model of Democracy is straining.....People are revolting against the authority that they themselves give to the Few by the power of the Vote. Can this system "of the people, for the people and by the people" provide a solution to the travails of the people ? Our leaders are elected by the popular vote.....Can populism lend itself to taking the hard decisions a country, a government needs to take preserve world economic order.

To this mix, we have the Arab Spring. ? Is the Islamic World ready for democracy ? One only has to look at Pakistan and Afghanistan to sense the answers.

So, what is the winter going to be like...........................................?

A footnote....

(Mr Obama is pursuing the Jobs Bill to generate employment and provide an impetus to the economy ; The Republicans will oppose because Jobs (Steve) was a democratic fundraiser and supporter !.....Shit Happens !)

Random Ramblings

(1) Why not Anna's method ? What have other methods achieved ?

(2) What has Anna's movement achieved in "legislation"  that was not achieved when the Jan Lok Pal Bill was referred to the standing committee ?

(3) What did the resolution conveying the "sense" of the House which ended the standoff achieve ?

(4) Why do I get the feeling that there was a convergence in the views of Team Anna and the BJP ? and the delay in breaking the fast (since nothing really tangible was achieved) was to display this convergence ?

(5) Kiran Bedi is not the "official" spokesperson for the BJP.....Yes, Is she the Unofficial spokeperson ?

(6) Do we really believe that legislation will eradicate corruption ? Or will it just result in corrupt practises  becoming "more expensive" ?

(7) Why cannot the RSS or any other political / apolitical / religious organization support the movement against corruption ?

(8) Why are we called "civil society"....are we really civil ?

(9) Why do Annaphiles have such a problem accepting an alternate viewpoint ? If I do not support the method of Team Anna, does that make me less of an Indian ?

(10) How many of us really understand what the Lok Pal or the Jan Lok Pal bill is all about ? Are'nt we all interpreting the angst against corruption to mean support for the Jan Lok Pal Bill ?  

(11) A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.....and belief without knowledge is a molotov cocktail !

(12) Did the messenger become bigger than the message ?

(13) Why can Team Anna not provide support to say 50 candidates and get them elected to Parliament ? Do we need electoral reforms for that....or will Anna have to go on fast so that voters have the choice to vote for his candidate ? Why this reluctance to be part of the legislative process ?

(14) Neither the Prime Minister nor Anna have ever won an election ? Do they really represent the will of the people ?

(15) What is the will of the people ? Who is "the people" ?

(16) Why has the media gone silent on the Nira Radia tapes and the corruption controversy surrounding their own ?

(17) Why does Team Anna's  silence on the Lokayukta in Gujarat seem so deafening ?

(18) Will the Gandhis please grant independence to the Congress Party ?

(19) Are we not replacing one cult with another ?

(20) Should not the government of the day resign for mismanaging the entire movement and precipating this crisis ?

(21) Are Facebook posts, updates, tweets, blogs considered "Breach of Privilege " ?

(22) Can Team Anna be requested to organize a fast everytime Parliament is in session ? It does seem that is the only way they will agree to work.....

My Dear Annaji - It is time to break-fast !

My Dear Annaji,

If you remember, I wrote to you in April of this year regarding my confusion about the method adopted by yourself and your colleagues. Desperate times call for desperate measures ; and I did comment on the madness in your method.....but strangely also felt that there was method in your madness. You raised the level of debate on corruption to an unprecedented level ; and for that the nation will always be grateful to you.

But dear Annaji, it is now time to break-fast !

You should have realized when the government formalized the 10 member committee to look into the Jan LokPal Bill, the outcome would have been exactly what it turned out to be. Your team needs to share the blame since you should have realized that without a representative character to the committee ; without the broadbased inclusion of "civil" society members (the NCPRI, the Jansatta and others) and without the inclusion of a broader spectrum of Parliament (read Opposition) ; this initiative was designed to fail. As you surely realise, to pass a Bill in Parliament ; you need to ensure a broader political and social consensus. Your insistence on pushing the government into a corner does give rise to a feeling that if not yourself, some of the elements supporting you have a different agenda ( and likely, some of it may be political). 

So dear Annaji- it is now time to break-fast !

That the government has totally mismanaged this situation, is an understatement ! That this is a "leaderless" government would only be stating the obvious ! However, I am sure you would agree on this, that this is probably the only government which would actually "listen" to you and take inputs from civil society ! This is the government which institutionalized civil society, the NAC ; This is the government which has got important social legislation passed (RTI, Right to Food, Right to Education, NREGA) with shortcomings, but with good intentions. This is probably the only government that I can remember which has put under arrest its own ministers ; I do not remember any time where Ministers and Politicians of the ruling dispensation are behind bars, without bail ; where senior bureaucrats and senior corporate executives are in gaol, again without bail. If you push this government beyond the "tipping point" and if the Honest Doctor  decides to resign, then the entire work of the last 6 months will go to waste ! If Parliament is dissolved, then this legislation will be pushed back another 2 years, and you are back to square one !

But dear Annaji - it is now time to break-fast !

A lot of people, like me, have doubts over the method ! Can our Democracy, ill functioning as it may be, allow legislation to be passed under if "not the barrel of a gun" but "over the empty plate of a fast' ? Does this not give rise to a mobocracy, wherein whomsoever is able to raise a crowd of 15-20 lacs, manage the media, force law makers to say pass a law "against/for more reservation in educational institutions for the backward classes" ? or say "the minority community with 15% of the population wants proportional representation in Parliament" ?  The approach you have adopted, beyond a point, is undemocratic in nature ; and sets dangerous precedents for the future.

Maybe, Annaji - it is now time to break-fast !

I also note your team members intransigence on the contents of the Jan Lok Pal Bill.  I have, as do others,  some reservations, as a layman....

a) Search Committee.....And I quote the Jan LokPal Bill here

Search Committee is a 10-member committee formed as follows:

Selection Committee selects 5 members from retired Chief Election Commissioners and retired CAGs.

These 5 members will select another 5 members from civil society to make the 10-member Search Committee.

Who will be these members of Civil Society....and do they claim to represent ?

b) The insistence on inclusion of the lower bureaucracy....I have seen justifications given that if the government can include NGOs, why not the lower bureaucracy.....? -  I have a simple statement here.....and pardon my language....but lets "Keep it Simple - Silly".......Would we not rather have the LokPal investigate the Central Government, its elected and administrative officers and focus on completing these investigations and bringing them to trial ? Would we rather focus on the CWG / 2G Scams,,,than have the Lok Pal investigate petty corruption of Collectors & Municipal Commissioners ? I would say exclude the NGOs and lower bureaucracy....keep the Lok Pal as a Lean Mean Corruption Fighting Machine ! Let the State Lokayukta look and oversee the lower bureaucracy. Let there be a Citizens Charter to ensure the common mans interphase with the administration is timebound and hassle free.

c) Time bound trial : Again quoting from Jan LokPal Bill.

Will file a case in trial court,Trial in the court to complete & announce

punishment, within next 1 year

May Direct the government to setup additional courts to complete the trial in time

I trust you realize that since 62 years of independence how many cases are pending in our courts, how desperately understaffed, undermanned, and underresourced they are ......Now here again you depend on the government to set up additional courts ? This further reinforces the argument on keeping the scope of LokPal simple..so the meaningful cases can be tried expeditiously and a strong message sent to the establishment.

So Annaji - is it time to break the fast ?

Corruption is endemic to Indian character today, it is not restricted to the political class ! It is a termite which has gnawed away at our institutions, our moral and social fabric, and afflicted us all. For deliverables which are seen, measured and felt ; it is important that not just Government ; but Corporates and Media, be brought under the ambit of the Corruption Movement. You have brought about this awareness amongst the vocal majority, now you need to get the same majority to introspect.....and as Gandhiji said, " Be the Change they want to See".. !

The movement against corruption is not complete.....It has just begun !

So Annaji, Break the Fast.....Eat healthy....and Continue the movement..!

Sam...

P S We may just have a new battleground for you in Gujarat,,,where the appointment of the Lokayukta (after a gap of 7 years) has been challenged by the government of the day.