Fair ending to Annas fast!
atlast after 98 hours Anna Hazare ends his fast. There was such an overwhelming response from the public, its a great thing to happen. The media showing interest (prolly bcos the cricketers were on a small hols- between world cup and IPL) was a big fillip..i saw the print media had more restraint and reason, surprisingly.
Meanwhile this fats and the swelling of ordinary citizens on the road is not the end of it..not even will i describe this a victory..
But a welcome change..
for once the public mind was expressed clearly across India..
also this was a fantastic way of communicating our wish and will..
may be the bill needs more thinking..there could be pressing practical issues..
for once the public participation in articulating, understanding and even communicating about a law was intense..democracy at work in a very welcome way..
hope this is the beginning..hope there is more transparency in all the bills from draft stage..hope there is more active civil society participation and more sanity infused in to our hitherto non-functional democracy.
Another very striking feature was the large participation of the youth..hope this sustains and continues to be a watch dog and walks the full distance.
Its also commendable how people like Kiran Bedi conducted..its a great sign..an understanding of why a single tall leader is always important for movements..
Go Anna go! as was demonstrated, whole nation is behind you. now accomplish the 'asks'. set the stage for more victories.
Meanwhile this fats and the swelling of ordinary citizens on the road is not the end of it..not even will i describe this a victory..
But a welcome change..
for once the public mind was expressed clearly across India..
also this was a fantastic way of communicating our wish and will..
may be the bill needs more thinking..there could be pressing practical issues..
for once the public participation in articulating, understanding and even communicating about a law was intense..democracy at work in a very welcome way..
hope this is the beginning..hope there is more transparency in all the bills from draft stage..hope there is more active civil society participation and more sanity infused in to our hitherto non-functional democracy.
Another very striking feature was the large participation of the youth..hope this sustains and continues to be a watch dog and walks the full distance.
Its also commendable how people like Kiran Bedi conducted..its a great sign..an understanding of why a single tall leader is always important for movements..
Go Anna go! as was demonstrated, whole nation is behind you. now accomplish the 'asks'. set the stage for more victories.
Labels: honour, hopes, inspirational
posted by Ananthoo @ 10:53 PM
3 Comments:
At April 09, 2011 4:03 AM,
Pakka said…
Ananthooo.... following your blog for a while. I don’t think this jan lokpal bill means anything at all. We in India have passed enough bills since our independence without much success and that should tell us something. This is just another bill.
I have no doubt of Anna's intentions but more often we judge a bill or a rule based on the outcomes we want it to achieve rather than what it really accomplishes. I'm sure the politicians and babus will come up a way to beat it and then what……. another fast........
We seem to focus on the effect rather than the cause; we all know wisdom is not in treating just the symptoms but the real cause. Corruption is not the cause it is an effect…. it is a symptom of something deeply flawed.
In my mind the problem lies with government doing things which it is not supposed to ......in many of the recent scams it seems the government has the power to license i.e. select a particular supplier or a service provider.....obviously it will be rigged. I don’t understand this idea that somehow we can keep people who like power honest but passing more rules. We should not be giving them power to begin with.
The real issues facing India is too much centralization, inflation and its evil effects, our ever increasing sovereign debt, our big military budget, a system that does not respect individual rights, delayed justice etc., because of these issues we have poverty, violence, transfer of wealth, crowding cities, shortages of basic utilites, rapidly deteriorating environment, decay in culture & traditions etc., and of-course corruption.
The debate has to be on the role of government, the type of government and its funding sources (which could expose who really runs the show)
We inherited a bureaucracy from the brits who built it coz it suited them to loot. British wanted to give permits and licenses to cut forests, to mine, build roads etc., not for our best interests rather they wanted to control who they gave it to.
Anyways all we have done since independence was inherit this horrible system and made it worse by ever expanding rules and put our people in charged and hoped for their honesty.
My heart bleeds to see poverty and violence in our country, I hope we have the intellectual honesty to shift the debate and solve real problems.
At April 10, 2011 7:40 AM,
Ananthoo said…
thanks Narasinga..well worded good piece..yes, politrixians will find a way to beat it..we need transparency at all levels as much as accountability..
but a law with some focus and a punishment hanging on head with some timeline helps..but this fast is a good tool to that extent..bcos it struck a chord with people bringing many to road and helped launch a good man with impeccable history to top..it even brot about a big awareness of a bill and involved public in many ways to bring forth a bill- a novelty in our democracy.
But theres a long way to go..atleast we are thinking in a new and may be right direction..
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