To begin with, Thank you Anna!!
We needed you to enlighten our minds, and our souls.
When
the media started flashing news about Lokpal bill versus Janlokpal
bill, the first thought which came across our mind was, now what is
this?? Thanks to google, some information could be gathered and some
enlightenment attained. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Lokpal_Bill)
Next
came the name, Anna Hazare!! Thankfully, I was aware who Anna is,
thanks to my uncle, Dr B Mishra, who had worked with Anna on the
Watershed Development programme. But for many, google came to the
rescue (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Hazare)
And
then started the many point program of dharna's, arrests, peaceful
protests, anshan etc etc.. And finally we see some outcome.
But
unlike all others who are celebrating "Diwali", I am not, because the
bill hasn't been passed as yet. And Anna sitting on another anshan
cannot be ruled out yet.
The
whole movement, "THE ANNA HAZARON MOVEMENT" startles me. When did India
mature so much? It is simply WOW the way India (never forgetting the
NRIs) acted and reacted. Gandhi's non violence prevailed and the
countrymen responded to the appeals of silent protests.
This seems a very positive and progressive path which India is treading.
There are my friends who say that India unites only on emotional level.
I say, what's the harm? If a 74 year old Gandhian calls out for support
for a cause which will help "us",I am happy to be tagged an emotional
fool.
This is a historic era, the Indian renaissance, the movement where we
wake up and free ourselves from the bonds of our thoughts and ideas, our
own principles, our own system, our own parliament and our judiciary.
May this enlightenment for thousands of Anna's hazaron... live long!!
