Anna Hazare : Icon Of The Youth

Youth helped India lift the World Cup.

Now youth at it again. The support, the outpourings are spontaneous for the JanLokpal Bill. It is amazing to see how Anna Hazare has been able to create that connect amongst people. India has stood up as one behind this 72 year old leader giving him their unconditional support.

Honesty still has many takers a realisation that has made the corrupt very uneasy. How can there be a body without their stooges and cronies to clean up the trail that they blaze while money laundering.

Anna Hazare has filled that void of leadership that India face. The patience that the corrupt were enjoying and abusing has snapped. India wants it now. Give us the Lokpal Bill.

Queasy voices of politicians defending the in action for over 42 years sound disgusting. That politicians are being kept out of this entire movement perhaps gives it its credibility.

With elections on in a few states including mine hope we speak out loud and shake up a few out of their reverie. A jailed Maoist leader has expressed his desire to contest elections from behind the bars. Incredible. Just because it helps in the mathematics of elections, have not heard dissenting voices yet.

To the untrue, power of truth looks weak and outdated. But somethings are timeless. Gandhian ways are as much relevant as they were during our Independence struggle. Today it is the same struggle only the enemy this time is within us.

If Bapu with the support of 33 crore Indians could drive the British away so can Anna Hazare with the support of 1 billion Indians drive the corrupt away.

At the end of this fight against corruption India will be well toned - lighter, fitter, trimmer and clean. The corrupt would be taken to the cleaners.