My India, my pride.

My India, my pride.

Friday, April 8, 2011

He is fighting for whom??

Kisan Bapat Baburao Hazare  a 71 years old man who is especially recognized for his contribution to the development of  Ralegan Siddhi  a village in Parner taluka of Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India and his efforts for establishing it as a model village, for which he was awarded the Padma bhushan in the year 1992.
Anna Hazare started his career as a driver in the Indian Army. He spent his spare time reading the books of Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi and Acharya Binoba Bhabe that inspired him to become a social worker and activist.During the Indo-Pak war he was the only survivor in a border exchange of fire, while driving a truck.During the mid-1970s he was again involved in a road accident while driving.
After voluntary retirement from the army, Hazare came to Ralegan Siddhi village in 1975.
On 5 April 2011, Hazare started a 'fast unto death' to exert pressure on the Government of India to enact a strong anti-corruption act as envisaged in the Jan Lok Pal bill, a law that will establish a Lok pal that will have the power to deal with corruption in public offices. The fast led to nation wide protest  in support of Hazare. The fast ended on 9 April 2011 with two of the most important demands of the movement - at least 50% members of the bill draft committee be a non-politician and Co-chairman of the draft committee be a non-politician - met by the  Govt of India.


The mother land surely is proud to have a brave son like this! But the question is- Will it change the present scenario? Eradication of corruption is that easy in the country like India which is 87 th on the CORRUPTION LIST?? Usually we put all the blame on the politicians! But what about those bureaucrats, Govt officials, even a peon etc?? 
 Have you noticed d bunch of ants surround the sugar cube?? Similarly, where there is big money involved – the corruption will most likely find its roots dug deep into the system. It is literally under every stone you turn. And, by now, most of us in India have learned to live with corruption as a part and parcel of our life.
In India, the tentacles of corruption are spread far and wide in all horizons of life and not just limited to government organizations.It is a massive phenomena and a real cancer destroying the benefits of globalization in many poor countries.

Society is made up of- We, the people! How many of us will consider ourselves totally flawless?? People those are in the Govt service how many of them can say , "we never took bribe!"How many of us are aware of our responsibilities?How many know the exact definition and the meaning of democracy and freedom.
Anna Hazare's sacrifice will go waste until we will change....No bill no Constitutional amendment or nothing can do until we will change....


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