Corruption consorts in the blood of Indian Beauracracy. Regrettably in our country, youths prepare for IAS more to enjoy the power, money and the aura that confines this post rather than serving the nation. Nehru-Gandhi family had interminably been accused of corruption and, by and large, nothing comes as a revelation when some survey declares India to be one of the most corrupt nations, we all know this as we ourselves are a part of it
Essentially surprising was the sudden surfacing of Anna hazare at the horizon of "Breaking News" segment and the henceforth generated furore. Pretty confounded I was when I saw someone fighting for corruption or infact demanding for implementation of a particular bill; and the unfathomable attention that the media gave to it. More surprising was the way government succumb to his desires and authorized him to the path of glory
Mesmerized by the immense glamour that Anna received, Baba Ramdev followed suit. Raising a more sensitive issue like Black money in Swiss banks, could have made him the desirable leader but the story turned the other way round
Before I commence reaching out conclusions, let me enunciate that Indian masses have been a perpetual victim of being stabbed at the back. Right from Nehru to Rahul Gandhi, we were always made fool by some populist acts while our leaders were flying to Switzerland with sacks full of dollars. So neither I believed that Anna is Honesty personified nor do I sensed some ulterior motives in Ramdev fasting. I always supported the cause
While the public was exhilarated upon the avatar of Anna, everyone cried foul as Ramdev declared his anshan at the Ramlila Maidan. How can a sanyasi enter into politics were the questions being asked and Ramdev should better mind his Yoga business were the conjectures being offered. The very first discrepancy started from here itself. Despite a huge supporters base (that was responsible for making the Anna's movement a grand success), the common man alienated himself alleging him of being a dhongi and surrendering to the glamour or rather suspecting this to be his first step towards entry into politics
The second and the biggest difference was the staunch Hindu image that Ramdev delivers. Brinda Karat has taken pride in alleging Ramdev's medicines to be fraud and commissioning raids at his centres since long, just to woo CPI's muslim voters. Similar was the case here. 5000 policemen were sent at 3 am post midnight without any prior notice just to preclude the seasons of Anshans and thwart with terror the motives of all those who dare to do so. Pros and cons were punctiliously contemplated. Had Ramdev died that night, stories would have very well been concocted to prove that Ramdev died in stampede while eluding, thus defaming him as a fugitive and simultaneously cinching colossal felicity to its muslim vote bank. We are living in a country where Shakaracharya is arrested just on the day of Diwali and oblivious Hindus don't give a damn to it (Can you imagine some Imam being apprehended at Eid?) Why else would a force of 5000 policemen be sent to the Ramlila maidan? Since when peaceful anshans have become a threat to national security? Ramdev was well aware of this, perhaps this has been in his habit since Karat's days; So, the only option left open to him was to stay alive and fight rather than die in anonymity
Most imperative of all; Ramdev being a novice in politics, failed to reckon the epic popularity his arrest could have blessed him with. Upon seeing 5000 policemen surrounding you at post midnight, anyone could have panicked to this amount. The sweat on his face that was derided as that generated due to fear, was actually due to his valor that motivated him to jump at the centrestage over and over again. Does anyone of us dare to do so infront of 5000 policemen? I personally believe that he shouldn't have absconded in Salwar Kameez, but does that make him a coward? Was Shivaji a coward when he changed his appearance and reprieved from the prisons of Aurangzeb? Was Subhash Chandra bose a coward too? His dress may be a point of argument but his escape definitely shouldn't.
Lastly, Where Anna's acts are canvassed by an IPS, a Lawyer and an IITian , who was there with Ramdev? Giving something so volatile and that too to colubrine Kapil Sibal in writing, only shows Ramdev's immaturity and the government's deviousness.
All I say is that when a juggernaut of stranglers is behind a handful army of yours, waging guerilla war doesn't make you a candy-ass. Subash Chandra Bose contributed to this Nation's independence only by being alive and Shivaji borne conviction and audacity in the Marathas only by standing amongst them rather than dying in anonymity.
It's just that the government and the people gave Ramdev a step-treatment
Essentially surprising was the sudden surfacing of Anna hazare at the horizon of "Breaking News" segment and the henceforth generated furore. Pretty confounded I was when I saw someone fighting for corruption or infact demanding for implementation of a particular bill; and the unfathomable attention that the media gave to it. More surprising was the way government succumb to his desires and authorized him to the path of glory
Mesmerized by the immense glamour that Anna received, Baba Ramdev followed suit. Raising a more sensitive issue like Black money in Swiss banks, could have made him the desirable leader but the story turned the other way round
Before I commence reaching out conclusions, let me enunciate that Indian masses have been a perpetual victim of being stabbed at the back. Right from Nehru to Rahul Gandhi, we were always made fool by some populist acts while our leaders were flying to Switzerland with sacks full of dollars. So neither I believed that Anna is Honesty personified nor do I sensed some ulterior motives in Ramdev fasting. I always supported the cause
While the public was exhilarated upon the avatar of Anna, everyone cried foul as Ramdev declared his anshan at the Ramlila Maidan. How can a sanyasi enter into politics were the questions being asked and Ramdev should better mind his Yoga business were the conjectures being offered. The very first discrepancy started from here itself. Despite a huge supporters base (that was responsible for making the Anna's movement a grand success), the common man alienated himself alleging him of being a dhongi and surrendering to the glamour or rather suspecting this to be his first step towards entry into politics
The second and the biggest difference was the staunch Hindu image that Ramdev delivers. Brinda Karat has taken pride in alleging Ramdev's medicines to be fraud and commissioning raids at his centres since long, just to woo CPI's muslim voters. Similar was the case here. 5000 policemen were sent at 3 am post midnight without any prior notice just to preclude the seasons of Anshans and thwart with terror the motives of all those who dare to do so. Pros and cons were punctiliously contemplated. Had Ramdev died that night, stories would have very well been concocted to prove that Ramdev died in stampede while eluding, thus defaming him as a fugitive and simultaneously cinching colossal felicity to its muslim vote bank. We are living in a country where Shakaracharya is arrested just on the day of Diwali and oblivious Hindus don't give a damn to it (Can you imagine some Imam being apprehended at Eid?) Why else would a force of 5000 policemen be sent to the Ramlila maidan? Since when peaceful anshans have become a threat to national security? Ramdev was well aware of this, perhaps this has been in his habit since Karat's days; So, the only option left open to him was to stay alive and fight rather than die in anonymity
Most imperative of all; Ramdev being a novice in politics, failed to reckon the epic popularity his arrest could have blessed him with. Upon seeing 5000 policemen surrounding you at post midnight, anyone could have panicked to this amount. The sweat on his face that was derided as that generated due to fear, was actually due to his valor that motivated him to jump at the centrestage over and over again. Does anyone of us dare to do so infront of 5000 policemen? I personally believe that he shouldn't have absconded in Salwar Kameez, but does that make him a coward? Was Shivaji a coward when he changed his appearance and reprieved from the prisons of Aurangzeb? Was Subhash Chandra bose a coward too? His dress may be a point of argument but his escape definitely shouldn't.
Lastly, Where Anna's acts are canvassed by an IPS, a Lawyer and an IITian , who was there with Ramdev? Giving something so volatile and that too to colubrine Kapil Sibal in writing, only shows Ramdev's immaturity and the government's deviousness.
All I say is that when a juggernaut of stranglers is behind a handful army of yours, waging guerilla war doesn't make you a candy-ass. Subash Chandra Bose contributed to this Nation's independence only by being alive and Shivaji borne conviction and audacity in the Marathas only by standing amongst them rather than dying in anonymity.
It's just that the government and the people gave Ramdev a step-treatment
