Our blogs do not require the use of your real name. Comment Comments (5 of 7) View all Comments 6:47 pm January 14, 2012 Radhakrishnan wrote: Anise, don t u think anna and team was done in by their lack of humility, and lost the greatness that gandhi professed of hating the cause not the enemy. 5:32 am January 8, 2012 Anonymous wrote: One thing you did not mention in the article is the dirty politics of the Government. With innumerable delays by the Government to ensure that it disappears from country s memory,toms sale, Countless allegations by Government against Anna and his team, and many other factors, how long can one keep fighting? 7:49 pm January 7, 2012 Sushama Raina wrote: I wanted to continue being Anna BUT .. If democracy is about the optimum collective then why was Parliament or, for that matter, the larger governing structures of this country not an acceptable collective? What prompted people to reject the work of this collective but support the work of a smaller, self-appointed one that was taking on increasingly political overtones? that s what made me pause not to celebrate so much as to wonder , and I am still wondering !!!!A well analyzed and articulately presented argument Mr. Daya; I plan to use it in class to model analytical writing.On a different note are you an alumnus of DPS, and are you the Anish I taught some 2 decades ago : ) 9:17 pm January 6, 2012 Ekta Hattangady wrote: I agree with the sentiment of identifying with Anna and wanting to be Anna and then being disillusioned by the movement for becoming an embodiment of the values it was opposing. I believe in democracy and its power and Team Anna was trampling all over it. I didn t like the concept of threatening the government either. I am all for non-violence, but fast unto death, to me is nothing. Tomorrow, someone else would fast to end Team Anna s antics, what will the government do? But, for a moment, I was thrilled to see a major part of the country wake up and say no more. And I love the way you have ended the article, this silence hopefully is just a pause to evaluate and restructure! 5:32 pm January 6, 2012 JohnF wrote: But I came to wonder why Anna’s platform was not offered to other pressure groups to debate their viewpoints and indulge in healthy discourse. I wondered why the call to arms was not against every corrupt official and person we encountered in our daily transactions. I wondered why Anna would get up and leave his own platform when queried about political stances,toms shoes sale. We all know wha the answer is to that: political infighting could occur, sectarian politics would enter the fray,toms kids shoes, and people like Arundhati Roy would attempt to co-opt the movement for her own benefit (namely invitations to Western countries for speaking engagements and book deals, being the media darling she is). The truth is India s civil society is just as corrupt and inept as its politicians. Hundreds of NGOs would attempt to change the bill and distort it to their own agendas. Anna got the Lokpal further than I thought possible because he focused an Related articles:

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