I was there! When a whole nation awakened for a cause, a just one; breaking all boundaries of caste, creed. religion, age, gender and occupation (Well, almost!). When a man, himself living as a saint, fasted for days at a stretch, not for salvation, freedom or nirvana, but for the nation, for the people, most of whom still doubt his methods and intentions.
I always wondered why the Indian war for Independence wasn't acknowledged as a revolution, unlike the French or the English ones. Maybe, this is the time, for a revolution and uprising, a non-violent but much more fierce one. Maybe, it is time for the Indian to rise, and show his power to his own corrupted brethren of the ruling class. Maybe, it is time for him to demand for what has been looted, out of his own pockets, from decades at a stretch.
I know there will be people who try to put all the efforts in vain, still thinking whether a non-corrupted India would survive or not. That the 'bill' is not what India wants to take out corruption. That Anna does not deserve the 'spotlight' he currently resides in. I would urge these brethren of mine to once take a look at the person himself, weak but unrelenting, and the ideals he has stood for his own life. A person, who probably, in the rest of his life would have never paid a tip to a 'babu' for passing a file. But still, he is fasting there for 9 days, smiling, so that you can have all the money you deserve, safe in your own pockets. The 'bill' may not be perfect, but is definitely our best foot forward. And this very person is the pillar around which we can construct a newer, better tomorrow for ourselves.
I do not know how much the 'sarkari babu' is going to change by this bill, or how much of the black money comes back into the Indian treasury, but I sure know now how a calm and composed person can bring a revolution.
I did not see Mahatma Gandhi, but that was till yesterday.
