Re: [HumJanenge] RE: Not a flop show: Anna Hazare’s fast is over but people's fight is on

Thats True Col.Dharmadhikari,
Wishing you all a very happy new year.
R.K.Atri

On 1/1/12, KRANTIKUMAR DHARMADHIKARY <krdharma@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Dear Sh Jasvir,Thanks.Ea kaur Eak Garah hotey haiCol Dharma
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> Subject: Re: [HumJanenge] RE: Not a flop show: Anna Hazare' s fast is over
> but people's fight is on
> To: humjanenge@googlegroups.com
> From: jasvir70@gmail.com
> Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:33:06 +0000
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> Dear col dharma. Very well said. And a very happy new year to u
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> Regards
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> Jasvir. From: krantikumar dharmadhikary <krdharma@yahoo.co.in>
> Sender: humjanenge@googlegroups.com
> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:30:56 +0530 (IST)To: <ashishm@governancenow.com>;
> <humjanenge@googlegroups.com>ReplyTo: humjanenge@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [HumJanenge] RE: Not a flop show: Anna Hazare'
> s fast is over but people's fight is on
> Dear Friends,The fight should be against corruption and not for or against
> lokpal.There are enough of laws,it is the implementation and
> obeying/following is lackingLet us start fighting "Individually"
> ,obeying/following personally.Do not wait for any one.HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012Col
> Dharma
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> --- On Fri, 30/12/11, Prem Gaba <premgaba@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Prem Gaba <premgaba@hotmail.com>
> Subject: [HumJanenge] RE: Not a flop show: Anna Hazare's fast is over but
> people's fight is on
> To: ashishm@governancenow.com, "Humjanenge" <humjanenge@googlegroups.com>
> Date: Friday, 30 December, 2011, 1:28 PM
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> Dear Mr Ashish Mehta,
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> Thank you for this excellent article below. Its not only interesting but
> very much relvent to the debate going on in the country. I am sure
> majority of the readers will agree with you.
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> Last night Bill was not passed in RS. Most of the Parties were saying that
> its toothless. Now whether they were sincere or saying for the sake of
> voters' consumption is any body's guess. Because there were leaders who were
> dead against Annas protest & his demands since April & suddenly started
> saying that its a weak bill. Then there are people who say that netas are
> NOT responsible for this mass corruption at every step. As I said in my
> earlier mail also that if this class is taimed, rest will automatically
> fall in line.
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> There is an opinion & I respect every opinion whether one agrees or not,
> that if the salaries of the Govt servants/Police are increased they will
> not be corrupt.
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> If that be so then why do we have a large no of senior bureaucrats in Govt,
> Judiciary & Police Officers who are well paid with liberal perks, enjoy
> high status & are still corrupt !! . Morality,values & honesty has to come
> from within or it must be forced with strict laws. There has to be a sense
> of fear in those who are out to make quick money by dishonest means.Yes
> compulsory Army service will inculcate discipline & honesty to a degree .
> Mr E Sreedharan, also called Metroman (who retires today at 76 !!, has shown
> what honesty & sincerity can do for the nation.
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> Regards
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> Prem Gaba
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> Not a flop show: Anna Hazare's fast is over but people's fight is on
> Movement has taken the roots of democracy deeper
> Ashish Mehta | New Delhi | December 29 2011
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> Ashish is a deputy editor with Governance Now.
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> Cynicism is like love. It means never having to say you're sorry. Sooner or
> later, reality proves your predictions right in nine out of ten cases. Those
> who predicted little will come out the anti-corruption campaign can give a
> smug smile now. Those who predicted Anna will lose steam have got their
> I-told-you-so moment.
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> The Lokpal bill has cleared the first hurdle, but the second one looks
> tougher. Even if the bill is passed, what we will get will be a toothless
> tiger, not different from the central vigilance commission (CVC), only worse
> in that it will add to the multiplicity of agencies supposedly at work to
> punish the corrupt. Nothing will change.
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> Cynics have had a grand time in 2011, and guaranteed to have more in the
> years to come.
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> But if you are not a cynic, if you belong to a sub-species, Homo
> optimisticus – you know, the type who looks at a maidan and says it is half
> full – then there is little to feel sorry about it. "Anna's Flop Show" (as
> one headline put it) is just an occasional dip, but look at the other side.
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> At the beginning of 2011, the Commonwealth Games had continued to make
> headlines, more details were coming out on the 2G scandal, the Adarsh
> housing society scam was about to unfold afresh. But all the shenanigans
> were smirking.
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> A group of concerned citizens, the activist-intellectual types, carried out
> a rally from the Rajghat to the Ramlila Maidan on the occasion of January
> 30, demanding some action on corruption front. No traffic diversions were
> needed, the rally was so thin. A couple of months later the redoubtable Baba
> Ramdev also had a do at the Ramlila Grounds, and passengers in the buses
> looked at the modest gathering and gave
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> Cynics were surely having an upper hand. Corruption is worth fighting
> against, and if somebody else is fighting the fight, so much the better.
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> Thus, it was no surprise that on April 5, newspapers devoted a single-column
> item to a social activist's proposed protest at the Jantar Mantar. Little
> did they know they were going to be forced to devote many more columns to
> the man little known outside western India.
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> Read the full coverage since April 5, news, views and more. Click here.
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> It has been about nine months, a decent gestation period, and what has been
> achieved to counter cynics?
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> • People like Aatar Singh, a 64-year-old farmer, have realized that they
> actually have a voice in democracy. (This village pradhan went all the way
> from Rohtak to Mumbai to participate in the
> latest round of Anna's protest fast. You can see his photograph above.)
> Professors and policemen, housewives and havildars, geeks and garbage
> collectors, they all have kept fast or given time to show solidarity. Nobody
> had counted on the youngsters to take up a cause like this. Instead of silly
> jokes, they started forwarding in emails suggestions to fight graft. [Read
> more about Anna's curious connect with the youth here]
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> If you ask cynics, this was not supposed to happen.
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> • The UPA government has been embarrassed, that early 2011 smirk is gone.
> There is no longer any comfort in the hope that corruption (and the deeper
> malaise of which it is a symptom – misgovernance) is a non-issue and the
> usual identity politics of caste and religion will deliver them victory in
> 2014.
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> • The Lokpal, toothless or not, is getting off the ground. Unlike CVC which
> few people other than bureaucrats and journalists had heard of when it came
> up, folks like Aatar Singh will be watching the Lokpal (if and when it comes
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> • Above all, a foundation or a platform has been prepared once again, a way
> has been shown once again, for taking the roots of our democracy deeper.
> Hissar, for all its debates of politicisation, was the only logical way for
> a civil society movement to make inroads into the vote-centric democracy.
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> We are sure the movement so far has more achievements (please write them in
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> you have any other points in mind), but the point is: In 2011 a man (or his
> team, or the people who responded to him) have shown there is a way.
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> Which incidentally is the headline of our cover story for the next issue,
> which will hit the stands on January 1. Don't forget to pick it up, there's
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> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:48:39 +0530
> Subject: Not a flop show: Anna Hazare's fast is over but people's fight is
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> From: ashishm@governancenow.com
> To: sroy.mb@gmail.com; premgaba@hotmail.com; mkkhera@yahoo.com;
> trivendra54@yahoo.co.in; rekhi@cain.in; pradeepbajaj7@gmail.com;
> mkgupta100@yahoo.co.in; hemantkshirsagar01@gmail.com
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> Dear sir/s,
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> You may find this interesting and possibly relevant to your debate.
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> With thanks and regards,
> ashish
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> Not a flop show: Anna Hazare's fast is over but people's fight is on
> Movement has taken the roots of democracy deeper
> http://governancenow.com/news/regular-story/not-flop-show-anna-hazare-s-fast-over-peoples-fight
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