In response to "Why Anna Hazare does not impress me "

On Sunday 21st August in the Economic times an article came from someone called Alok Kejriwal titled "Why Anna does not impress me".You can go through this article here. I am writing here against this and I'll do point by point refutation.I call him 'He' or 'You' as I like , please bear with me.

Intent -
He says that the intent of Anna confuses him. If you are confused by a simple person like Anna and his simple mission then I doubt your mental capacity.What will happen to your fragile mind if you hear statements of Kapil Sibal and Manish Tiwari of Congress. One day they say they respect Anna Hazare Jiiii, next day they call him the most corrupt person. I suggest you do not follow congress spokespersons.The question is how such a low standard article appeared in Economic times, can we doubt the mental capability of Economic times Editors ? No, we can not. I think they are sold out to Govt. dictates same way they did at the time of emergency and recently our beloved Vir Sanghvi, Barkha Dutt etc. were involved with A. Raja. I am observing for past 2-3 days suddenly the tone of many English news channels have turned very critical of Anna's movement. But then again a huge credit goes to media for making this movement a success.We can say entire media is not Vir Sanghvi or Barkha dutt. Congress wants to remove Judiciary from the purview of Lokpal bill, I say include media also.What is the accountability there ? Barkha Dutt still shamelessly continues anchoring her TV shows. And our intelligentsia graces her shows with their presence.
He says "Ending corruption is like ending prostitution". This is the most intelligent line in the entire article(surprise). Yes this is true. Corruption can not be removed 100%.You know, Aung San Su Ki said same thing. She said that you can not eradicate corruption because it is human nature, but we should always try to control it. And she said that she supports Anna's movement. She did not say that Anna did not impress her, you know why because she is a great leader and a sensible person. And you, you are a joker. You have made good jokes in your article. He says there are other more serious issues like poverty and illiteracy. So Anna should consult this guy before taking an issue. Can one person solve all issues.Every leader takes a cause for which he feels strongly. Chandi Prasad Bhatt took the cause of trees and started the Chipko Movement. Shall I say that I am not impressed with Chandi Prasad Bhatt because he did not chose poverty for his movement ? Anna has been fighting corruption his entire life. Just few lines below he writes the same thing and contradicts himself "Shouldn't the approach be to solve one tangible issue at one time". He says corruption sometimes hurts but does not kill. How naive you are.First I'll recommend you to see Kamal Hasan starer 'Hindustani'. Then I give you one actual example. In 1993 Mumbai blasts around 250 people died. There was a corruption angle how a truck loaded with explosives was allowed into Mumbai, which was used in the Blasts. Here I want to mention that I strongly disagree with the cure of corruption suggested in 'Hidustani', Kill the corrupt. Disproportionate punishment for a crime is not part of civilized societies, it is part of Talibani socities. For theft your hands could be chopped off.

Method -
He says he does not appreciate mass agitation. Obviously it will need some mental capacity to appreciate such things. But this is wrong to say that it has paralysed the everyday life of people. The movement has be very peaceful and there have been no reported disruptions.

Promise -
Again he says what we get from this at the end. My boy if we can prevent even a single blast because of this then it is worth it. Moreover calculate the money you and your father has paid in bribes, if you get 10% back with interst how will you feel ?

End Goal -
nothing worth mention.

Scalable - Of course the law is always scalable. That's why we have amendments. We learn and do corrections.How the writer thinks the movement is not scalable.


Sociality -
He says the movement is like a social rock concert. First of all what is the problem with a rock concert. There is Indian version also full night Jaagaran or Jagraata. And music, bhajan, Kirtan has always been used to in movements in India.What is his real problem he has not mentioned. He bets that hardly 10% of youngsters would know about the Lokpal bill. This is again good joke. Why does it matter ? When I was kid I went into the rallies against Mandal commission. I heard the word 'Aarakshan' then first time and I could not understand it. All I could get was that it will be difficult for educated people to find jobs. The point here is that every youngster would surely know that this is something against corruption and they want to support it. It is such an amazing view to see such huge support for a cause by youngsters. More commendable is the fact that it has been completely peaceful. Their blood boils when they face corruption but they are protesting against it in a non violent manner. Wow! I salute all the youngsters of this country and their leader Anna Hazare.