Suddenly India’s food problem has hit us hard and everybody is doing their bit to ‘balance’ the imbalance..every person worth his salt (think Dandi..) has jumped on the bandwagon called ‘fasting’…Although I agree with the cause that is now associated with Anna..it was the need of the hour and a frustrated mass of people suddenly found a vent to dispel their year long disgust and it came out in various forms, shapes and found its solace in babas and annas of India. But suddenly the jailing, Gandhian angling and demonstration of support by the Opposition parties throws up an iota of doubt about the authenticity and real motive of the movement. Is the entire charade bordering on ‘drama’ and forces which would never have joined hands are embracing each other for a moment of media glory? But once I set aside the doubts regarding their motive and hunger for media attention, I am still with the Jan Lokpal. There is no reason why the PM or any authority in India needs to be exempt from its ambit, how can you designate a set of authorities with a ‘probable’ corruption tendency? The more the Government puts up his wall of defence, the more it reinforces the doubt in their ‘coverup’ act…and our Supremo was one person we all kept alive in the hope that he would be our crusader against corruption! And slowly and steadily sand is flowing through the hour glass and he stands as a bystander..helpless and clueless just like the ‘aam admi’!
For now, it would also help if the 'fasting' junta who is 'feasting' on the headlines it is creating contribute their daily meals to a few starving mouths...!!
