Hazards of democracy....

I always did feel there was something a bit off with the whole fasting business of Anna Hazare. It seemed too good to be true that an activist would do something like that just for an ideal.

The latest news is that he's going to fast against the Congress candidates in the election for Hissar. He seems to be getting just a little too political here. I thought fasts were supposed to be directed against corruption in general, not a party in particular! Fasting does seem a lot like blackmail, too. People are just not interested anymore.

I really am not anyway.

He is completely not like Gandhi!

Gandhi was the genuine article, whereas this guy seems to be a cheap imitation, and seems to associate with the weirdest of people at that.

But since no one else is doing anything at all to reduce corruption, since politicians flaunt crores' worth of land and possessions and behave like kings when everyone knows their salaries are in no way even a hundredth of that, and since the sight of those irritating blokes in white dhotis makes one want to change the channel immediately; if all this natak helps to reduce corruption even a little bit, I'd have to say go Anna!

Democracy is a weird thing.