Tag Archives: Fast
Team Anna in Hisar: Mere Muck-Raking or Dress Rehearsal for Poll Tricks?
Think before you open your mouth, and if there are multiple mouths in your team, do a headcount, get in to a huddle and do collective thinking. While most children… Read more
Anna’s Victory Brings Irom Sharmila’s Release Closer, says her Fiancé
Desmond Coutinho has been called a lunatic, a madman and many other names by Irom Sharmila’s supporters. But for the 39-year-old human rights activist from Manipur, who has been on… Read more
Mr Hazare, I Apologise for my Behaviour
Today, I am writing this note to publicly apologise to Mr Hazare for my angry rants over the last several weeks against his anti-corruption movement, against the Jan Lokpal Bill… Read more
My Father, Let My Country Awake: Gandhi to Anna and the Great Void
As the much publicised fast of Anna Hazare came to an end, and as media reports take over to the Gandhian’s daily health reports now — what did he eat… Read more
The Crafting of the Hazare Crescendo
Finally, Anna Hazare swallowed something other than water and capsules, and India heaved a sigh of relief at the conclusion of this new-age Gandhian movement played out in the heart… Read more
The Lokpal Bill Issue and the Art of Mismanaging an Already Mismanaged Issue
I feel like JK Rowling writing the Harry Potter series when I write this article as a sequel to the previous one on the same issue (The Lokpal Bill Issue… Read more
A Letter from Irom Sharmila to Anna Hazare: Please Read Inline
I just read Irom Chanu Sharmila’s letter to Anna Hazare. I also read between the lines. The letter in itself is a tight slap on the smug faces of all… Read more
Bill hai ke Manta Nehin: Govt, Team Anna Talk the Talks after 8 Days
Three hours, three men and a woman, a “constructive and fruitful meeting”, and the standoff still remains. That, in short, was the maha-drama in New Delhi between 7 and 10… Read more
Should I See a Hope of Change in the Anna Movement?
When I started writing this article, I was gearing to spit venom on the present government, all the preceding governments at the Centre and all the political parties which are… Read more
Anna’s Movement Gives Us Hope that All is not Lost
August 20, Friday: I was driving back home from office in the evening as usual. I got stuck in a traffic jam as I neared my house in Sector 62,… Read more
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